Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 22 Jun 2005.
How to improve an ascii diagram.
alt.ascii-art
· 4 messages · 22 Jun 2005 - 25 Jun 2005
_.-In alt.ascii-art, dsa...@zurich.csail.mit.edu wrote the following -._ > a. How could this ascii diagram be improved?... By making sure that you are using spaces and not tabs and makking it clear where the beginging/end of lines are. You have a very bad case of line rapping and your news poster is probibly to blame but not using shorter lines is at fault too. Letting us know if this is for the same use as the PDF would be nice too. It says "You are here" but if they are going to be moving around with this on a slip of paper then that is a bad idea. > b. How can this ascii diagram be sorted out better?... Instead of doing this as a copy of the pdf I would redo it from scratch and make it smaller, not to scale, and with a legend instead of trying to fit each name in each room. .-----------------------------------------------------------------------. | _______________________ | | | A B C | | D E F | +) Catalog | | |_ |_ |___|__|_ |_ |__ _| &) Red Door | | |___ _ _ ___ + _| @) Express Circulation Desk | | | | | H|I | |J K| |N | A) Reference Collection | | |__| |_ | | | | | __| B) Reference Room. Reference | | |+ G |----------| |O | Assistance, Database Research | | |a | |L | __| C) News papers, Current Magazines. | | |b | | & PQ| D) Internet Computers | | |c | | _| @|R | E) Audio Visual Collection, Large | | `------' | M| S | Print Books | | `--- ----' F) Audio Books, Language | | __ Coll. 400s, Test Books, Careers, | | /\ |==|/\ /\ Resumes, Job Search Books in | | __ || |=_||| _____ __||__ __ Spanish, French. | | / \||---/^^||/\____\/^^||^^\/ \ G) Stacks | | | |||OOO|UU||()| | || | | a) 360-899 | | b) 900-Misteries | | Camberidge Public Library c) Bio, Sci-Fi, Fiction | | 359 Broadway H) Mens Room | | Camberidge Massachusetts I) Non-Fiction 300-359 | | __ __ J) Non-Fiction 000-299 | | / _\---/ \ K) Ladies' Room | | |/ _ _\_| L) Children's Room | | | / ) ( \ | M) YA Room | | | \/ o \// N) Children's Program Room | | _\ `-Y-'/_ O) New Books, Graphic Novels, | | / `{><} \ Travel Guides, Paperbacks | | / ) (/'\ P) Circulation Registration | | (__/ CPL \__) Q) Reserved Books | | / \`\_____.-'\-' R) DVD's | | ( || ) ) ( / ) S) Return Library Books Here | | \___// `-'\ // Art is (c) Faux_Pseudo :F_P: | | `--' For use by Camberidge Public Library | | | `-----------------------------------------------------------------------' :F_P:#################################Wed Jun 22 2005################# I appologize to any nethack players. The & was tastless. -- .-')) fauxascii.com ('-. | It's a damn poor mind that ' ..- .:" ) ( ":. -.. ' | can only think of one way to ((,,_;'.;' UIN=66618055 ';. ';_,,)) | spell a word. ((_.YIM=Faux_Pseudo :._)) | - Andrew Jackson
Thank you!... that's nifty!
I used only spaces.
The you are here will be deleted. It's intended for people not in
the building. An additional diagram in ascii would help people
get a more clear idea of the organization of our library.
There are circumstances where ascii is preferred.
A smaller diagram with legend is a good thing along with the
labelled diagram. Both can be made available.
The pdf is at http://cambridgema.gov/cpl/hours/newlibmap.pdf
Here's an online viewer for the pdf http://view.samurajdata.se/
Please send along more critique! Here's another draft of the
labelled one...
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | |
| __ Reference __ Newspapers | | | | Audio books |
| | assistance | | | | Audio visual | Language collection 400s |
| Reference | desk | Current magazines | | | collection | |
| collection | | | | Internet computers | | Test books |
| | | | | | Large print books | Careers, resumes, job search |
| | Database research | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Books in Spanish, French |
|_________________________| |_|___________________| |_|____________________|______________|___________________________|_________________| |__|_________________________________________|
| |
| Library catalogs |
| |
| |
|_________________________ ___________________________ _______________________________________ __________________ __________________ ____________________________|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Lavatory | Nonfiction Nonfiction | Lavatory | | |
| | men | 300-359 000-299 | women | | Children's |
| | | | | | programs |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
|__________________________ |______________|_____________________________________|________________________________|_____________________________| |____________________________|
| | | | Children's | | |
| Library catalogs | | department | |_ New books |
| | | | _ Graphic novels |
| | | _| | Travel guides |
| Stacks | | _ | Paperbacks |
| 899 <---------------------------- 360 | | | |____________________________|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Circulation |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_ Registration |
| | | | _ |
| 900s Mysteries | | | | Reserved |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Express | Books |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | circulation| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | desk | DVDs |
| | | | | |
| Biography Science fiction Fiction | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |+ | Return |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |You are | library |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Young adults |here | materials |
| | | | | here |
| | | | | |
|______________________________________________| |_______________________| | |
| |
| |
|____________________________|
Front door
Cambridge Public Library
359 Broadway
Cambridge Massachusetts 02139
1st room on right
Circulation
DVDs
Express circulation desk
Registration
Reserved books
Return library materials
1st room on left
Young adults
Childrens department
Children's programs
2nd room on right
New fiction books,
New nonfiction books
Graphic novels
Paperbacks
Travel guides
2nd room on left
Lavatory women
4th room on right
Library catalogs
Audio books
Audio visual collection
Careers, resumes, job search
Language collection 400s
Large print books
Spanish, French books
Test books
5th room on right
Internet computers
5th room on left
Lavatory men
6th room on right
Database research
Reference assistance
Reference collection
Reference desk
Current magazines
Newspapers
Library catalogs
Nonfiction 000-299
Nonfiction 300-359
360-899 stacks
900s stacks
Biography
Fiction
Mysteries
Science fiction
360-899 stacks
900s stacks
Audio books
Audio visual collection
Biography
Careers, resumes, job search
Children's programs
Children's department
Circulation
Current magazines
DVDs
Database research
Express circulation desk
Fiction
Graphic novels
Internet computers
Language collection 400s
Large print books
Lavatory men
Lavatory women
Library catalogs
Mysteries
New fiction books,
New nonfiction books
Newspapers
Nonfiction 000-299
Nonfiction 300-359
Paperbacks
Reference assistance
Reference collection
Reference desk
Registration
Reserved books
Return library materials
Science fiction
Spanish, French books
Test books
Travel guides
Young adults
_.-In alt.ascii-art, Don Saklad wrote the following -._ > Thank you!... that's nifty! No problem. > I used only spaces. Well it came through very messed up. This one came by much better. > Please send along more critique! Here's another draft of the > labelled one... This one works. But it seems like it has too much empty space. And it doesn't have the panda. :( OA: more ascii art banner work. This one not edited for short lines. _________________________________________________________________________________ | | ! This 3d banner This 3d banner | | brought to you brought to you | | by fauxascii.com by fauxascii.com | | :F_P: :F_P: | `-._____________________________________________________________________________.-' -- .-')) fauxascii.com ('-. | It's a damn poor mind that ' ..- .:" ) ( ":. -.. ' | can only think of one way to ((,,_;'.;' UIN=66618055 ';. ';_,,)) | spell a word. ((_.YIM=Faux_Pseudo :._)) | - Andrew Jackson
Don Saklad wrote: <snip> > A smaller diagram with legend is a good thing along with the > labelled diagram. Both can be made available. <snip> > Please send along more critique! Here's another draft of the > labelled one... <snip> I agree with FP about the need for a legend (or at least abbreviations). I don't see how you can get the image any smaller without them. Below are some 70-column renditions of your map (using Jave). I used abbreviations, but you could easily use numbers/letters in parentheses/brackets. Labeled: _____________________________________________________________________ | _ _ | | _ _ Audio | | | Ref/ | News | | Net | A/V | Language | | Ref | DB Rsch | Mags | | Comp | Lg Prt | Test Bks | | | | | | | | | |-------- '------- '---------'-------'------ '------- '--- ------| | [Cat] | | | |---------------. . --. -------. .--- ----. -------. . -----| | | |Men |Non-Fict | |Non-Fict | Women | | | | | | | 300-359 | | 000-299 | | | Kids | |---------------' '-.--'---------'--'---------'--.------| | Prog. | |[Cat] | | | | | | | Kids | |-------| | 899 | | | | 960 | | Room | | New | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GrNvl | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Trvl | | | / PB | | 900's | | Myst | CAMBRIDGE : | |-------| | | | | | | | | | | : | | Circ. | | | | | | | | | | | PUBLIC \ | | | | | | | Rsvd. | | Bio Sci-Fi Fict | LIBRARY | | DVD | | | | | | | | | | | | |----| | | | | | | | | | | | | | YA | | | |____________________| | Room | [X]| | '------| | | |Return | | |-------' Unlabeled (door style 1): _____________________________________________________________________ | _ _ | | _ _ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------- '------- '---------'-------'------ '------- '--- ------| | | | | |---------------. . --. -------. .--- ----. -------. . -----| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |---------------' '-.--'---------'--'---------'--.------| | | | | | | | | | | | |-------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / | | | | | | | | | | | CAMBRIDGE : | |-------| | | | | | | | | | | : | | | | | | | | | | | | | PUBLIC \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | LIBRARY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |----| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |____________________| | | | | '------| | | | | | |-------' Unlabeled (door style 2): _____________________________________________________________________ | _ _ | | _ _ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------| |'------| |'---------'-------'-----| |'------| |'--| |------| | | | | |---------------. . |--.| |------. .--| |----.| |------. | |-----| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |---------------' '-.--'---------'--'---------'--.------| |_ | | | | | _ | | | | | |-------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | _| |_ | | | / _ _ | | | | | | | | | | | CAMBRIDGE : | |-------| | | | | | | | | | | : | |_ | | | | | | | | | | | PUBLIC \ | _ | | | | | |_ | | | | | | | | | | | LIBRARY | | _ | | | | | | | | | | | | |----| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |____________________| | | |_ | '------| _ | | | | '| |'-------' -- dew
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