How to Make Location Map

Location map requires a little skill in drawing & in designing software like CorelDraw and even in PowerPoint. Designer should have ideas about inserting and using clip arts, coloring and aligning graphic in PowerPoint etc. Examples Task: make a map location of your school Go to next screen Location Map

TOOLS for Location Map Text Box Rectangle Shape Oval ShapeAutoShapeArrow Text boxes for labeling Software : PowerPoint 2003 Clip Arts from CD or Internet

To draw roads, please use Click on AUTOSHAPES > LINES > FREEFORM tool in PowerPoint 2003 Drawing tool bar is available at bottom, if its not there then click on View (pull down menu >> select Toolbars >> now select Drawing

To draw roads Now try to draw a L shaped line. Click at START point and move mouse at the point of TURN and click >> now move on the point of other end and then Click again… Now to stop at this point Press ESC button on keyboard. On the left side you can see a shape designed by using the same tool Note: to make map good looking try to make L shape in 90 degree angle. 90

To draw roads Now draw many lines (roads) and turns (L shape) Here at some point, some box shape tool will also be used and simple straight LINE tool for lines. This shape by simple BOX tool This line by simple straight line.

To draw TRAFFIC SIGNALS To draw traffic signals, use the following tools. Use OVAL tool for a circle. Now color the circle with FILL COLOR tool. This way duplicate circle to 3 and place them as in this screen and fill them as Traffic Signal colors.

To draw TRAFFIC SIGNALS Now to complete traffic signal do the following: Draw a box in shape of a vertical rectangle and fill it with gray or white color. Now select the whole signal graphic and convert this into group to be resized as per map. To do this select and click right mouse button and select GROUPING and select GROUP.

USING GROUPED GRAPHIC IN MAP Now resize your traffic signal and place it at the required point.

USING EXTERNAL CLIPARTS NOTE: some arrows available in AutoShapes, but if required more enhanced then you must use clip arts. To make professional location map, many landscape clip arts can be used like TREES, ARROWS, BRIDGES etc. Tree inserted from clip art cd (title clip arts. To make a garden please use different trees.

USING EXTERNAL CLIPARTS TYPES OF CLIP ARTS TO BE USED. H:\MC35K\CLIPART\OBJECTS\PLANTS Use the following path to insert TREES and plants in 35,000 cliparts CD This would be better if you see the location map by yourself before making location map to make it correct.

To Add round about Use OVAL tool to draw circle H:\MC35K\CLIPART\OBJECTS\PLANTS Use the following path to insert TREES and plants in 35,000 cliparts CD This would be better if you see the location map by yourself before making location map to make it correct.

To label places and building, please use simple text box and as per graphic color box or leave it white or transparent. LABELING PLACES ROAD NAME BUILDING NAME Garden

Location map should be simple, clear and in such details which are necessary. But remember to label the famous places in map because it helps the locator to find the desired place.