[Gifbrah]

Welcome to the Mapping Los Santos thread

The goal of this thread is to identify buildings and landmarks of Los Angeles recreated within the world of GTA V.
Many buildings around Los Santos and its countryside have a real life counterpart in Los Angeles and Southern California.
Analysing carefully the various screenshots and trailers, our aim is to understand the geography of Los Santos,
and ultimately, trying to recreate the game map !

Anyone may contribute to this thread.

Some websites/software you may find useful :

• Bing Maps (Satellite and Bird's Eye view)
• Google Maps (Satellite, Bird's Eye & Street view)
• SkyscraperCity Forums (Message board with hundreds of pictures of Los Angeles)
• Emporis (Largest buildings database)
• Wikipedia (No description needed)
  
• Google Earth (Basically Google Maps but with 3D buildings)

Identified buildings :
Last updated : Jan 17th 2013

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(You may also click the following link to see other pictures from the flickr album):
GTA V Landmarks & Building Photo Album


The Map :
Last updated : May 14th 2013


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Contributors :
[LIST]
•GifBrah
•Fido_le_muet (Also in charge of updating first post- Special thanks!)
•koeklin
•Millionsofdeadcops
•SonofUgly
•J24D
•Smaaske
•UrinalCake123
•jackass2009
•VickeX
•sabbathfan
•kendoyanar
•GTAlove
•JOSEPH X
•BoolCaX
•[enforcA]
•darkjounin
•Vegetarian Piranha
•boxmonster
•Death2Drugs
•jbte
•Choco Taco
•GTADKNUT
•lxr
•OUPS
•GTAKiwi

Thanks a lot guys !
(If I missed you, please PM me and let me know).

This post has been edited by Gifbrah on Tuesday, May 14 2013, 19:09

[Millionsofdeadcops]

Roosevelt Hotel and Hollywood Boulevard, quoted from an earlier reply i made

QUOTE

Might not be obvious right away but pay attention to the building in the background...

[Smaaske]

-Capital Records Building in LA:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/442/g...theftautov.jpg/

-In the trailer i have seen the same tower, Link:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/254/gtaz.jpg/

[Millionsofdeadcops]

Not a landmark per se, but worth noting:

Koreatown





the sign that reads "Little Seoul" is a reference to Koreatown.

[J24D]

It's far in the distance but at 00:24 in trailer you can see LAX Control Tower (top of picture, where the sky is)

[Gifbrah]

[UrinalCake123]

Palm Springs Wind Farm

[Smaaske]

yeahyeah

[edalad]

nice find

[Gifbrah]

QUOTE (J24D @ Thursday, Nov 3 2011, 21:48)

It's far in the distance but at 00:24 in trailer you can see LAX Control Tower (top of picture, where the sky is)

That looks like Venice Beach based on the architecture and the 'piercings' sign that is so common in Venice Beach.




Okay, I looked at the HD trailer.



Sorry dude, it's a palm tree.

This post has been edited by Gifbrah on Thursday, Nov 3 2011, 22:16

[NYC PATROL]

QUOTE (J24D @ Thursday, Nov 3 2011, 17:48)

It's far in the distance but at 00:24 in trailer you can see LAX Control Tower (top of picture, where the sky is)

Can someone ZOOM in on that spot?

[jackass2009]

The Tequi-la-la (the place where the drunk dude got thrown out of) has to be a reference to the Whisky A Go Go.

[CarLuver69]

Wow, these are some very interesting places you guys have found! I personally live not too far away from Los Angeles but I wouldn't know the landmarks by heart. Have definitely been there, though.

[RED_]

Anymore of these? Lets see if we can try and get most of the shots, i.e the city and what not.

[J24D]

QUOTE

Okay, I looked at the HD trailer. Sorry dude, it's a palm tree.

I agree that there is a palm tree briefly before that but higher up and closer to the foreground.

This is what I am looking at:



And zoomed in...



And here is the LAX Control Tower:



This post has been edited by J24D on Thursday, Nov 3 2011, 23:11

[GTAlove]

Where is Rodeo Drive?

[Chirpy Red]

QUOTE (GTAlove @ Thursday, Nov 3 2011, 23:08)

Where is Rodeo Drive?

Gametrailers think when they're robbing that building is Rodeo Drive, I think they could be right.

[J24D]

QUOTE (Chirpy Red @ Thursday, Nov 3 2011, 23:30)

QUOTE (GTAlove @ Thursday, Nov 3 2011, 23:08) Where is Rodeo Drive? Gametrailers think when they're robbing that building is Rodeo Drive, I think they could be right.

Yes, here is Rodeo Drive:

[Gifbrah]

QUOTE (J24D @ Thursday, Nov 3 2011, 23:06)

QUOTE Okay, I looked at the HD trailer. [IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/s5lct4.jpg[IMG] Sorry dude, it's a palm tree. I agree that there is a palm tree briefly before that but higher up and closer to the foreground. This is what I am looking at: [IMG]http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/tt79/J24D/Screenshots/LAXTower.jpg[IMG] And zoomed in... [IMG]http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/tt79/J24D/Screenshots/LAXTowerZoomed.jpg[IMG] And here is the LAX Control Tower: [IMG]http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/ericbvd/ericbvd1007/ericbvd100700152/7361332-air-traffic-control-tower-at-lax-los-angeles.jpg[IMG]

While you may be right, I looked at the trailer a few times and I only see one palm and to the right, a group of palm trees.







Anyway, here are buildings I've identified so far and their general zones. I'll update this image every chance I get.


*I should note that Doheny Tower is just a guess based on the fact that it's the tallest building at the end of the Sunset Strip.

This post has been edited by Gifbrah on Thursday, Nov 3 2011, 23:40

[Millionsofdeadcops]

QUOTE (Gifbrah @ Thursday, Nov 3 2011, 23:36)

QUOTE (J24D @ Thursday, Nov 3 2011, 23:06) QUOTE Okay, I looked at the HD trailer. [IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/s5lct4.jpg[IMG] Sorry dude, it's a palm tree. I agree that there is a palm tree briefly before that but higher up and closer to the foreground. This is what I am looking at: [IMG]http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/tt79/J24D/Screenshots/LAXTower.jpg[IMG] And zoomed in... [IMG]http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/tt79/J24D/Screenshots/LAXTowerZoomed.jpg[IMG] And here is the LAX Control Tower: [IMG]http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/ericbvd/ericbvd1007/ericbvd100700152/7361332-air-traffic-control-tower-at-lax-los-angeles.jpg[IMG] While you may be right, I looked at the trailer a few times and I only see one palm and to the right, a group of palm trees. Anyway, here are buildings I've identified so far and their general zones. I'll update this image every chance I get.

Thats strange. i can roughly make out a building that looks like City Hall on the right side of Downtown. so im guessing city hall is to the east of downtown, as it is in real life. But then that would mean Hollywood in Los Santos is east of Downtown, when it's far west of Downtown in real life. and Hollywood seems to be MUCH closer to downtown than it is in real life. hmm.