wrote:

David Tran wrote:
Hi all

A few months ago, I rolled out the London Underground Route Finder,
which plots the routes between two stations, and asked for feedbacks.
The main points boiled down to the ability to add a route if the
calculated ones are rubbish, and also to indicate which exit/carriage
is best at interchanges. Well, these features are now available, so for
the experts out there, if you know a secret shortcut and would like to
share that with the rest of us, this is your chance.

The URL is http://public.ok2life.com/. As ever, I am not competing with
Mr TFL, as you will read from the mission statement on the front page.

Regards
David

P.S. I am grateful for the rain this morning, as the heat became
unbreable.

It's even worse today, not as hot, but even more humid; I'm finding it
difficult to breathe.

I only had a very quick look at it, I'm at work at the moment. I asked
for a route from Euston Square to Warren Street, and it sensibly told
me to walk. The old Railtrack site used to suggest a journey between
Settle and Giggleswick be made via Hellifield, and at certain times
would involve an overnight stop there!

However, asking for Northwick Park to Kenton offered a route of twenty
stops, via Baker Street. Sometimes it's not obvious to somebody who
doesn't know the area how close two stations on different lines are.

The system has good knowledge of the tube network, so plotting towards
the centre, it can do pretty well. What it does not do well is
connecting the outer fringes, like, say, from Stanmore to Edgeware,
which can only be done by buses or trains. This is why I added the
route designer so these gaps can be gradually filled in by
knowledgeable visitors.

Hey, on the bright side, apparently this is the right kind of rain for
Thames Water, where it lasts all day, giving the ground time to absorb.
Another month like this and maybe we can wash our cars again.

David