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Interesting information, thank you. But you didn't answer my question. Or perhaps I asked/worded it wrong. (My bad.)
When you click on Google Maps' "transit" option all the MTA subways pop up EXCEPT for the Q on Second Avenue. It shows the stations but it doesn't link them together with a yellow line for the Q. Anyone know what's up? Is Google just behind the curve or something?
Google maps is pretty awful in terms of transit. They don't get the station entrances right, they don't have LIRR/MetroNorth/NJT lines, and they have a bunch of bugs that make the transit lines disappear when searching for other things
Several of the transit functions are a consequence of the magnification chosen. Transit stations can come and go as you zoom in or out.
As for station entrances, I have found the only way to get them right is to take pictures of the individual subway station maps (as displayed in most stations to plan my exits and entrances.) It's a pain in the ass and there's always another one that I need but do not have but my collection is pretty big. You would think the MTA would put them on a website.
Several of the transit functions are a consequence of the magnification chosen. Transit stations can come and go as you zoom in or out.
nope, not true. There are mistakes all over the place
Zoom in real close on the G train Nassau station for example, it shows up mid block. If you click google's own streetview feature, you'll see that there is no entrance there to be seen. The stairs are actually either at the corner of Norman street or Nassau Street
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Originally Posted by Kefir King
As for station entrances, I have found the only way to get them right is to take pictures of the individual subway station maps (as displayed in most stations to plan my exits and entrances.) It's a pain in the ass and there's always another one that I need but do not have but my collection is pretty big. You would think the MTA would put them on a website.
Thank you, Blake.
You have no idea how much time I put in trying to find that link. (I never thought of using the word "neighborhood."
Hmmm, some gaps, like for example Times Square or Grand Central up to 55th St. (Midtown.)
No worries, for the longest time those maps were only available in stations on the wall. They were commissioned to a third party design firm (Michael Hertz Associates) and in recent years were made available in PDF format on the MTA website after so many people kept asking for them. They are called "Neighborhood Maps"
Good for them! Hope LE can keep the three SAS stations clean and free of the nonsense that plagues the rest of the system. Am so tired of the beggars, homeless, kids selling suspect candy, persons begging for swipes, and the rest of BS have to deal with on a daily basis just to ride a train.
No worries, for the longest time those maps were only available in stations on the wall.
My guess is that when I searched for them online, about 3 years ago, the site was not yet up, so that was when I began taking my own snapshots and assembling them into my "Subway Stations" file. Of course, I only have Manhattan and it was hit or miss when I ventured into the "outer" boroughs.
A bit of a pain in the ass because my camera is a bit bulky to drag around everywhere.
I finally rode SAS. Got off at 86th St. Extremely close to my destination. Rarely go over that way but the station was so nice. Can only imagine how convenient it is for those who live on UES.
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