Schematic Hometown Mapping

[rasagy]

Hi everyone,

As discussed, let’s make some schematic maps of our hometowns! You can find the slides from our class here & a video of my Outlier talk on this.

You can see some of the previous schematic map exercises for reference.

You can follow the following steps for your schematic map:

1. Scale, Audience & Purpose
2. Mental model sketch
3. Tracing relevant aspects from OSM
4. Abstraction: Grids & geometric shapes
5. Simplification vs Minimal
6. Elements of the city
7. Visual hierarchy
8. Details: Icons, Typography, Legend, Context

Here are some references to go through:

Schematic Maps:

• Get inspired by the story behind the most iconic schematic map: London Underground Map by Harry Beck.
• A Guardian article featuring animations transforming schematic maps into geographically accurate representations.
• Closer home, have a look at the Isometric & Schematic map of the IIT B by Prof. Mandar Rane.
• Here is the process behind one of my schematic maps: Andamanese Language Map.
• A great collection of schematic maps of most cities around the world created by INAT, like Delhi & Mumbai.

Cartography / Map Design:

• Essays on Digital Cartography by Justin O’Beirne.
• David Rumsey’s huge map collection for some vintage cartography inspiration.
• The Five Elements for forming a mental model of a city, from Kevin Lynch’s book The Image of the City.

Resources:

Maki icon set for using quick icons under CC0 license, do try editing them in the Maki Editor if you want to customize them.

[ipsitaccc]

1. A map for outdoor/ alternate activities/ hobbies in the city (not sure which city yet: maybe Delhi)
2. How to Spend your Weekend under ₹1000(?)
3. Guide to Blr/ Peenya for new NID students
4. A water map for Bhopal (lakes, streams, ghats, boating etc.)

New Concept: Map showing the 7/8 cities of Delhi.

Source

Mental Model

Mental Model wrt River Yamuna

7 Cities of Delhi

1. Mehrauli: Qutub Minar Complex

2. Siri: Siri Fort

3. Tughlaqabad: Tughlaqabad Fort

4. Jahanpanah: Khirki Masjid

5. Ferozabad: Firoz Shah Kotla Hauz Khas Complex Purana Qila Jamali Kamali

6. Old Delhi (Shahjahanabad): Red Fort Jama Masjid Chandni Chowk

7. Lutyen’s Delhi India Gate Rashtrapati Bhavan Parliament House Rajpath Connaught Place

Delhi Metro Map Reference

Old Maps of Delhi

Attempts to Schematise

Schematic Progress

FINAL SUBMISSION

PS: Thanks for the reminders today, Rasagy! However, I have realised that some of the changes would take more time than I can manage today, so I will be incorporating the same by tomorrow. The documentation is just a WIP for you to see, I am working on making it 10x better! Thank you!

[anmllol]

Idea 1

Map of Kalyan City from the lens of Housewives. Cognitive mapping exercise.

Exercise preparation

Understanding the responsibilities of Indian Householdwives -

1. Food and Groceries (visits to local markets, vendors, dairy, etc.)
2. Household Chores (laundry, tailoring, household shopping, etc.)
3. Family needs (school, parks, clinics, religious sites, etc)
4. Social Interactions (community garden, neighbor or friends house visit, etc)

Purpose of this exercise - To understand the local map from the housewives' view and the extent of their daily visits.

Attempts

Documentation

[NomeshwariReddy]

Ideas: -Tirupathi Schematic map (it has 2 foot walking routes and 1 or 2 vehicular routes but the foot travelling is really intresting (but i need to dig my memory a lotttttt) UPDATE: PLACES TO VISIT AROUND THIRUMALA -Platinum city to Nid schematic map, Nidian's Route (different parts of the day , diff routes) (this excercise is really fun, i guess what all things and what all people come across the path is very similar and accurate for most of the students. A schematic map for only NID or Pc to nid -Bhel Road schematic map ( For most of us Bhel road is always go to place and there is lot of stuff to explore in bhel road and it is also really itnresting to map.

Final Iteration:

Bilingual Map of tirumala ( Even though the visitors of tirumala are from different states and different countries, i choose one language i.e., telugu and made Bilingual Map for visitors who come from Andhrapradesh and telengana states.

Tirumala Zine:

[andriamarinus]

Tourist Map of the the coasts of Kanyakumari district

Iteration Iteration Iteration

Final Schematic map: WIP. Need to work on the illustrations and legibility of landmarks

[arifalimw]

SELECTED TOPIC:

[arunikasajith]

Concept: Halwa shops in Kozhikode

1. Mental Model Map

2. Actual Map

3. Zoomed In Version

ABSTRACTIONS

ITERATIONS

FINAL MAP

[Meg-exe]

Architectural Heritage Walk in Mumbai

Tracing Map

Original Map references

Landmark reference style

Map Traced

Abstraction

Schematic WIP

Final Schematic Map

[Chinmayk79]

Idea - Heritage map of Orchha City

Reference style

Orchha map_iterations

Final Documentation - Chinmay_Orchha_Schematic map

Ps: I'm still in the process of refining the project based on the feedback received during the exhibition.

[Eesha-2002]

Idea - tourist map of Daman

Damão, or the old town of Daman, was accidentally discovered by Portuguese Captain-Major Diogo de Melo in 1523. From there on, Daman went on to became a Portuguese settlement for more than 400 years before getting incorporated into India in 1961. Today these forts house beautiful ruins of the Portuguese history along with administrative offices of the union territory. Every corner of the old town speaks of the heritage through it’s architecture and colorful walls.

This schematic map will help tourists go around the two forts of Daman and experience Portuguese heritage around the town. The schematic map can also help tourists orient themselves towards what all they can cover in a day. A map that guides them to experience Daman like they are in Goa (the little Portugal of India) but on a budget!

Mental Model of Daman The mental model clearly highlights the boundaries created by the waterbodies and how the water edge plays an important role to give the town an identity of it's owm

Daman on Google maps Daman sits at the mouth of river Daman Ganga meeting the Arabian sea. The mental model turns out to be pretty similar to the actual map of Daman from Google maps.

Tracing of Map

1st tracing of map The first tracing was done over OpenStreet map just to get an idea of what all elements can be schematisised from the geographical map and what entities can be included.

Legend Green - Heritage site Blue - Beaches Purple - Activity areas

2nd tracing of map The first trace was at very zoomed out level, not giving enough space to highlight locations and attraction point. The second trace was attempted at a more zoomed in level to highlight boundaries of the fort. Roads were also highlighted on the basis of their heirarchy.

Abstraction - Grids and Geometric version

1st abstraction of map After the level of zoom was finalised, the traced map was traced again but on a 45 degree axonometric grid to abstract the lines and shapes of the geographical map.

Simplification of abstract version

The first cut abstract version was approved to be in the right direction. The next step was to simplify that versionand bring it more close to the mental model of the road networks.

Elements of the city

After simplifying the layout elements of the cities like road names, nodes, location, attraction points, natural features and commercial areas are identified on Google maps.

Visual heirarchy and details

All the elements are transferred on the schematic map along with detailing out on the visual aesthetic of the map.

Color Palette inspiration The colour palette was inspired from the walls of building along the Rua Martim Afonso street inside Moti Daman Fort.

Visual elements Since the map had a playful approach to the tourist map, the colours and font selected were round and bold to give a fun look to the map. Iconography for locations and attraction points were taken from Maki icon set, to establish a clear contrast from the pop colours of the base map.

Final map

The names of the location have a white stroke with a 80% opacity to increase legibility of the text.

P.S - The regional language version of this map shall be in Gujarati and is in work in progress.

[tinnicreatesXOXO]

Sanjana Maiti

1. Digha the first seaside destination of India
2. Darjeeling- the queen of hills
3. Kolkata's food heritage walk

Final project and process https://www.behance.net/gallery/192859173/Darjeeling-The-tea-trail

[UtkarshSing98]

Topic For Schematic Map Exploring the Weekly Markets of Delhi

Purpose and Audience The schematic map depicts the lively "Weekly Markets" of Delhi, set up once a day every week. Designed by leveraging Delhi's Metro Network, it illustrates how individuals can reach the markets using the metro

Data Collection

Plotting the Data on map using QGIS

Simplifying the map

Final Poster

[Surabhiiy]

Final Map

[SamruddhiBulbule]

I am uploading submission in the form of PDF because images are giving low quality.

### DOCUMENTATION:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dAFTN-peaVZyJjq5t3xMW9f-jk48Ly2o/view?usp=sharing

### FINAL POSTER

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BAQ3TDG__a7SXG0XuFFqxLggC0o5dHZM/view?usp=sharing

[anjalikothari]

Attempts to Schematize

Inspiration

Final map

[gmeenal98]

Topic - Tourist Map of Goa

Tracing and marking the points . Adding the grid . Attempts . Map inspirations . Ideations . Final Map

[rasagy]

Hi everyone, it was great seeing all of your maps in person during the exhibition.

Sharing some common things to keep in mind — you can use this as a checklist for your final submission:

Give your map a nice title.

Schematic map of X is a good start. But it’s even better to find a relevant, catchy or engaging title. See if your map’s area + theme/purpose can form a good title. Make sure it is prominently visible.

Describe your map, who made it, why

Add a short description about the map (purpose, anything specific that people shouldn’t miss…). Mention your name + affiliation (you can also mention the course etc. for more context). Add attribution for anything you used to make the map (OSM/Google Maps, icon sets, type faces etc.) _especially if you make a multilingual map!_

Make the edge of your map clear

Make sure your elements aren’t floating in space — give the area of focus a slight variation in background from the rest of the background. You can slightly lighten/darken the map background compared to the overall poster’s background.

Show how to enter/exit from the area of your map

Make roads, railway lines & metro lines extend beyond the above area of focus. Add some context — where do these lead to?

Add a hierarchy in your Labels

Make sure your labels vary based on what they represent. If they are connected to an icon/area, use the same hue to form a clear association. Add a halo to make it easier to read.

Orient the reader

Give a reference for which way is North, by using a Compass rose or North arrow

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Hope this helps. Look forward to the final maps, especially the bilingual ones!

[rasagy]

Evaluations completed. Thanks for the updates!