I have been making custom lake maps for a while. Is my competition tracing the contours by hand like I have to. I have tried many methods but have found none. It looks to me that they are doing the same thing. (just the blue depth contours)
FOREST LAKE 10.5 X 11.5.c2d (792 KB)
here is a sample of my map…looks best on pine setting
Minnesota state has a series of bathymetric databases. I love these projects.
They could be. I work in Adobe Illustrator a lot and it wouldn’t take me more than an hour to trace that with the pen tool.
I’m also pretty sure most topographic maps that you can get in PDF form have all the lines in a vector format. You can just open the PDF in Adobe Illustrator or another vector software and grab the vector lines you want.
I don’t do the contours inside my rivers but it is mostly by hand/computer. I take the image/pic and download it to Inkscape. Then use the tools there to create/trace the image with nodes. Alot faster than tracing it out on clear plastic and scanning it in, then uploading it to CC and adjusting all the nodes( Did that the first time and it took days) Here is a pic of the Rivers I have been making. My main issue is all of the sanding LOL
To me the Forest Lake map looks like something a laser produced. Looks like 4 thin (bass wood?) layers, painted and then laser-burned with a design. The lake is probably also laser-cut.
Yes that map is a laser map with different layers glued together I’m just wondering how they got the vectors to do the Contours. After more research I’m pretty convinced they just Trace them on Adobe Illustrator or inkscape or similar. The maps I make are usually made out of a solid Maple Oak or Ash
I’m assuming this was the source, zoom in and out for more or less detail…
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