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This is a thread for maps, inspired by a map I was shown that that made me mad in the way that every time I look at it I find something new to be mad about. This is a global transit map made by Mark Ovenden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ovenden It may seem innocuous enough at a glance, you might even think "A global transit system actually sounds like a cool idea." But, I swear, each time you look at it, you'll find some new incredibly baffling decision in this thing. This is in the Southwest US alone:  Like every stop is like this, it's nuts. Post other things about this map that are absurd, or post other maps that are also incredibly bizarre or cool.
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Jun 18, 2020 14:08
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 finally can take a daytrip from auckland to sydney
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Jun 18, 2020 14:26
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i love my 1 stop commute from my home in jersey to rotterdam it work at starbucks
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Jun 18, 2020 14:36
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Jun 18, 2020 14:36
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twoday posted:The you could transfer through mexico city as well. just a few quick stops.
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Jun 18, 2020 14:40
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I think the idea behind the world transit map isn't to be an actual representation of what a worldwide rapid transit system would look like but a sort of cute little map made to look like a major city's public transit system. The idea being that if we worked together and had proper funding we could make travel around the world as easy and commonplace as travel through NY or whatever.
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Jun 18, 2020 14:43
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CongoJack posted:I think the idea behind the world transit map isn't to be an actual representation of what a worldwide rapid transit system would look like but a sort of cute little map made to look like a major city's public transit system. The idea being that if we worked together and had proper funding we could make travel around the world as easy and commonplace as travel through NY or whatever. Yeah, but that's not as funny as taking it literally.
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Jun 18, 2020 14:44
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having africa pretty much empty & labeling it “under construction” is... a choice, for sure
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Jun 18, 2020 15:24
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THOT PATROL posted:having africa pretty much empty & labeling it “under construction” is... a choice, for sure yeah thats the funniest part in how incredibly tone deaf it is
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Jun 18, 2020 15:27
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Finally I can commute from Naples to Dubai by subway like I always wanted
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Jun 18, 2020 16:21
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This thread is extremely my poo poo.
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Jun 18, 2020 16:22
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Ah yes, the northernmost city in North America, Vancouver.
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Jun 18, 2020 16:23
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Jun 18, 2020 23:07
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Crossing the Atlantic twice to get from Mexico to Colombia
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Jun 18, 2020 23:48
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Jun 18, 2020 23:50
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mexicos shape is a thing of beauty. love to travel southeast to get from the east coast to the west coast
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Jun 18, 2020 23:54
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CongoJack posted:I think the idea behind the world transit map isn't to be an actual representation of what a worldwide rapid transit system would look like but a sort of cute little map made to look like a major city's public transit system. The idea being that if we worked together and had proper funding we could make travel around the world as easy and commonplace as travel through NY or whatever. THOT PATROL posted:having africa pretty much empty & labeling it “under construction” is... a choice, for sure as the person who posted this earlier in the urbanism thread because it was extremely funny to take literally I should point out that the actual book in question is literally called "Transit Maps of the World" and covers transit maps in detail, with the "stops" being a cute way of indicating which urban train & metro systems are covered by the book, and Sub-Saharan Africa doesn't have as many systems to cover (and that's from an earlier mid-2000's edition) in terms of absurdities: MikeCrotch posted:I'm the short hop from Salerno to Dubai across a sliver of water LGD has issued a correction as of 00:02 on Jun 19, 2020 |
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Jun 18, 2020 23:56
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also https://twitter.com/wheatgarden/status/1270741123439493120?s=20
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Jun 18, 2020 23:59
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that map exists just to aggravate people, it rules. Such as a trip from Houston Texas to Dallas Texas being a ride all the way to canada and back around or a transfer in mexico city
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