[The metro quiz] Will you be able to recognize these 15 subway networks?

by | 23.06.2014 | 3 comments

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A subway system is a key marker of the spatial organization of a city. The complexity this network is an indicator of the level of service in a metropolitan area: in proportion to their population, some small cities are better equipped than some international megacities.

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The “metro quiz” below displays 15 metro networks: will you be able to guess, among three choices, which city each one represents?

  • As terminologies are different from one country to another, only the light rapid transit lines are displayed (no french RER or german S-Bahn, for example).
  • The purpose of this quiz is to show that the metro network of a city can be very different from the plan available to users.
  • As these networks are based on mathematical characteristics, do not rely on the orientation or other geographic features.
  • Remember that the attendance of a subway is not proportional to its size.
  • There is no trap, all cities proposed in the replies have a subway.

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Take the metro quiz:

Start the 15-questions quiz by clicking on the button below:


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Update – after the quiz, see the results here:
RESULTS

 

Software used: Gephi

3 Comments

  2. Jasmina
    Jasmina on 27/12/2015 at 19:42

    What were the nodes and edges used to create metro maps in gelphi?

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    • Martin Grandjean
      Martin Grandjean on 28/12/2015 at 13:50

      Hello, I created the files myself, based on the metro plans (directly in Gephi, connecting dots together line after line). So, a node is a station and an edge is a metro line between two stations.

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