On 5 Jul 2006 03:42:11 -0700, "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.

I gave this a try this morning. I plonked in my work trip and the most
obvious and convenient route via a level interchange was about the 5th
option because it involved more stops. I assume that fewer stops is
assumed to be the most logical route?

The search fields did not recognise Kings Cross or King's Cross or Kings
Cross St Pancras which I found peculiar. I gave up at that point.

I also tried Shoreditch to Angel as a route. I concede this is sneaky
but given that there are no trains to Shoreditch I assumed there might
be a reference to that - there wasn't. The route was then via Shadwell
and then the missing DLR link to Bank (I assume - it didn't say) and
then Northern Line. A second option was routed via Canada Water / London
Bridge. The obvious route via the H&C from Whitechapel to Moorgate and
then Northern Line was not provided - I'm sure this is the minimum
number of stops option as well but was not built in.

I'll admit I didn't really follow the first thread when you "launched"
this site on us - I still think it needs some work on its route logic as
well as tidying the graphics for the displayed routes. It's rather
cramped and messy IMO.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!