The goal here is to distribute the work of creating a file of bus routes. Each of you will create a file with the entirety of one route and a portion of a second route.
Along the way, you'll get some Illustrator practice.
Step 1: identify your route map and plot it with Google maps
a. Figure out which transit agency your route comes from (you can look at the second tab in the Excel file to find out)
b. Go to that agency's website to find the route information (eventually you'll probably need to know stops and times, but for now, you just want to get the starting and ending addresses).
c. If your route is Metro or Sound Transit, type the start/end address in Google Maps to see the route (Goolge Maps doesn't appear to have access to Community Transit data, so you'll have to go to the Community Transit site to see where the bus runs...then make Google Maps screenshots that show those streets):
d. Be sure that it is, indeed showing your route with no transfers, for example:
Step 2: Take screen shots of the route
a. It's important that everyone uses the same zoom level so we get the same level of resolution so go to the zoom level which is 4 zoom-outs from full zoom-in. You'll know you're there when the scale bar shows 1000ft/200m:
b. Grab a screenshot of the first portion of the route and paste it into Illustrator. Move the map view to show the next part of the route and take a screenshot of that (have plenty of overlap so you can easily knit them together later). Repeat until your screenshots cover the entire route.
c. Tile the screenshots so they line up nicely:
d. It will be important to be precise about this so zoom in close. A good strategy is to make the top screenshot temporarily semi-transparent so you can see how they line up: 
NOTE: if you're working with a Community Transit Route, you have an extra challenge since you can have Google draw the line for you. You can either create the lines on your own by referencing the route map to know which roads it takes, or you can try aligning the route map with the Google map using transparency and resizing to get something like this:
e. Lock the layer with the screenshots
Step 3: Trace the route
a. Create a new layer - give it the name of the transit agency and the route number:
b. Trace your route precisely. Indicate major streets:
This is what it looks like with the model layer hidden:
Step 4: 2nd route
a. Follow the same series of steps for your second route - use the transparent tile trick to make sure that they overlap correctly.
You're done. In class next Friday, you'll be sharing and merging these files
You're done. You'll be combining this file with others on Friday, October 12