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| Geographically Correct London Connections Map 16/09/2015 at 14:40 #75957 | |
TimTamToe
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Those of you who live or work in and around London will be familiar with the London Connections maps at stations; which diagram all the tube and national rail (and trams) in Central London and the suburbs. As the result of someone's FOI request there is a map available showing the accurate locations of all the lines in relation to roads etc rather than the usual straight lined simplified maps. The map is from May 2014, so not right up to date but I thought as it features numerous SimSig simulations, it might be of some interest, especially for those from further afield to see the locations of areas they are signalling trains for in the sims. Map Is Here Gareth Last edited: 16/09/2015 at 14:41 by TimTamToe Log in to reply The following users said thank you: Gwasanaethau, postal, John 23, BarryM, MikeW, Mikhail |
| Geographically Correct London Connections Map 16/09/2015 at 22:20 #75970 | |
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Danny252
1461 posts |
Is this information really so new? I'm sure I've seen maps of at least that level of detail before, and mapping services like Google have had the locations of the underground lines shown for years. (Still, it's a nice map!) Edit: Maps such as this one are the ones I'm thinking of, which have been around for years. Last edited: 16/09/2015 at 22:28 by Danny252 Log in to reply |
| Geographically Correct London Connections Map 17/09/2015 at 07:49 #75972 | |
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kbarber
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When I was at university (late 1970s) there was a (UndergrounD lines only) contemporary version of that map in a glass case on a wall. Extremely helpful for working out where ground-level journeys made any kind of sense (or how a particular walk might pan out), fascinating for a curious anorak like me (only we didn't have such things then) but less useful, I think, for someone planning a tube journey who knew where they were coming from and going to. I think the classic tube map is a masterpiece, rarely equalled by those who've tried to copy it and never bettered by any other approach. But it is what it is for a reason and therefore has its limitations; I'd like to see both these maps out in the wild where they can be used for their quite different purposes. Log in to reply The following user said thank you: TimTamToe |
| Geographically Correct London Connections Map 17/09/2015 at 14:04 #75981 | |
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TimTamToe
664 posts |
" said:Is this information really so new? I'm sure I've seen maps of at least that level of detail before, and mapping services like Google have had the locations of the underground lines shown for years.Wasn't saying the information was new Danny, but the map you linked, while it shows far greater detail in terms of individual tracks and junctions etc doesn't have the roads and both it and google don't have the colour coded lines for the individual TOCs, just grey for national rail. The London Connections "Reality View" made it more interesting / useful for those elsewhere around the country (and globe) to follow the routes used by the many different TOCs around London (and our sims) and seems to be one of the clearest to follow easily  ps I kept meaning to favourite the map you linked the last time it cropped up and forgot, so got it saved now! Gareth Log in to reply |