This week I will be talking about a 3D map, created by Ben James, which displays the real-time location of underground trains.
This map is fully interactive with users being able to navigate around the landscape, and select lines and trains in order to find out more information about them.
The author, Ben James, has his own website with his thoughts on engineering and writing here https://www.benjames.io/ He has also added a portfolio of past projects, including an electric Gru-mobile from Despicable Me and various audio plugins.
He has also added his data sources available from the TfL API here, as well as station depths and tube lines.
As a final note, Ben has added a warning regarding the TfL data “You will regret using this data. You will regret using this API.”
While I have used some TfL datasets in the past to create Tube routes and bus route mapping and accessibility to North London hospitals, I have not been able to create anything such like this….yet! But I do enjoy a challenge!