sblument Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 I created this petition to try and get Google Maps to color the L lines properly: http://www.change.org/petitions/google-inc-in-google-maps-give-the-chicago-l-lines-their-proper-colors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See Tea Eh Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Guess I never really thought of it, but they do appear just as regular railroads (grey lines) on Google Maps. I'd also prefer L stations not to be labeled with the generic "M" (apparently stands for "Metro"). CTA does not have a Metro. Use the rail icon that CTA uses, or at least change the M to an L. However, I think that's really something Google would have to work out with CTA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geneking7320 Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 I created this petition to try and get Google Maps to color the L lines properly: http://www.change.org/petitions/google-inc-in-google-maps-give-the-chicago-l-lines-their-proper-colors I haven't had the time to look but what colors does Google use for Boston's MBTA? I think they were the first system to push color association with rail lines. If they show Boston's T with the proper colors they should do it for CTA. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See Tea Eh Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Just going to maps.google.com (I don't know if there's a different map view for Google Maps out there), and looking at their standard map view (not satellite), Boston has grey railroad track lines for the T lines as well. However, the stop locations have the T logo rather than the generic "M" (for Metro) icon. I will say that on Google Earth, rail lines (including CTA) are properly identified by color, and have been for a while. I believe Google Earth also uses a regular train station icon rather than the "M" to identify CTA rail stations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ctafan630 Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 If we are going to get picky about what shows up on Gooogle maps, the petition should also make note that the Yellow, Purple, Green, Pink and Brown lines are not Subways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 If we are going to get picky about what shows up on Gooogle maps, the petition should also make note that the Yellow, Purple, Green, Pink and Brown lines are not Subways. The only thing Google Maps purports to do is give accurate travel directions. Besides (maybe my cookies being off) this doesn't load, maybe someone's efforts should be directed at making GoRoo accurate, or, better yet, abolishing that waste of apparently federal money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ctafan630 Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Besides (maybe my cookies being off) this doesn't load, maybe someone's efforts should be directed at making GoRoo accurate, or, better yet, abolishing that waste of apparently federal money. I guess you could always start your own petition to get GoRoo to be more accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 I guess you could always start your own petition to get GoRoo to be more accurate. Or just waste my time. The RTA isn't paying me to fix their software, nor is it listening to petitions. All I was saying is that this petition is for relative trivia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aherstein Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Boston, NYC, Montréal, San Francisco, and a bunch of other cities have color-coded rail lines in the Transit layer. SF and Boston also have a BART and T logo respectfully instead of the generic M. It should be fairly simple to do the same for Chicago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pudgym29 Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 From playing with Hyperdia and Google Maps, Tokyo has thirteen subway lines (Nine Tokyo Metro, four Toei), and each and every one of those lines has its color correctly annotated.This should be very easy for Google to comport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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