Reykjavik Center Map
Hey guys! I´m the cartographer that designed this map, here are a few other examples of our work if anyone´s interested: <a href="http://www.borgarmynd.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.borgarmynd.com</a><p>A friend let me know about the post and I just wanted to say thanks for posting and feedback, much appreciated :)  I got a few of my architect and graphic designer friends to work on this map with me while we were still in school, 7 years ago, and the website with the zoom feature is done by Brian Suda <a href="http://www.suda.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.suda.co.uk</a>  A total of 5 people (4 architects & 1 graphic designer) took part in making the map and 3 more of our graphic designer friends helped in one way or another on layout, web design etc.<p>The map is actually a collage of 186 a3 watercolor sheets that took 2 years (2300 hrs)to 3d model, draw and paint. The watercolor sheets were all based on 3d models we made first of each house, using city planning groundplans and sections, so the accuracy (even though it might look all cute and cuddly) is very high (Every tree, flagpole etc. is based on actual objects) We update the map every year, draw in new buildings, paint in new colors of houses etc.<p>For those interested, the map is an axonometric projection of my home town Reykjavík, Iceland. We used this kind of projection in order to maintain scale within the map.<p>ps: I´m on the map, good luck finding me!