Thanks to Wang Jing, the metro map now has pronunciations in Mandarin for all the new stations will will open at the end of this year. So if you’d like to hear how to say the name of the catchy Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone (North), click the button below!
To hear the pronunciation for any station on the metro map, click any station then click the icon in the top right of the information bubble.
For various reasons there are some stations in Shanghai that look like interchanges but actually aren’t: if you want to change trains you must leave the station, take a long walk, then buy a new ticket.
In the latest version of the metro map these are marked with a black line between the two stations. The hall of shame consists of:
Transferring between Line 1 and Line 3/4 involves a long walk down a shop-lined passage.
You can’t interchange between line 3 and line 4 here, even though it looks like that on many official maps. You need to go at least one stop north, to Hongqiao Road.
The two stations at Pudian Road will eventually be joined by a tunnel and commercial center. For now, they are separate.
The latest news is that the Line 3/8 interchange will also not be ready this year
An update to the metro map is now online! At the end of the year, three new lines, as well as extensions to existing lines will open:
You can view all the new lines here, note that this is a beta version, notably
If you spot any errors in the new map please contact me or post a response below.
I’m sorry to report that the ExploreShanghai city map will be taken offline at the end of the year.
Unfortunately due to work commitments I haven’t had time to really finish it or implement new features, and that looks unlikely to change for the foreseeable future. Shanghai still desperately needs a good English-language online street map, and if you want to develop one I wish you good luck!
The good news is I will continue to update the metro map with new lines, stations and features: see the next post for more details!
keep exploring
matt
I’ve been playing with the Garmin Communicator Plugin API. There’s a browser plugin for IE and Firefox; once installed you can communicate with your GPS device via Javascript. I’ve managed to integrate this with my development version of the city map, see below! Quite useful if you’re heading somewhere in a strange part of town.
Looking for an apartment, but fed up with searching lots of different websites? Try out the Shanghai Housing Scanner which combines results from many different classifieds sites in Shanghai.
I’m testing out GPS integration for the new version of the City Map! This GPS trace was recorded travelling down Jianguo Lu. It’s not perfect (Shanghai has too many tall buildings which block the signal) but it should make adding bus route overlays much easier 
The data was captured using my Garmin GPS
ExploreShanghai.com is now accessible again in China.
The new version of the city map is making good progress. Here’s a preview of the current development version (not yet online). You can see some of the new features, including the zoom slider, more detailed mapping and new pin types.
Try typing Hanzi into the green box, and watch the pinyin magically appear in a mockup of a Shanghai street sign. You’ll need to use your computer’s IME to enter the Chinese characters.
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