[HN Gopher] Worldwide Rail Network Map
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Worldwide Rail Network Map
Author : stereo
Score : 94 points
Date : 2022-09-14 18:17 UTC (4 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.openrailwaymap.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.openrailwaymap.org)
| harry-wood wrote:
| There's another site called https://openstationmap.org/ which
| shows some details within train stations in a fun 3D way, letting
| you flip through the "levels" data (Again, all data from
| OpenStreetMap). I feel like these two could combine nicely
| somehow.
| mqus wrote:
| I didn't know that site, thanks! But I have to note that those
| stations are missing pretty basic and crucial information like
| platform numbers. I probably won't be using those maps anytime
| soon.
| jabroni_salad wrote:
| huh, so there is a line between des moines and minneapolis. Just
| no passenger service :(
| eherot wrote:
| You will find this to be a common theme across most of the
| country
| abbusfoflouotne wrote:
| Lived in Barcelona for two summers, loved going back over the
| metro lines (one of the best things about the city imho) and
| looking at all my favorite places. Excellent detail!!
| mempko wrote:
| China is impressive. USA not so much...
| stereo wrote:
| A detailed map of the world's railway infrastructure, built on
| OpenStreetMap data.
| always2slow wrote:
| Is there anything like this but for fiber optic?
| nerdkid93 wrote:
| There's this, but it doesn't appear to be fully complete:
| https://www.infrapedia.com/app
| lmm wrote:
| For a "network map" I'd hope to have something that showed which
| routes services ran on. An international version of that would be
| really cool.
| mqus wrote:
| data-wise this could be possible. I know at least in Germany,
| there is also data in OSM about each line and which tracks they
| are using.
| qwezxcrty wrote:
| A bit confusing as it somehow includes metro lines in China that
| are still in construction or even only planned, and it seem there
| is no way to filter them out.
| harry-wood wrote:
| If you can pinpoint the data in OpenStreetMap we could try to
| figure out if this is something wrong in the map data (Anyone
| can fix it!), or maybe it's a tag they should be filtering out
| on the OpenRailwayMap rendering.
| qwezxcrty wrote:
| Hmmm, the specific case I was looking at is the North
| extension of Nanchang Metro Line 1 to Chang Bei Ji Chang .
| Which doesn't exist yet.
|
| I'll also have a look myself tomorrow.
| bill38 wrote:
| Corsica railway is missing :(
| https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemins_de_fer_de_la_Corse
| jumelles wrote:
| Zoom in
| whydoyoucare wrote:
| Great stuff! I tried zooming in to some of the dense Indian
| railway networks and surprisingly it has a very good amount of
| detail.
| kposehn wrote:
| I was curious how accurate it is for India. Such an amazingly
| dense and intricate rail network.
| lephty wrote:
| Pretty accurate, actually. Even has details of the several
| recently built city metro rail systems.
| 11thEarlOfMar wrote:
| Almost on topic...
|
| When we were kids, my brother studied a railroad atlas any time
| he wasn't in school or church. This thing was a monster, large
| book with hundreds of pages of maps. Literally county by county
| across the Unites States, all railroad lines and yards. I'd go to
| sleep Friday night while he sat in an overstuffed chair,
| studying. I'd wake up at 7:30 AM Saturday... he hadn't moved.
| Still there, a few pages further into the atlas.
|
| As an adult, he worked for the Illinois Central as a hump yard
| operator. Later the Iowa Pacific, and ultimately found himself
| doing customer service for a small line in Texas, mainly shipping
| sand. His job frequently included finding 'lost' cars somewhere
| in the US, on any line that happened to be in that car's route.
| He was really good at it.
|
| One notable call had him searching railroad yards in Missouri. He
| had a strong hunch that the misplaced car was on a spur where
| that yard stored cars that had lost their way. But he needed to
| confirm. He could have called that yard, but getting the right
| person to check logs or go hunt was always a hassle. So... He
| Googled up the yard, zoomed in on the spur and noted that Google
| helpfully displayed several businesses in a strip mall backed up
| to the spur. He dialed up 'Patty's Nail Salon' and the call went
| something like: "Hi Patty, this is Craig with the Iowa Pacific.
| I'm tracking down a misplaced car and I have reason to believe it
| is sitting on the spur outside your back window. Would you mind
| checking for a car with ID 123876?"
|
| Extended pause....
|
| "I'll be right back!"
|
| Sure enough, there is was.
| quarterdime wrote:
| Is your brother still in the industry? If so, what are his
| thoughts about the current working conditions and the possible
| strike beginning Friday?
| nonethewiser wrote:
| What exactly was he studying? What you describe is pretty
| intense and sounds more involved than looking with intrigue.
|
| Was he memorizing names? Routes? Charting different paths?
| 11thEarlOfMar wrote:
| Yes. We used to drive cross-country twice a year. Any time,
| day or night, if we encountered a rail line, he knew what
| rail line it was, what town was upline to the left and what
| town was upline to the right. He literally memorized that
| atlas.
| Eleison23 wrote:
| I'm glad that he was able to parlay a childhood hobby into
| gainful employment.
|
| I had a lot of childhood hobbies that didn't pan out so
| well. For example, I used to memorize scientific names of
| insects and other creepy-crawlies. Mostly I did this
| because I wanted to learn more Latin and they weren't
| teaching it in Catholic school. Also my father, a
| geologist, worked with a full-time entomologist in his
| office.
|
| My parents allowed me more or less free hand in self-
| determination of hobbies and recreational activities, and
| this was detrimental to my growth and work ethic. If you're
| a parent, make sure that your children's activities are
| focused and directed to some meaningful end. Also ensure
| that they are properly motivated, encouraged, and supported
| in constructive things. This is the best way to form
| children who are good workers with interesting careers.
| neogodless wrote:
| Some historical discussions:
|
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15965912 (Dec 20, 2017) 58
| comments
|
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29950286 (Jan 15, 2022) 15
| comments
| sdoering wrote:
| Not far from the place where I live there is a small railroad in
| an old bog. It is not connected to any major railroad line. Just
| a tourist attraction. And available in the map. I am thrilled.
| jumelles wrote:
| Powered by OpenStreetMap!
| detritus wrote:
| Crikey, the Beeching review really did change Britain's rail
| infrastructure... .
| kposehn wrote:
| Always love this when it comes up on HN. There are some
| inaccuracies that only a total train nerd such as myself would
| find (or care about) but those do nothing to detract from how
| good it is :)
| timeon wrote:
| Could those inaccuracies be edited through OpenStreetMap?
| playingalong wrote:
| Yes. ORWM takes directly from OSM
| jumelles wrote:
| Fix them! https://www.openstreetmap.org/
| el_don_almighty wrote:
| This is one of the coolest things I have seen in a long time. I
| can't believe the time I've wasted looking at all the old rail
| lines and where they go from the places I've lived.
|
| Many thanks to the team
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