Mapping Los Santos! Building/landmark analysis

[dxbrandon]

Why do people here care so much about Watch Dogs? It's just an Assassins Creed clone built to test next gen.

Not even a clone, but what does that has to do with GTA V? Nothing.

[GTAaLEX117]

Why do people here care so much about Watch Dogs? It's just an Assassins Creed clone built to test next gen.

Because it looks good, and graphics are a big selling point these days.

[dxbrandon]

Why do people here care so much about Watch Dogs? It's just an Assassins Creed clone built to test next gen.

Because it looks good, and graphics are a big selling point these days.

Well, thats not why i want it, far from it. Anyways....

[Maglev]

Why do people here care so much about Watch Dogs? It's just an Assassins Creed clone built to test next gen.

Yeah. Watch Dogs would be nice if I had the R* engine..

The Assassins Creed Engine looks nice and all but it doesn't play as nice as the GTA engine.

[GTAaLEX117]

Why do people here care so much about Watch Dogs? It's just an Assassins Creed clone built to test next gen.

Because it looks good, and graphics are a big selling point these days.

Well, thats not why i want it, far from it. Anyways....

Well, to me, the gameplay doesn't look special at all. The driving is bland and arcade-ish, the shooting is nothing special, hacking basically seems like "point your camera and push a button to do something", and the map is only the city. Pedestrian interaction seemed interesting until the developers said that you can't really follow people around and watch their lives.

[flyboy7]

Again with the watchdogs. It has nothing to do with GTA. Nor is it a competition. What? Just because you saw a building and a car and a guy walking suddenly its a GTA competition?

Edited June 15, 2013 by flyboy7

[dxbrandon]

Why do people here care so much about Watch Dogs? It's just an Assassins Creed clone built to test next gen.

Yeah. Watch Dogs would be nice if I had the R* engine..

The Assassins Creed Engine looks nice and all but it doesn't play as nice as the GTA engine.

Watch Dogs has a newly built engine( Glad it's not like Gta v if it was, i wouldn't be getting it) ... Damn we are derailing this topic.

[omawnakw]

@GTAaLEX117, looks right.

I've updated an illustration of my thoughts about The Lost club:

 

 

 

Also i think the next scene in the trailer isn't connected by any means to the one above, I mean this scene:

 

It should be another The Lost spot near the runway.

Edited June 15, 2013 by omawnakw

[kesta195]

I'm still curious as to what is located on the east of the map, SE of the Alamo Sea and NE of LS. I'm hoping the bulk of the desert lies there, and it is a bit more flat and expansive than the 'desert' areas we have seen so far. This image gives a distant view of the area:

[GTAaLEX117]

@GTAaLEX117, looks right.

I've updated an illustration of my thoughts about The Lost club:

http://imageshack.us/a/img248/3299/9oog.jpg

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/2641/q8y.png

Also i think the next scene in the trailer isn't connected by any means to the one above, I mean this scene:

http://imageshack.us/a/img706/1280/y56.png

It should be another The Lost spot near the runway.

Loos pretty good.

[Argon]

Damn, an almost 700 page thread has died within it's last 20 pages. The amount of off-topic, noobishness (and I hate to use that term), stupidity and trolling is insane. For me, it was the only thread worthy to visit in this place, and it was actually known as a source outside these forums. Although mods have given a few general warnings, people just seem to ignore that this is not a thread about taste, personal interest, opinions and speculation. There are some dedicated members in here, who try to use objective material (mostly screenshots) to create a 2D map of what the actual game world of GTAV will look like. Nothing more. Some members tried multiple size comparisons, because these give us a estimate of how much space there's left (combined with R* statements). The results of these comparisons can be "discussed" (a.k.a whining) in other dedicated threads. It's okay if you're new (when I got here, the thread was already around page 300), but it would be nice for everyone if you'd spend some energy in research. It's actually not a bad idea to update the first post, allthough it would be a hell of a job.

Also, it's okay if this thread falls back to page 3 or 4. There's no need for constant bumping or off-topic discussions because 'well, there's nothing else to discuss'. The process of mapping and creating images takes its time, and this thread will not just dissapear. When people have their information ready, they will post it.

 

I'm not trying to be an internet cop here, but this thread is growing insanely fast recently, and the amount of contributing info has never been this low. It's a mess for the people who actually spend hours and hours into this.

[HOAXi]

 

Damn, an almost 700 page thread has died within it's last 20 pages. The amount of off-topic, noobishness (and I hate to use that term), stupidity and trolling is insane. For me, it was the only thread worthy to visit in this place, and it was actually known as a source outside these forums. Although mods have given a few general warnings, people just seem to ignore that this is not a thread about taste, personal interest, opinions and speculation. There are some dedicated members in here, who try to use objective material (mostly screenshots) to create a 2D map of what the actual game world of GTAV will look like. Nothing more. Some members tried multiple size comparisons, because these give us a estimate of how much space there's left (combined with R* statements). The results of these comparisons can be "discussed" (a.k.a whining) in other dedicated threads. It's okay if you're new (when I got here, the thread was already around page 300), but it would be nice for everyone if you'd spend some energy in research. It's actually not a bad idea to update the first post, allthough it would be a hell of a job.

Also, it's okay if this thread falls back to page 3 or 4. There's no need for constant bumping or off-topic discussions because 'well, there's nothing else to discuss'. The process of mapping and creating images takes its time, and this thread will not just dissapear. When people have their information ready, they will post it.

 

I'm not trying to be an internet cop here, but this thread is growing insanely fast recently, and the amount of contributing info has never been this low. It's a mess for the people who actually spend hours and hours into this.

Why lie? You ARE trying to set people in place.

 

Anyway, you're taking the thread off-topic now. Just leave it and let the mods do the job.

 

Back to on-topic.

[flyboy7]

 

My apologies if this has been pointed out before. I just realized that the mountain in the first trailer could be the back side of this mountain north of Alamo Sea, seen from a different angle. Correct me if I'm wrong but up until now this mountain in the first trailer has not been able to be placed on the map.

Great Scott! !! That's brilliant!

[kibbutz1]

Hi all. I had been making good progress with my 3D map, but then I got sidetracked on something else I was doing. I'll try to get back to the 3D map soon.

 

For anyone who cares/likes Rammstein/is bored, please check out the link in my sig, which is to the video I made instead of working on the 3D map. I know it's pretty pathetic to be spamming my own video, but I would appreciate having someone see it after the work I put in, and the GTA IV theater thread is so dead I'd never get any feedback from there!

Edited June 15, 2013 by kibbutz1

[GourangaMaster]

 

Has anyone seen this?

**Zancudo mt and liquor store img**

That is most definetly mt zancudo visible in the top shot and with the new shot of the alamo sea and the Collectors edition shot of Trevor near the same liquor store i think ive located its general location. Knowing the aerial shot of the alamo sea leaves the Zancudo Mt just out of view to the far left and with the visible radio tower as a reference point to work out the camera angle of the camera shot of trevor walking, Im very certain it is pointing towards the mountain/hillside just visible to the right of alamo mountain in the plane shot.

Using all this i came up with the img below.

 

[gtamann123]

 

Why do people here care so much about Watch Dogs? It's just an Assassins Creed clone built to test next gen.

100% agreed. But lets keep this topic about the GTA V map.

[dxbrandon]

Why do people here care so much about Watch Dogs? It's just an Assassins Creed clone built to test next gen.

100% agreed. But lets keep this topic about the GTA V map.

(Sorry had too)

[Kaster]

 

My apologies if this has been pointed out before. I just realized that the mountain in the first trailer could be the back side of this mountain north of Alamo Sea, seen from a different angle. Correct me if I'm wrong but up until now this mountain in the first trailer has not been able to be placed on the map.

Great Scott! !! That's brilliant!

Maybe not, there is no curve in the second shot

[omawnakw]

 

Has anyone seen this?

**Zancudo mt and liquor store img**

That is most definetly mt zancudo visible in the top shot and with the new shot of the alamo sea and the Collectors edition shot of Trevor near the same liquor store i think ive located its general location. Knowing the aerial shot of the alamo sea leaves the Zancudo Mt just out of view to the far left and with the visible radio tower as a reference point to work out the camera angle of the camera shot of trevor walking, Im very certain it is pointing towards the mountain/hillside just visible to the right of alamo mountain in the plane shot.

Using all this i came up with the img below.

 

http://oi42.tinypic.com/2rrs6py.jpg

Looking at the screen shot below I can't believe the cell tower is more close to Trevor than the buildings you marked yellow. It is definitely farther.

 

So, something is wrong with your placement.

Also that green buildings you marked yellow looks like abandoned motel, maybe other side of it because we do not see bus frames here. Or it could be another similar building.

 

UPD: @Fido, do you have a link or poof image of your placement of abandoned motel? Looks right, but now I can't find where it was discussed.

Edited June 15, 2013 by omawnakw

[The True]

If someone has already scored this, forgive me.

In this image it is possible to see in the center right down what seemed to be a horse racing track on the map. Looking now seems to be a track car.

We can see only half of the track but at least we have the exact location of the dam on the blueprint map.

 

Please, someone put the image and the map with the marking because I do not know how to do. Thank you.

 

And if anyone has done this, I'm sorry.

 

 

http://www.rockstargames.com/V/screenshots...ot/571/1280.jpg

[Dr Bannington]

If someone has already scored this, forgive me.

In this image it is possible to see in the center right down what seemed to be a horse racing track on the map. Looking now seems to be a track car.

We can see only half of the track but at least we have the exact location of the dam on the blueprint map.

 

Please, someone put the image and the map with the marking because I do not know how to do. Thank you.

 

And if anyone has done this, I'm sorry.

 

 

http://www.rockstargames.com/V/screenshots...ot/571/1280.jpg

Stop apologizing so much. Its ok

[omawnakw]

 

If someone has already scored this, forgive me.

In this image it is possible to see in the center right down what seemed to be a horse racing track on the map. Looking now seems to be a track car.

We can see only half of the track but at least we have the exact location of the dam on the blueprint map.

 

Please, someone put the image and the map with the marking because I do not know how to do. Thank you.

 

And if anyone has done this, I'm sorry.

 

 

http://www.rockstargames.com/V/screenshots...ot/571/1280.jpg

It's Hollywood Park Race Track. The maps could be found in the first post on the first page of this thread as well as the link to the Fido_le_muet's flickr album which is very recommended to review.

Check out my posts about Hollywood Park Race Track and Casino:

http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtop...st&p=1062606809 Hollywood Park Casino

http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtop...st&p=1062606901 Hollywood Park Casino addition

Race track could be also seen in the Blimp promo shot :

http://media.rockstargames.com/rockstargam..._1369261225.jpg

As well as in Michael trailer when he driving down by Vinewood hills.

[Fido_le_muet]

This is how I see things about Sandy Shores :

 

 

Locations of the Ace Liquor and Abandonned Motel may be wrong but not by much (thanks to the radio tower).

Please check the unmarked screenshot to see these two landmarks more clearly.

[omawnakw]

 

Locations of the Ace Liquor and Abandonned Motel may be wrong but not by much (thanks to the radio tower).

Hmm, maybe I missed something. Is there a shot which connects abandoned motel and the radio tower?

 

UPD: and which Liquor store you mean in the pic above, looking at the shots from Trevor trailer it is clear that there is a Liquor store with red arrow and the Pisswasser emblem. I do not think it is connected to the ACE liquor and Grocery. And I doubt R* put liquor stores just next to each other.

Edited June 15, 2013 by omawnakw

[GTAaLEX117]

Just want to get this straight so I can get an idea of the general positioning on the landmarks.

Sandy Shores is located in the area with the red circle and not the blue one?

 

[omawnakw]

 

Just want to get this straight so I can get an idea of the general positioning on the landmarks.

Sandy Shores is located in the area with the red circle and not the blue one?

 

I do not think it is located in the blue one. Yes, it is located to the left in your shot but the place in your red ellipse is the body of water as well as your blue one so it can't be a town.

[GTAaLEX117]

Just want to get this straight so I can get an idea of the general positioning on the landmarks.

Sandy Shores is located in the area with the red circle and not the blue one?

 

http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r597/A...D94/4534534.jpg

I do not think it is located in the blue one. Yes, it is located to the left in your shot but the place in your red ellipse is the body of water as well as your blue one so it can't be a town.

Alright, thanks.

[omawnakw]

Just want to get this straight so I can get an idea of the general positioning on the landmarks.

Sandy Shores is located in the area with the red circle and not the blue one?

 

http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r597/A...D94/4534534.jpg

I do not think it is located in the blue one. Yes, it is located to the left in your shot but the place in your red ellipse is the body of water as well as your blue one so it can't be a town.

Alright, thanks.

Here is how I see this, maybe not too accurate but about right I think.

[kesta195]

Salvation mountain is the small hill directly above where you marked 'water'. The mountains to the far right are the LS hills and Sandy shores is NE of LS so it can't be that far left.

[omawnakw]

 

Sandy shores is NE of LS so it can't be that far left.

How could you know this?

UPDATE: And that hill you talking about is farther than two hill to the right of it so Sandy Shores should be on that hills if you put it so.

Edited June 15, 2013 by omawnakw