Mapping Los Santos! Building/landmark analysis

[Harryhenry]

My fourth post in a row! Yeah, sorry. On the plus side, when other users decide to start posting here, we'll have plenty of things to talk about! Anyway, this sign was found a long time ago back in May of 2013, but it's never come back up again.

 

Real Life: Roy's Liquor sign, Marina Dr, Sandy Shores

In-Game: Bob's Liquor sign, St. Louis (Exact location unknown)

When it comes to this sign near the marina:

 

I've found two candidates: The first one has similar framing and a closer word layout, while the second one is closer in terms of overall design

 

And one more find, this time being the pool at the abandoned marina:

In-Game: Abandoned Pool, Sandy Shores Yacht Club, Marina Dr, Sandy Shores

Real Life: (Demolished) Pool, North Shore Beach & Yacht Club, Marina Dr & Sea View Dr, Mecca, CA

Edited June 23, 2015 by Harryhenry

[Mintal]

Great job!

 

Especially that last pool shot amazes me.

Edited June 23, 2015 by Mintal

[Gnocchi Flip Flops]

 

Tunnel, Highway 61, Minnesota

Interesting. I was messing around with Google Streetview on the 4th of July last year and took interest in Highway 61. I saw this and was like, "What a cool tunnel" (lol) but didn't think anything else of it after I moved on.

 

Only now do I see the resemblance.

Edited June 24, 2015 by Sting4S

[Harryhenry]

Returning to find smaller parts of larger finds, here's one for the Betta Building:

In-Game: FLEECA Bank, Boulevard Del Perro, Morningwood

Real Life: Chase Bank, 10901 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles

Edited June 27, 2015 by Harryhenry

[SpringTrap]

looks awesome! will be this ever for SA or only for V

[Killerman29]

this post is legendary!

Edited July 16, 2015 by Killerman29

[boxmonster]

Good finds, I think the tunnel might be based off something else though. The Minesota tunnel has flat walls and it doesn't have the metal bars on the top.

[koeklin]

Hello,

 

15 18th Avenue in Venice Beach : https://goo.gl/maps/xxDaR

U shape, same location, same rooftop, same stairs, same garage, same color in 2008



So now, this is the end ?

"This is the end, beautiful friend
This is the end, my only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end..."

 

Well, no. Do You like The Doors ? I do :

I've noticed that the view from Floyd's living room that nearly the same of Jim morrison had from his rooftop when in lived in Venice Beach in 1965. There he wrote the lyrics of the 2 first albums of The Doors.

Edited August 10, 2015 by koeklin

[Fido_le_muet]

Hey koeklin !

Great to see you back. And with another cool find, as usual

I must admit I'm not really looking for these things anymore. I'm too obsessed by GTA Online

Anyway, I updated the interactive map with your find

As you can see, I check this topic quite often so if you stumble onto a new find, don't hesitate to share it

Wayne and I are in an awesome crew so we keep contact

[ZHPbim]

Hello,

 

15 18th Avenue in Venice Beach : https://goo.gl/maps/xxDaR

 

U shape, same location, same rooftop, same stairs, same garage, same color in 2008

 

 

So now, this is the end ?

 

"This is the end, beautiful friend

This is the end, my only friend, the end

Of our elaborate plans, the end..."

 

Well, no. Do You like The Doors ? I do :

 

 

I've noticed that the view from Floyd's living room that nearly the same of Jim morrison had from his rooftop when in lived in Venice Beach in 1965. There he wrote the lyrics of the 2 first albums of The Doors.

 

 

 

 

Awesome Doors references. I found a house in the venice canals thats the same as one in real life ill try to upload. I was in LA a few months ago and stayed in Venice for a portion of the trip and was comparing the areas from real life and the game the other day. I completely fell in love with Venice and the canals.

Edited August 10, 2015 by ZHPbim

[coach_wargo]

This is still the coolest thread on the forum.

[K-ROSE]

I literally just found this thread (I browse the online section). Your work is amazing!

 

There's still a lot of houses in Paleto that need to be found, however. I'll take a look.

[Fido_le_muet]

I literally just found this thread (I browse the online section). Your work is amazing!

There's still a lot of houses in Paleto that need to be found, however. I'll take a look.

Nice. always good to have new people to help with the search.

I spent the evening looking for houses in the Venice area but no match so far.

It's becoming harder and harder to find new buildings.

[ZHPbim]

Found 3 new ones. These pictures were taken during my trip to LA recently.

 

1. Venice canals/Vespucci canals

 

 

2. Rock formation north of Malibu, Pacific Coast Highway/ North Chumash

 

 

3. Giant sand dunes off the PCH/North Chumash. (This picture I didnt take but I remember it from the trip.)

[koeklin]

Hello

The house has been already found, (19564 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu)
but in Lana Del Rey's music video "

", its sea side can be seen :

Edited August 26, 2015 by koeklin

[Fido_le_muet]

Nice contribution ZHPbim.

The first two have already been found but the last one is new.

And it's a great one. I added it to the interactive map

Edited August 24, 2015 by Fido_le_muet

[Musa98]

Hello, greeting everyone, I came back with many know, I work in the encyclopedia GTA, where I upload the info of the building wanted to ask if there is a problem if you use pictures interactive map to the post, greetings, and I invite you visiting the paguina http://es.gta.wikia.com/wiki/Grand_Theft_Encyclopedia, it is in Spanish but is more complete than in English

[MightyMax]

 

 

 

[Fido_le_muet]

Good stuff Max.

This location has been found before though

[œaœa]

I keep saying it but I'll say it again: This thread is amazing. You can't not appreciate all the work Rockstar put into this map and it's a lot more accurate than people make it seem. Thank you to all the contributors!

[koeklin]

Hello,

2401-2499 (?) East 11th Street:



Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/5L9xRU3qaUC2

location in game (Thanks to GTA-Series):

 

Edit : I notice this building is near the Rimm_Paint_Factory in game and IRL.

Edited October 16, 2015 by koeklin

[SuperMG]

I have identified this house on the bluffs just south of Devin Weston's Villa.

 

 

It is the Arts & Architecture Case Study House for 1953, designed by Craig Ellwood and located at 1811 Bell Air Rd, Los Angeles. It is sometimes referenced as Case Study House 16 in places, but that is actually a different house in Bel Air that no longer exists.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ZHPbim]

nice! Every once in awhile I'd drive to that house and think it was the reincarnation of M=Mad Dogs mansion from SA.

[Gnocchi Flip Flops]

I have identified this house on the bluffs just south of Devin Weston's Villa.

 

 

It is the Arts & Architecture Case Study House for 1953, designed by Craig Ellwood and located at 1811 Bell Air Rd, Los Angeles. It is sometimes referenced as Case Study House 16 in places, but that is actually a different house in Bel Air that no longer exists.

 

 

 

 

 

 

f*cking awesome!!! This is one of my favorite houses to do photoshoots at. Glad someone found the real-life counterpart. I've tried but the Los Angeles Metro is too large of a place.

[Fido_le_muet]

Great finds guys !

Special kudos for the house find. I've been looking forever for it but was searching for an isolated house so obviously I couldn't find it

I thought it was the Stahl House at first (which is in GTA SA) but it wasn't.

Thanks for finding this SuperMG

Edited October 23, 2015 by Fido_le_muet

[SuperMG]

Great finds guys !

Special kudos for the house find. I've been looking forever for it but was searching for an isolated house so obviously I couldn't find it

I thought it was the Stahl House at first (which is in GTA SA) but it wasn't.

Thanks for finding this SuperMG

 

Thanks!

 

I stumbled across it in the same manner of any find; when I wasn't looking for it. I've enjoyed this house since the beginning, and in the past had spent a fair amount of time looking for it only to abandon the search after a fruitless effort. Now, many months later I find myself reading through some older A&A articles(that kind of nerd) and I see the garage and the light bulb went on. "That's the house!"

 

When I first saw the house in game I instantly thought "Case Study House" but I couldn't think of one that matched from memory. It has been a number of years since I had studied any of them, and being one of the more obscure homes built during the program I had completely forgotten about it until the other night when it hit me. The house being mislabeled and misnamed many places on the internet didn't make verifying the information easy because while the house is commonly listed as 'Case Study House 16' in order of completion, the actual home project titled "Case Study House #16" is a completely different home adding to the disconnect. Upon finding the original article online, I was then able to match the sight lines with views of the home in game.

 

There are, unfortunately, a number of significant homes I recall in San Andreas that were not brought into GTA V. I still miss the Chemosphere.

[Wojtix]

EDIT: F*CK, THIS ACTUALLY ISN'T LOS SANTOS! typical me.

Don't know if someone did this before, sorry but I just don't want to waste time reading 28K topic !

Humane Labs & Research = Santa Susana Field Laboratory (California Department of Toxic substances control) Its site here: http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/SiteCleanup/Santa_Susana_Field_Lab/

again sorry if someone did this before, I'm just a typical lazy son of a b*tch.

In-game:

 

 

Real-Life:

 

Edited November 9, 2015 by Wojtix

[MalibuClub]

Good work! One of the best topics in whole forum.

 

Anyways, seems like many hills houses are missing? Hard to find or are they "fictitious"?

 

I've taken photos of every house from hills (+200 houses and +600 photos). Not yet uploaded anywhere though..

[Musa98]

Hello and happy holidays.

I need help from those who know of neighborhoods and districts in los santos.

My question?? Vinewood is a district ??

and if true, West Vinewood, east Vinewood, Dowton Vinewood and serious hawich neighborhoods and would belong to Vinewood ??

if anyone can help, thank you and if you have a map with the best districts.

Happy Holidays

[Mister P]

Hello all, I was listening to some song on Youtube and stumbled across this :

 

(Eminem - My name is)

 

So I looked at the map and the Vanilla Unicorn don't have a pin on it, and searching on the topic, but it seems it still don't have his real life counterpart.

 

In-game : The Vanilla Unicorn

 

So I think I found it (the entrance, the columns and the statues look alike), but it don't have the same facade anymore:

 

IRL: The Star Strip Gentlemen's Club in 2015

 

 

Location: (https://www.google.fr/maps/place/The+Star+Strip+Gentlemen's+Club/@34.077958,-118.3769204,20z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xa47242951488eb8c)

Edited January 9, 2016 by Mister P