Beautiful & Functional Map Illustrations

Also sometimes referred to as planimetric or overhead maps, these images will show the footprints of buildings within a property boundary, as well as sidewalks, parking accommodations, nearby streets, and just about any other types of details that clients desire. They are very popular with individuals in Facilities Management, Public Safety and Accessibility Services departments, as well as individuals who prefer to navigate using street names and distances, as opposed to visual landmarks.

Also commonly referred to as bird’s eye, oblique or pictorial maps, these images will showcase a property from a very particular direction and steepness, revealing a great wealth of architectural detail and topographical features. These maps tend to be of particular interest to Public Relations and Admissions personnel who are looking for their campus map to showcase the beauty of their property, as well as to aid individuals who tend to navigate via landmarks and other visual references, as opposed to street names and distances. They cost a great deal more than their 2D perspective counterparts to develop, but their beauty more than makes up for their added costs. They are developed using four different and very unique methods and design tools: Vector, Raster, and Hand-Rendered solutions.

This particular style of map is designed to represent a more fun, casual, child-friendly approach to navigating a particular property. In contrast to our other more formal styles, cartoon-style illustrations include a number of unique design elements that do not directly relate to wayfinding, including the insertion of a number of human figures and other design elements which add a great deal of visual interest to the piece. Venues looking to market themselves to children and their parents tend to be the primary consumers of this type of mapping style, although kids of all ages thoroughly enjoy this fun, relaxed style of illustration, which is created through a combination of work at the drafting table, along with finishing design touches using Adobe Photoshop software.

These 2D (planimetric) and 3D (bird’s eye/oblique/pictorial) map illustrations are intended to both inform and serve as artistic illustrations, helping individuals and their family members select final resting places for themselves and their loved ones with confidence. The map illustrations we produce are intended to showcase the beauty of these properties, making them look inviting and peaceful…in direct contrast with the discomfort felt toward cemeteries and masoleums by a certain percentage of the population.

This particular style of map is designed to illustrate a client’s immediate location within a larger geographic region, guiding constituents from a general region to their specific property. As a point of differentiation between many standard or canned area mapping providers such as Google Maps and Bing Maps, mapformation specializes in developing maps that are designed for very specific purposes, with only content being displayed that is pertinent to the particular client who has commissioned the project. Our city and area maps artwork is typically created as vector graphics, using a combination of Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw software.

Just as is the case with college and university campuses and corporate campuses, hotels and resorts around the world require great maps to not only to guide their guests on where they are attempting to go, but to also reinforce and expand upon their overall branding and identity efforts. All things being equal, a great map of a resort or hotel that makes the property look attractive and inviting can be the difference between meeting planners electing to hold their events at a property, or electing to book at a competing location. So we do our very-best to make our hotel and resort clients shine in front of their current and prospective customers.

This particular style of navigational graphic is designed to illustrate an individual’s location within a building. Common uses of these types of graphics are You Are Here directional signage, handouts at information desks and supporting imagery for virtual tours. Our graphics are frequently used to support emergency evacuation, planning and preparedness efforts, which has become increasingly important in recent years. Our floor diagrams artwork is typically created as vector graphics, using a combination of Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw software.

Several mapformation clients require the creation of hundreds or even thousands of maps for locations that are aesthetically consistent from map to map, while being a bit more unique and appealing compared to “canned” services such as Google or Bing. These series of maps help to reinforce their corporate (or product’s/service’s) brand/identity for various types of print, signage, and electronic output.

Whether it be for hotels, restaurants, insurance agencies, or any other number of locations where corporations and organizations have a large number of properties or franchises, our team has acquired a tremendous amount of expertise in completing these types of projects over the past several years.