[PRCo] Pittsburgh Railways Co. Track Map

[Lattner, Raymond]

Regarding maps. I found this site interesting.

http://peoplemaps.esri.com/pittviewer/

Ray





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From: pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org] On Behalf Of Phillip Clark Campbell
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 12:07 PM
To: Western PA Trolley discussion
Subject: Re: [PRCo] Pittsburgh Railways Co. Track Map

I find the current Pgh trolley map quite sufficient Mr.Lybarger.  It does have details for all track doesn't it, even non-revenue track.  The only difference between this and the Toronto map is computer drawing overlaid on a street map.  The computer map allows for enlargement but this has drawbacks doesn't it.
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I prefer the printed page over a computer screen as print allows much more detail for given area.  Zooming on the computer isolates a very small area for detail making it difficult to see how it fits the whole without constant zooming back and forth.  This is not a problem with the printed page is it.
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A friend has a large format printer; I shall ask him to print the Toronto map for study.
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Phil
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--- On Wed, 1/30/13, Edward H. Lybarger <ehlybarger at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Edward H. Lybarger <ehlybarger at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [PRCo] Pittsburgh Railways Co. Track Map
To: "'Western PA Trolley discussion'" <pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org>
Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 5:55 AM

Unfortunately, there are many worthy publication projects that PTM might do, but there are also too few people with too little time available to do them or even supervise them.  I agree that the track map is one of them.

I used to be able to volunteer 1900+ hours annually to the museum, for example, but last year it was down to 300+ hours.  Times and situations change.

Ed



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