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Metro maps now twice as fast!

matt — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:59:54 +0000

We’ve just pushed out a change to all our maps (Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong) which dramatically increases speed and responsiveness! You should now find dragging the map around and planning routes faster than ever before.

12 more fixes and improvements

matt — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:15:48 +0000

We want to make the ExploreMetro maps as good as possible, so we’re constantly fixing bugs and making improvements! Here are a selection of fixes made recently. If you spot any glitches, bugs, or text errors, or you have any suggestions to improve our maps, please get in touch!

Shanghai: Added prices for the routeplanner for new Line 8 stations
Fixed appearance of tabs in IE6/IE7
Improved some Chinese translations
Added some extra redirects from old pages
Made stations centered on the locality maps in the metropedias
Shanghai: Fixed Chinese preloader
Hong Kong: Added exit maps
Updated blog to new version of Wordpress and fixed blog sidebar
Fixed map sizing in Firefox
Updated printable PDF versions
Shanghai: Fixed new line 8 station names
Fixed positioning of station names in Chinese

A brand new ExploreMetro.com

matt — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:20:38 +0000

I’m delighted to present the new ExploreMetro.com, a site for general and business information about our metro and subway maps.

Here’s a quick tour of the new site

Homepage
About us – Information about ExploreMetro, who we are
Maps – Links to our metro and subway map sites around China
Advertising Solutions – Information about our forthcoming local advertising platform
Blog – You’re reading it right now
Contact us – Contact us by email, web form or Twitter

Please feel free to explore the site and send us any feedback!

And we’re back

matt — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:41:06 +0000

ExploreShanghai.com is now accessible again in China.