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Laser etched acryllic map of Vancouver with LEDs lighting up a live feed of transit vehicles
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Determine map #3

Open rsingla92 opened 9 years ago

rsingla92 commented 9 years ago

R: There's a large area for us to choose from. We should pick a zoomed in/out sample image and use that for this project.

We can then later process it to remove extra details and keep key features (like major roads for busses).

rsingla92 commented 9 years ago

J: We can use this to visualize the routes we want: http://www.translinkbustracker.com

rsingla92 commented 9 years ago

I'll come up with a few draft ideas of a map of the lower mainland.

Ideas include:

rsingla92 commented 9 years ago

Thinking ahead here - given a map, there are only so many stops we can fit in. Depending on the resolution of stops per square cm on a big grid- we'll map the received lat/long coords into the nearest stop (linear or binary search can be used here or even some constant time function)

We can later get smarter about the search by caching the first point of a bus

rsingla92 commented 9 years ago

Let's do downtown vancouver because it's pretty. I'll take a look at routes and try to pick a small subset of busses for a draft map,

This means I'll come up with some sort of image that has street names, recognizable shape of vancouver, and possible routes overlaid onto it.

rsingla92 commented 9 years ago

OR. I can say look here: http://infomaps.translink.ca/System_Maps/103/MVTM-Apr%202015.pdf http://infomaps.translink.ca/System_Maps/103/CC-Apr%202015.pdf http://infomaps.translink.ca/System_Maps/103/SW-Apr%202015.pdf http://infomaps.translink.ca/System_Maps/103/RDT-Apr%202015.pdf http://infomaps.translink.ca/System_Maps/103/skytrain_bline_seabus_map.pdf http://infomaps.translink.ca/System_Maps/103/Frequent_Transit_Network_Map.pdf

South surrey looks a bit bare.

jamesmack commented 9 years ago

Yeah, my vote is for DT Van (http://infomaps.translink.ca/System_Maps/103/CC-Apr%202015.pdf).

If we use that rough area, do we want the map aligned north, or with the streets in Fairview?

rsingla92 commented 9 years ago

I'd like it aligned north. To me it's quickly recognizable that way.

I also quite like the bounds that map gives (99 and Skytrain at the bottom, burrard inlet at the top). We can probably cut the right side off a bit more (perhaps eliminate C23 but keep 19, middle right). Aspect ratio will make the difference.