1. Tokyo Metro Map 5G Now Available

    November 02, 2005

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    Tokyo Metro mapMany thanks to Jerry Jones for providing the site with 5G maps for the Tokyo Metro! As with the 4G map, this one is available in English, Japanese and Korean.

    I probably won’t be offering the map for the iPod Nano as it’s very difficult to read on a small screen, but if you’d really like it, let me know and I’ll give it a shot.

    Enjoy!

    — Little Bill

    ps – more user submitted maps to come… I haven’t forgotten them!

  2. 24 Responses to “Tokyo Metro Map 5G Now Available”

    1. Matthew Spencer says:
      November 8th, 2005 at 1:47 pm

      I just wanted to say thank you for the great and convienent service you offer with this. Sorry to hear about San Fran and New York. I dont even own an Ipod but wanted to say I support what you are doing.

    2. Stuart Moore says:
      November 9th, 2005 at 3:20 pm

      no nano, just more 5Gs (mainly DC metro)

    3. jim says:
      November 12th, 2005 at 12:00 pm

      can’t believe it really takes THAT long to put a couple of maps online… sent you mine weeks ago

    4. Berbie says:
      November 12th, 2005 at 12:16 pm

      Funny, did something similar for sports routes. So if your tram’s not in service, you might want to walk or go by bike:
      http://homepage.mac.com/berbie/TrailRunner

    5. Dongho Keum says:
      November 13th, 2005 at 9:05 am

      Thank you for posting Korean version of the map. and cheers for the maker too.

      I posted the Korean version on a Korean site
      http://www.kissmac.com
      (I mentioned the homepage URL)
      I will delete it if you don’t like this…

    6. James says:
      November 16th, 2005 at 5:59 am

      Great map!

      Will modifications be made to existing maps to allow for the 5G screen size increase? (Similar format to the Tokyo 5G version)

    7. Metasequoia says:
      November 25th, 2005 at 4:45 am

      Please update maps for 5G iPod soon. I’m interested in the berlin map.

    8. Michael Hurt says:
      December 2nd, 2005 at 2:26 am

      Can you do the Seoul subway map? Thanks!

    9. iSx says:
      December 4th, 2005 at 5:57 am

      Thanks for your site but, please can you publish these maps for iPod Nano?

    10. Jun says:
      December 4th, 2005 at 9:24 am

      Thank for your maps. But my iPod is nano.

    11. Itan says:
      December 6th, 2005 at 12:56 pm

      awersome!

    12. takako says:
      December 12th, 2005 at 1:39 am

      Thanks
      arigatou!

    13. Matthias says:
      December 15th, 2005 at 5:36 am

      Thank you very much for the new maps!

    14. ctc says:
      December 15th, 2005 at 5:00 pm

      i’m really interested in nano maps, please give me a shot

    15. Matias says:
      December 23rd, 2005 at 2:25 pm

      I want to sent to you the map of the subway maps of santiago de chile. where can i sent it?

    16. jackson says:
      December 24th, 2005 at 9:40 am

      thanks you

    17. Nova Scotia says:
      December 28th, 2005 at 9:16 pm

      I was interested in a Paris version. you are doing a wonderful job, sorry about NY and SF.

    18. frenchnano says:
      December 31st, 2005 at 1:44 pm

      What a great idea ! i am interested in Paris Nano map. good job & thx

    19. Dave says:
      January 19th, 2006 at 4:35 am

      These are really great, thanks for all your, and everyones, work in making these.
      Is there going to be a 5G update version for the Metro in Paris (i leave in 2 weeks and this would be really cool)

    20. Carballo says:
      January 19th, 2006 at 6:10 am

      Hi, I have a metro map of Valencia for 4G, but the section of “contact” in the web don’t load….

      Send me a e-mail adress and I send this map.

      Thanks.

    21. Carballo says:
      January 19th, 2006 at 6:11 am

      Valencia (Spain). In this city plays the Americas Cup in 2007.

    22. brodie says:
      January 19th, 2006 at 11:20 am

      Little Bill–
      Perhaps its a little late, but the fiasco with the MTA annoyed me– what the hell am I paying them for if they won’t even let me carry around a copy of their map?
      Anyway I sent a letter over to the MTA complaining, and I hope that every other user of this site (New Yorker or otherwise) will also (perhaps it won’t matter because the map is already made, but at least it will give little bill a choice on which to use, and perhaps make it easier if NYC switches the subway lines further.

      If you have some free time, please send a letter to the MTA. I am also going to look for emails for the mayor and governor. Here is a copy of the letter I sent:

      To whom it may concern,
      I recently learned of the website http://www.isubwaymaps.com, and I thought that it would be a good idea to get the map of NYC. Unfortunately I learned that the webmaster had applied for a license to use the MTA subway map, and was told that he could have it– for a fee, and information about his website usage (http://www.ipodsubwaymaps.com/2005/09/new_york_update_or_five_hundre.php#comments). After reading the MTA’s response, I must say that I am appalled. The MTA should be trying to make it as trouble-free as possible to spread information about the subway system that would make it easier for the paying customers, and having a map on hand at all time will definitely do that. The five hundred dollars should add next to nothing the MTA’s coffers, but may be enough to stop the webmaster from licensing the map, and choosing instead to use his own less accurate one, making it more difficult for your riders. New York City has also been the only city so far that has requested a licensing fee. What makes the MTA’s map more important than those of Chicago, Washington DC, Boston, or any of the other citys’?
      Asking for the webpage usage information may be even less understandable. The information about download usage of the map may be interesting, but is it really necessary? You may keep track of how many times your own digital map online is viewed, but it also may be downloaded in PDF form (as I have done) so that the true usage of the maps from your site is unknown. In addition, with the paper maps and pocket maps there is never any way to tell how many times one has been used, or if they were even used at all. So why do you now believe that it is necessary to track downloads of the subway map in this specific format? Asking for information about his advertising and other revenues, I cannot understand at all. If the MTA would like to create a digital portable map that is compatible with the devices that New Yorkers already carry I would be happy to download it, and the MTA could take that revenue and use it however they pleased. Regrettably, I do not think that this is going to happen. As it is, this website, created with the time and effort of the webmaster, is trying to create digital library of the public transportation systems of many cities, making life a little easier not just for the native New Yorkers and commuters, but any travelers, and the residents of countless other cities. Why does the MTA need to know what whether the website revenue is paying for the domain name and server space, or if this great idea is also making its creator some money and paying for the time that he has put into the website? As long as the subway riders are not paying for the map, the MTA should have no need to know how much money this website is bringing in.
      The only two restrictions that the MTA imposes that make sense are the time limit of one year and the updating of the maps to ensure accurate portrayal of the city. These restrictions make sense because they will help the city’s riders, first by ensuring that they are able to bring up to date their personal maps with newly updated ones online, and second by being able to withdraw the license if isubwaymaps.com does not follow the agreement, or if the website’s maps somehow hinder the subways riders.
      After reading this, I hope that the MTA will reconsider its position and grant isubwaymaps.com the license to use its map without a fee.
      Thank you

    23. erich says:
      January 19th, 2006 at 1:55 pm

      are you going to post an osaka map? being the secon biggest city in japan it would certainly be used.
      ookini!

    24. Simon Kwan says:
      April 23rd, 2008 at 4:34 am

      Thank you for making such a great thing for all iPod lover as well as the Tokyo traveller! I was lose this website and those iPod map for a very long time and finally I search here back!

      Well done!

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