Dracos

Live Trains Map

& other mapping stories

Matthew Somerville
BarCamp London
3rd September 2006

Maps and mySociety

Map of the UK, showing difference in journey times by car or train from Edinburgh

Maps – Helmert Transform

Maps are complicated things. Take railway station locations, for example.

Cheltenham

Map of Cheltenham, with an area to the left and up a bit from the station marked with a red circle

Maps – Helmert Transform

Manchester

Map of Manchester, with an area to the left and up a bit from the station marked with a red circle

Maps – Helmert Transform

Or Wolverhampton…

Map of Wolverhampton, with an area to the left and up a bit from the station marked with a red circle

Maps – Helmert Transform

Live Trains Map

The End