Individual Line version of official regular subway Map

[Eric B]

Individual Line version of official regular subway Map

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Been planning this for years,basically duplicated lines on the trunks and shifted things accordingly, and it fits. Inspired now by seeing how they are not using the new-Vignelli maps for service change posters.

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• Submitter
  Eric B
• Submitted
  11/19/2017
• Category
  Member Created Maps

 

[Union Tpke]

What happened to the Franklin Avenue Shuttle?

[Eric B]

Have to fix that, and a couple of other small things.

[Eric B]

OK, fixed, but I think it still has to be approved first.

[MassTransitHonchkrow]

It's an incredibly savvy version compared to the original; however, its resolution is too low on WSXGA (1440 x 900 or 1280 x 1024) screens.

Otherwise, it looks great!

[Eric B]

Thanks!

It was just a draft, to show how it could be done. I sent it in as a suggestion today, as I really think they should redo the map like that. It would be especially good for the maps on the kiosks, showing the rote from one point to another. 

[Lance]

If that's the intention, perhaps it would be easier to convince the MTA to adapt the KickMap as the official map.

[Eric B]

I suggested that as soon as it came out. They don't seem interested in adopting anyone else's design (except for the revived Vignelli). That's when I figured an adaptation of the current map would be the answer. 

[itmaybeokay]

Do you have Adobe Illustrator? 
 

If you download the official PDF from the MTA and run it through this website to remove the edit password: 

https://smallpdf.com/unlock-pdf

You can edit it as a vector with all the layers intact in Illustrator. It's still a little daunting, but with patience you could make it look as good as the original at any size! (such is the magic of vector graphics) 

I'm looking at it now, entire lines are isolated under clip groups with paths underneath them. Youd have to slice up the paths, duplicate, and nudge around, moving text out of the way and fixing station icons accordingly. Painstaking work - but would be very cool. 

[Lance]

That's originally how I created my weekend service change maps. After a while, I got so tired of the vector design quirks of the official map that I just made a different one from scratch. Saves me a few headaches.

[Porter]

I guess the isn't a real line...

[LGA Link N Train]

On 12/1/2017 at 2:37 PM, Skipper said:

I guess the isn't a real line...

It's pretty much the TBH, the only difference is stop patterns

[Porter]

7 minutes ago, LGA Link N train said:

It's pretty much the TBH, the only difference is stop patterns

It doesn't seem like the and really needed designated alphanumerals, then. Why not just have a square bullet like [ J ] and [ 1 ] if diamonds are reserved?

Edited December 4, 2017 by Skipper

[P3F]

53 minutes ago, Skipper said:

It doesn't seem like the and really needed designated alphanumerals, then. Why not just have a square bullet like [ J ] and [ 1 ] if diamonds are reserved?

Square bullets indicate terminals on maps.

[Eric B]

Really, they could use diamonds, since that has come to be reserved for express versions of the same line that run at the same time as the local. (Where the  express between Myrtle and Marcy used to be a diamond, since the  covered the local in the (J)'s place in the peak direction, they eliminated the diamond. If the current thinking had been in place in '88, then maybe the  and  would have simply been a diamond 1 and J).

[Porter]

9 hours ago, P3F said:

Square bullets indicate terminals on maps.

That totally slipped my mind. Nevermind, then.

4 hours ago, Eric B said:

Really, they could use diamonds, since that has come to be reserved for express versions of the same line that run at the same time as the local. (Where the  express between Myrtle and Marcy used to be a diamond, since the  covered the local in the (J)'s place in the peak direction, they eliminated the diamond. If the current thinking had been in place in '88, then maybe the  and  would have simply been a diamond 1 and J).

Yeah, <1> and <J> are less misleading than having dedicated alphanumerals.