the ExploreShanghai blog

Some improvements to the city map!

1. Direct links now work: for each “pin” on the map you can generate a simple link, for example
   http://www.exploreshanghai.com/goto/le-nova-bar, or http://www.exploreshanghai.com/goto/da-an-garden.
   Handy if you’re giving directions to your house for a party
2. The direction of the nearest metro station will be highlighted if there is no metro station currently on screen,
   Check out the improved city map.

keep exploring
matt

a few small improvements on the metro map
http://www.exploreshanghai.com/metro/

• some small corrections for station names (the official Shanghai Metro site gets it wrong!)
• more UI translations into Chinese
• dragging between two stations now highlights the route
• night mode is a bit more realistic

I hope to get audio files for all 90-odd stations up shortly!

keep exploring,
matt

You can now drag between any two stations on the metro map to see the quickest route and price. For example, you can see that Hong Kou Stadium to Xujiahui takes about 42 minutes and costs 5 rmb. I’ll add an update soon to auto-scroll the map as you’re dragging, so that you can connect distant stations. Please let me know of any bugs you find!

http://www.exploreshanghai.com/metro/
Two bonuses: the file size has been reduced to under 100kb now, and there’s a basic zoom function (press the + and - keys on your keyboard).
keep exploring,
matt