Threxx Posted July 6, 2012 Share #26 Posted July 6, 2012 Two things I forgot: The now has two variants: The & . trains make peak direction express stops from Kings Highway to 18th Avenue, then regular express to Jay Street. The originates at Kings Highway, makes local stops to Church Avenue, then express to Jay Street. Kings Highway, 18th Avenue, Church Avenue, 7th Avenue, Bergen St, and Jay Street should be express stops. Stops on & extention: Current service to Flatbush Avenue, Then: to Kings Plaza via Flatbush: L: Avenue J L: Kings Highway L: Avenue S, Transfer & (I). L: Avenue U, "Kings Plaza", Transfer (I) to Sheepshead Bay via Nostrand. L: Avenue K L: Avenue R L: Avenue U L: Avenue X, "Sheepshead Bay", Transfer H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgor Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share #27 Posted July 6, 2012 Two things I forgot: This is why I clearly said take your time and don't feel rushed to post. It seems like you're just adding on more and more stuff as you get more ideas. Please just condense all of your ideas into ONE post, after thoroughly checking and re-reading it, and then post it here as the final draft. If it's too long then putting it on a Google doc or whatever and providing the link is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokkemon Posted July 6, 2012 Share #28 Posted July 6, 2012 Guys, why not just make your own maps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted July 6, 2012 Share #29 Posted July 6, 2012 Guys, why not just make your own maps? Because some of us dont know how to make our own maps and Gorgor is being generous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokkemon Posted July 6, 2012 Share #30 Posted July 6, 2012 Learn. That's what I did. Then you can make it *exactly* how you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWM Posted July 6, 2012 Share #31 Posted July 6, 2012 Guys, why not just make your own maps? Cause I personally ant shell out upwards of $200 for a graphic editing software. And I just don't get Inkscape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threxx Posted July 6, 2012 Share #32 Posted July 6, 2012 This is why I clearly said take your time and don't feel rushed to post. It seems like you're just adding on more and more stuff as you get more ideas. Please just condense all of your ideas into ONE post, after thoroughly checking and re-reading it, and then post it here as the final draft. If it's too long then putting it on a Google doc or whatever and providing the link is fine. The & thing was in the original, and I blanked on the the thing. Here's a doc with an overview of the whole thing. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zDkEJ1d0N4DOh6jpW-S7sDP6zzaIBt1k7Uo9ax-M86I/edit (NOTE: Has not been updated for A-Division) Learn. That's what I did. Then you can make it *exactly* how you want. I tried for too long, I just don't get Inkscape. If you want to give a tutorial, by all means, go ahead... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokkemon Posted July 6, 2012 Share #33 Posted July 6, 2012 Inkscape is actually pretty straightforward. You just have to think about it like a vector graphics program rather than a Raster graphics program like Paint, Photoshop, or GIMP. My fantasy map was made in Inkscape, if you want an example of what it can do. http://www.nyctransitforums.com/forums/topic/35566-new-york-city-subway-fantasy-map-summer-2012/?do=findComment&comment=547162 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threxx Posted July 6, 2012 Share #34 Posted July 6, 2012 Inkscape is actually pretty straightforward. You just have to think about it like a vector graphics program rather than a Raster graphics program like Paint, Photoshop, or GIMP. My fantasy map was made in Inkscape, if you want an example of what it can do. http://www.nyctransi...12/#entry547162 I don't understand any of that vector stuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokkemon Posted July 6, 2012 Share #35 Posted July 6, 2012 What's confusing you? Vector graphics is basically taking a bunch of points, turning them into lines or curves, then stroking them (just like a paintbrush) with a particular color. Then you can fill up the shapes you make with other colors of gradients etc. The fundamental advantage is that the final product can be rendered at any resolution. Open my PDF and you can zoom all the way in and all the way out and the quality stays the same. It is also a very small file size compared to rendering all of those pixels individually. My map is about 5,500 by 8,500 pixels or 46.75 megapixels, which is an incredibly high resolution. A raster version of that image would be several hundred megabytes, 10 times the size of the vector image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threxx Posted July 6, 2012 Share #36 Posted July 6, 2012 What's confusing you? Vector graphics is basically taking a bunch of points, turning them into lines or curves, then stroking them (just like a paintbrush) with a particular color. Then you can fill up the shapes you make with other colors of gradients etc. The fundamental advantage is that the final product can be rendered at any resolution. Open my PDF and you can zoom all the way in and all the way out and the quality stays the same. It is also a very small file size compared to rendering all of those pixels individually. My map is about 5,500 by 8,500 pixels or 46.75 megapixels, which is an incredibly high resolution. A raster version of that image would be several hundred megabytes, 10 times the size of the vector image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgor Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share #37 Posted July 6, 2012 Tokkemon, honestly I used to feel the exact same way as you do. I mean for me I really don't understand how anyone can't understand how Inkscape works. But sometimes no matter how much you explain something, people just won't understand how to do it, and there's just nothing you can do about it. Anyways, let's just end this argument. If you want to make a complete tutorial on how to use Inkscape then that would be great, and if not then there's no need to continue this. Making maps isn't really that hard as long as all the information about the lines and stops is completely clear and easy for me to interpret. I'm being generous and offering a service to members of this forum, and there's absolutely no need to talk down towards people who want to utilize this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrainFanInfinity Posted July 6, 2012 Share #38 Posted July 6, 2012 Myrtle Avenue Line Makes all stops from 71 Avenue to Court Street via the Present-day real world ® Jay Street-Metrotech (seperate platform) transfer to <A>© ® Vanderbilt Avenue Classon Avenue Nostrand Avenue Transfer to Myrtle-Willoughby Avs Throop Avenue Jamaica Avenue transfer to Myrtle Avenue ' By Jamaica Av do you mean Broadway? Jamaica Ave doesn't exist all the way over there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubwayStation Posted July 6, 2012 Share #39 Posted July 6, 2012 @ Gorgor, yeah, learning to making maps is great, but for those who just want to see their fictional maps without learning, this thread was a great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgor Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share #40 Posted July 7, 2012 VWM, just for clarification: - For the on Broadway in Manhattan only, which are running express and which are running local? (and which ones stop at 49th Street?) - The train basically follows the exact same route as the train from 168th Street to Ozone Park (running local?), plus the extension afterwards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWM Posted July 7, 2012 Share #41 Posted July 7, 2012 VWM, just for clarification: - For the on Broadway in Manhattan only, which are running express and which are running local? (and which ones stop at 49th Street?) - The train basically follows the exact same route as the train from 168th Street to Ozone Park (running local?), plus the extension afterwards? Express Local dont be hatin.... It follows the same route, but is express in Manhattan and Brooklyn. By Jamaica Av do you mean Broadway? Jamaica Ave doesn't exist all the way over there! Oops... yeah, sorry, the 's last stop in Brooklyn should be Broadway (still with transfer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgor Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share #42 Posted July 8, 2012 Completed Map: TheSubwayStation TheSubwayStation, your map is in the Completed Maps Database but you didn't specify if you wanted a description for it or not in your post. If you would like me to add a description (max 350 characters) then please post! Maps currently in progress: Q23 Central Term ThrexxBus VWM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threxx Posted July 8, 2012 Share #43 Posted July 8, 2012 That's a good preview as to what my work will look like. I find it interesting that Bergen St isn't a stop on the .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubwayStation Posted July 8, 2012 Share #44 Posted July 8, 2012 Thanks, Gorgor. The map's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgor Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share #45 Posted July 9, 2012 ThrexxBus, your ideas are all over the place, literally. Like I said before, please put everything (list of stops, links to the maps, etc.) into ONE Google Doc so that it's all contained. I'm trying to make your map but your ideas are spread throughout a bunch of posts and I'm probably gonna miss something if it's not all in one spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threxx Posted July 9, 2012 Share #46 Posted July 9, 2012 ThrexxBus, your ideas are all over the place, literally. Like I said before, please put everything (list of stops, links to the maps, etc.) into ONE Google Doc so that it's all contained. I'm trying to make your map but your ideas are spread throughout a bunch of posts and I'm probably gonna miss something if it's not all in one spot. Link to compiled request, including links to all four google maps at bottom: https://docs.google....VXLdXVuxS8/edit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWM Posted July 11, 2012 Share #47 Posted July 11, 2012 Would just like to say thanks to Gorgor for putting up with us and doing this for free Thanks man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgor Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share #48 Posted July 11, 2012 Completed Map: VWM Maps currently in progress: Q23 Central Term ThrexxBus --- Completed Maps Database Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threxx Posted July 11, 2012 Share #49 Posted July 11, 2012 Would just like to say thanks to Gorgor for putting up with us and doing this for free Thanks man Not a reply to this post, but a comment on you're thing in your map.... The needs to go to Jamaica/Forest Hills for yard access. I hope you connected the to the yard at 59th Street for the Bay Ridge Branch... Also, I think the & should both stop at Bedford Avenue. The stops would be even then, and Bedford is a high use stop... Oh, a comment on the maps in general, the shuttles should be closer to black in tone than gray. Just pointing it out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Express Posted July 11, 2012 Share #50 Posted July 11, 2012 My god Threxx I just read that google doc and that is crazy. How long did it take you to plan this entire thing out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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