Help with Subway maps? (SC4 for a CJ)

[Quzo 0]

Does anyone know how or can assist me in making decent subway/underground maps for CJs? Attached is my first attemt. It is a map for Cacston Metropolitan Area Quick-Link High Speed Rail Project (a.k.a CMAQLHRSP).

Does anyone know a bit of freeware that can do vectors or at least can make diaganol lines with none of the funny stuff around the edge? (i.e. neater)

[JakeMD 107]

You might want to try http://paint.net/, or maybe http://gimp.org/. These should enable you to make vectors and other shapes with outlines...

[Quzo 0]

I have gimp dunno about paint though. If someone could show me how to make vectors with gimp that would be great. Having said that I have tried already with gimp not sure it has a vector button on it and I have version 6.3 (in other words the lastest version).

I will have to try paint.net and bofore anyone says I also have photo filtre and photo scape.

[JakeMD 107]

I just found http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/, this probably will provide the best option for vector drawings.. Here is a few more:

http://linetracer.sourceforge.net/

http://www.scribus.net/

[Quzo 0]

Thank you. I will be sure to try them. If they don't work I wil have to settle for less perfect maps as I was hopeing to make them like the london underground maps. Who cares anyways; it's nice knowing I don't have to pay for adobe photoshop or macromedia fireworks.

[JakeMD 107]

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Sign up for a web design class and get a discount on fireworks and or photoshop

good luck with your maps!

[s.i.X 13]

Inkscape is the best, I make subway maps in it all the time. Make sure you use layers.

[Duke87 1,070]

Actually, what you've got there looks pretty good already (albeit a tiny little system). So whatever you're doing, it works.

My only recommendation would be that for the corners use quarters of a circle or at least angle the lines at 45 degrees (1:1 slope, easy to see if you zoom in).

MS Paint quite suffices for subway maps, if you know what you're doing, really.

[Quzo 0]

The map I have attached was made it photofiltre. I will try with quadrents. But the thing is if the train lines run diagonaly then that won't work are it would only be fitting for corners in the track.