Graphic designers! Here’s an easy way to grab beautiful accurate open map data for your design work. Real data. No tracing. Download vector map data as points, lines, and polygons, all styled and ready for your work in Illustrator or whatever program you use. Maps rule, and it’s too fun not to dive into the cartographic tomfoolery.
0:00 Graphic designers, fear not!
0:38 Choosing a map for download (OpenStreetmap)
1:00 Padawan mode: print to PDF
1:51 Jedi Knight mode: sneaking high resolution
3:44 Encouragement from an insider
4:11 Force Ghost mode: Maps for Adobe
Thanks for watching! Love, John
Love your videos– great level of informative but also still quick enough to sustain attention– are you open for consultation? I am trying to make a custom map (hand drawn but need to play around on ArcGIS to get a good base to draw from) as an anniversary gift. Would probably need about 30-40 minutes of your time! (I can pay! But have a limited budget)
thanks Jasmine! i do not take commissions, but i appreciate your kind interest.