Lynda - Creating a Map with Illustrator [repost]

Learn to create a custom map that provides clean and accurate directions and points out the landmarks you want to highlight. In this course, William Everhart shows how to build a road map in Adobe Illustrator, which you can then print or embed on a website. Discover how to obtain a source image; trace the map; draw and style different roads, landmarks, and basic geographic features; and label your map with type and symbols. Finally, learn to add turn-by-turn directions and prepare your map for print or sharing online.

Introduction
Welcome
Using the exercise files
Understanding different types of maps
Key considerations for all maps

1. Acquiring a Source Image
What is a source image?
Extracting a map from an online source
Using aerial photography
Sketching out a map

2. Setting Up Your Document
Creating the new document
The Illustrator auto trace feature
Creating a tracing template
Creating base layers

3. Illustrating Roads
Drawing major roadways
Drawing minor roadways
Stylizing your strokes with the Appearance panel
Using graphic styles
Handling intersections
Creating train tracks

4. Illustrating Water and Landmarks
Stroke options
Drawing a river with a variable width
Drawing bodies-of-water pattern fills
Using blends for bodies of water
Drawing landmarks using shape tools and Pathfinder commands
Illustrating parks and greenways with symbols

5. Adding Markers and Labels
Adding highways and point-of-interest markers
Labeling roads
Labeling other features
Adding a map legend
Adding directions

6. Finishing the Map
Creating a background for your map
Masking your map
Placing the map in InDesign
Saving for print
Sharing the map online

Conclusion
Next steps