Hey Carto Mates,
Finally this long map project is finished and I'm pleased to present it here. The client loves it and I'm very happy with the outcome, too. This was my second golf course resort map. Was very challenging because of the wide area mapped and no use of aerial photography as we usually do. No site visits, either. I had relied heavily on flat satellite imagery skewed into a 3D perspective, computer generated fly-over views of the golf courses to see sand traps and greens and tree locations, Google Street Views and client ground photos for landscaping and architectural details. Basically, pulling all these puzzle pieces together to form a new 3D birds-eye-view property map. Their old one was a flat, top down 2D map rather amateurishly illustrated for such a luxurious resort. Hence, why they called us!
The new Ocean Edge resort map can be seen at this zoomable high-res LINK on the Mapformation website. Go Full Screen and definitely zoom in to see all of the detail work I put into it. Texture and shadowing on the golf courses. Little holes with flags. Golfers putting or driving. Golf carts. Even tiny golf balls! Size exaggerated, of course. Kayakers, board walks, bicycles, blue chairs and parasols on the beach. I even added the oyster farm in the bay. I used footprints of non-resort buildings so the map reader knows there are other structures dotted throughout the area.
The iIllustration itself was rendered in Photoshop but for The Mansion buildings I drew their shells in Illustrator and then copied them into Photoshop to add the detail work - went faster and was more accurate for me. So, sort of a hybrid vector/raster, if you will. Final labeling, legend and graphic design done in InDesign adhering to corporate branding standards in colors and fonts.
Enjoy!
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Finally this long map project is finished and I'm pleased to present it here. The client loves it and I'm very happy with the outcome, too. This was my second golf course resort map. Was very challenging because of the wide area mapped and no use of aerial photography as we usually do. No site visits, either. I had relied heavily on flat satellite imagery skewed into a 3D perspective, computer generated fly-over views of the golf courses to see sand traps and greens and tree locations, Google Street Views and client ground photos for landscaping and architectural details. Basically, pulling all these puzzle pieces together to form a new 3D birds-eye-view property map. Their old one was a flat, top down 2D map rather amateurishly illustrated for such a luxurious resort. Hence, why they called us!
The new Ocean Edge resort map can be seen at this zoomable high-res LINK on the Mapformation website. Go Full Screen and definitely zoom in to see all of the detail work I put into it. Texture and shadowing on the golf courses. Little holes with flags. Golfers putting or driving. Golf carts. Even tiny golf balls! Size exaggerated, of course. Kayakers, board walks, bicycles, blue chairs and parasols on the beach. I even added the oyster farm in the bay. I used footprints of non-resort buildings so the map reader knows there are other structures dotted throughout the area.
The iIllustration itself was rendered in Photoshop but for The Mansion buildings I drew their shells in Illustrator and then copied them into Photoshop to add the detail work - went faster and was more accurate for me. So, sort of a hybrid vector/raster, if you will. Final labeling, legend and graphic design done in InDesign adhering to corporate branding standards in colors and fonts.
Enjoy!
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