Lynda - Creating a Map with Illustrator

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Learn to create a custom map that provides clean and accurate directions and points out the landmarks you want to highlight. In this course, William Everhart shows how to build a road map in Adobe Illustrator, which you can then print or embed on a website. Discover how to obtain a source image; trace the map; draw and style different roads, landmarks, and basic geographic features; and label your map with type and symbols. Finally, learn to add turn-by-turn directions and prepare your map for print or sharing online.

Introduction

Welcome

Using the exercise files

Understanding different types of maps

Key considerations for all maps

1. Acquiring a Source Image

What is a source image?

Extracting a map from an online source

Using aerial photography

Sketching out a map

2. Setting Up Your Document

Creating the new document

The Illustrator auto trace feature

Creating a tracing template

Creating base layers

3. Illustrating Roads

Drawing major roadways

Drawing minor roadways

Stylizing your strokes with the Appearance panel

Using graphic styles

Handling intersections

Creating train tracks

4. Illustrating Water and Landmarks

Stroke options

Drawing a river with a variable width

Drawing bodies-of-water pattern fills

Using blends for bodies of water

Drawing landmarks using shape tools and Pathfinder commands

Illustrating parks and greenways with symbols

5. Adding Markers and Labels

Adding highways and point-of-interest markers

Labeling roads

Labeling other features

Adding a map legend

Adding directions

6. Finishing the Map

Creating a background for your map

Masking your map

Placing the map in InDesign

Saving for print

Sharing the map online

Conclusion

Next steps