Creating a Map with Illustrator

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.

Topics include:

• Understanding different types of maps
• Extracting a map from an online source
• Sketching out a map
• Creating a tracing template
• Drawing major and minor roadways
• Using graphic styles
• Creating train tracks
• Drawing bodies of water, parks, and other landmarks
• Labeling roads
• Adding a map legend
• Saving for print
• Sharing a map online