Whilst deciding what your map will contain and from which angle it will be viewed, try again to consider the usability. It may be that you've been asked to include certain features or certain view points, or have been given precisely the area you need to focus on. Wherever it may be, you'll need as much visual reference as possible. Of course, your subject will be of your own choosing, or better still that of a client brief. Owing to the fact that I'll be using a lot of my own imagery, I've chosen somewhere I once lived, Brielle (a town near Rotterdam in South Holland) as a subject. For photography I would have needed express permission from the individual photographers, and for this reason, building photography I have used in this tut is my own, but be aware that Google Earth and Panoramio provide excellent image resources for projects such as this. In accordance with their fair use policy, screenshots of Google Earth can be used as long as I clearly display their logo and the appropriate copyright statement. However, in order for me to use these images for web-based tutorials I needed to comply with certain guidelines.
I was even able to use photography from contributors far and wide who publish their shots on Google Earth via Panoramio. I traced them, referred to them for place names, street names, service information etc. A Little DisclaimerĪs a basis for my map I turned to Google Earth and happily made as many screenshots as I liked. Need a faster way to produce a high quality informative map? Consider downloading one of our amazing Isometric Map Kits from GraphicRiver to fascilitate your infographic needs. In producing this map we're not only illustrating, but also designing information graphics finding that age-old balance between form and function. We're going to hope that the user is drawn into it, attracted to it, and that once we have their attention, they can use it. By illustrating we're going to give the final product personality, flair, a bit of life. A fairly simple directive, but before we go any further we need to establish why we're illustrating it. Although this tutorial does not use the latest version of Adobe Illustrator, its techniques and process are still relevant. This tutorial was originally published in November 2008 as a Tuts+ Premium tutorial.
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