Spider Maps

[britishguy54]

Feb 27, 2024 22:56:13 GMT ian said:

I hadn't stumbled across this until recently:

www.quickmap.com/london-bus-map.htm

Thought it was quite an interesting way of presenting things, with pluses and minuses, but the SL routes are pretty clear.

That looks really good.

[abellion]

On the Gants Hill map the 123's 24 hours service and SL2 are featured in the old style which is great, however the 296's 24hr weekend service is still advertised. Also, no SL2 stops between Ilford and North Woolwich... -
content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/gants-hill-a4-020324.pdf



For Palmers Green, it inconsistently has the new style instead, and for some reason the SL1 and 24hr Weekend 34 which have never co-existed are both present -
content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/palmers-green-a4-091223.pdf

[matthieu1221]

Mar 23, 2024 17:21:52 GMT abellion said:

On the Gants Hill map the 123's 24 hours service and SL2 are featured in the old style which is great, however the 296's 24hr weekend service is still advertised. Also, no SL2 stops between Ilford and North Woolwich... -
content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/gants-hill-a4-020324.pdf



For Palmers Green, it inconsistently has the new style instead, and for some reason the SL1 and 24hr Weekend 34 which have never co-existed are both present -
content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/palmers-green-a4-091223.pdf

The Gants Hill map also seems badly cropped on the right side! Wonder if the printed versions are fine or similarly cut off.

[twobellstogo]

Really, TfL need a root and branch review of their mapping. Ideally a return to geographic maps - if Surrey and Hertfordshire can do it, so can London, coupled with spider maps for every significant area of London (and if geographic maps are also used, the more recent style of spider map will suffice), and also in an ideal world, every route will retain the same colour, whatever spider map it is on : currently done for Superloop, but should be done for all routes.

[matthieu1221]

Mar 24, 2024 17:30:07 GMT twobellstogo said:

Really, TfL need a root and branch review of their mapping. Ideally a return to geographic maps - if Surrey and Hertfordshire can do it, so can London, coupled with spider maps for every significant area of London (and if geographic maps are also used, the more recent style of spider map will suffice), and also in an ideal world, every route will retain the same colour, whatever spider map it is on : currently done for Superloop, but should be done for all routes.

The 'Key bus routes in central London' style would be very nice for a full network map.

[twobellstogo]

Mar 26, 2024 13:58:16 GMT matthieu1221 said:

Mar 24, 2024 17:30:07 GMT twobellstogo said:

Really, TfL need a root and branch review of their mapping. Ideally a return to geographic maps - if Surrey and Hertfordshire can do it, so can London, coupled with spider maps for every significant area of London (and if geographic maps are also used, the more recent style of spider map will suffice), and also in an ideal world, every route will retain the same colour, whatever spider map it is on : currently done for Superloop, but should be done for all routes.

The 'Key bus routes in central London' style would be very nice for a full network map.

Can you imagine the spaghetti-fied mess that would be? No thanks!

[Eastlondoner62]

Mar 26, 2024 13:58:16 GMT matthieu1221 said:

Mar 24, 2024 17:30:07 GMT twobellstogo said:

Really, TfL need a root and branch review of their mapping. Ideally a return to geographic maps - if Surrey and Hertfordshire can do it, so can London, coupled with spider maps for every significant area of London (and if geographic maps are also used, the more recent style of spider map will suffice), and also in an ideal world, every route will retain the same colour, whatever spider map it is on : currently done for Superloop, but should be done for all routes.

The 'Key bus routes in central London' style would be very nice for a full network map.

I don't think that this would be a good idea, however I do think someone needs to update the Central London map and remove routes that shouldn't be on there anymore and probably add routes that should be on there now like the 26. 

[matthieu1221]

Mar 27, 2024 13:49:56 GMT Eastlondoner62 said:

Mar 26, 2024 13:58:16 GMT matthieu1221 said:

The 'Key bus routes in central London' style would be very nice for a full network map.

I don't think that this would be a good idea, however I do think someone needs to update the Central London map and remove routes that shouldn't be on there anymore and probably add routes that should be on there now like the 26. 

Every revision since April 2023 has been quite lazy to be frank. The east west 11 link not replaced by the 26, the 59 link north south to Euston from Kingsway not being replaced by the 168 or now the 1.