A Survey on Transit Map Layout – from Design, Machine, and Human Perspectives

• Published in: Computer graphics forum Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 619 - 646
• Main Authors: Wu, Hsiang‐Yun, Niedermann, Benjamin, Takahashi, Shigeo, Roberts, Maxwell J., Nöllenburg, Martin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2020; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: CCS Concepts; Human‐centered computing → Visualization techniques; Iterative methods; Layouts; Pipeline design; Public transportation; Quality management; Taxonomy; Transportation planning; Transportation systems; Usability; Visualization design and evaluation methods

Transit maps are designed to present information for using public transportation systems, such as urban railways. Creating a transit map is a time‐consuming process, which requires iterative information selection, layout design, and usability validation, and thus maps cannot easily be customised or...