TTC subway map upgraded to Toronto Transit Map
About a year ago I played around with the Google Maps API and created a map containing the TTC subway system. It wasn’t intended to be all that useful as the TTC’s own map contains much more information. Still, that didn’t stop my map from rising to the top of the Google rankings for TTC-related searches, resulting in hundreds of visits. A few people sent me emails and comments thanking me for making the map, and it even got a mention in the print version of the June 2006 issue of HUB. I didn’t see much reason for the fuss as the map could have been so much better.
For the past little while I’ve been working on an update, one which makes use of new features in the Google Maps API and which should prove to be even more useful than the TTC’s own system map. This map encompasses not only the subway system, but also the full TTC ride guide, including street car, bus, and train lines. Best of all, the map now has search capability as well as integration with the TTC subway rider efficiency guide. Enjoy.
Many will note, and will no doubt complain, that the map stops just west of the airport and just north of Steeles. I did this to limit the size of the map for bandwidth purposes, and because the lines further north and to the west diverge considerably from the streets on Google’s map. You will notice that even west of the airport the lines diverge. I would have stopped the map further east but felt that I needed to include the airport for the sake of completion. As for those north of Steeles and west of the airport, this is a Toronto transit map. Anything else is just gravy.
- none
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Hithere885 Says:
November 12th, 2006 at 10:32 am
Oh no! You have “improved” the map but please, please, please still make available the one that shows
just the subway stations. Also, on this new one you can’t zoom in to a degree that is useful for
pedestrians. What you have now is too much like the TTC’s own map, which for my purposes at least, was
overloaded with detail. Perhaps you could have the user be able to choose the level of overlays?
I don’t want to seem ungrateful but the subway-only, zoomable map was incredibly useful to me and I am
very sorry to see it go. If you would consider making it available again, that would be very much
appreciated - and I’m sure that I’m not going to be alone in asking for it…
Thanks,
Hithere
Ian Stevens Says:
November 12th, 2006 at 11:27 am
I think I understand what you mean about the zoom level. However, the size of the untiled image at that level is too large for Illustrator to save. Believe me, I tried and Illustrator complained. I’ll see what I can do.
As for the other map, I suppose I could add a toggle to switch between versions. I don’t want to keep the old map at its original location as it currently receives a lot of Google traffic - traffic I want the new map to have. Again, I’ll see what I can do.
Creating the Toronto Transit Map - crazed monkey Says:
November 13th, 2006 at 8:26 am
[…] As with my old subway map, the most difficult parts of creating the new map didn’t involve any programming. The hardest and most time-consuming part by far was cleaning the TTC ride guide and projecting it onto Google’s tiles. I made heavy use of Adobe Illustrator for this part, removing the unnecessary bits which Google’s maps already have (streets, street names, landmarks, etc.) and then scaling, rotating and moving the map around so that the routes matched their respective streets. Sure, that should have been relatively simple but it wasn’t. First, Illustrator’s selection tools leave much to be desired. Secondly, Illustrator is a pig. The 1MB PDF which is the TTC ride guide ballooned to over 30MB inside Illustrator, and oftentimes even the most minute transformations took tens of minutes to complete. Even after all that work, the lines don’t quite match up, especially on the city’s outskirts, but it’s good enough. […]
ATA Says:
November 13th, 2006 at 11:15 am
SO GOOD , BUT I WHEN I SURVEY , MAP IS NOT STORE IN MY CASH MEMORY , SO I CAN’T SURVEY IT FAST , WHEN I PASS FROM A AREA AND COME BACK IT’S NEED TO DOWNLOAD AGAIN ,
Ian Stevens Says:
November 13th, 2006 at 1:10 pm
I can’t see what you’re referring to in Firefox or Safari, ATA. Then again, I haven’t tested the map in IE recently. When I get the chance, I’ll give it a go in IE. However, since Google’s code controls the fetching of images there’s not much that I can do. I’m not limiting caching of the images on the web server, so it’s doing whatever the browser thinks is appropriate. I’ll try setting the Expires header to something far in the future.
Ian Stevens Says:
November 13th, 2006 at 1:17 pm
Unfortunately, my hosting service does not allow me to set the Expires header, which is a real shame.
New tiles for the transit map - crazed monkey Says:
November 17th, 2006 at 12:48 pm
[…] Based on a user comment on the new map, I have added another zoom level to the Toronto transit map. I didn’t do this before because Illustrator wouldn’t let me export a large enough image to PNG, in this case 13794 by 8192. Instead I exported the image in two parts and collated the resulting images using ImageMagick. The detail on that zoom level is high enough so that the names of side streets are now visible. […]
Andy Becker Says:
November 23rd, 2006 at 3:37 pm
Hi,
We would love to have the Toronto Transit Map listed as part of our new directory of Google maps mashups and related resources.
Feel free to drop by and submit your site to the desired category at http://www.gmapsdirectory.com
Best,
Andy Becker
Editor
Gmaps Directory
http://www.gmapsdirectory.com
Arun Says:
December 2nd, 2006 at 3:07 pm
While zooming the map, the Railway track (dark Yellow line) is not seen hence
finding the nearest place of the railway track is difficult in this
online map. So, presence of yellow line will be good while zooming.
Tim Says:
December 13th, 2006 at 1:48 am
Dude, this is simply amazing. I have been wating for something like this for a long time. I am going to tell all my friends!
Mike Says:
December 14th, 2006 at 9:34 pm
This is most excellent. It combines my two favorite maps into one fantastic mashup! With Firefox 2.0 under Linux, The subway and GO lines cover over some of the surface route labels and routes themselves. Is it possible to change the order the overlays are done? It seems to me the layers should have the thickest lines with the least labels at the bottom. So from from bottom to top: GO, subway, surface routes.
Thanks again for the great mashup!
Ian Stevens Says:
December 14th, 2006 at 10:36 pm
I’ll see what I can do, Mike, but there is no perfect ordering. Placing the surface routes on top of the subway would obscure some of the stations and subway lines. (eg. The Yonge bus line would obscure the Yonge subway.)
David Elliott Says:
December 15th, 2006 at 5:44 am
I’m trying your map of the transit system and I cannot enter an address in Richmond Hill.
My understanding is that the transit map was for the GTA and contained the various transit
systems’ maps. Is this a misunderstanding on my part? Or is the map not fully up to
speed?
David Elliott
Toronto ON
Ian Stevens Says:
December 15th, 2006 at 8:21 am
David, the map currently only goes as far north and 407 and Yonge. The map’s accuracy is fairly poor further north than that, which is why I cut it off there. Future versions may include better accuracy and a wider scope.
John Says:
December 16th, 2006 at 3:35 pm
Great map! I did come across a small bug - at Steeles at Keele St in Firefox 2.0, the extra fare box says,
EXTRA F ARE NOR TH
OF STEELES A VE
Ian Stevens Says:
December 16th, 2006 at 5:55 pm
Thanks, John. Those typographic errors are a result of Illustrator changing the font from the one the TTC uses to one which Illustrator knows about. I will see about fixing that should I rerender the map.
Steve Munro Says:
December 16th, 2006 at 11:02 pm
When I enter an intersection name and click on search, I get this error:
f8
Method Not Allowed
The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /toronto-transit-map/index.html.
0
Also, please tall Sean that Broadview station has a stairway exit at the east end of the westbound
platform going up to the streetcar loop. One from the eastbound platform is under construction.
Steve Munro Says:
December 16th, 2006 at 11:09 pm
Further to my previous feedback, I closed IE and reopened it, and the problem went away.
Now when I enter an address or intersection, I get the little timer icon followed by a popup at the
location.
Who knows. IE6 does odd things now and then.
Cheers,
Steve
Kevin Says:
December 18th, 2006 at 4:13 am
neat site.
however, you type in King and Yonge, and it points to wellesly station…
Ian Stevens Says:
December 18th, 2006 at 10:27 am
Thanks, Steve. I’ll admit that I haven’t been able to do much testing on IE. That looks like it could be an Apache response, however, which is weird since the search is all Javascript with no interaction with my server.
Ian Stevens Says:
December 18th, 2006 at 10:30 am
I get that too, Kevin, and there’s not much I can do. The address lookup is passed on to Google which returns me the geographic coordinates. If more mapping errors are reported I’ll look into getting more reliable data.
Andrew Says:
December 18th, 2006 at 10:41 pm
wow… awesome site. The links to ttcrider are a great idea.
However, I’ve also encountered the POST method problem that Steve did, but for me it was on Safari (latest version). This only happens when you click on “Search the map”, not when you hit return. Looking at your html, I think you just have to take out the ‘method = “post”‘ and ‘action = “”‘ attributes from the tag used for the submit button. Why these would only be activated on click (and not when you press return) is totally mysterious to me.
Also, there’s an image missing from the York Mills popup (p.png).
Again, great job.
Chris Reynolds Says:
December 19th, 2006 at 9:57 am
Nice job! I usually have to look up a location on a map site first, and then switch over to ttc.ca to find out how to get there. It takes 4 times as long to figure out.
One problem I had: the name of the street that I live on is also the name of a street in North York. When I punched in my home address it only came up with the North York location without an option for additional streets with the same name.
Love the site though…
Ian Stevens Says:
December 19th, 2006 at 12:42 pm
Thanks, Andrew. I’ve made those changes and we’ll see what kind of effect they have. Strange how that error occurred intermittently. I blame my crappy hosting provider.
I’ve also uploaded that missing image. Not sure how I missed that. Thanks.
Ian Stevens Says:
December 19th, 2006 at 12:56 pm
Sorry, Chris, I haven’t yet implemented the option to display multiple return addresses. I just take the first one which Google gives me. All searches which don’t specify a city are assumed to be in Toronto, and Google makes a guess after that. I’m not sure why Google would list the North York one first.
Dion Says:
December 19th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
I haven’t been able to access the map; it says loading but the map never appears even after five even after 5 minutes. Is a special software needed for this besides Adobe?
Ian Stevens Says:
December 19th, 2006 at 3:00 pm
Sorry, Dion. No, no special software is needed, although you need a recent browser such as IE6, Firefox or Safari. If you have those and the map still doesn’t appear, it’s probably my hosting provider crapping out. If that happens, wait a bit then reload.
Ian Harvey Says:
December 23rd, 2006 at 11:08 am
As a former transit columnist for the Sun (waaaaaaay back when) I was intrigued by the story in the Globe today.
I am however a little disappointed in that the story overplays the capability of the function.
It doesn’t allow me to put in two addresses and then display the best transit route between them. Using my 16 year old son as a testter (we had this conversation Friday night as a coincidence about how to get to a party he wanted to go to by TTC) he was unable to figure out the route.
Maybe there’s a glitch or browser issue (IE6.0)?
Ian Stevens Says:
December 23rd, 2006 at 11:17 am
Sorry, Ian, that was a mistake on the part of the article writer. There is no such feature, nor do I plan on adding such a feature in the near future.
Dorothy Says:
December 23rd, 2006 at 5:03 pm
May I have directions on how to use the map to get from one address in Toronto to another?
Thank you
bill van geest Says:
December 23rd, 2006 at 6:51 pm
When I enter a street corner (eg Bathurst and Bloor), a box pops up that says “False” and then procedes to give me the location. No need for the box or comment I’d say.
Cheers
Bill
Ian Stevens Says:
December 23rd, 2006 at 7:19 pm
Sorry Bill, I accidentally uploaded a development copy of the map. I have since reverted to a working copy.
Huntly Says:
December 26th, 2006 at 5:36 pm
I can’t figure out how to access the GO information. Am I missing something?
Thanks for a great contribution.
Rich Says:
December 27th, 2006 at 9:46 am
Entering some street addresses with a “West” go to the East street. e.g. 269 Queen Street West directs to 269 Queen Street East.
Ian Stevens Says:
December 28th, 2006 at 5:25 pm
Huntly, the GO stations are present in the map but I haven’t linked them to their respective information pages. I will be doing that soon.
Ian Stevens Says:
December 28th, 2006 at 5:31 pm
Rich, Google maps the address once you enter it. Unfortunately, Google seems to be returning streets with both east and west as a disambiguation list ordered from east to west. I will always pick the first entry in a list returned from a search. In future I will present this list to the user.
Tim Says:
December 29th, 2006 at 3:55 pm
Love your map. I do think that there’s immense value in providing an alternative with a larger catchment area. I live in Toronto but often spend hours trying to figure out, for example, how to get to my cousin’s place in Aurora for dinner or to my sister-in-law’s house in Burlington. But I still love your map.
john Says:
January 18th, 2007 at 12:31 am
great work.
the only issue i have with it, is that when i zoom in, the subway line is sooo bold that i cant see the street names under it.
rb3m Says:
January 24th, 2007 at 12:15 am
Excellent job! The only issue I’m having is when I enter Eglinton East it gives me Eglinton West, and when I look for St Clair, it gives me Collier instead.
Ian Stevens Says:
January 24th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Sorry rb3m, those locations are returned by Google as a list. I take the first one hoping that it’s the best one. See my prior comment on this matter.
robert Says:
January 28th, 2007 at 8:00 am
the very north of the transit map wont preview
Jim Says:
February 4th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
TTC has dropped service to Pearson Terminal 2, can you update the map?
Ian Stevens Says:
February 4th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Thanks for the update, Jim. Unfortunately, that will have to wait until the next time I render the map image. Updating the image is not an easy task.
Nancy Boake Says:
February 5th, 2007 at 11:30 am
I asked for 2318 Lakeshore Boulevard West and got 445 Lakeshore Ave.
Ian Stevens Says:
February 5th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Sorry Nancy, I just pass the addresses on to Google and they return the coordinates and the address. Even Google Maps can’t seem to find that address. Perhaps it’s time I used a different geo-locator.
Yash Says:
February 15th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
HiIan,
Thanks for this beautiful website. Really very useful.
The only thing I find troublesome is printing the map.
Print outs are not comparable to those taken
from actual google maps.
What is the best way to print the maps?
thanks,
Yash.
Ian Stevens Says:
February 15th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Sorry, Yash, there’s currently no best way to print the Toronto Transit Map. I’ll look into that for a later feature.
Nigel Burnett Says:
February 19th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
It’s great except for one thing. Is there anyway to stop the last +zoom from expanding the subway lines? It obliterates an entire block north of Danforth.
ciao
Nigel
Ian Stevens Says:
February 19th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
You can choose to display only the road map by clicking the “Map” button within the confines of the map.
Stuart Hargreaves Says:
February 26th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Excellent effort! I think there are a few usability tweaks that could and should
be implemented however.
1) There needs to be a legend on screen at all times so I know what exactly I am
looking at. What is a dashed green line? I have no idea!
2) The zoom function on google maps is great, but doesn’t seem to be implemented
on your version (at least from my work comp, I am using IE 6.0).
3) I would like to be able to turn on and off the different layers of transport
systems (subway, streetcar, bus, etc.)
Overall though, a really useful site! Thanks again!
Greg Banman Says:
February 26th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
As soon as I navigate onto http://www.ttc.ca it kicks me out of my Windows Internet Explorer instantly. No error messages and no warning messages. Completely out of Windows Internet Explorer.
Any ideas?
Ian Stevens Says:
March 4th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Sorry Greg, it looks like the TTC website doesn’t agree with either your computer or IE.
Ian Stevens Says:
March 4th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
Stuart, the zoom is there and functioning so I’m not sure why you’re not seeing it. Implementing multiple layers for each transport system would mean picking out those lines from the map, moving them to separate layers and rendering them for each zoom level. Because of the way the map is laid out, perfoming these actions for one layer was fairly frustrating and time-consuming. I might look to do this in the future, but right now it’s not at the top of my list.
Sonia Says:
May 31st, 2007 at 3:20 pm
I was wondering when this would occur, amalgamation of TTC maps. Now what
would be further beneficial if you could add the bicycle trail map for downtown.
The combo would be amazing! Location of map: http://www.toronto.ca/cycling/map/
Sonia
David Elliott Toronto Ontario Says:
June 13th, 2007 at 4:21 am
Dear reader,
I was just testing out the map and decided to look up the first home I lived in back in the 1940s. The address 2578 Lakeshore Blvd. W. does not seem to want to work properly and I’m directed to a place in Port Credit just past Marie Curtis Park.
Please try it and see if it’s just a one-off, Here’s hoping there’s a solution.
Ian Stevens Says:
June 13th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
David, that is a bug in Google Maps. If you look up 2578 Lakeshore Blvd. W., Toronto, ON in Google Maps, it will direct you to the same location without any listing of alternatives. Sorry, but there’s nothing I can do.
Denis Says:
July 8th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
1) I love it, this is much better than the official YRT and TTC maps. Thank you!
2) It’s very hard to follow the VIVA lines. Some are there, but the orange one in particular isn’t showing up.
Brent Says:
July 11th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
The problem with #55/56 above is that “Lakeshore Blvd.” doesn’t technically exist in Toronto (or Mississauga, for that matter) — it’s Lake Shore Blvd. in Toronto and Lakeshore Rd. in Mississauga — so Google’s coming up with what it thinks is the next closest thing. How it comes up with that conclusion is anyone’s guess. Anyhow, type in “Lake Shore” instead and you come up with a better result.
Lindsey Says:
July 19th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Thanks so much for this great site! I think it’s very useful and I greatly appreciate all the time and effort you’ve put into making such a wonderful resource.
Ian Says:
August 21st, 2007 at 2:00 pm
The Tranist map will not show the area north of Rutherford road in Thornhill area.
Chet Says:
August 21st, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Hi David,
Love the map - a great service for commuters in the GTA! Well done.
Only one issue to report. When I zoom in on the map the overlayed transit lines don’t line up exactly with the streets. I know, I’m being picky, but just thought that I’d pass this back.
Thanks again,
Chet
Ian Stevens Says:
August 21st, 2007 at 8:00 pm
The current map is not meant to show data much farther than north of Steeles. The resulting image would have been too large. The transformation from PDF to image is off kilter up there anyway. Perhaps for a future release.
D. Clark Says:
August 25th, 2007 at 11:21 am
Could not print map correctly. Only printed bottom two inches of what showed on screen.
David Elliott Toronto Ontario Says:
August 27th, 2007 at 1:37 am
Following up on the June 13 reply to my query.
I have just learned that if you type in Lake Shore Blvd. W. (note the two words before Blvd.) you will get the proper address. It seems to me that there’s an anomaly in spelling with Canada Post since the street addresses in the former Mimico, New Toronto and Long Branch spell their addresses as one word.
Someone’s needing to fix something and it’s the Post Office I think because the Postal Code directory does the same thing.
Hope this informaiton is of some use to you.
Howard Says:
September 13th, 2007 at 9:47 am
I am using Firefox 2.0.0.6. When I print the map, I only get transit layer with black background instead of google map as its background. It was good in print preview though.
Ian Stevens Says:
September 15th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Sorry, Howard. I haven’t implemented any print support.
James Otter Says:
September 20th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Won’t print with Windows XP, Windows Explorer 6.
Pete Koepfgen Says:
October 1st, 2007 at 3:01 pm
when I print the transit map webpage, the map with all of the streets disappear and it just leaves the bus routes and subway routes on it. Plus that image is fragmented as well.
it would awesome to have a, “printable” link or something to make it easier to print on
regular 8.5″ x 11″ (letter) paper.
Great job!
I hope the TTC pays you! It would also awesome to see a TTC direction map, where it shows you
how to use the TTC system to get from an address to another… perhaps assuming that the person will walk a few blocks if necessary. It should help them make more $$!!
Sell it to them! make some CASH!
-pete
Garrett Says:
October 1st, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Suggested new feature: Lay over the locations of all Authorized Token/Ticket Agents (for those of us who ride streetcars and aren’t near a subway booth).
Laird Says:
December 2nd, 2007 at 10:54 am
Excellent and most appreciated map!
Is there a zoom Zoom Feature? I am using Firefox.
Google has done this for other transit systems and TCC as last report was “deciding” on letting Google do it or doing it themselves (methinks a bad idea).
Arnon Says:
December 14th, 2007 at 1:02 am
Great mashup sir. :)
Useful as all friggin get-out.
I’d suggest making links to things like the platform map (GREAT idea to use that btw!) open in a separate window, as the session resets as soon as soon as one leaves the main page.
Duda Nogueira Says:
December 15th, 2007 at 11:20 am
Great mashup!
But coudn’ t print!
Bye!
John Simpson Says:
December 16th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
The map is terrific, but without a key, it’s practically useless.
Dilshan Says:
December 17th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
hey for me most of Brampton Transit routes will not load…. Donno if its an isolated case but for me most of the upper regions of the GTA do not load, it’s like the “transit” overlay doesn’t exist there.
Ian Stevens Says:
December 17th, 2007 at 8:28 pm
Sorry, most of Brampton Transit is unavailable on purpose. See the third paragraph in the post above.
Ian Nastajus Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Is there a firefox search engine add-on for your toronto transit map? I’ve searched for that term at mycroft.mozdev.org and found nothing. Does such a little nifty add-on exist? I would love it. I don’t understand the precise coding involved, but someone who can do all this can probably whip one up in an hour. Or less. I don’t know.
This wish would complete my drop-down list of awesomeness -wikipedia, google-maps, facebook, youtube, digg, even the toronto public library. If there’s anything I could to convey my enthusiasm through this reply, perhaps jump up and down waving my arms while I write this, i’ll do it. Thanks.
Ian Stevens Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Sorry Ian, no such plugin exists that I know of. It’s probably fairly trivial, but I don’t have the time right now to do it. If someone else would, that would be great.
Gary King Says:
January 16th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
I noticed that there are a few labels that only appear on the TTC map that you created, and not on Google Maps itself. One example is that ‘Chinatown Centre’ appears at the Spadina and Dundas intersection, but it does not appear on Google Maps. Were these labels added by you manually? They are extremely useful and frankly, I am quite surprised that they do not appear on Google Maps itself!
Thanks in advance!
Gary King Says:
January 18th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
How did you manage to add new labels to your map that do not exist in Google Maps? For instance, yours says ‘Chinatown’ near Spadina, but not on Google Maps?
Ian Stevens Says:
January 19th, 2008 at 11:48 am
I haven’t done anything special to add that, Gary. It must be the map layer Google is using for maps drawn with the Google Maps API.
Gary King Says:
January 19th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Ian, interesting. I wonder why they wouldn’t put that information on the official Google Maps?
Sasha Says:
February 6th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Hey Ian, I’ve been using your map for a while and I just love it! I’ve been trying something similar for something I made, which is really the integrated system maps of the TTC, Mississauga Transit, york Region Transit, etc. that goes all the way to Barrie, Hamilton, Oshawa, and Kitchener/Waterloo. Do you have any hints/tips that could help me to edit the image to do soemthing similar to what you did to integrate the map on to Google Maps? I’d appreciate your help =) If you’re interested, download my map at http://www.sasharamani.com/gtatransit.html. Thanks!
Ian Stevens Says:
February 7th, 2008 at 12:02 am
That’s a pretty large map you have there, Sasha, but if you want to paste it onto Google Maps, I’m afraid it will have to be bigger, probably at least twice its current size. If you’re using Illustrator to scale the map, then you’re going to want to remove all unneeded elements. If you don’t, scaling and rotating it to fit it onto the Google Map will take forever.
You’ll also need to stitch together an area of the map to act as your reference point. You can write one like I did, or use one already available.
I hope that helps.
Aya Says:
March 6th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Hi Ian,
Thanks *so much* for this resource, it is fantastic! Just one thing I wanted to ask: would it be possible for you to make the route lines thinner or translucent when we zoom in? I find it extremely difficult to read the map when it’s zoomed in, as the streets (both the lines and names) are obscured by the thick, opaque route lines.
Thanks,
Aya
Ian Stevens Says:
March 6th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Hi Aya. You can toggle between TTC map and Google map by switching between the ‘Map’ and ‘Transit’ buttons at the top right.
Aya Says:
March 7th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Oh, I see - thanks!
Andrew Orkin Says:
March 21st, 2008 at 9:53 am
Hi…
Brilliant idea! Thanks.
Sometimes an address search doesn’t work on your map but works on maps.google.ca (try 68 Carr Street Toronto for an example). I can work around this by first locating the address on Google Maps and then using your site, but I think this is something that you might be interested in fixing (it happened with a few addresses).
Also, it would be useful if you added a Key on on side that explains your symbols, namely what the routs and station graphics each mean.
Cheers
Andy
marcus thorne Says:
April 24th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
The map is not available for cellphones. is there any way to change that?
Ian Stevens Says:
April 24th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
No, not unless your cell phone’s browser supports Google Maps and is fairly Javascript compliant. The only phone I’ve seen display my map is Apple’s iPhone, and it didn’t support searching for an address.
Jim Says:
May 6th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
I like the Toronto Transit map with the combined Go and TTC with the ability to search using Google Maps.
One suggestion for the next version - include the Go Train Station Names.
It would be nice to also colour code them to match the train routes on the Go transit website.
Thanks… Jim