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Title: Abstracted city maps
Post by: Jürgen Hubert on August 26, 2008, 03:38:55 PM

I'm currently trying to create a city map for a city with 1.6 million people, and I'm not sure which level of detail to choose.

Does anyone know of any good examples of maps of cities with similar sizes which do not show every street but have some level of abstraction when it comes to city layout?

Title: Abstracted city maps
Post by: Matt Larkin (author) on August 26, 2008, 03:42:46 PM

There are probably some city maps on the cartographer's guild (I seem to recall there are).

Title: Abstracted city maps
Post by: Nomadic on August 26, 2008, 04:10:19 PM

You could do something similar to my city map of Palaoyr

Map (http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/1559/palaoyrex9.png)

Its about 150,000 population within the walls (alot more outside). But by that point you have reached metropolis style layout and the maps will follow similar design in comparison to say a village.

Title: Abstracted city maps
Post by: LordVreeg on August 26, 2008, 04:48:57 PM

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/image-publicationMap.aspx%3Fpubid%3D61&imgrefurl=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx%3Fpubid%3D61&h=376&w=600&sz=39&hl=en&start=16&um=1&usg=__qypjHQwccf5ig0hRI5fuXkZTS_c=&tbnid=gd7rQ9_EuNEMiM:&tbnh=85&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlarge%2Bscale%2Bcity%2Bmaps%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

yummy. Makes my overly detailes heart sing.

Title: Abstracted city maps
Post by: Moniker on August 26, 2008, 05:02:05 PM

My city of Kahabro - http://v1.cc/kahabropsd.pdf

I left streets and major districts marked. I use submaps derived from the PDF for smaller venues and buroughs within the city. Importing it into layers across Photoshop helps as well, if you have a projector you use during your sessions.

Title: Abstracted city maps
Post by: Ninja D! on August 26, 2008, 06:22:05 PM

Quote from: MonikerMy city of Kahabro - http://v1.cc/kahabropsd.pdf

I left streets and major districts marked. I use submaps derived from the PDF for smaller venues and buroughs within the city. Importing it into layers across Photoshop helps as well, if you have a projector you use during your sessions.

Title: Abstracted city maps
Post by: Steel General on August 26, 2008, 06:31:13 PM

Moniker - That is an amazing map!

I have some that I did that are posted on Cartographers Guild if anyone wants to check them out;

Ag-Zurak (http://forum.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=2724)
Arvaandor (http://forum.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=2678)
Seagaard (http://forum.cartographersguild.com/showpost.php?p=29445&postcount=12)
Osengaard (http://forum.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=2732) (still WIP)

Title: Abstracted city maps
Post by: Nomadic on August 26, 2008, 07:40:04 PM

You know if you guys could link me to any guides on the cartographers guild for mapping cities in photoshop I would be overjoyed.

Also if you know any tutorials for non-random photoshop world mapping...

Title: Abstracted city maps
Post by: Steel General on August 26, 2008, 08:51:12 PM

There's this one (http://forum.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=1150) on Cartographer's Guild
or this one (http://forum.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=530).

By the same person, but very good I thought.

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