Tag / Melbourne
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Possible post-Metro Tunnel Melbourne tram network
This is a quick map I have made to show what I think will happen to Melbourne’s tram network after the Metro Tunnel opens in 2024. If you’re interested in learning more about this, please see my video on this topic over on my YouTube channel below.
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Banh mi map of Melbourne
UPDATE 22/02/2022: I have received some comments about this project that I would like to address. I have been told that my maps can be interpreted as negatively contributing to an issue about the “real cost” of banh mi. Others have written about this far more eloquently and with more authority than I ever could,…
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Parklet map data now available
The crowdsourced map of parklets across Melbourne and Victoria has been up for a few months now. At the time of writing, there are over 300 that people have added! Unfortunately as I’m in the middle of two rather large mapping projects at the moment, I don’t have the time to do this data justice…
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Why Skybus should not be on a rail map
This is my second post about the new version of the Victorian Rail Network Map that PTV have started distributing in trains – as shown in my previous post (thanks again to Mark Williams for the photos). I’ve already talked about my gripe with including things under construction on an operational map. My other main…
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Why showing things under construction on a transport map is a bad idea
I’d been considering writing a post on this topic for a while, inspired by the ongoing tradition of Sydney including things that don’t currently exist on their operational network maps. But now it seems that PTV in Victoria have been inspired by our northern neighbours and applied this thinking to our own rail…
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Where to find bicycle maps for Melbourne
I have posted before about journey planning for bikes over on my main blog. But what about maps showing bike routes and information in general? There are several great resources out there to help, most of them community-made. If you have to pick one, I think that the best overall is OpenCycleMap and its associated…
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Cartography based on community feedback
Those who follow me on Twitter or Facebook may have already seen the announcement of my latest and largest mapping project – the Melbourne Transport Map. This will be a map displaying all public transport options within Greater Melbourne. Community input As this is such a large undertaking, I have decided to take a different…
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How the Suburban Rail Loop will transform Melbourne’s transport maps
See the full project description and download link here. It is difficult to overstate how transformative the recently-announced Suburban Rail Loop will be for Melbourne’s transport network. Without getting into the technical transport details, it will make intra-suburban and cross-city travel much easier than it is today. One of the most significant aspects of the…
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Alphington to East Preston Railway
Recently I was looking through some old documents related to Alphington. Buried within Hansard from 1948 was a document entitled the Alphington to East Preston Railway Construction Act. This Act of the Victorian Parliament authorised the construction a railway from Alphington along Darebin Creek to the then-brand new public housing estates just east of Reservoir.…
