Route Map Creator - v2.1 (Updated 27/08/2011)

[Leanden]

Dunno what you changed, but it works now.

[noofnoof]

Dunno what you changed, but it works now.

When I borrowed someone else's stuff, it had the names not the lines until I increased the numbers of rows and columns.

[Level Crossing]

I like everything so far, except for the labels that are extremely far from the stations.

[jvassie]

I like everything so far, except for the labels that are extremely far from the stations.

Which specific directions? I can tuck them in a bit if you like

[noofnoof]

In Chrome I'm finding the station names are way too high on N, and NE. I'm yet to use NW.

[Jacko]

WOW Thats amazing.

If i can figure it out it would love it.
but i cant. i might as well look at what everyone else has created
This code is a very basic map i created, its of my Local part of the West Coastway line

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[West Coastway Line,#00FF00,true,0,0]
[1,4,,Station,,SOUTHAMPTON CENTRAL,SW]
[3,4,,Station,,Swanwick,sw]
[5,4,,Station,,FAREHAM,SW]
[7,4,,Station,,Portchester,sw]
[9,4,,Station,,Cosham,sw]
[11,4,,Station,,HAVANT,sw]
[13,4,,station,,Warblington,sw]
[15,4,,station,,Emsworth,sw]
[17,4,,station,,Southbourne,sw]
[19,4,,Station,,Nutbourne,sw]
[21,4,,Station,,Bosham,sw]
[23,4,,Station,,Fishbourne,sw]
[25,4,,Station,,CHICHESTER,sw]

Ive tried adding more (i.e. the portsmouth bit), but when i tried to add fratton to it, it goes weird. heres the part of code involved:

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[9,4,,Station,,Cosham,sw]
[11,4,,Interchange,,HAVANT,sw]
[9,5,,Station,,Fratton,se]
[13,4,,station,,Warblington,sw]

[noofnoof]

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[9,4,,Station,,Cosham,sw]
[11,4,,Interchange,,HAVANT,sw]
[9,5,,Station,,Fratton,se]
[13,4,,station,,Warblington,sw]

I can only assume you meant that to be

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[9,4,,Station,,Cosham,sw]
[11,4,,Interchange,,HAVANT,sw]
[12,4,,Station,,Fratton,se]
[13,4,,station,,Warblington,sw]

you had 9,5 which is 9 across, 5 down, it was lower than everything else.

[Jacko]

No im trying to make a junction
like a triange

Im trying to join it to Cosham and Havant

[Nawdic]

I can't seem to access any of it - - It just comes up to start off with a map of the Circle line, with all the tabs being unresponsive. Registering didn't even make it budge...


Any answers?

It was fine with 1.1, but it is with 2.0 it became unresponsive.

[Level Crossing]

Clicking on the tabs does not work? It does for me. What browser do you use?

[Nawdic]

IE8

[Jacko]

Ignore my previous question because ive found a solution.

And ive had another go, heres another local map for the Portsmouth Area (i missed Bedhampton and Hilsea I know)

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{
[South West Trains,#FF0000,true,0,0]
[4,9,,Station,,Portsmouth Harbour,e]
[4,7,,Interchange,,Portsmouth & Southsea,w]
[4,5.5,,Interchange,,Fratton,w]
[4,5.5][6,3]
[4,5.5][3,3]
[3,3][0.2,3]
[3,3,,@station,,Cosham,n]
[6,3,,@interchange,,HAVANT,N]
[6,3][7.0,3]
[8,1,,Station,,Rowlands Castle,E]
[1,3,,@Station,,Portchester,n]
[8,1][9,-1]
}
{
[Southern,#00FF00,true,0,0]
[0.2,2.7][12,2.7]
[1,2.7,,@Station,, ,,]
[3,2.7,,@station,, ,,]
[5.9,2.7][3.6,5.6]
[3.6,5.5][3.6,9]
[6,2.7,,@Interchange,, ,,]
[9,2.7,,@Station,,Warblington,S]
[3.6,5.5,,@INTERCHANGE,, ,,]
[3.6,7,,@INTERCHANGE,, ,,]
[3.6,9,,@STATION,, ,,]
[11,2.7,,@Station,,Emsworth,SE]
}
{
[First Great Western,#990066,true,0,0]
[0.2,2.4][12,2.4]
[3,2.4,,@Station,, ,,]
[3.2,2.4][4.4,5.5]
[4.4,5.5][4.4,9]
[6,2.4,,@Interchange,, ,,]
[4.4,5.5,,@Interchange,, ,,]
[4.4,7,,@Interchange,, ,,]
[4.4,9,,@Station,, ,,]

Its a vast improvement on my previous one

[Level Crossing]

Here's a map that I made of my fictional network:

3 Map.PNG

(32.43 KiB) Not downloaded yet

The link to the thread where I originally posted this is in my signature (my screenshot thread).

[noofnoof]

IE8

Karma?
Or more reasonably, he said it used HTML5. Get a browser that supports HTML5.

[Jacko]

Hooray i think ive got it now!

this is a map of the South of the UK in my Fictional Game.

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{
[London Link Trains,#000000,true,0,0]
[8,4.4,,@Interchange,, ,,]
[8,4.4][10,4.4]
[10,4.4][10.8,3.91]
[10.8,3.91][10.8,3]
[10.8,3,,@Interchange,, ,,]
[10.8,3][13,0]
}
{
[Anglia Rail,#FF9900,true,0,0]
[8,5,,@Interchange,, ,,]
[8,5][9.8,5]
[9.8,5][11.4,4]
[11.4,4][11.4,3]
[11.4,3,,@Interchange,, ,,]
[11.4,3][13.6,0]

}
{
[CrossCountry,#00FF00,true,0,0]
[8,5.6,,@Interchange,, ,,]
[8,5.6][0.25,5.6]
[2,5.6,,@Interchange,, ,,]
}
{
[Arriva Trains Wales,#CCCCCC,true,0,0]
[8,6.2,,Interchange,, ,,]
[8,6.2][0.25,6.2]
[2,6.2,,Interchange,, ,,]
}
{
[South UK SpeedRail,#0000FF,true,0,0]
[8,6.8,,Interchange,, ,,]
[8,6.8][12,6.8]
[12,6.8,,@Station,,Cosham,N]
[12,6.8][15,8.4]
[15,8.4,,@Interchange,, ,,]
[15,8.4][28,8.4]
[16.5,8.4,,@Station,,Emsworth,N]
[17.5,8.4][20,8.4]
[19,8.4][18,10]
[18,10][18,13]
[18,13,,@station,,Hayling Island,S]
[18,13][18,10]
[18,10][19,8.4]
[21,8.4][23.3,11.3]
[23.3,11.3][23.3,15]
[23.3,13][25,8.4]
[25,8.4][23.3,13]
[23.3,11.3,,Station,,Chichester South,w]
[23.3,15,,Interchange,H2,Selsey,s]
[23.3,15][23.3,11.3]
[23.3,11.3][21,8.4]
[21,8.4][15,8.4]
[15,8.4][12,6.8]
[12,6.8][9.8,6.8]
[9.8,6.8][12,4]
[12,4][12,2]
[12,2][9,0]
[9,0][12,2]
[12,2][12,4]
[12,4][9.8,6.8]
[8,6.8][0,6.8]
[0,6.8][7.5,6.8]
[7,6.8][6,10]
[6,10][7,13]
[7,13,,@Station,,Gosport,SE]
[6,10,,@Station,,Portchester Town,w]
[12,3.,,@Interchange,,PORTCHESTER AIRPORT,E]
[2,6.8,,@Interchange,,FAREHAM,S]

}
{
[First Great South-Eastern,#00EEEE,true,0,0]
[8,7.4,,Interchange,, ,,]
[8,8][12,8]
[12,8][15,9]
[15,9][28,9]
[15,9,,Interchange,,HAVANT,S]
[20,9,,Interchange,V2,SOUTHBOURNE,S]
[23,9,,Interchange,V2,CHICHESTER,N]
[25.6,9][23.8,13]
[23.8,13][23.8,15]
}
{
[South-West Trains,#FF0000,true,0,0]	
[8,8,,Interchange,,PORTCHESTER JUNCTION,Se]
[8,7.4][0.3,7.4]
[2,7.4,,Interchange,, ,,]
}
{
[Hayling Island Train route,#993300,true,0,0]
[17.6,13][17.6,10]
[17.6,13,,@Station,, ,,]
[16.5,9.6,,@Station,, ,,]
[17.6,10][16.5,9.6]
[16.5,9.6][15,9.6]
[15,9.6,,Interchange,, ,,]

It took me 3 hours to make.

[jvassie]

Glad you are all able to use it ok without any major problems. Development is slow at the moment whilst im on mobile broadband (new flat), once im back up and running properly, will aim to get more features rolled out, including hopefully saving/loading maps (including saving generic information like map size/line width etc) and exporting to png/jpg (svg too hopefully).

I will also be looking for some of the 'best' maps to go into the gallery, so let me see what you can!

[Level Crossing]

Do you need the code too?

If not, my application is a few posts above (I lost the code for the map).

[Jacko]

Have you looked at my Latest map???

I thought it was quite cool. (for me anyway)

Also, i would like to ask about the grid thing, it doesnt seem to appear. its just all white lines, you can tell when the Lines in the legend show over it because white lines go through it.

[FooBar]

What option values did you use for that map?
(this is exaclty why I think it would be useful to have those stored in the map description instead)

The legend appears to have a fixed position. No matter how or small I make the map, it keeps sitting in the same place.


As for your map (I just set the columns and rows very high) I think it would look better with some nice curves. But other than that, it's a nice start! Clearly shows your network and I think it's a good basis to keep expanding.

[jvassie]

What option values did you use for that map?
(this is exaclty why I think it would be useful to have those stored in the map description instead)

The legend appears to have a fixed position. No matter how or small I make the map, it keeps sitting in the same place.


As for your map (I just set the columns and rows very high) I think it would look better with some nice curves. But other than that, it's a nice start! Clearly shows your network and I think it's a good basis to keep expanding.

Indeed, its a great suggestion FooBar! It is at the top of my priority list, hopefully combining it with storing routes in a database, but obviously, there should be an 'export to .txt' or 'copy/paste' feature which includes the initial options, as you said, at the moment you need to scan someones entire route description and look for the highest x and y values, and then hazard a guess at line width, as station / label positioning can look weird at the wrong width I believe.

@73129, as noofnoof said, this makes use of a new HTML5 feature called Canvas, you must have a browser which supports it. I will try to get around to adding a 'minimum requirements' of sorts to the website.

Jacko, good looking map, as FooBar said though, try expirementing with curves to try and make it look more 'realistic' (I use that word lightly)

Not sure how the gallery will work yet, whether it will be a collection of screenshots, or a collection of 'real' maps created on the fly from code using the program, time shall tell.

As always, open to suggestions and feedback