Toronto Transit Map

Toronto transit map (screencap) Torontoist calls this transit map of Toronto “the best map ever in the history of anything.” What it looks like to me is the TTC transit map superimposed on a Google Maps interface. Not that that isn’t impressive in and of itself, but the streets, etc. are part of the TTC layer, rather than Google Maps itself. In other words, other than the stations, this appears to be a single image, rather than a bunch of polylines. Problematic from a usability standpoint (particularly at the edges), though it explains how the transit lines and symbols could be orthorectified so cleanly. Via All Points Blog.

Posted on Friday, December 15, 2006 at 9:51 AM
Categories: Hacks & Mashups, Mass Transit, Toronto

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This map has been out for years in this form, and changes once in a while to update routes as they change with shifting populations. Torontonians love it. Fortunately for Toronto, the subway system has developed along east-west and north-south axes, allowing the buses and streetcars (trams) to run perpendicular from the stations along the routes. Now, with a population of almost 5 million in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area), transit systems from satellite suburban cities are now joining with the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) and what used to be end of the line loops in the far reaches of Metroplolitan Toronto, have now become connecting points for other transit systems.

Ken Babinchak | 12/17/2006 at 11:51 AM | #

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