rodcorp: rodcorp: Transport systems, safety, mapsTransport systems, safety, maps, designRodcorp is moving home- August 18, 2003 New home is chez Typepad.http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/ Marginalia around underground tube maps- August 12, 2003 NYC: both Todd Glickman and Peter Lloyd maintain records of NYC subway maps, which include a series of six or so issued in the daysweeks after 911. By all accounts, that period was handled very well. These maps occasionally come up on eBay and tended to have: a box which stated when the map was reissued and referred travellers to mta.nyc.ny.us for more updates, and a speech-bubble enlargement showing the lower Manhattan area. London: the best records of issued maps are probably Letch's London.http://radio.weblogs.com/0105728/categories/transport/2003/08/12.html#a488 Edward Tufte on London Underground Map- August 12, 2003 Someone asked ET about the London tube map which prompted a linkful and thoughtful discussion. The interchange symbols on the Madrid map apparently indicate how far you have to walk to change lines - something the London tube might usefully provide because whilst some interchanges are conveniently across the platform, but others are loooong, eg: Bank-Monument, or (various examples) on the Northern line due to semi-permanent repair works happening in the stations. The Moscow metro map is a...http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00005W&topic_id=1&topic Guardian: What time is it Well, no one knows for sure- August 4, 2003 Four different time systems are used: Coordinated Universal, International Atomic, GPS and GMT. They're gradually getting out of sync because they either observe or ignore (for mostly systemic or historic reasons) leap-second adjustments made for the earth's rotation slowing. Some outcomes: navigationalastronomiclegal quagmire; atronomers expensively upgrade their systems; a return to the kind of timezoning done in the railroad era (albeit on a smaller scale); each group redefines the second to.http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,985020,00.html Antimega: a Life in Paper, stalked- August 4, 2003 Antimega is receipt-mapping his life, which prompted the question 'What do the locations of his transactions tell us about him'. We put Holmes on the case, who observed the some of these receipts came from Northish London, and others from the Docklands, or thereabouts. Holmes then suggested that if we were to pick a tube station in Northish London (one in zones 1 or 2), we might be able to find him on the London Bloggers list, by taking advantage of the 'Weblogs Within 10 Minutes Of This...http://www.undergroundlondon.com/paper/index.html SMS-mapped London will let you hail a cab by txt- August 4, 2003 5000 London Taxi Points and 4000 black cabs allow mobile users to text and book the nearest available cab, night or day. 28 July 2003: Anyone who has struggled to find a black cab in London will soon be able to locate the nearest available taxi and book it, all using SMS. With SMS connectivity supplied by Netsize, London's new Taxi Point service removes the need to wait on the street searching for a cab. Instead, customers can use one of the new 'Taxi Points' - actual signs that use a unique.http://www.wirelessdevnet.com/news/2003/209/news4.html |