AlvinofDiaspar
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City of Toronto pilot project:
http://torontofinancialdistrict.com...e-design-toronto-parks-directions-city-urban/
AoD
http://torontofinancialdistrict.com...e-design-toronto-parks-directions-city-urban/
AoD
I also prefer option #2 for overall design. It actually reminds me a lot of the wayfinding they have in London, although it doesn't seem to have the 'perspective' map, where instead of north, the map is oriented in the direction the user is facing. I'm sure they considered and rejected this idea, would like to know why.
Same. That FCP diagram is distracting.Looks far better than I've come to expect from the city, I'll have to go down and see it in person to be sure but this looks really good. I think the 2d diagrams of buildings, like FCP here, is the weakest point. I'd prefer to see a smaller 3d isometric illustration, or nothing at all. The diagram they have now sort of blends into the map and doesn't read as a building. It also takes up a large area which I doubt would work in all situations..
Will this way finding strategy be used across the city or just downtown?
It's a bit inconsistent - why the use of diagrams for some buildings (e.g. FCP) and not others (Scotia, Osgoode)?
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Surprised nobody updated the thread. Go down to the prototype sign at Bay/Queen and see for yourself, I think they did an excellent job with this. I actually have almost no complaints. I would love to see it rolled out across the city and in PATH and ideally to replace the area maps the TTC uses.
It looks like the point is to show everything within a 5 minute walk. The scale should be changed so that the entire 5 minute circle fits on the map.
Transit isn't represented very helpfully on these maps. If I'm a visitor, I not only want to know where the subway stations are, but where they actually go. In the above map, you have to actually look at the separate numbers on the subway station names to know that, because the numbers are the same at King, Queen, and Dundas, the trains at those stations run north-south. Putting a schematic of the line route on the map would mitigate that.