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Author: Tom AndersonTom Anderson Date: Jul 10, 2007 02:52
Right,
All that stuff about maps got me thinking. It should be possible to colour
in the lines on the London Connections map to show which termini trains
run to. Since i'm a dab hand with the Gimp, i thought i'd give it a go
myself. Here's the first draft, which so far only has the Paddington lines
done:
http://urchin.earth.li/~twic/tmp/London%%20Connections%%20(Coloured).png
Apologies for the weird look; i had to rasterise the PDF to edit it, and
it's come out funny (blame Ghostscript!).
The reason i'm posting it with one line done (well, two, as i'm planning
to do Thameslink in black!) is to ask: does this look completely rubbish
or what? I think colouring in the edges of the quite thin NR lines isn't
visually strong enough. Am i wasting my time doing it like this? An
alternative route would be to dig out Illustrator and see if i can make
the lines a bit thicker.
For those who care, i'm picking colours by associating each terminus with
a tube line, based on the area served, and copying its colour. I'm
currently thinking:
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Author: MIGMIG Date: Jul 10, 2007 03:35
On Jul 10, 10:52 am, Tom Anderson wrote:
> Right,
>
> All that stuff about maps got me thinking. It should be possible to colour
> in the lines on the London Connections map to show which termini trains
> run to. Since i'm a dab hand with the Gimp, i thought i'd give it a go
> myself. Here's the first draft, which so far only has the Paddington lines
> done:
>
> http://urchin.earth.li/~twic/tmp/London%%20Connections%%20(Coloured).png
>
> Apologies for the weird look; i had to rasterise the PDF to edit it, and
> it's come out funny (blame Ghostscript!).
>
> The reason i'm posting it with one line done (well, two, as i'm planning
> to do Thameslink in black!) is to ask: does this look completely rubbish
> or what? I think colouring in the edges of the quite thin NR lines isn't
> visually strong enough. Am i wasting my time doing it like this? An
> alternative route would be to dig out Illustrator and see if i can make
> the lines a bit thicker. ...
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Author: Paul ScottPaul Scott Date: Jul 10, 2007 03:40
"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
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> Right,
>
> All that stuff about maps got me thinking. It should be possible to colour
> in the lines on the London Connections map to show which termini trains
> run to. Since i'm a dab hand with the Gimp, i thought i'd give it a go
> myself. Here's the first draft, which so far only has the Paddington lines
> done:
>
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Author: Tom AndersonTom Anderson Date: Jul 10, 2007 06:37
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007, MIG wrote:
> On Jul 10, 10:52 am, Tom Anderson wrote:
>
>> All that stuff about maps got me thinking. It should be possible to colour
>> in the lines on the London Connections map to show which termini trains
>> run to. Since i'm a dab hand with the Gimp, i thought i'd give it a go
>> myself. Here's the first draft, which so far only has the Paddington lines
>> done:
>>
>> http://urchin.earth.li/~twic/tmp/London%%20Connections%%20(Coloured).png >
> This is actually based on the zones map, which doesn't attempt to
> diagram the routes, it simply shows which stations the zones are in and
> some rather bizarre routes between them (like the weird branch to Hither
> Green between Lewisham and Blackheath).
True, but that's more or less what the tube map does too, so i'm not
overly bothered.
> There is a London Connections map which would be a more useful starting
> point and includes the zones as well.
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Author: Tom AndersonTom Anderson Date: Jul 10, 2007 06:39
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007, Paul Scott wrote:
> "Tom Anderson" wrote in message
> news:Pine.LNX.4.64.0707101039190.4384@urchin.earth.li...
>
>> All that stuff about maps got me thinking. It should be possible to
>> colour in the lines on the London Connections map to show which termini
>> trains run to. Since i'm a dab hand with the Gimp, i thought i'd give
>> it a go myself. Here's the first draft, which so far only has the
>> Paddington lines done:
>
> Why don't you have a look at the NR London Connections map, it has
> thicker NR lines and they are already in colour
Yes, but it's entirely vile, and also de-emphasises the tube, which is as
bad as the tube map not showing the railway lines.
> - I reckon your problem really only applies to Southern and Southeastern
> doesn't it?
And the Watford services vs the NLR.
tom
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Author: Mike RobertsMike Roberts Date: Jul 10, 2007 06:54
Tom Anderson wrote:
> Right,
>
> All that stuff about maps got me thinking. It should be possible to
> colour in the lines on the London Connections map to show which termini
> trains run to. Since i'm a dab hand with the Gimp, i thought i'd give it
> a go myself. Here's the first draft, which so far only has the
> Paddington lines done:
>
> http://urchin.earth.li/~twic/tmp/London%%20Connections%%20(Coloured).png
>
> Apologies for the weird look; i had to rasterise the PDF to edit it, and
> it's come out funny (blame Ghostscript!).
>
> The reason i'm posting it with one line done (well, two, as i'm planning
> to do Thameslink in black!) is to ask: does this look completely rubbish
> or what? I think colouring in the edges of the quite thin NR lines isn't
> visually strong enough. Am i wasting my time doing it like this? An
> alternative route would be to dig out Illustrator and see if i can make
> the lines a bit thicker. ...
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Author: MIGMIG Date: Jul 10, 2007 07:11
On Jul 10, 2:37 pm, Tom Anderson wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jul 2007, MIG wrote:
>> On Jul 10, 10:52 am, Tom Anderson wrote:
>
>>> All that stuff about maps got me thinking. It should be possible to colour
>>> in the lines on the London Connections map to show which termini trains
>>> run to. Since i'm a dab hand with the Gimp, i thought i'd give it a go
>>> myself. Here's the first draft, which so far only has the Paddington lines
>>> done:
>
>
>> This is actually based on the zones map, which doesn't attempt to
>> diagram the routes, it simply shows which stations the zones are in and
>> some rather bizarre routes between them (like the weird branch to Hither
>> Green between Lewisham and Blackheath).
>
> True, but that's more or less what the tube map does too, so i'm not
> overly bothered.
> ...
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Author: James FarrarJames Farrar Date: Jul 10, 2007 08:16
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:54:58 +0100, Mike Roberts
tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>Tom Anderson wrote:
>The address link doesn't work for me!
Your newsreaser is presumably being confused by the brackets. I had to
copy/paste rather than just click.
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Author: Mike RobertsMike Roberts Date: Jul 10, 2007 08:34
James Farrar wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:54:58 +0100, Mike Roberts
> tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> Snip
> Your newsreaser is presumably being confused by the brackets. I had to
> copy/paste rather than just click.
Closer inspection showed that the .png was not in the hyperlink address
MikeR
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Author: asdfasdf Date: Jul 10, 2007 09:45
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:11:08 -0700, MIG wrote:
>>> or else sillinesses like having a colour for Charing Cross/Cannon Street
>>> and then saying that the route from Dartford to Victoria is really
>>> covered by Charing Cross services that go to Victoria, rather than have
>>> two colours along the Bexleyheath line.
>>
>> This is bad, wrong, and i will not be doing it.
>
>It's not the most awful thing about that map that comes (came) with
>the timetable. I can't find it on the Web.
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