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'Real' Tube map goes on Net
Mark Prigg, Technology Correspondent16 Jan 2009
GOOGLE has put one of the first "real" London Tube maps online.
The internet firm has mapped the location of the main Tube lines and added it to its Google Maps website.
Visitors can see the lines by clicking the "transit" button of the site. "If you want to book a hotel or make a restaurant reservation, you can switch on the Transit Layer and look for the public transport line nearest to the location," said Raphael Leiteritz of Google.
Londoners are used to the Tube map designed by Harry Beck in 1931. His simplified map consists of stations, straight lines connecting them and the Thames. Critics say it gives visitors an unrealistic view of London's layout.
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Very usefull, wish I had known about it over Christmas when looking for the best stations to drop someone at when national rail was shut down. Great idea.
- Andy, Gwent, 18/01/2009 11:54
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We have had this facility for years, Ordnance Survey maps, London A to Z. The tube stations are clearly marked on the maps you can download from www.streetmap.co.uk.
Knowing where the tunnels are is not a lot of use when you are looking for a restaurant on the surface.
Final comment, please tell the Yanks that we call it the Underground not Transit, no wonder so many of them get lost in London.
- Andrew W1, London, 16/01/2009 21:02
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This makes it painfully clear how few tubes we have in SE London
- Gaye, London, 16/01/2009 17:13
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Oh no they haven't.
All they've done is draw straight lines bewteen stations.
Check out the top of the Northern and Piccadilly lines.
- Richard, Landan, 16/01/2009 15:32
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