[PRCo] Pittsburgh Railways Co. Track Map

[Herb Brannon]

Ray,
Didn't you post this to The List earlier today, or, am I having
hallucinations ?

On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Lattner, Raymond <rlattner at pa.gov> wrote:

> Regarding maps. I found this site interesting.
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> http://peoplemaps.esri.com/pittviewer/
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> 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
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> 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:
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> 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
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Ed
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Herb Brannon
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