Mapping Los Santos! Building/landmark analysis

[Lone_Spirit]

I know this is way Off topic, and no one has recently brought this up. But I would just like to share a video with some of the doubters about the size.

. This just shows that draw distance makes a nice difference and can make a game feel smaller than it really is. Maybe this can show how misleading a screenshot is with massive draw distance.

 

OT: Everyone keep up the great work! I would love to help, but it would be rather difficult on a phone.

[CACorey]

What if the shark is in front of Paleto or anywhere off to the side? Hmm? What if one of the settlements to Paleto Bay's west is an inlet named Paleto Cove or if the restaurant Paleto Cove is not directly in front of Mt. Chiliad and that outline of land is...the island, the one, single island that contains two main regions - Los Santos and Blaine County? Then there's no new land to the north of Paleto Bay and a placard with a cartoon shark is not a hint of anything further.

 

BUT...what if it's not...?

[gwaha]

Paleto Cove is probably a restaurant based on the fact it is a shark eating a burger. So with that already not having any basis in reality then I don't see why the rest of the card does. Not to mention that whenever people try to map what amounts to nothing more but theories of more land or another city, it is always positioned as being on the northeastern side of the map. It seems that part of the map is very attractive to theorists.

[stefkes1996]

 

I don't necessarily agree with either argument, but I think you'd have to admit that brochures like the ones on the website are a bit different to downloadable artworks and wallpapers etc. They are actually 'tourist' brochures so I'd be surprised if most of those locations weren't in the game.

 

With the 'inaccurate art' theory, you could also say that means snow won't exist, pala springs won't be in game, and that hiking bit of Chiliad won't either. Obviously that's not necessarily all true, but I think the Paleto Cove extra bit of land theory deserves a little more credit.Especially when people are losing their sh*t over the fact snow is 'confirmed', and avidly trying to work out where pala springs will be.

 

If the brochures were enough to confirm snow, surely they're enough to open up the possibility of more land.

 

BTW: I'm not for or against either argument, I just think it's in fairness..

Me too, i think i was the first one to say that extra bit of land was there a few pages ago, but i'm not sayin: it's there, no doubt, all shut up, if you can prove either it is there or it isn't, i'm happy with both. I'm just saying that the artwork of the beach of los santos wasn't right because the pier and downtown weren't in line with each other to the north, but both locations existed, although not on the same place as on the artwork. That was why I maybe thought that the mountains to the right of the shark may exist somewhere on the map, and I haven't seen them in other sreens / artworks.

 

But enough of that on this thread, if you want more information about it, go to the multiple city thread ( don't know why it was placed there) .

 

Although i have to admit i don't like the hate reactions

Edited August 15, 2013 by stefkes1996

[StellarRunner]

Have we got some evidences about this building?

 

LAPD Hooper heliport

 

thanks

Well, now that things are more "relaxed", I quote myself.

[Jordando]

At this point I'm mostly looking forward to this damn game to release so all of the stupid ass conspiracies can finally end

[vikings13]

Im going to agree with the last few statements.....it seems like everyone is ganging up on othrrs for their own ideas. Yes i agree some are stupid but you guys are chosing to say some pamplets are accurate and others arent. Fact is a lot of you guys worked very hard on this site and myself and many others appreciate all the time and effort that has gone into these maps. But with that being said there is obviously stuff that ids being hidden from us wether its by fog, smog,sun mt. Ranges, so for you few that cant except that there might be way more than u think is just plain stupid. I mean just look atthe pic of the blueprint map roled up, they are only showing us like 30%of that thing. A blueprint isnt a perfect square its more rectangualrar almost like a poster. Keep up the good mappin guys and everyone else stop hating on ideas.

[LibertyKing]

Sweet god, the map is sooooo big. Although the city could have been bigger if there were less mountains.

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Well this topic will reach the 1000 pages, also considering the GTA Online video.

[or1]

Fido_le_muet I know you have worked a lot for preparing the map, You did a great job

Hope you will improve it further, just fun to see this huge project

All the others who help -

lightningun, SergioBel, zombie elvis, hachiroku, Sundowner, Wayne Kerr, LotusRIP

abdmeka, williamhotel, djfrost, stefkes1996, Angelon, normal42, TheFallGuy, ChatterBoxFM

TinCan, MrMusAddict, davil, GTAV92, Ignaz, _Kindled_, koeklin, GTAKiwi, edwardjeria

Arquit3D, SunDip, Choco Taco, jbte, Mistersuch, Jonny04, Argon

Edited August 15, 2013 by GTA564

[LotusRIP]

I don't necessarily agree with either argument, but I think you'd have to admit that brochures like the ones on the website are a bit different to downloadable artworks and wallpapers etc. They are actually 'tourist' brochures so I'd be surprised if most of those locations weren't in the game.

 

With the 'inaccurate art' theory, you could also say that means snow won't exist, pala springs won't be in game, and that hiking bit of Chiliad won't either. Obviously that's not necessarily all true, but I think the Paleto Cove extra bit of land theory deserves a little more credit.Especially when people are losing their sh*t over the fact snow is 'confirmed', and avidly trying to work out where pala springs will be.

 

If the brochures were enough to confirm snow, surely they're enough to open up the possibility of more land.

 

BTW: I'm not for or against either argument, I just think it's in fairness..

Snow is confirmed because of the North Yankton screenshot - which actually depicts an icy road, snowfall, and snow onthethe side of the road.

 

The land mass behind the shark is just a backdrop the artist has used. Also, its possibly just advertising a restaurant butmay be also alluding to the fact the waters are shark infested in that area. It looks more like a joke about deadly sharks nearby in the ocean.

[ChaixMedia]

Has anyone found out where this house is located?

 

[The_Majestic]

Has anyone found out where this house is located?

 

2405!

[abczyx]

 

I know this is way Off topic, and no one has recently brought this up. But I would just like to share a video with some of the doubters about the size. 

  . This just shows that draw distance makes a nice difference and can make a game feel smaller than it really is.  Maybe this can show how misleading a screenshot is with massive draw distance.

 

OT: Everyone keep up the great work! I would love to help,  but it would be rather difficult on a phone.

This. If you put the San Andreas map with V's draw distance, you could probably see across most of the map from the top of Mt Chiliad.

 

Edit: Correction, seeing the mods on YouTube you'd probably be able to see the whole thing!

 

Also, when comparing it to RDR, remember that you're not crossing the map at horse speed!

Edited August 15, 2013 by abczyx

[suicidehummer]

Look at the detail of that house. And that was from trailer 1!

[ZeeKid2k10]

It's a shrunken-down Los Angeles metro area/surrounding area, about the size of San Francisco. I've seen a screenshot from the Griffith Observatory and DTLA is about where LA Community College would be located.

 

 

 

Hollywood Hills

 

 

 

Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills

 

 

 

 

Port of Long Beach

 

 

[ZeeKid2k10]

Westlake area of L.A with fake river possible or not

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 15, 2013 by ZeeKid2k10

[CACorey]

^Nope, Venice.

[ZeeKid2k10]

looks like Wilshire going east into DT, but the bank tower looks a little to the right. 3rd St maybe?

 

 

 

 

and Desert/smaller city/villages towns areas in GTA5 could be based on the following

 

Lancaster

Palmdale

Hesperia

Apple Valley

Victorville

San Bernardino

Mentone

Yucca Valley

Cabazon

Beaumont

Riverside

Hemet

Menifee

Temecula

Moreno Valley

Inglewood

West Covina

Norwalk

Compton

South Gate

Carson

Whittier

Edited August 15, 2013 by ZeeKid2k10

[NickatNite89]

Westlake area of L.A with fake river possible or not

 

 

 

 

venice canals

[CACorey]

^^I do think there's a high desert like Lancaster, where the LA County Prison is mocked-up, and a low desert, the Sandy Shores region. Elevation, I'm telling you - the map will seem enormous with all the elevation changes.

[Trevor Foreplay]

When the game comes out, 75% of you will look like idiots because your "predictions" didn't come true. The other 25% of you will have correct guesses but will never return to these forums. These forums could be a great thing if it wasn't for over obsessed virgins walking around with their chest poked out, bragging about sh*t that hasn't even been revealed yet. I mean, I could see if there was a leak out there somewhere, but there's not... So please do us a favor and shut the hell up dudes. Your information may or may not be right. If it is, only like 4 or 5 people will will be back on the forums to pat you on the back and jack you off for the great job you've done guessing correctly...

[ZeeKid2k10]

GTA5 is going be huge

 

 

Personal Option

 

Los Santos city itself will be 2x bigger than Liberty City

Downtown Los Santos won't be only as big maybe 6 blocks of high rise buildings, 3-4 blocks of low-mid rise buildings not big or dense high rise like Algonquin GTA4 though

Smaller cities and Towns maybe size of Dukes/Broker in GTA4

Desert, Mountain areas will be huge as heck

underground big area to explore

 

Farthest points

 

Farthest North to South on the plane by plane 4-7 mins

Highway 15 mins

Local Street 30 mins

[trevors685]

Everytime I watch a show based in LA, I immediately see Los Santos

[Los Santos Police]

If you look at this picture (From the san pedro port), on the other side of the bridge lies long beach. There are some high rise buildings similar to downtown long beach across the st vincent bridge.

 

 

Here you are looking towards san pedro port and you can see the st vincent bridge in the background:

 

Too big: http://cetpa-k12.org/files/longbeachskyline.jpg

 

I think it's safe to say we'll get a small representation of downtown long beach with the queen mary boat docked down there based on this picture and map that was released

 

[zombie elvis]

 

I think it's safe to say we'll get a small representation of downtown long beach with the queen mary boat docked down there based on this picture and map that was released

For what it's worth I think the buildings would be around here.

ignore

Edited August 15, 2013 by zombie elvis

[Los Santos Police]

I think it's safe to say we'll get a small representation of downtown long beach with the queen mary boat docked down there based on this picture and map that was released

For what it's worth I think the buildings would be around here.

we're looking east across the bridge, the dock is in the middle, not next to the forum.

[zombie elvis]

we're looking east across the bridge, the dock is in the middle, not next to the forum.

Ah you're right.

 

In that case it must be the two hotels near the airport?

[LSPD-GTAV]

we're looking east across the bridge, the dock is in the middle, not next to the forum.

Ah you're right.

 

In that case it must be the two hotels near the airport?

the hotels are Sheraton LAX and the Hilton LAX

[The Leprechaun]

^^I do think there's a high desert like Lancaster, where the LA County Prison is mocked-up, and a low desert, the Sandy Shores region. Elevation, I'm telling you - the map will seem enormous with all the elevation changes.

You should check out aerial images of Lancaster Prison, they have a really similar design. If you use Google Street View and travel the east side you can glimpse very similar prison towers.

 

As for the earlier bay argument here is what the Santa Monica Bay looks like:

 

Bays are surrounded by three sides of land, even if it's two short peninsulas. It doesn't need to be highly enclosed.

 

And as for the Chianski/Chinaski thing. It could be a mistake or intentional. This is about as conspiracy as I'll get, but it could be that legal injunction or accidental misspelling due to a poor web search (like my earlier one), could be responsible for the difference. Then again I am merely guessing at the only related element I have been able find to that mountain range.

[sats]

This is the real map of gta v leaked

 

http://i.imgur.com/c3B0LNV.jpg