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Old February 20th 07, 04:06 PM posted to uk.transport.london
[email protected] abigailb@gmail.com is offline
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On Feb 20, 2:40 pm, "John Rowland"
wrote:
I'd like bus shelters to bear accurate mathematically distorted geographical
maps, where, for instance, distance from the centre of the map is
proportional to the square root of the actual distance on the ground, and
any super-long routes have an arrow at the edge of the map listing further
destinations.


How do you handle the case where two bus routes share the same stretch
of road, diverge, and then rejoin at another point? These need to
intersect on the map, but both the mileage on the ground, and the time
taken to get there will differ.

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Abi