Another new West Seattle map

Last weekend we told you about the draft West Seattle Walking Trails map (if you haven’t checked it out yet, feedback is still welcome) – tonight, the new Discovery Map, which we heard about from the folks at Click! Design That Fits (WSB sponsor). They’ve written about it on their bizblog (if you haven’t already seen the entry in the latest roundup on our Blogs page), and are offering free copies at their shop in the Admiral District. You can also preview the map online.

Denny February 29, 2008 (9:10 pm)

Now I know why Pegasus Pizza won’t deliver to my Westwood/Denny/Sealth area home – I’M NOT ON THE MAP!!!

PSPS February 29, 2008 (10:35 pm)

No Palin? No Webster’s? NO TRADER JOE’S?

JT March 1, 2008 (12:22 am)

Where’s the other half of West Seattle? Camp Long, 3 new libraries, all the businesses on Delridge, 35th, Roxbury? They need to rename it the Alki/California map. If I lived in the cool part of town i guess I would think this map is pretty cool, but I’m not on it either.

Ken March 1, 2008 (5:38 am)

Yes Highpoint and Delridge are excised as if they do not exist.

I can live with that as long as they quit building backyard condos here on every full size lot.

But that is not going to happen.

As it stands this is a “whites only” ad sales map and will be treated accordingly.

SLK March 2, 2008 (10:21 pm)

Looks like it just shows businesses that paid for the advertising. Perhaps there weren’t any/enough Delridge, 35th, Roxbury businesses that were interested. Does Pegasus Pizza deliver anywhere? That would be news to me! (and also, they are not shown on the map either).

For what it’s worth, I like the 3-D view. I think it would actually be easier to use than the new walking map when trying to determine which streets are continuous up & down the hills.

Bob March 3, 2008 (12:52 pm)

The third time I looked, I finally saw the stair-street at Hudson and California. But there’s a blank between 41st and 40th along Hudson, where I think there’s another stair-street connecting them. And the map makes the terrain look flat there. To my eye, it makes nearly everything look flat except right down by the waterfront. It’s a car-based map.
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This is a breezy effort drawn up by an arty person paid to make it look nice for promotional purposes. But the overall clarity of the style of presentation is quite good, even if it does gloss over many things that would be necessary to make it into a good walking map.
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For example, where are the entrances and exits to places like Schmitz Park? Where do the trails go through there to connect to which streets on the other side? It can’t be simply a great impassable mass of bramble as shown here. The map should answer questions like: “What’s the best way to walk through the steeper areas along the gentlest contours?”

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