Wikipedia:Picture peer review/TriMet transit diagram

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[edit] TriMet city center transit

Current downtown area transit service
Current downtown area transit service

I have a created a number of maps/diagrams that depict transit service through the downtown Portland, Oregon area, including on the Portland Mall. They are all in Category:Transportation in Portland, Oregon. This is my most recent one and, I believe, the most useful. It shows current service (while buses are removed from the Portland Mall for construction) and is closest to reality in that, unlike Image:TriMet CityCenter.svg or some of the older diagrams, routes are separated into two different lines when they actually travel on two different streets in a couplet (one in each direction).

Moreover, unlike the official map, routes are colored using different colors and not just gray so you can follow individual routes through the area. Nor is there a bombardment of boxes like on ones that were placed on-street in bus shelters (close-up here without map) and on bus stop sign posts (close-up here)

As for the FP criteria I believe that:

  • Regarding #1, it's in SVG and the code is clean and very small
  • Regarding #2, it's set for low resolution, but since its SVG, it can be enlarged with no problems
  • Regarding #3, it's probably among the most detailed diagrams on Wikipedia and is the only one in its subject
  • 4's OK
  • Regarding #5, I'm not sure how useful a transit map of a specific area is in an encyclopedia
  • Regarding #6, it's mostly based on the linked official map
  • 7's OK

And for another example of a featured transportation diagram, see Image:Chicago top down view.png

Lastly, I would upload this at Wikimedia Commons, however I do not have an account there. If someone else wants to move them there, I would be OK with that as long as they can still be visible in Category:Transportation in Portland, Oregon.

Nominated by
Jason McHuff (talk) 05:04, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
Comments
  • First of all let me congratulate you on the great job you appear to have done. I think my main areas of concern would focus on two areas. One would be what you've mentioned above Re Criteria 5. I'm not entirely sure of its value - personally I don't find it particularly interesting or useful for me, however if I was going to Portland or happened to live there, then I may have quite a different opinion. My other main issue would be verifying its accuracy; since you have linked to a reference presumably it can be verified, but for me (and I'd suspect a lot of voters at FPC) I'm not interested enough to go and check it out, in which case I wouldn't vote on it. Finally can I just make a few suggestions.
  • I realise that size isn't an issue for SVG, but at this size I find the text hard to read - if you uploaded at a slightly bigger size (say 1000 to 1200px wide) would it display big enough to read without downloading it and opening it in an external editor? If so, that would make it more useful.
  • I'm not entirely sure about the transparent background - personally I prefer a fill colour, I believe there is some sort of recommendation for bg colours on Wikipedia but I don't have enough to do with them to know for sure.
  • Can you check the alignment of the text. Most of it looks quite good, but other parts look to be a bit random, for example down the bottom with the "Mill, Montgomery, etc" stuff.
  • Another point is that I have no idea what all those terms refer to - Davis, Couch, etc, etc. Are they streets, suburbs, what? And why do some have < and > in front of them? --jjron (talk) 13:56, 28 May 2008 (UTC)


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