"The tourist map is so beautiful. How did you make it?"? Share my process of making maps.

At one time, like everyone else, I was at a loss about the go on road trip route and wanted to drive in Tibet, Xinjiang, western Sichuan and Qinghai. However, when it came to the actual route, it was like falling into a fog.

until an accident, I saw the following picture, and suddenly understood that Chengdu drove to Tibet by Sichuan-Tibet line, which was the way it was. Starting from Chengdu, heading west, passing through Ya 'an, Tianquan, Kangding, Litang and other places, and finally arriving in Lhasa, Tibet.

With the deepening of my knowledge of go on road trip, such a simple map can no longer meet my cognitive needs, and I need more detailed map information, so I optimized the above map and made a new map of "Going into the Sichuan and Coming out of the Green". The new map adds a lot of data, such as "accommodation, itinerary, scenic spots along the way, daily mileage" and other information that must be planned every day in the process of driving the Sichuan-Tibet line, so as to understand the route arrangement in go on road trip, Tibet more simply and quickly.

With the improvement of the map of "Sichuan enters and Qingchu exits", I made the map of "Eight routes to Tibet". I believe that for any go on road trip Xiaobai, the following route map can also make him understand the major route planning in go on road trip, Tibet.

after the completion of the "eight routes to Tibet", I made detailed maps of each route to Tibet, such as "Bingchacha, Yunnan-Tibet Line, Qinghai-Tibet Line, Tang-Fan Ancient Road, New Tibet Line and Ali Great Ring Road".

"Pacha" go on road trip planning map, even without reading a lot of text information, can intuitively understand Pacha's go on road trip route planning.

after the major routes in Tibet were completed, I continued to make a map of go on road trip "Xinjiang, western Sichuan, Gannan and Qinghai". For example, the following map of "Great Ring Road in Xinjiang" covers a total distance of 12, kilometers and takes 4 days by car. Every day's itinerary, accommodation, route planning and scenic spots are clearly drawn on the map, which is easy for go on road trip lovers to understand.

Other maps, such as "Northern Xinjiang Great Ring Road, Southern Xinjiang Great Ring Road, Western Sichuan Great Ring Road, Northwest Great Ring Road and Gannan Great Ring Road", will not be displayed one by one. After making these maps, many friends from go on road trip came to ask me, "Editor Xia, your maps are very good, both concise and beautiful, and have strong practicability. How do you make them?

Let's share the process of making a map.

first, I need to buy a detailed paper map, and choose a place where the go on road trip route passes according to the information on the map. When choosing a specific go on road trip route, we should also look for information from all directions, and compare the major routes of the route with each other to determine the best route.

the second step is to copy the paper map I bought with stationery, and draw the basic route I want with a pencil, as well as the information such as the basic passing places and scenic spots. Beautiful maps are ugly ducklings before they are formed.

Step 3, send the hand-drawn map to the art student and give her an original map template to demonstrate the information you want to mark. For artists, she is "whiter" than go on road trip Xiaobai, and she doesn't even know the Zoige prairie, so be sure to make it clear to her.

Step four, modify the map she made, and have a voice conversation with her, and modify the details one by one. After the revision, a "overview of Gannan" map was beautifully made, and at the same time, it came to the link of "Congratulations on making a fortune and good luck". Generally, such a map is 2 yuan/Zhang. If it is more complicated, such as the Great Link of Xinjiang, it needs 5 yuan/Zhang.

Generally speaking, the cost of making maps is about 1, yuan. I just made 5 maps of go on road trip in Tibet, Xinjiang, western Sichuan, Gannan and Qinghai. Each map has a detailed road map, which can be viewed in my column.

the contents of the road book include daily itinerary, route arrangement, the best way to play in scenic spots, accommodation, etc. The rest of the tourist information, such as altitude, road conditions, cost orders, precautions, and the best time to play, are all explained in detail.