Sunday, February 3, 2008

Exercise 4 - Gio Petrucci


Toronto Cycling Map 2006

Visually, the cycling map consists of Downtown Toronto as a whole. The paths are concise within the areas to which the cyclists would naturally correspond with when mapping out where they would be able to ride their bike’s within the city. All extra information helping decode the map (colour, patterns) are located framed, over where the water would be as to not interfere with any of the Toronto land areas which are pertinent to the map. The map has no problems helping the cyclist know where they are able to take their beloved rides. As long as a basic understanding of the city’s layout is there, getting lost is almost impossible. The main streets are mapped out efficiently so a general knowledge, like I said, is all that is needed to navigate one’s self.

Personally, if I still owned and used a bike, this map would be useful in the sense that I do know the downtown area and would have no problems taking this and venturing out around town by myself. The map is clear, coloured quite well for quick and easy legibility. Colouring corresponds to how the city works. Green for grass and vegetation, grey for roads and taupe for the rest of the city.

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