Comments on: The Octopus Map

By: metro rider

metro rider — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:10:28 +0000

totally dig the octopus map. great job!

By: something else

something else — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:08:22 +0000

I love this map! Thanks!

By: afiler

afiler — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:00:22 +0000

jonglix, I like those ideas. I’d thought about showing the 43->44 and 49->7 but wasn’t real sure whether to include them since the continuations only happen at odd times (as opposed to the 11->125 which happens almost every trip). I think I’ll come up with some sort of notation for those two.

By: jonglix

jonglix — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:54:14 +0000

Love the cap hill octopus ! (I’m also a big fan of Transit Maps of the World)

My only suggest would be to thin the lines for the less frequent routes (8, 11) and dash the lines for the no night/weekend routes (9). You could also note the 43 continuation to Ballard on nights/weekends / 49 to Rainier.

By: Andrew Taylor

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:48:38 +0000

Lovely clear maps. Just wanted to give remind people of the grand-daddy of all symbolic transit maps: the London Underground (aka the Tube) Map:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tube_map

In brief (from Wikipedia): “As a schematic diagram it shows not the geographic but the relative positions of stations along the lines, stations’ connective relations with each other and their fare zone locations. The basic design concepts have been widely adopted for other network maps around the world, especially that of mapping topologically rather than geographically.”

By: jseattle

jseattle — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:46:56 +0000

Awesome map. I’d like to feature it more prominently on my site — would you rather I hot-link to your image or can we figure out a fair way to hos on Capitolhillseattle.com? People should see this!