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Re:In Europe, Trains Are Full, and More Are on the Way by layer8 on Friday January 05, 2024 @03:01PM (#38884047)
Japan has it easier in terms of network topology. Compare https://keikaku-japan.com/sites/default/files/uploads/map-jr... with https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Bahnstre..., and the fact that the latter isn’t an island.
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Re:In Europe, Trains Are Full, and More Are on the Way by enaaem on Friday January 05, 2024 @03:16PM (#38884259)
Distances on a square are shorter on average for the same area of land.
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Re:In Europe, Trains Are Full, and More Are on the Way by layer8 on Friday January 05, 2024 @03:22PM (#38884348)
Network topology is independent of euclidian distance.
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Re:In Europe, Trains Are Full, and More Are on the Way by pi-e-sigma on Friday January 05, 2024 @04:59PM (#38885540)
That doesn't make any sense. Network topology is designed in such a way as to make connecting routes as short as possible so it's 100% related to Euclidian distance. You know, we even build super expensive tunnels and stuff to make sure that the routes are as short as possible
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