Mapping Los Santos! Building/landmark analysis

[initium]

Okay, please study this picture:

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/8576/gtavanalysis1.png

 

Now, have a look at this:

Please study all of it very good before making a comment.

Also, it's not the best drawing I've ever done, but it should be clear how the map looks approximately

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/3320/maptheory.png

 

 

In the various screenshots it all makes sense this way!

So if any talented map drawer could help me with this, that would be great!

Edited January 26, 2013 by initium

[IrishMantis]

My god if you people actually put this brain power into world crises

Cancer be a goner haha excellent wok and analysis

 

One question,

Excluding underwater, roughly what percentage off the map have we seen from all these mapping photos I would say 90% even more , but I wouldn't know, hopefully someon here will have a rough idea

[GtaVComments]

 

My god if you people actually put  this brain power into world  crises

Cancer be a goner haha excellent wok and analysis

 

One question,

Excluding underwater, roughly what percentage off the map have we seen from all these mapping photos I would say 90% even more , but I wouldn't know,  hopefully someon here will have a rough idea

Some seem to think we've only seen 40-50%, other say 60% on-wards, it's pretty much impossible to know though, as R* don't tend to show everything when they release a game, so there could still be a few unseen areas that we haven't mapped yet.

[Fido_le_muet]

@initium : I agree with the first two screenshots but not about the third.

The third can't work because of the screen below :

[lxr]

 

Okay, please study this picture:

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/8576/gtavanalysis1.png

 

Now, have a look at this:

Please study all of it very good before making a comment.

Also, it's not the best drawing I've ever done, but it should be clear how the map looks approximately

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/3320/maptheory.png

 

 

In the various screenshots it all makes sense this way!

So if any talented map drawer could help me with this, that would be great!

Ok, I see what you mean. In principle, that would work. For a map, you could simply take GTAKiwi's, cut out most of the countryside, and place it so that "A"/"B" ends up at "O"/"N".

 

The biggest issues seem to be Mt. X/Mt. Y/Mt. Z (three very similar mountains occuring twice in very different places), and that here and here, it looks like the river is in a valley, while here, we don't see one.

 

I guess the best way to proceed would be to show pixel by pixel which point on the left flank of Mt. Zancudo is supposed to be which point in the other shot. (For now, I still think this one is a much better match.) Or to find a few pixels that actually look like river.

[initium]

 

The biggest issues seem to be Mt. X/Mt. Y/Mt. Z (three very similar mountains occuring twice in very different places), and that here and here, it looks like the river is in a valley, while here, we don't see one.

 

I guess the best way to proceed would be to show pixel by pixel which point on the left flank of Mt. Zancudo is supposed to be which point in the other shot. (For now, I still think this one is a much better match.) Or to find a few pixels that actually look like river.

No, listen carefully.

 

here there's no river visible. It's more towards the right.

here Look closely to the top of the screen:

At the bottom of mt. Zancudo, you see 2 roads. 1 going up (this is in fact the train track), and the 2nd below of that.

 

This is really mt. zancudo, and not mt. Alamo.

 

Also, the picture with the helicopter and Vinewood is on the other side of mt. Zancudo.

[initium]

 

@initium : I agree with the first two screenshots but not about the third.

The third can't work because of the screen below :

Windy hill etc. those are all in an area that we've not seen before.

http://media.gtanet.com/gallery/gta-5-scre...fullsize/25.jpg

Left of the road in the bottom left of that picture

 

 

If you look under mt. z, you see a piece of land. Which is the peninsula in the picture above, right under the mountain

 

 

I've got even more proof:

http://media.gtanet.com/gallery/gta-5-trai...railer2_097.jpg

Inside the tunnel, you can see that the track is going slighly to the left and down.

Fits perfectly with the theory!

Edited January 26, 2013 by initium

[lxr]

@initium: What you're arguing now is basically what I've marked below. Peninsula, ascending track, bending tunnel, etc. This fits perfectly, but it fits with *any* theory. It's exactly like that on GTAKiwi's map. (And my previous post wasn't really concerned with any of this.)

 

[initium]

@initium: What you're arguing now is basically what I've marked below. Peninsula, ascending track, bending tunnel, etc. This fits perfectly, but it fits with *any* theory. It's exactly like that on GTAKiwi's map. (And my previous post wasn't really concerned with any of this.)

 

Okay.

 

Thank you for these pictures, it's exactly what I was thinking.

 

There are a few screenshots from Los Santos looking at the mountain.

On the left should be the lake, and on the right is the land that we see from the chopper/vinewood sign screenshot)

The land with the satelites etc.

[Cali_Legeend]

I was o Facebook, happen to "liked" a GTAV page and it had a picture here's the link (http://i.imgur.com/fYE2j.jpg) I'm not sure if one of you guys posted it yet since I'm too lazy to check but if you have seen/made it I'm sorry. But that link is a picture of gta v speculation on the map hopefully it helps? Note: Not My Picture and I didn't Make Sure If you Guys Created It Or We're Aware Of It

[iNero]

I was o Facebook, happen to "liked" a GTAV page and it had a picture here's the link (http://i.imgur.com/fYE2j.jpg) I'm not sure if one of you guys posted it yet since I'm too lazy to check but if you have seen/made it I'm sorry. But that link is a picture of gta v speculation on the map hopefully it helps? Note: Not My Picture and I didn't Make Sure If you Guys Created It Or We're Aware Of It

Saw that a few weeks ago and hopefully thats not it. Looks like the rest of the maps is water... Actually the map seems to be pretty small if thats true

[Fido_le_muet]

That's the map of jbte, one of our contributors.

It is visually stunning but far from accurate considering the various screenshots/videos we have.

[initium]

It all makes sense if the map is like this:

 

Of course I'm not good in drawing this, so the mountain is slightly too much to the left, and there are more little mistakes.. but the overall picture should be clear.

So check every screenshot and trailer that's been released so far, and I promise, that all pieces of the puzzle will fit!

[Fido_le_muet]

Hey, I almost agree with you on this.

I believe the Alamo Sea should take the spot of the easternmost mountain on your map.

i.e, rotate your Alamo Sea area 90° clockwise.

[fridaynightscream]

OH YOU!

[initium]

I added some locations for you to see what I mean.

Have a look:

http://i45.tinypic.com/2hg8zh5.png

[Fido_le_muet]

I understand your position but it still doesn't work with the screen of the red plane entering the canyon.

I agree with everything else though

[InternetKillTV]

@initium: What you're arguing now is basically what I've marked below. Peninsula, ascending track, bending tunnel, etc. This fits perfectly, but it fits with *any* theory. It's exactly like that on GTAKiwi's map. (And my previous post wasn't really concerned with any of this.)

 

In my opinion the image of zancudo and the massive multiple mountains in the distance on the other picture are not the same. The image we have of Zancudo is far far too small to be the peak in the picture of the large mountains imo.

[kraq567]

I can't see that four mountains in screen with Vinewood and helicopter on any maps.

[initium]

I can't see that four mountains in screen with Vinewood and helicopter on any maps.

They're not mountains, just hills. Not too high

[kraq567]

 

I don't think it's small hills

[initium]

 

I don't think it's small hills

Oh you mean those,

 

Look at the top of this page, the 4 photo's, the top left one, there's the picture of Franklin in the sky, the left side of the mountain(s) is what you're talking about, now seen from the other side

[kraq567]

Oh god, from distance they look f*cking huge...

[Fail_At_GTA]

This whole mountain thing is a real mess. I looked at every post carefully. I see what some are getting at and others look like a Picasso painting. When GTA 5 finally hits the shelves (May 21? I hope so!) this whole crazy mountain thing can be forgotten. Great work though, just confusing at times.

[Von_Von]

Where are they? I dont recognize any mountain in this picture/frame.

 

[kraq567]

Now I think it's a movie in Vinewood...

[Boss7dm]

It all makes sense if the map is like this:

 

Of course I'm not good in drawing this, so the mountain is slightly too much to the left, and there are more little mistakes.. but the overall picture should be clear.

So check every screenshot and trailer that's been released so far, and I promise, that all pieces of the puzzle will fit!

Los Santos looks small...

[Fail_At_GTA]

Dont forget, Los Santos is around the same city as Liberty City. Thats plenty big.

[36Chambers]

Where are they? I dont recognize any mountain in this picture/frame.

 

There is a lot more to the map that we haven't seen yet.

[kraq567]

 

hehe maybe?