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Today's post is another new line style coming in version 7.1, a hollow line style similar to Hollow Open (London Overground) but instead of the lines being open, they're capped with a flat edge. Whenever I add a new line style, I typically test a
v7.1
Version 7.1 will have lots of new line styles, one new station style, and a handful of new features designed to make it so much quicker and easier to make maps with Metro Map Maker. Today's post is about a new line style I'm calling
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Version 6 and version 7 both took several months of hard work. Both versions involved some pretty major changes to how Metro Map Maker worked behind the scenes. For example, in order to make all maps browsable in version 6, I needed to create a system to turn map data
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Here's another sneak preview of what I've been working on for version 7.1 – another line style, this one inspired by an old map of Minsk I saw in Transit Maps of the World. Minsk's planned extensions have a solid line that are shown
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My plan for version 7.1 is primarily focused on adding new styles. Today's post is inspired by maps like Cologne. Some maps distinguish different modes of transit in their systems using different line styles; Cologne is a good example of this, where the S-Bahn and Regionalbahn use
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Until version 6 of Metro Map Maker, there was only one station style available: the thick circles of Washington DC (and bullseyes for transfer stations). Version 6 added several new styles: * Rectangles, which are drawn as the line's color on thin lines and drawn as black and white
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While watching a fun time-series video of someone creating a map in Metro Map Maker (here's another), I noticed something: the creator would sometimes draw some lines, add some stations, then after a bit more drawing, come back and erase the first lines and stations and re-add them
My Favorite Maps
I really enjoy building new features for Metro Map Maker (and I have so many planned), but I think it's also really important to browse and highlight the maps that visitors like you have made. I've tried to do this from the beginning -- first in
Earlier this year I picked up a copy of Mark Ovenden's Transit Maps of the World. It's a delightful read and very fun to page through, and you're bound to find lots of inspiration for making your next map. In the section on Washington,
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Metro Map Maker launched in 2017, and for most of its run, there was only a single line style available: solid. Version 7 added several new line styles, plus the ability to mix and match line styles and widths. One frequently-requested line style has been a line in the style
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In between adding new features to Metro Map Maker, I make fantasy maps too – and as I'm making new maps, I often think of new features. Often, these new feature ideas aren't major changes – they're small, quality of life improvements to make Metro Map
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In between adding new features to Metro Map Maker, I like to make fantasy maps too – and as I'm making new maps, I often think of new features. Often, these new feature ideas aren't major changes – they're small, quality of life improvements to make