Mapping Los Santos! Building/landmark analysis

[Mrthingus]

Trastevere on Santa Monica and 3rd, making appearance as the Nutaski restaurant.

 

[Fido_le_muet]

Good finds edward and MrThingus!

 

I also found the Roxy Theater in Downtown.

Edited September 19, 2013 by Fido_le_muet

[Mrthingus]

Santa Monica City Hall is across the street from the Civic Center Parking.

 

[Mrthingus]

Good finds edward and MrThingus!

 

I also found the Roxy Theater in Downtown.

Good find. Sorry to double-post but I also found the Los Angeles Theater on San Andreas Avenue.

[Musa98]

jujuy

my friend beat me to fido

had that same building not only sap the name, well done

certainly

when you think you have a new actualisacion of your map

taking new discoveries in

malibu

santa monica

sunset

center

[Fido_le_muet]

I found five more buildings guys :

 

Rodeo Collection (next to Bulgari in Portola Drive)

 

Hotel Cabrillo (next to Hotel Figueroa in LS)

 

Chester Williams Building (north side of Pershing Square in LS)

 

International Jewelry Center (east side of Pershing Square in LS and LA)

 

Federal Reserve Bank (south of Downtown, same street as Simeon's garage)

[Musa98]

great work

my friend

[Musa98]

a new discovery in santa monica

Nose is heavy image takes to load despair if

[Death2Drugs]

Cool to see this thread's still going, even after the game's release.

[AceRowings]

Hey all! My name's Craig, and I'm a freelance games writer. I'm putting together a piece on you guys and the length you went to in order to map Los Santos. I've already spoken to Fido, and he suggested that I talk to some of you in particular (I've sent out PMs) but I just thought I'd put a general call here. I'm looking to chat with people about the mapping/building spotting process and why you do it, what you get out of it etc.

 

I'm particularly keen in getting to grips with how you figured out the countryside.

 

PM me if you're interested and I can explain a bit more

[Musa98]

Hey all! My name's Craig, and I'm a freelance games writer. I'm putting together a piece on you guys and the length you went to in order to map Los Santos. I've already spoken to Fido, and he suggested that I talk to some of you in particular (I've sent out PMs) but I just thought I'd put a general call here. I'm looking to chat with people about the mapping/building spotting process and why you do it, what you get out of it etc.

 

I'm particularly keen in getting to grips with how you figured out the countryside.

 

PM me if you're interested and I can explain a bit more

that's good to know that you are interested

if you have any questions or nesecita help, ask

felizes will be in help

[JOSEPH X]

No wonder she's lost! That map is way out

 

 

It's actually a good reproduction of this style of tourist map from days gone by

 

 

In the V map you can see Mt Josiah and Mt Chilliad are viewed horizontally while the city is seen from a birds-eye view like the original style.

[Fido_le_muet]

Hey guys. I updated the GIF with all the previous map until the final one from September 13th.

http://makeagif.com/i/YdVQjv

[koeklin]

Does Los Santos look like Los Angeles ?

No ! In L.S. everything is different:

 

Venice beach : Windward Avenue- Pacific Avenue

 

Edited September 23, 2013 by koeklin

[hhamzah99]

I miss going to this topic every hour or something

[Fido_le_muet]

You gotta love this game.

The amount of details and research that went into it is astounishing !

[lxr]

Well... As said Nico "life is complicated":

I have a son... a kind of Jimmy (Michael's son)... a FPS player too (he usually plays Call of Duty)... however he's a good kid... And now he becomes a GTA fan. So we share the Playstation and the game.

 

An advice: don't have kids!

 

 

@ lxr.

 

Don't laugh, but I actually take a photo of the TV screen.

My kids normally get on the PS3 when they get home from school, so during the day I drove around Chumash & took a photo of all the houses & buildings in the area.

That way I can still locate things while they are playing.

I was sitting on the coffee table yesterday with the controller in one hand & a camera in the other, just snapping away.

My wife walked in, took one look at what I was doing, then shook her head in disgust, mumbled something about being obsessed, then walked out.

 

The sad part is, when my kids went to bed, I still continued to look for more houses rather than actually play the game.

 

Those two comments actually made my day

 

And goes to show that R* really knows their target demographic when they included Michael in the game.

Edited September 23, 2013 by lxr

[Musa98]

Does Los Santos look like Los Angeles ?

No ! In L.S. everything is different:

 

Venice beach : Windward Avenue- Pacific Avenue

 

R * is not trying hard

seems that only copy and paste

[koeklin]

South Los Angeles - Leimert Park: The Vision Theatre

(Beacon Theatre in South Los Santos)

 

 

Google maps: http://goo.gl/maps/CNG7F

[Musa98]

good news

like Wayne Kerr deals with homes in malibu

me take care of the houses in santa monica

I only missing 3 to identify

I hope to raise a breakthrough today or tomorrow night

I know this much will serve you especially my friend fido

[Mrthingus]

Koreatown - The Abbey Building (Sunshine Apartments)

 

Koreatown - Denny's (Taco Bomb)

 

My best guess for this "Airang Plaza" building is The Brown Derby. It's not really close but the parking garage is spot-on.

Edited September 24, 2013 by Mrthingus

[Gnocchi Flip Flops]

I wonder how long it'll take to develop a GTA V Streetview map.

[no_snacks]

 

Koreatown - The Abbey Building (Sunshine Apartments)

 

Koreatown - Denny's (Taco Bomb)

 

 

My best guess for this "Airang Plaza" building is The Brown Derby. It's not really close but the parking garage is spot-on.

 

The Abbey Building is a perfect match.

I'm not sure about the Airang Plaza either. Maybe a hybrid of a couple different buildings.

I think Fido found the Denny's (Taco Bomb) from the Chameleon screenshot a few weeks ago. No cookie.

[Mrthingus]

Hollywood - Ripley's Believe It or Not (Bishop's WTF?!)

 

Hollywood - Hollywood Museum (Vinewood Museum)

 

 

 

Koreatown - The Abbey Building (Sunshine Apartments)

 

Koreatown - Denny's (Taco Bomb)

 

 

My best guess for this "Airang Plaza" building is The Brown Derby. It's not really close but the parking garage is spot-on.

 

The Abbey Building is a perfect match.

I'm not sure about the Airang Plaza either. Maybe a hybrid of a couple different buildings.

I think Fido found the Denny's (Taco Bomb) from the Chameleon screenshot a few weeks ago. No cookie.

 

Oh, must have forgotten. No worries. Yeah, Airang Plaza is an amalgamation of a couple of buildings.

[Fido_le_muet]

Great finds you guys!

Edward I look forward to your Santa Monica beach houses.

Been wanting to do it myself

[koeklin]

Santa Monica, crossroad of Arizona Street and 3rd Avenue promenade: 301 Arizona

 

It's the fourth building of this crossroad in Santa Monica, the others were already identified by Fido

 

 

It's also one of both buildings seen in the "bouncing" scene of the second trailer, the second is the Trastevere restaurant already found by Mrthingus.

 

Trastevere on Santa Monica and 3rd, making appearance as the Nutaski restaurant.

 

 

[no_snacks]

Not sure if this one has been identified before or not.

 

[jatiger13]

Whats the point in still mapping stuff? Its just a massive waste of time. This thread should be locked. More fun and informative threads get locked or deleted all the time.

Edited September 24, 2013 by jatiger13

[Mrthingus]

Not sure if this one has been identified before or not.

 

I don't think so. Good find. I was looking at the area yesterday, trying to find the blue apartment building that Barry lives in and the big black one at the other side of the street.

[koeklin]

Venice, Pacific Avenue : Benice and Paper, Scissors, Rock (Hair Salon)

 

 

Google maps: http://goo.gl/maps/HYKOX

Edited September 24, 2013 by koeklin