Map abstraction - I

[planemad]

Lets abstract the physical world by representing our surroundings in a visually interesting form.

Total time: 1.5hrs

Data collection 20 mins

• Sketch out the most detailed floor plan of the building on paper from memory.
• Explore the floor on foot and add more details. Use a different color.

Data selection 20 mins

• Highlight the 5 most interesting features from the observations.
• Discuss 🗣 What is the common features in everyones observations? Is there a shared understanding of the space?

Abstraction 50 mins

• Create a abstract representation of the data, employ visual metaphors for the overall shape, and use appropriate visual encoding https://github.com/mapschool/course/issues/25 to represent repeated elements.

Reading

• https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/geographic-information-system-basics/s06-03-map-abstraction.html

cc @mapschool/infdpg16 @rasagy

[vinodxyz]

Data collection and selection Things that I wanted to highlight on the floor-plan: Lift, stairs, water source, student activities & doors

Abstraction

[BarshaP14]

Map Sketch

Digital Abstraction

[aromalram]

Initial Sketch

Abstracted Version of the Sketch

Digital Iteration

[DyoNDyyo]

A treasure hunt map

[pkd2512]

First Draft

The idea was to roughly sketch the top floor plan from memory. Well, it served me quite right as I could get the basic spaces appropriately mapped on paper. Upon taking a tour of the space, some more details were added as deemed fit.

Abstracting the key elements and spaces

Digital map of the floor, showing the spaces, entry and exit points and some key elements

[Tumb13weed]

It all begins with a pencil The first draft on pen and paper tried to capture the space with some detail.

Abstraction Reductions were made from the detail map till only the essentials remained. The outer shape was morphed and simplified as well.

Going digital Moving to Illustrator, further abstractions were made in terms of shape, simplifying several curved and using colours for details. Muted colours denoted areas, while bright icons denoted areas or objects of importance such as lifts and fire extinguishers. The typeface of choice is Segoe UI, with increased tracking, using weights as heirarchy.

[jasleen20]

Initial Sketch

Abstracted

Digital Draft

Draft 2 Map showing the Emergecy exits, Fire extinguishers and Toilets

[planemad]

Excellent work @mapschool/infdpg16

For reference, this is what the campus looked like in 2010 ⏳

[rasagy]

Going ahead and closing this, you can follow the next schematic map design exploration on #27.

[niranjan41]