Hometown Schematic Map (IITM Data Visualization Jan 2023)

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For the graded assignment 2, pick your hometown or a city you are familiar with, and create a schematic map. You can find the [slides from our class here].

The audience can be tourists (general, or specific type of attractions like pilgrimage, lakes etc.), or a specific use case (such as cycling, educational institutes etc.).

You can follow the following steps for your schematic map:

1. Scale, Audience & Purpose
2. Mental model sketch
3. Tracing relevant aspects from OSM
4. Abstraction: Grids & geometric shapes
5. Simplification Vs Minimal
6. Elements of the city
7. Visual hierarchy
8. Details: Icons, Typography, Legend, Context

You can see some of the previous schematic map exercises for reference.