Map time

I've been thinking about Edmonton maps, and wondering why there weren't awesome maps like we looked at in class for our city, when I realized there are very few maps that I've ever looked at for Edmonton, since I live here. Then I realized that when I need to go somewhere in the city I either look at a) the lrt "map" b)a bus route "map" or c) google maps. So I'd like to talk about these maps and how they affect my life.

Well mostly I just want to talk about the lrt map, which is located in the actual train itself and at the stations on the walls; it's sooo silly. For those who don't know, it's a perfectly straight line representing the trajectory the train follows, with blue dots for the stations which are labelled. Um...that's it. There are good and bad things about its simplicity. It's easy to read, I suppose, and tells you basically how many stops til yours and the order of the stations, but it leaves out so much. The line it follows certainly isn't straight, it gives a very inaccurate depiction of distance between stops and it gives you no indication as to where you'll be coming out above ground (except for obviously named stations like "University"). It's really very little help, which is scary and interesting. How would non-Edmontonians read this map?