Show us your city, road or transit maps!

[owenluby 1]

This ones in the making...

There are many things I need to fix up about it... size, scale etc. etc... This is just a test map...

Inspired by Melway and Sydway maps...

[sc4portugal 10]

owenluby, cool

[pickled_pig 7]

Owen, amazing map! I especially like the realistic curves and interchanges.

-aaron

[owenluby 1]

Thanks... There's a bigger one coming soon, don't worry...

[webmaster76 1]

hey, great map! very realitic...

[Benedict 3,119]

I was admiring CDB's metro map on page 5 of this thread, and it made me think of a german network (e.g. Cologne).

Here's what the map would look like if each line had it's own color...

At some point I may attempt to place all the stations, although no doubt the central area would have to be enlarged in order to represent them without major congestion.

One thing I think I would do is take out the 2 sharp curves on the pink circle line and switch them to 60 degree angles, just to make the whole thing look a bit smoother.

Thanks for a great map, CDB, I had some fun 'cologne-izing' it.

[CDB 3]

Thanks, Benedict, wonderfull map!

I opened the thread to post this new map I made, and I found the surprise

Only one thing about your great map. Line 5 has two different services at the airport (the loop at the western end of the line): the first is a kind of express that run directly to the main terminal on reserved tracks, the other take the loop and then turn back to downtown. I know it's a little cofusing on my map, but I did'nt know how to represent it clearly.

[Benedict 3,119]

Thanks for the comment, and the info re: line 5. I should be able to fix that. I also didn't place any of the S lines (shuttles). If I ever do the stations ( a daunting task) I'll include everything. One good thing about the map - there is some empty space top left and bottom right for additional info

I like the new map, too. Is that a tram (glr) network?

[meks89 1]

nice work everyone! I like those transit maps...maybe i'll try that next... anyway here's an update to my Capital City Metro Region. Enjoy.

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3610/capitalcitymetwip28uz.jpg

[owenluby 1]

Hey, nice one meks!

Here is another version of my map...

I made the freeways a single, thick line this time... it's all a test really, just practicing for the huge map that will cover the whole region... in time...

http://www.fileden.com/pview.php?fid=141294&fname=Map%2024Jan.jpg

Click on it and have a look!

[Benedict 3,119]

Nice stuff, Owen. That looks like it must take ages to get everything right. I really like the hexagonal route markers - nice touch!

CDB, here's the Ducksberg metro that lies within the central circle (line 13) with stations and line numbers. The only thing missing is S3, I think (where the red bundle intersects with 13 and 12).

[owenluby 1]

Looks cool! There are so many lines on that sytem! Good job!

[webmaster76 1]

hey Benedict, all your maps are so crazy...i like this stuff :-) :-)

[phlegmatist 0]

Here's my effort - a map of the Region of Sans Serif that I've recently started, so far comprising the four cities Palatino, Trebuchet, Cambria, and Helvetica (do you see what I did there ?)

The map is based on the colours etc of the popular A-Z street maps available for most British cities :

And here's the map itself (I was going to put in street names - and still might do eventually - but for the moment I a) really couldn't embark on that amount of work, and b) probably couldn't think up enough names anyhow !) :

[kraft_d 0]

Very nice work on the map, it looks really good. The names are familiar, too.

[Benedict 3,119]

Nice map, Phlegmatist, and that A to Z cover mockup is excellent!

[woodb3kmaster 342]

Here's a new map I'll introduce in my CJ in probably the next update or two:

[Benedict 3,119]

Great new map for Nyhaven, woodb3kmaster! I love the colors, style, line names and layout.

[akiviks 2]

You all do a fantastic jobs in here with your maps and cities. Can wait to be has good has you are. PERFECT you are #1

[simzebu 20]

Here's a JPG preview of the map of Straatstad. It isn't based on a SC4 city, but I like it nonetheless.

Even cooler are the Scalable PDF files that you can get below:

Just the town boundaries

With the subway lines

[Benedict 3,119]

Duckberg Metro with all of the stations and shuttle lines (but not the planned extensions).

[CDB 3]

Wow, you really did it! It's crazy, there were hundreds of station! Thanks, it's really a great work.

As for your other question, the second map I posted shows a mixed network, partially underground, elevated and GLR; actually, it was an experiment: I wanted to try how Simcity4 handles a network with real different lines and connections, so I changed the level and put two different stations at every interchange point. It worked quite well on a single large city (althogh it had some flaws, and sims won't use mass transit as they did in my other cities), but I think that it won't be very efficient in region play.

Grat maps everyone

[Benedict 3,119]

Yeah, I think I was crazy to do it Adding the stations allowed the map to become slightly more compact (compression of outer lines), and resulted in several changes (mainly a slightly expanded central area).

There are a few things I would change looking at it now, but they are mainly for aesthetics on some of the lines.

I hope you like how I dealt with the Line 5 Loop vs Line 5 Airport Express.

[veck 0]

I'm new here, so hello. Aw I thought I was the only one who made maps of their cities... unfortunatley all my maps are hand-drawn, as I suck at all things photoshop. This is very... comforting to know that I'm the only one in the world who draws maps!

[owenluby 1]

Veck: Mate, i still draw them! You are definetley not alone... there are heaps of people who do!

It is much, much easier though... Phototshop is extremely time consuming and is a very precise tool...

[veck 0]

Well then I might just make one then =)

[owenluby 1]

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I think that worked...

Damn it!

I'll try later...

[Shingure 56]

This is a thread to show off any subway maps of the city you have and give tips on how to make them .  Here is one from my most recent city.



For a densely populated City of nearly 30,000 people It is pretty extensive. But At least it is well used.

[Micah 16]

I'm confused. Is this a City Journal or of a real city?

[pickled_pig 7]

Originally posted by: veck I'm new here, so hello. Aw I thought I was the only one who made maps of their cities... unfortunatley all my maps are hand-drawn, as I suck at all things photoshop. This is very... comforting to know that I'm the only one in the world who draws maps!quote>

 

I had begun to reply to this post... when the server went down for maintanence.

I do hand drawn maps a lot - they prove very useful for planning out my regions and getting ideas of what they'll look like.

Such as this one...

(click on the thumbnail)

-aaron