[PRCo] Pittburgh Railway Company Map Draft

[D Brashear]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 7:05 AM, Stephen Titchenal <stephen at titchenal.com>
wrote:

> I uploaded my latest DRAFT of the Pittsburgh Railway Co. lines exported to
> Google Maps...
> https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zZ9oYgcbWAWU.kT0OXx8f49fc
>
> This is the rest of the electric lines in southwestern PA including the
> West
> Penn. There are missing sections where I have not had the time to research
> the exact route (in the case of lines going connecting with Ohio and WV
> some
> were not uploaded because of folder limitations in Google Maps).
> https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zZ9oYgcbWAWU.k0plqw2-B7t8
>

FWIW you have Irwin-Herminie lumped in with West Penn, and ISTR
Irwin-Herminie Traction was always independent.

>
> I have not worked on these maps in quite a while. It started out as an
> attempt simply to trace the lines from old maps. It was one of my early
> projects as I experimented with how to manage digital mapping. As I did
> more
> research, I added documentation and began to separate out the lines from
> different time periods and routes. Google Maps has many limitations, so it
> is not possible to create a single map that shows a large area over time
> easily. If you scroll through the layer list you will find some time or
> route based folders. Google Maps limits the number of folders and
> paths/points per map so not all of my research was imported.
>
> Blaine tells me that part 2 of the CERA Pittsburgh Railways book has been
> delayed. It would be nice to have an updated map for that book. If anyone
> would like to help update the map, we can think through the best way to
> manage and document multiple people making changes. My long term goal is to
> get the entries into a true geographic database that can be easily tied to
> the documented research and displayed online. Since I am doing this for
> steam railroads as well as electric lines for all of Ohio and Pennsylvania
> (and to a lesser extent surrounding states) it is life time project.
> Fortunately digital mapping technology is improving all the time. I have
> been so busy scanning and organizing maps and other documentation, I
> haven't
> had time to work that into the digital route tracings and imports to Google
> Maps recently. Maybe this winter ;-)
>
>
I am interested, but overcommitted, and life is very complicated at the
moment, but keep me posted and
if I have time, I am in.
-- 
Daria



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