Played around with the map a little more today. This is only messing around with learning the program rather than a real example of the map. Its still only using the basemap before its been traced so thats why its a little fuzzy looking. The ad spots I just laid out manually so they arnt spaced accurately, not sure they are even the right size as I seem to have been able to squeeze in more than I though, but like i say its all just practice stuff at the moment. Was working more on getting a good legend together. Again there are so many tools in AI that would have made this process easier and I really only understand a couple of them. Im pretty sure I got all the layers wrong, so if Id wanted to go in and change things it would be a laborious job. I contacted another graphic designer today in Delhi. This guy has a lot of good experience, but not sure if he knows much about maps. At least he answers emails! The girl from Elance seems to have flaked out.

As a comparison here is a google maps capture of the detail of manali that was available before I mapped it.


As a comparison here is a google maps capture of the detail of manali that was available before I mapped it.
