Cartography

[SurfRail]

Which system do you think does it best, and why isn't it ours?

https://translink.com.au/plan-your-journey/maps

https://adelaidemetro.com.au/Timetables-Maps/Network

https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/Journey-Planner/Network-Maps

https://transportnsw.info/travel-info/ways-to-get-around/bus/bus-operator-maps

https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/more/maps/metropolitan-local-area-maps/

[Cazza]

State Transit's maps in Sydney will always be my favourite (I may be slightly biased having grown up around them). I also like Adelaide's with the bus stops shown. And the simplicity of Melbourne's maps are good too. Perth's are a bit iffy having all routes the one colour. Like the others, the colour is a very clear and easy way to tell routes apart and not get lead on a wild goose chase trying to keep up with where your route goes.

I'm not a big fan of the diagrammatic map that Translink use. It doesn't really show where the routes go precisely and whether connections can or cannot be easily made between services.

And I'm still awaiting the day where Network Maps are produced for the 4 BT regions (I have seen a snippet of one produced by Transit Graphics before (in the same style as the STA ones in Sydney) but I don't know where. For some reason, it wasn't released as an official map).

Anyway, that's my view on them.

[aldonius]

Our rail/busway map gets an automatic fail for being topologically incorrect.

(Look at the busway through the city centre. Goes through Roma St twice.)

[red dragin]

(Look at the busway through the city centre. Goes through Roma St twice.)

So it does! Also crosses the river west of the railway (which is what causes the double Roma St). Needs to be an "see insert"

[aldonius]

It's possible to do it properly but you do need to stretch out the city centre a bit more (which I've found often means putting the Sunshine Coast line into an inset - perfectly worthwhile tradeoff).

They'll probably need to redo it quite a bit for CRR anyway. I've found that the 45-degree L shape that was used back in 2010-ish is much more accommodating.

[timh]

that's my favourite fan-made map of Brisbane. Fixes the problem with the inner City and shows CRR pretty well (as well as a bunch of other future lines). Doesn't show the busway however which bugs me.

Personally of all the rail network maps I like Sydney's the best, but there's something about the sheer number of stations included on the Victorian one that gets me going.

I had a crack at my own future Brisbane map which does include CRR and the Busway. I think I did a fair job of fixing the inner city: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mne8a44uihxgst0/Future%20Rail%20Map.pdf?dl=0

[aldonius]

I think this is my most recent effort at a post-CRR network. Includes busway and GCLR and ferries, an optimistic Hamilton extension, and planned outer-suburbs extensions, but no HSR or Trouts Rd line.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/t8kxbtq97bdvmiv/2031-v2-jago-2016-01-31.pdf?dl=0

[timh]

I think this is my most recent effort at a post-CRR network. Includes busway and GCLR and ferries, an optimistic Hamilton extension, and planned outer-suburbs extensions, but no HSR or Trouts Rd line.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/t8kxbtq97bdvmiv/2031-v2-jago-2016-01-31.pdf?dl=0

Oh that's your map? Nice! I've seen that one (or maybe an earlier version) floating around on the net for sometime. It does have a lot of optimistic additions, not as many as mine though haha.

I really like the diagrammatic way you showed the frequency of the lines with different shades. Very clever. Including the ferries is awesome too

[James]

TransLink's mapping gets a big fail for not having a whole-of-network map or even a 1XX/2XX/3XX/4XX breakdown. I imagine this is partly because you'd need every colour in the rainbow to depict Coro Drive & the inner SE Busway. At least we have maps for all the areas outside Brisbane, although some of those are probably too big to show the network practically.

I would say Melbourne & Adelaide have the best maps - Sydney's maps appear to be done up entirely in isolation & without consideration of how local bus networks interact and Perth's are all the one colour (to their credit, this avoids the map becoming a blur of colour though). Melbourne and Adelaide's maps also show all the major streets, showing how you can walk from one service to another and what is in each area - our maps don't do that.

[aldonius]

TransLink did previously have a set of system maps... back in 2004.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/azug7g6woh6c0yw/AAAjQ5yBUhk1UiE414z5p4W2a?dl=0

[ozbob]

Transport Canberra does some good maps.

>> https://www.transport.act.gov.au/getting-around/find-a-stop-or-map