There is a paper by Gordon Clark which may help.
CLARK, G. (1999) Where is Stranraer now? Space-time convergence re-visited
in World Transport Policy & Practice, Volume 5, Number 2
Go to http://www.eco-logica.co.uk/WTPPdownloads.html and click on the link
to wtpp05.2.pdf which you will find on the left side of the page.
With best wishes,
Pascal Desmond
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> From: Anzir Boodoo <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Anzir Boodoo <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:36:48 +0000
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [UTSG] Spatio-temporal map of U.K.
>
> David,
> On Monday, Nov 29, 2004, at 20:33 Europe/London, David Bissell wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'd be v. appreciative if someone could direct me to where i might
>> find a
>> spatio-temporal map of the U.K. - ie. one showing the relative
>> distorted
>> positions of places according to (road or preferrably rail) travel
>> time. Have
>> googled/combed many a journal but to no avail!
>
> I'm crossposting to UTSG, as I know of (and have seen) a map British
> Rail produced for its InterCity business, showing places at a distance
> according to the fastest train time from London. Unfortunately I don't
> have it.
>
> Of course, some of these have now changed (as with the West Coast
> upgrade which has taken half an hour or more off trips between London
> and Manchester/Liverpool/Preston/Glasgow). London to Leicester is also
> quicker than it once was, taking just over an hour for 99 miles.
>
> What I don't know (because I've never played with a GIS to distort
> maps) is if it would be possible to make one given the data in
> something like ArcGIS/MapInfo/GRASS.
> --
> Anzir Boodoo MRes MILT Aff. IRO
> transcience, Leeds Innovation Centre, 103 Clarendon Road, LEEDS LS2 9DF
>
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