Civitology Blog

Quite a lot of folks love what we’re doing, but a number still like to be clued in as to what exactly we’re up to. Here’s the deal: We chart and discover cities and provinces through the city’s Metro / Subway networks and freeway system.

We’ve decided to do this as both systems offer you the fastest way to get from A to B. In city centers, we first dig through whole Metro / Subway lines and then spread out at every station, touching on every street in the region, as well as buildings nearby. The spreading out is viral: streets linked to avenues on Metro / Subway stops are charted, as are even the tiniest alleyways. Buildings all along the whole route are charted and given an article.

Here’s how the thing works inside cities:

Outside cities, the same arrangement is in place with freeways. We explore whole freeways and then spread out at individual exits. At exits, we chart local highway networks, starting from big National Highways, and then trickling down to Municipal / Provincial Highways and finally local roads.

We don’t exactly think ourselves as a “transport wiki”. Rather, our “dual backbones” are in the city’s Metro / Subway and freeway systems.

This will be how we do every Civitology wiki — existing ones for Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai as well as new ones.

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