Mapping Los Santos! Building/landmark analysis

[no_snacks]

 

I Know that many of you call me crazy, but in my opinion Los Santos and Blane County are located in the first Island. No blocked bridges, this time we will fly from island to island. The islands will be unlocked with the story line. MY OPINION.

Maybe not crazy, but probably just wrong.

 

Rockstar have already said the ENTIRE map will be open from the start.

There MAY be some small (Sandy Shores sized) islands off the coast, but nothing the size of the main island.

Double sided map will probably just show half the map on each side because it's too big to show properly on just one side.

 

Would be nice if you are right, but I think the map is already huge. I will not be disappointed if that's all we get.

 

[no_snacks]

 

Just finished watching Taken 2 and I noticed at one point in the movie they were on a pier in what looks like the city of Malibu. On the Malibu blueprint we see Malibu but we also see a pier sticking out towards the ocean. I presume it's the Malibu Sport Fishing Pier

 

Sorry if this has already been posted before.

It seems very likely that pier & town from the blueprint are a version of Malibu.

I'm not sure if this has been discussed either. Tried looking for the discussion but got lost in all the pages.

I was also looking at the pier on the blueprint map the other day & noticed the white square just of the edge of the pier.

 

There is a definite white object. I don't believe it's a glitch on the blueprint. It seems too clear & intentional looking for that.

Doing a rough scale from google maps, the end section of the Malibu pier is about 30m x 30m (100ft x 100ft).

The white square looks to be a bit bigger than half that size, say 20m x 20m (60ft x 60ft)

Any ideas on what it might be. If it was further off the coast, I would've said an offshore oil/drilling rig, but not that close to the pier.

 

I was also trying to find a real life inspiration for the marina near the blueprint (Malibu) town.

I searched from San Diego all the way up to San Francisco but couldn't find a match.

The closest looking marina or harbour was the one at Redondo Beach which is South of LA.

It has a similar looking seawall, but that's were the similarities end.

I tried searching for naval bases but I think the blue print harbour is too small to be one.

 

Anybody got any ideas on the white square or the marina/harbour?

 

 

 

[williamhotel]

Yeah... I don't think we'll get a shot of the full map in the Online Video.

It will probably be like the other trailers, several mini maps but nothing more.

It will be pretty similar to the Gameplay Trailer I think.

 

@williamhotel : Man what you have done is amazing !

Your 3D map is really awesome and it takes the mapping to an all new level.

This is the next step in mapping a game like we're doing since November '11.

I would have done something like this but unfortunately I don't have the skills nor the right PC to do it.

 

Couple of questions :

- Did you model all of those buildings yourself? Or did you pick some on the Sketchup Warehouse?

- I noticed you put several buildings in your 3D map that we don't have identified yet (the church in the

ghetto, several lowrises buildings in Downtown). If you found them in the Warehouse, that means you

know what those buildings are. And that would be a big help for us

Thanks Fido.

You deserve much of the credit with your map as base. Great map.

All buildings came from either screenshots or from Fido Flicker page.

I don't know building names that well but just mimic screenshots and videos.

I copied only Gerald Desmond from Warehouse. Vincent Thomas I created.

If you want a copy of file for Sketchup, let me know.

[Fido_le_muet]

I wish my PC was powerful enough to run SketchUp lol.

So basically, you drew everything.

That's amazing !

[no_snacks]

 

Anybody got any ideas on the white square or the marina/harbour?

 

 

Don't mind me. I'll just have a conversation with myself.

 

I was just deleting some of the unused marina images & noticed this.

 

 

The image is of Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara, which is about 120 km (75 miles) up the coast from Malibu.

I didn't notice at first because I was looking at the marina, not the wharf, plus it sticks out at a different angle compared to the blueprint one.

It has the same basic shape & dimensions though.

After looking at dozens of images of marinas & harbours, I don't believe there is anything else that resembles it that close.

 

I'll give myself a cookie.

[Fido_le_muet]

That seems like a good fit.

I haven't been looking at that part really but the Malibu theory is fine by me.

[Musa98]

 

something to think about

Haci be santa barbara comes into play

[no_snacks]

 

That seems like a good fit.

I haven't been looking at that part really but the Malibu theory is fine by me.

The basic size & shape fits well. Obviously the bulge & squiggly bit from the blueprint map don't quite fit though.

Could be a combination of the Stearn Wharf & a seawall at one end.

 

Spent hours searching along the coast in google maps just for that.

 

Thursday can't come soon enough. Fresh info will kick things along again.

[Fido_le_muet]

Thursday can't come soon enough. Fresh info will kick things along again.

Yeah, I barely finished analysing the Gameplay trailer but nevermind.

Everything has been found I believe.

 

Can't wait to see new areas in that new trailer.

I hope it won't be only city though. Or I hope we're shown new areas at least.

[Rockstar Cake]

Thursday can't come soon enough.  Fresh info will kick things along again. 

Yeah, I barely finished analysing the Gameplay trailer but nevermind.

Everything has been found I believe.

 

Can't wait to see new areas in that new trailer.

I hope it won't be only city though. Or I hope we're shown new areas at least.

What do you use to analyze, mind me asking? I use LongoMatch, which is made for football games or something, but it's got live frame by frame analysis and you can zoom and pan and play at different speeds and all that. Anything better that you know of?

[Gnocchi Flip Flops]

Before the Pacific Hwy intersects with Zancudo River I hope theres a Santa Babara parody. It doesn't have to be big I just want it to be diverse. I'd love a Mediterranean style town with 1-2 purchasable houses, marinas, and a few mountain roads.

[Red XIII]

At 5-F on the blueprint map there appears to be an oval shaped race car track.

Good job we have Columbo here.

It's ok, someone will bring it up in another 15 pages or so

So, there is this squashed circle like shape in the city - what can it be...... only joking.

 

So I was thinking - If the online play has been watched in action by the Gaming press - we should get a better audio description of the map. The last time that the press saw the game - it was a planned out section of the map and character actions.

 

This time it is online - so the action should have been more random. They probably had 15+ R* workers playing the game for them to watch - much harder to hide things on screen with so much going on. I am looking forward to articles describing this and the locations they spotted

 

I still think the trailer we will see will be well edited to remove things. Still we should get a bit more for the maps as they have to show a little extra each time they release a trailer to keep us happy.

The players may have been told to stay in a certain area?

[josephene123]

 

There's also a couple here on the slideshow at the bottom, one of which has an Island? I think? (EDIT: On closer inspection it just looks like the western side of Alamo Sea

http://www.rockstargames.com/V/lsbc/luxury-air-travel

Edited August 13, 2013 by josephene123

[GTAV92]

 

 

There's also a couple here on the slideshow at the bottom, one of which has an Island? I think?

http://www.rockstargames.com/V/lsbc/luxury-air-travel

East of Los Santos is bigger than i expected The Map Is Huge!!!!

[tikigod311]

Looks like some new mapping info over at the newly launched GTAV website.

[Nun0567]

Island confirmed? Moops looks huge holy f*ck.

[TheAnswer]

 

There's also a couple here on the slideshow at the bottom, one of which has an Island? I think?

http://www.rockstargames.com/V/lsbc/luxury-air-travel

East of Los Santos is bigger than i expected The Map Is Huge!!!!

Thats north of Los Santos, behind the vinewood sign. Its the alamo sea.

[no_snacks]

 

 

There's also a couple here on the slideshow at the bottom, one of which has an Island? I think?

http://www.rockstargames.com/V/lsbc/luxury-air-travel

Holy sh*t!!

I was just about to go to bed too. Looks like an all-nighter again.

[Half12Hardcore]

Mystery of the 'Shed on the hill' solved.

 

http://www.rockstargames.com/V/screenshots...ot/808-1280.jpg

[CACorey]

Looks like everyone is trying to explore the new site. As a travelogue, I expect tremendous mapping opportunity, if not a map itself, awaits

[BoolCaX]

[no_snacks]

Anyone who was worried about the map looking too small can rest easy now. It's f*cking huge!

[StefanM2803]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[paulexa]

 

that's good !!!!!

[NEONPOWER2]

 

Mystery of the 'Shed on the hill' solved.

 

http://www.rockstargames.com/V/screenshots...ot/808-1280.jpg

and it is indeed a lift ... someone mentioned that before ... nice

 

or isn´t it ?

[josephene123]

DENSE WOODLAND!

[TheAnswer]

[NEONPOWER2]

oh my god that car with the yellow stripe ... could be a supra ?

[SCOOBASTEEB]

some interesting pictures, cable car theory confirmed i guess. some still to come and some new areas we haven't yet seen.

 

Tranny pig watches you poop, apparently.

[Innovention]

oh my god that car with the yellow stripe ... could be a supra ?

Banshee