Im trying to make a course map, but my artistic innabilities are making it pretty hard. I used the Google Earth program to get a aerial view of the course, then tweaked it in photoshop to make it look a bit more presentable, but I keep thinking that this map is only meant to go in the back of scorecards, so I have to make it simple. I tried redrawing it from scratch in powerpoint but became very frustrated as it looked like crap.

Need help... please!!!

First suggestion: If you are using photoshop, create a vector layer, and trace the major course landmarks in the vector layer. Add in the holes, and then remove the background layer.

The vector layer should have enough detail that it will work as a course map, and simple enough to print on the back of scorecards.

First suggestion: If you are using photoshop, create a vector layer, and trace the major course landmarks in the vector layer. Add in the holes, and then remove the background layer.

The vector layer should have enough detail that it will work as a course map, and simple enough to print on the back of scorecards.


my suggestion is if you are doing vector work, leave photoshop out of it and use illustrator. it is more versatile for vector since that is waht it was created for. then you can resize to any proportions/dimensions for ay different application, scorecard, signs, etc.

show us what you have so far.

Dont really have anything so far, just the aerial photo from google earth. Just got a copy of illustrator, I will see what I can do with it.

Thanks

Something easy you can do to make i simpler, on the Google site you can change the view from satelite to just street map and this will take out all the major details.

Ok, this is how I did it...

I got illustrator, pasted the picture from google earth, and started to draw. I think it could have been worse,
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i couldn't see anything...

I noticed that...

here it is again

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alright... I cant get a decent upload to show the picture... ill try again when I get back in a few days

sorry

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If you have access to a CAD program, you can import an aerial and draw your course map full scale. Then export to Illustrator to add color, ghost the aerial, whatever fits your need. I did something similar for a course proposal recently, and will use the one file for the proposal, scorecards, course map, and tee signs.

If you have access to a CAD program, you can import an aerial and draw your course map full scale. Then export to Illustrator to add color, ghost the aerial, whatever fits your need. I did something similar for a course proposal recently, and will use the one file for the proposal, scorecards, course map, and tee signs.


This is what I was suggesting, as well as how I would go about it, minus the CAD program. No access to one, and I thnk I could get the job done with Illustrator.

You can do anything with Illustrator or Corel 12 /msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Hey - would one of you guys like to write a step by step "How to make a course map" article? We could use one. I would publish it up at the PDGA Affiliate Clubs " How To" section at:
http://www.pdga.com/club_affiliate/club_affiliate.php

Thanks, Cliff

My wife is a graphic designer and is currently working on such a map for a new course I am installing. After she's done, I will see if she's interested in writing a step-by-step guide.

My wife is a graphic designer and is currently working on such a map for a new course I am installing. After she's done, I will see if she's interested in writing a step-by-step guide.



Mike,

Did your wife make the map for New Quarter in Williamsburg? If she did then she deserves major kudos! I just played the course last week and their map is the best I've ever seen out of almost 190 courses. The artist of the NQ map could easily start a business making high quality course maps.

where on-line can one find this map? where can one find other good ones on-line? my contacts at the sugarbush resort in vermont are about ready to begin the map-making process for the 2 courses steve brinster and i are designing. i need to direct them to some good resources, as they apparently have good graphics expertise but just need to see good examples of scorecards.

thanks....

dan doyle
warwick, ny

Hey you may check with your local city or county offices and see if you can get a aerial photo printed out. I happen to work for the the city I live in and have had our GIS dept go out and GPS the locations of tee pads and baskets on one of the course's. Then they put in lines connecting them with the distance. I am still working on them to do the other 2 courses in the city, but in the meantime I have just drawn it out on a aerial myself til I can get them GPS'ed. They might also be able to put contour lines in to show elevation changes. I dont know what is avalible in your area but you might check. If your ever coming to Edmond Ok let me know and I will get you a copy of the course's here. Hope this helps out. P.S. a good aerial on a 24"x36" map of the course looks really cool on my wall.

Thanks for the Kudos Lowe. Yes, my wife did the graphic work on the scorecard, which includes the map. It was my basic idea to have a ball golf quality scorecard, and she made it happen. She also did the tee signs out there. Hope you enjoyed the course as well.

For those who haven't seen it, the back has a map of the entire course and the front where scores are marked has individual hole maps above the scoring area.

I regret that I don't know how to post the file here, but if someone wants to PM me with their e-mail, I will gladly send the file.

Mike's scorecard can be viewed here (http://www.earthoffice.net/discgolf/shared/JAN07NewQtr_Scorecard_print.pdf)

thanks, Mike! this is really as nice as everyone says it is.

That's not Matt's scorecard (who is he anyway?) :confused:, that's mine!

that would be mike.

That's not Matt's scorecard (who is he anyway?) :confused:, that's mine!




oops, my bad... corrected

To top it off the New Quarter map is printed on high quality card stock. With the photo and the color it rivals any traditional golf scorecard and course map!

Forget photoshop, illistrator, and autocad, that's just overkill.
I used Visio for our course map, it's a cheap simple program, and it work great for making maps.

It is not the best, but I did this one in Corel about 3 years ago.

Cedar Hills Map (http://www.radl.biz/Courses/Maps/CedarHills.pdf)