[Death2Drugs]

I think the map needs to be updated.



I don't know. It's really hard whether the highway is turning straight from Santa Monica or it was straight from the start. Also, I think the US Route 23 is a parody of US Route 101, a highway that starts in Los Angeles and goes through San Jose and San Francisco and then goes all the way north to Olympia, WA. Of course, I'm not saying all those areas are in the game. Just thought I'd throw that out.

[Fido_le_muet]

QUOTE (Kifflom112 @ Thursday, Nov 22 2012, 20:15)

Sorry for double post but just wanted to let you all know iGTA5 found something else in the Beach House/9F picture: 1355 Palisades Beach Road Sorry if I'm late, lol

You're late ^^
But only by a day as someone found this house yesterday

[zombie elvis]

QUOTE (Death2Drugs @ Thursday, Nov 22 2012, 19:22)

I think the map needs to be updated. I don't know. It's really hard whether the highway is turning straight from Santa Monica or it was straight from the start. Also, I think the US Route 23 is a parody of US Route 101, a highway that starts in Los Angeles and goes through San Jose and San Francisco and then goes all the way north to Olympia, WA. Of course, I'm not saying all those areas are in the game. Just thought I'd throw that out.

There's a 23 that connects to the 101 too.

I don't think that shot is the coastal road, but it's up the hill from there. Any idea what that building is behind the sign?

Edit: actually I think it must be the coast road, a few bends beyond Del Perro.

This post has been edited by zombie elvis on Thursday, Nov 22 2012, 20:56

[kesta195]

QUOTE (Death2Drugs @ Thursday, Nov 22 2012, 19:22)

I don't know. It's really hard whether the highway is turning straight from Santa Monica or it was straight from the start. Also, I think the US Route 23 is a parody of US Route 101, a highway that starts in Los Angeles and goes through San Jose and San Francisco and then goes all the way north to Olympia, WA. Of course, I'm not saying all those areas are in the game. Just thought I'd throw that out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_23

[Los Santos APB]

QUOTE (Money Over Bullshit @ Thursday, Nov 22 2012, 12:37)

QUOTE (NML @ Thursday, Nov 22 2012, 13:30) Does anybody know what dam this is based on? The Morris dam in the San Gabriel Valley. Altough the telecom tower is not present in real life. EDIT: It could also be based on the San Gabriel dam.

But is that a telecom tower or a winch for the floodgates? The concrete is built in a shape that supports a winch rather than a radio tower, imho.

[Money Over Bullshit]

QUOTE (Los Santos APB @ Thursday, Nov 22 2012, 22:12)

QUOTE (Money Over Bullsh*t @ Thursday, Nov 22 2012, 12:37) QUOTE (NML @ Thursday, Nov 22 2012, 13:30) Does anybody know what dam this is based on? The Morris dam in the San Gabriel Valley. Altough the telecom tower is not present in real life. EDIT: It could also be based on the San Gabriel dam. But is that a telecom tower or a winch for the floodgates? The concrete is built in a shape that supports a winch rather than a radio tower, imho.

Yeah you're right.. it's a winch. Either way it's absent on the real deal.


Apologies for my horrible 2 minute editing of google maps but this is what I think the map will be laid out like:



I've thought about how they would likely do it and a triangular formation seems to be the most logical layout with Los Angeles, Malibu, Long Beach and Palm Springs making up the bottom portion, the Grapeseed/Farmland area and the airforce base making up the the north west portion and the Salton Sea/Blaine County area making up the North west portion. In real life the Salton sea sits geographically below the Angeles National Forest/San Gabriel mountains but in the screenshots it seems to be located above or behind it which is why I placed it where I did.

This post has been edited by Money Over Bullshit on Thursday, Nov 22 2012, 23:43

[lxr]

QUOTE (Money Over Bullsh*t @ Thursday, Nov 22 2012, 22:30)

Apologies for my horrible 2 minute editing of google maps but this is what I think the map will be laid out like:

Not that my edits make it any better ... but I just realized that the shape of the Alamo Sea, or what we've seen of it, may actually be quite close to the actual shape of the Salton Sea.

[NGC BemaR]

QUOTE (Warmaster666 @ Tuesday, Nov 20 2012, 11:19)

QUOTE On the GTA V Map: This world -- the range of height and between north and south and east and west -- is huge, and it's a real strength. It felt California. Oceans are there and tall hills are there. We wanted those in the game. For us, this kind of world, that was a big properly-realized L.A. and a huge slab of regionally appropriate countryside, felt like the most interesting match to do something new with. Doing other cities just didn't seem appealing. Doing small towns is very appealing. There's a bunch of small towns and villages and whatnot in there to discover and play around in. Doing other cities, though, felt like it was going to create problems we didn't need. It wasn't going to add to the experience. Of course you could do a game with a bunch of cities now that could be pretty interesting, but we didn't think that was going to be this game. This map is going to be spectacular to people when they start exploring and playing around with it. http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/17/gta...stions-answered So how big a piece of the map would we have puzzled together so far you all think? 25% And did we already see towns and villages? I can't recall i did, how big would they be? Some towns the size of Alderney and villages the size of Bohan would be good for me if there aren't any major city's like Los Santos in the game.

I agree. 25% sounds about right maybe less. If were right, what a game were in for!!!

[Money Over Bullshit]

QUOTE (lxr @ Friday, Nov 23 2012, 01:10)

QUOTE (Money Over Bullsh*t @ Thursday, Nov 22 2012, 22:30) Apologies for my horrible 2 minute editing of google maps but this is what I think the map will be laid out like: Not that my edits make it any better ... but I just realized that the shape of the Alamo Sea, or what we've seen of it, may actually be quite close to the actual shape of the Salton Sea.

The editing of the salton sea's shape seems to be a bit more accurate but Vinewood is nowhere near where you've placed it. It's actually just above the word "Los" in "Los Angeles" right in the middle of the map. If you're referring to the Vinewwod sign though then it is located just below the word "Glendale".

[lxr]

QUOTE (Money Over Bullsh*t @ Friday, Nov 23 2012, 00:20)

The editing of the salton sea's shape seems to be a bit more accurate but Vinewood is nowhere near where you've placed it. It's actually just above the word "Los" in "Los Angeles" right in the middle of the map. If you're referring to the Vinewwod sign though then it is located just below the word "Glendale".

I know, I know ... nothing is nowhere near I placed it, Grapeseed and Mount Chiliad are both wrong, etc. This was only about the relative position of the Alamo Sea to the Vinewood Sign (which I placed at the one spot on the map from where you can see both the city and the sea).

[lxr]

QUOTE (NGC BemaR @ Friday, Nov 23 2012, 00:11)

QUOTE (Warmaster666 @ Tuesday, Nov 20 2012, 11:19) So how big a piece of the map would we have puzzled together so far you all think? 25% And did we already see towns and villages? I can't recall i did, how big would they be? Some towns the size of Alderney and villages the size of Bohan would be good for me if there aren't any major city's like Los Santos in the game. I agree. 25% sounds about right maybe less. If were right, what a game were in for!!!

My gut feeling is it's more like 50% (unless there is a lot of desert), but that's of course nothing but wild guessing. I still think we could actually know better, see here. It just turns out to be surprisingly hard to find accurate numbers about the map size of RDR, everyone says something else. The only thing I can personally vouch for is that these two maps of GTA IV are 6,000 by 6,000 meters and 5,400 by 3,600 meters. And the only thing I can say about LC vs. LS (see here), and that isn't much, is that if LC is meant to be all islands combined, then neither of the cities seems to be very clearly very much larger than the other one.

Currently, the ends of the known world are the motocross bridge (H2) in the NW and the boxy-top mountain (L1) in the NE, but of course the train bridge (N1) has to lead somewhere, further up north. And then there is the whole eastern part of the map, we just haven't seen much of it yet.

This post has been edited by lxr on Friday, Nov 23 2012, 03:15

[NML]

QUOTE (lxr @ Friday, Nov 23 2012, 00:10)

QUOTE (Money Over Bullsh*t @ Thursday, Nov 22 2012, 22:30) Apologies for my horrible 2 minute editing of google maps but this is what I think the map will be laid out like: Not that my edits make it any better ... but I just realized that the shape of the Alamo Sea, or what we've seen of it, may actually be quite close to the actual shape of the Salton Sea.

I'll bet it's shaped like a penis

[TenEightyOne]

Amazing stuff... there's still something new and interesting every time I review this thread - kudos to all

Mind you, it's 1AM-ish and the rum is nearly gone...

[lxr]

Found it:



This post has been edited by lxr on Friday, Nov 23 2012, 02:59

[Death2Drugs]

Image I found (not by me):



Notice the observatory? That would mean that the San Fernando/San Gabriel area is northeast of Downtown, meaning the location roughly mirrors San Gabriel Valley.

[lxr]

QUOTE (Death2Drugs @ Friday, Nov 23 2012, 02:04)

Notice the observatory? That would mean that the San Fernando/San Gabriel area is northeast of Downtown, meaning the location roughly mirrors San Gabriel Valley.

The oil rig is on Fido's map. Not 100% accurate of course, but not too far off either.

[lxr]

Just made a quick collection of (what I think are) the screens we haven't been able to place so far, 33 in total:



Maybe that helps. There are a few that will be next to impossible to find, but also a few that should be easier.

This post has been edited by lxr on Friday, Nov 23 2012, 02:51

[lxr]

QUOTE (lxr @ Friday, Nov 23 2012, 02:35)

33 in total

One down?

(arrows, not box)

[jbte]

Hey all, made this new map using the latest images available and second trailer video.

Click on image for better resolution and size, 4204x3804 pixels.

I did everything according to the image analysis, 3D modeling references and digital mapping of the terrain. And of course some help from this thread
Hope you like, any corrections let me know!

[jdrandall38]

QUOTE (jbte @ Friday, Nov 23 2012, 03:32)

Hey all, made this new map using the latest images available and second trailer video. Click on image for better resolution and size, 4204x3804 pixels. I did everything according to the image analysis, 3D modeling references and digital mapping of the terrain. And of course some help from this thread Hope you like, any corrections let me know!

Nice Job.