Mapping Los Santos! Building/landmark analysis

[TallTower12]

Those previous suspicions I had are probably complete misses. However I did some digging for equestrian centers in Los Angeles and Riverside County, and found 2 properties in particular that caught my eye. Again, not a complete match, but they share similarities in terms of layout and or color scheme.

 

-Southern California Equestrian Center (4600 Sand Canyon Rd, Somis, CA)

-Trax Equestrian Center 

(2121 St Lawrence St, Riverside, CA)

-Peridot Equestrian Center

(3166 N Twin Oaks Valley Rd, San Marcos, CA)

 

By the looks of it, Peridot Equestrian Center resembles La Fuente Blanca the most. Idk, what do y'all think?

 

[ddarko12]

I'm very surprised this hasn't caught on at all... but has anyone noticed that Johnnie Cochran's home is in the game?

 

 

Several variants of it actually, I will edit this post in a few hours with in-game photos. But it's 2373 N. Hobart Blvd.

[slimeball supreme]

On 4/21/2023 at 9:23 PM, TallTower12 said:

I know it's not displayed on the satellite map, however, I've been wondering if anyone has found a match for La Fuente Blanca (Martin & Patricia Madrazo's Ranch) in Vinewood Hills.

this was one ive also been passively searching for too. its a real headscratcher. i was entirely certain about your strategy of looking out further than the san fernando valley but i have to admit there are some very compelling similarities with the periodt equestrian center: the driveway to the property, the fencing, and this area especially that may or may not be on the property

 

 

it very much resembles some of the stabling behind the house itself. in all honesty the closest i could find was (somewhat disappointingly, i was wishing it was a real ranch lol) the los angeles equestrian center at 480 Riverside Dr, Burbank. what caught my eye were the white wooden fence posts and the similar wood panel sign (even though the ingame version is much more modest). the area is attached to the calamigos banquet and wedding hall which also maybe was a model for the central house, and it wouldnt surprise me if it were used purely as a location reference for a jumping off point.

 

Spoiler

obviously not exactly 1:1 haha!

 

definitely need more sleuthing for this one. surprised it hasnt been locked down by anyone else.

 

i actually wanted to share locations i think havent been added to the map/locked down yet. im pretty certain that raven slaughterhouse is directly based on the huge farmer john meatpacking plant in vernon (corner of vernon avenue and soto, taking up the entire block up to the LA river). it is much, much cleaner irl - and gussied up with a lot of mural work - but im certain its a match given exterior and structural similarities, on top of being located in the same ingame neighborhood as real life.

 

 

i dont have the game installed, but theres also a direct parallel with the driveway you escape in fresh meat with this area facing soto street

 

also one im less sure on but, still, pretty sure on - broker park. this one always stumped me, especially because the wiki's explanation of it being based on prospect park never made sense to me (almost no visual similarities). but i think its based on a small sliver of greater griffith park, specifically around the william mulholland memorial fountain.

 

playground. soccer field. general location around silver lake. obviously extremely condensed, but worth clearing!

Edited April 28, 2023 by slimeball supreme

[ddarko12]

22 hours ago, ddarko12 said:

I'm very surprised this hasn't caught on at all... but has anyone noticed that Johnnie Cochran's home is in the game?

 

 

Several variants of it actually, I will edit this post in a few hours with in-game photos. But it's 2373 N. Hobart Blvd.

I completely forgot to follow up, but here:

 

 

 

It's flipped around but pretty much identical. There may be one other example in the hills but yeah. I remember reading up about Johnnie Cochran years ago and eventually that went to wondering where he lived. I was dumbfounded "that house is in GTA" but then I forgot to post it here. I haven't seen anyone post this here however and it's not on the interactive map.

Edited April 29, 2023 by ddarko12

[Fido_le_muet]

On 4/28/2023 at 2:41 PM, ddarko12 said:

I'm very surprised this hasn't caught on at all... but has anyone noticed that Johnnie Cochran's home is in the game?

 

 

Several variants of it actually, I will edit this post in a few hours with in-game photos. But it's 2373 N. Hobart Blvd.

 

On 4/28/2023 at 4:27 PM, slimeball supreme said:

 

 

 

 

Thank you both for your contributions ! 

 

Can't believe we missed that house in the hills. It's definitely a match with the ingame one that's repeated a few times. We did check that area back in the day cause we found another match back then very close by at 2223 N Hobart.

 

Also agree with the Raven/Farmer John one. It's very likely it's a match. Location is spot on and it's also close to a few other IRL buildings that appear ingame. 

The Peridot Equestrian Center, although not 100% similar, has a lot of identical features and is most likely the inspiration for the ingame ranch.

 

Only one I'm not so sure about is the park. I don't recall someone saying Prospect Park is the correct location cause that park looks nothing like it. 

Personnally, I like the Vista Hermosa Park (soccer field + general layout) for it but I do agree the fountain is matches. And it's next to the Glendale Bridge IRL and ingame. 

Edited May 4, 2023 by Fido_le_muet

[TallTower12]

Random find. The red café/coffee shop on mirror park blvd/main street. Real life counterpart being intelligentia coffeebar in Silverlake (3922 Sunset Blvd). Sorry if some of my posts are confusing, I'm on IPhone and I'm still getting the hang of the Url image insertion.

http://Screenshot_20230506-214029_Maps.jpg

[Fido_le_muet]

15 hours ago, TallTower12 said:

Random find. The red café/coffee shop on mirror park blvd/main street. Real life counterpart being intelligentia coffeebar in Silverlake (3922 Sunset Blvd). Sorry if some of my posts are confusing, I'm on IPhone and I'm still getting the hang of the Url image insertion.

http://Screenshot_20230506-214029_Maps.jpg

Yeah this had been found back when the game was released 

[TallTower12]

I had assumed it had already been found, it just hadn't been added to the interactive satellite map. Also, I've been searching and searching around San Pedro, Inglewood, Torrence, Long Beach, El Segundo and Wilmington for the scrap metal yard in La Puerta. I haven't been able to find it. I've checked along Freeways and major roads and most, if not all industrial areas and have came up empty. Any suggestions? Again, it may have already been found, however it's not on the interactive satellite map.

[sgt_pepper_vice]

On 4/30/2013 at 9:33 PM, Razzy98 said:

 

LS doesn't have any building with pyramid shaped roof and it has a SIGNIFICANTLY bigger downtown both vertically and laterally

 

Secondly we've seen ground perspectives from LS from the south, north, west and now east.... in all of them there is EXTREMELY heavy urbanization, which this skyline lacks

there is us bank building behind red shirt guy

Huh can't beleive folks thought there would be a completely-never-seen-or-announced-before second city. Good times

[Gregory49]

May be useful.

[Vogalos]

What's the status on the landmarks map? Seems to be down right now: https://grandtheftdata.com/landmarks/.

[Nezzel]

Dans new "Venture" Absurd Ventures shows these coords hidden near the top of the first video | 34.0195 N, 118.4912 W.    

Persumably the Burgershot near Vesspuci canals. (More related to the ARG but figured it was worth posting in this thread)

[Nautobot]

Is the website that contains the map going to be fixed?

Edited October 17, 2023 by Nautobot

[slimeball supreme]

Agreed, any updates on the site? Hugely valuable resource! Getting a 404 with every link for it

[Nautobot]

Can someone ot anyone please fix it? I only saw this map a week ago and was planning a trip to Southern California. That map was a guide to sights and landmarks I wanted to see.

[Rokuyon]

@lxr

Is it possible to modify this landmark map?
I would be very happy if I could use it again!!!

 

http://grandtheftdata.com/landmarks/#0,0,2,satellite

 

[Rokuyon]

Could it be that the domain of this website has expired?
I would like to view this landmark map somehow, but it is not even left in the Wayback Machine...

[docpain222]

On 11/3/2011 at 4:38 PM, Gifbrah said:

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/3631/5jep.png

 

 

Welcome to the Mapping Los Santos thread

 

The goal of this thread is to identify buildings and landmarks of Los Angeles recreated within the world of GTA V.
Many buildings around Los Santos and its countryside have a real life counterpart in Los Angeles and Southern California.
Analysing carefully the various screenshots and trailers, our aim is to understand the geography of Los Santos,
and ultimately, trying to recreate the game map !

Anyone may contribute to this thread.

 

Some websites/software you may find useful :

 

- Google Maps

- Bing Maps

- Emporis

- Wikipedia

- Google Earth

 

 

The Interactive Map :

 

Check out all the real life buildings present in GTA V overlayed on the game map.

Created by lxr, this map is constantly updated with the latest findings of this thread.

lxr, koeklin, Wayne kerr, Mr Thingus and Fido_le_muet are working on it everyday.

Share your discoveries on this thread and they will be added to the map.

 

http://grandtheftdata.com/landmarks/#0,0,2,satellite

 

The Maps (before release) :
Last updated : August 29th 2013


Click for full size (2200x2900)

Click for full size (3500x3500)

http://s18.postimg.org/8glyrvn55/Mapa_FINAL12_small.jpg



Contributors :

 

GifBrah

Fido_le_muet (Also in charge of updating first post- Special thanks!)

koeklin

Millionsofdeadcops

SonofUgly

J24D

Smaaske

UrinalCake123

jackass2009

VickeX

sabbathfan

kendoyanar

GTAlove

JOSEPH X

BoolCaX

[enforcA]

darkjounin

Vegetarian Piranha

boxmonster

Death2Drugs

jbte

Choco Taco

GTADKNUT

lxr

OUPS

GTAKiwi

zombie elvis

Angeleno

vLx

omawnakw

Wayne Kerr

harryhenry

 

Thanks a lot guys ! http://media.gtanet.com/gtaforums/images/html/emoticons/wink.gif
(If I missed you, please PM me and let me know).

Out of curiosity, the map above, was that created after the first trailer release for 5 or after other information was made available?

[Fido_le_muet]

34 minutes ago, docpain222 said:

Out of curiosity, the map above, was that created after the first trailer release for 5 or after other information was made available?

It started with trailer 1 and work continued as we got more screenshots and trailers until finally the map was revealed. 

[Spider-Vice]

I've recently rehosted the OP's images on the GTAF servers to avoid any f*ckery with image hosts, definitely deserves to be archived.  

[slimeball supreme]

i said this in a report i was hoping would circulate around staff but i wanted to get in touch with whoever originally hosted it so i could, at least briefly, pay server costs (if just to transfer the contents into a google mymaps) because it was a tremendously valuable resource. it catalogued a lot of inaccessible stuff through these nearly 900 pages

Edited December 8, 2023 by slimeball supreme

[barsnfox]

On 08.12.2023 at 16:01, Fido_le_muet said:

Это началось с трейлера 1, и работа продолжалась по мере того, как мы получали все больше скриншотов и трейлеров, пока, наконец, не была показана карта.

I'm very sorry, maybe you've been asked this before, but do you still have the different versions of maps from the very first one to the last one before the official map was shown?

At the moment I'm trying to archive all versions of maps for GTA VI, and I would be glad to get in the collection also versions of maps for GTA V.

SRY for my English, I write through a translator:)

[Fido_le_muet]

53 minutes ago, barsnfox said:

I'm very sorry, maybe you've been asked this before, but do you still have the different versions of maps from the very first one to the last one before the official map was shown?

At the moment I'm trying to archive all versions of maps for GTA VI, and I would be glad to get in the collection also versions of maps for GTA V.

SRY for my English, I write through a translator:)

 

There's a GIF around here somewhere but I don't have the link right now. 

Maybe someone else can post it.

I plan on doing the same thing with the GTA6 map. I keep every version of my map.

[Spider-Vice]

On 12/8/2023 at 1:39 PM, slimeball supreme said:

i said this in a report i was hoping would circulate around staff but i wanted to get in touch with whoever originally hosted it so i could, at least briefly, pay server costs (if just to transfer the contents into a google mymaps) because it was a tremendously valuable resource. it catalogued a lot of inaccessible stuff through these nearly 900 pages

It did circulate, but nobody could help as nobody knew, sorry, lol.

[BlueskyTheFox]

Dead forum oof. i doubt i'll get a reply after this but i'll say something anyways, so i'm sure you all probably know the facts that the map shade looks like the face side of Homer Simpson right? well now i wonder. did Rockstar make the map shape like that on purpose or was it just too coincidence? would be funny if they do it on purpose.

[paperback_cypher]

On 7/24/2013 at 3:31 AM, GTAKiwi said:

 

Thanks. Last = This will probably be my final update to my map before GTAV is released.

Legend

[Roadkillghost1]

Any news about that grandtheftdata map website being fixed? I'm writing two screenplays that are set in Los Angeles, and since I don't live in L.A. (or in the USA), GTA 5s map is what I'm using to set locations and set pieces of sequences in the story. Originally I was using the website for that a few years ago, and after a hiatus, I'm trying to get back into it, but the website being down has been a massive roadblock, and using Google Maps has been Hell too. Please let me know if there's any news of it returning or any alternate websites that have the same specific detailed info.

[Ford Timelord]

On 7/16/2024 at 1:13 AM, Roadkillghost1 said:

Any news about that grandtheftdata map website being fixed? I'm writing two screenplays that are set in Los Angeles, and since I don't live in L.A. (or in the USA), GTA 5s map is what I'm using to set locations and set pieces of sequences in the story. Originally I was using the website for that a few years ago, and after a hiatus, I'm trying to get back into it, but the website being down has been a massive roadblock, and using Google Maps has been Hell too. Please let me know if there's any news of it returning or any alternate websites that have the same specific detailed info.

Only thing I can think of doing is somehow re-creating this map. 

[Roadkillghost1]

12 hours ago, Ford Timelord said:

Only thing I can think of doing is somehow re-creating this map. 

I feel like they'd have done it now unfortunately 

[GTA5gamer1210]

Hi, I’m new here. Anyone know where all the comparisons start happening? I’m meaning the ones that compare real locations to the ones in game. None of the trailer or early screenshots ones. Doing this for a mod called LA REVO and 5real helping out with suggestions and things.