Algorithmically-assisted interactive metro map design (demo paper)

Metro maps are one of the main ways for users of the public transport system to orient themselves and plan trips. Designing good metro maps is a complex task, the automation of which has been widely studied. Despite this, human-designed maps are still of distinctly higher quality than those created automatically. This is because it is hard to formalise what a good map is in general, but also because there are usually portions of the map where deviations from a supposedly "optimal" solution - according to the general measure - are preferable and creativity is needed.