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Downtown Norfolk Transit Network (Draft)
For fun last year, I did a transit map version of my Noland Trail map. Since then I’ve really wanted to do a real transit map, but unfortunately I live in one of the most transit-boring regions of the U.S..
The main focus is the new light-rail line (The Tide), and it’s connectivity with the existing bus transportation system. I was excited that light-rail was coming to the region, and bummed when I saw the map. I guess I’m spoiled by all the great work on transitmaps . Included on this map is the new Amtrack NE Regional train which originates from the downtown area, Greyhound Bus routes, and all of the connecting arterial bus routes.
Bottom line and the point to all my side projects - had fun creating, learning and expanding my skillset, on another (local) map project.
Google Indoor maps launched in India http://bit.ly/1f5cWNG
Now you will never get lost in a new building. Google Maps, has launched indoor maps for malls, supermarket and movie theatres in India.
Till date their are 75 popular indoor venues in India listed on Google Maps. In coming days, indoor maps will cover locations in cities like Bhopal, Coimbatore, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Jaipur, Kochi, Lucknow, Ludhiana and Moradabad. The maps will carry detailed floor plans and will automatically appear when you’re using the Google Maps app on iOS and Android, and are zoomed in on a building for which the indoor map data is available.
In Delhi, Google’s Indoor Maps will initially be available at Ansal Plaza, Khel Gaon, Ambience Mall Vasant Kunj, DLF Emporio Mall, Vasant Kunj, DLF Place Saket, DLF Promenade Mall, MGF Metropolitan Saket, MGF Square City, Pacific Mall (Tagore garden), Select City Walk Saket and National Gallery Of Modern Art. Other locations are spread across 22 Indian cities including Delhi – NCR, Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Coimbatore and Ahmedabad.
To provide your floor plans and building layouts to Google, visit http://bit.ly/1cArnKO
India’s rail network [2282x2500] CLICK HERE FOR MORE MAPS! thelandofmaps.tumblr.com
And there could be more. Understanding and mapping informal networks is tough.
Have your own #citydata you’d like to share? Send it our way!
Hi,
you might find this interesting: we’ve recently released a project about the limited accessibility of public transport (subway + commuter trains) in New York, London and Hamburg. The results are maps with an interactive slider that let you explore how thinned out the transportation network...
The Efficient Passenger Project is here to fine-tune your commute.
The EPP (Or Efficient Passenger Project) is extremely rad. If you’re interested in improving the subway, check them out. They’ve placing Boarding signs throughout the stations to let you know what the most efficient place to stand on the platform is. There’s a few different apps that do this, but I like the physical approach.
http://eppnyc.info/EPP/Home.html
That’s compared to 20% in London and 10-20% in New York.
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(via Phones to Replace Farecards Aboard U.S. Transit Systems | Planetizen: The Urban Planning, Design, and Development Network)
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October 8th, Soho Gallery for Digital Arts, NYC.
Traffic in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
"I’m proud of my work."
“僕はね、この仕事に誇りを持ってるよ”
-What kind of work do you do?
-何の仕事をしているの?
"Picking up trash. This work gives me such a wonderful chance to talk with foreigners like you."
“ゴミ拾いだよ。この仕事は僕に素敵なチャンスをくれるんだ。君みたいな外国人と話せるっていうね。”
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Via Flowing Data: In the video above, filmmaker Cy Kuckenbaker reorganized midday traffic by color. No computer-generated elements required.
In this new video I took a four minute shot of state highway 163, which is San Diego's first freeway then removed the time between cars passing and reorganized them according to color. I was curious to see what the city’s car color palette looked like when broken down. We are a car culture after all. I was surprised that the vast majority of cars are colorless: white, gray and black. The bigger surprise though was just how many cars passed in four minutes of what looked like light traffic: 462 cars.
Via Flowing Data: In the video above, filmmaker Cy Kuckenbaker reorganized midday traffic by color. No computer-generated elements required. "In this new video I took a four minute shot of state highway 163, which is San Diego's first freeway then removed the time between cars passing and reorganized them according to color. I was curious to see what the city’s car color palette looked like when broken down. We are a car culture after all. I was surprised that the vast majority of cars are colorless: white, gray and black. The bigger surprise though was just how many cars passed in four minutes of what looked like light traffic: 462 cars."
Tutorial: Creating Multiple Parallel Route Lines
Today’s tutorial comes from an anonymous question that I received in my Tumblr Inbox, which asked:
I design a bus transit map using a street layer. But how can i align correctly multiple lines on a street without overlap?
This is a great question. You’d be amazed how often I see people attempting to draw multiple parallel route lines manually, which is absolutely the most difficult way of doing things. You might be able to get away with it on a rectilinear transit map, but it’s almost impossible to get right when your route lines are overlaid on a standard road map — there are always curves and twists in the road that make it nigh-on impossible to manually draw adjacent route lines without things looking terrible.
For an example of a very poor attempt at drawing parallel route lines individually, you need look no further than the light rail map for Denver, Colorado (April 2013, 2 stars).
The most frustrating thing about seeing it done the wrong way is that there’s a tool in Adobe Illustrator that makes this task almost effortless.
Object Menu > Path > Offset Path…
The images above demonstrate how to offset route lines correctly — the first image shows how it’s done with an odd number of route lines; the second illustrates how to do it for an even number of route lines.
If you’ve drawn the street layer on your map yourself, then you’ve probably already got the first thing you need — a path that follows the centre of your street. Copy it and then Paste in Front (Cmd/Ctrl-F) so it sits exactly on top of the original. Then move it to its own layer above the street layer and stroke it the way you want your route lines to look. In my example, we’ve got an 8-point wide red route line.
If you’re drawing your route lines on top of an aerial photo or Google Maps image, then you’re going to have to draw your own central route line. Be as accurate as possible while also using as few bezier points as you can. Again, put it on its own layer and make it look the way you want. Now the fun starts.
IF YOU NEED THREE ADJACENT ROUTE LINES (First image), then you’re going to use the central route line you already have, and use the Offset Path function to create a new route line on both sides at once. Select the path, then invoke the Offset Path command. In the resultant dialog box, enter the amount of offset you want, which is the desired distance between the paths. Here, I want a little gap to show between my 8-point route lines, so I entered 10 points. The middle part of the first image shows the results: Illustrator will offset your path to both sides of the line, so it’s basically done all the hard work for us. Now you just need to use the Scissor tool (C) to cut and then delete the pesky little joining lines that are created at the top and bottom (circled in blue in the image). From there, simply colour the route lines as required. If you need five, or seven, or more route lines, simply keep offsetting the outermost route lines by 10 points and then cutting the resulting new lines to only keep the outermost section each time.
IF YOU NEED TWO ADJACENT ROUTE LINES (Second Image), the process is almost the same, except that when you select and offset the original path, you only use half the required distance between route lines (in my example, 5 points). Then you can delete the original route line, keeping only the new offset paths, which now sit neatly on either side of the centre of the road. To create four, or six, or more route lines, continue to offset the outermost paths by 10 points as in the first example.
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Dhaka: Using GPS to Cut Carjacking
"The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority has made it mandatory to install GPS technology in cars, as part of a government initiative to increase road safety and prevent carjacking. Dhaka Metropolitan Police can now trace stolen vehicles equipped with GPS, which is expected to cut significantly the amount of carjacking and thefts from its current level of 50-60 a month."
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