Map making brushes and fills

[slast]

I need to make a simple diagram in the form of a map to illustrate a road accident. Are there any tools or fills that enable me to draw for example a diagrammatic highway/motorway, country lane, etc and terrain features such as woodland etc like on an OS map etc., without creating them from scratch? I haven't found any so far. Using X P&GD365.
Thanks
Steve

[gwpriester]

Not that I know of.

[slast]

Thanks GW, if you don't know I guess no-one will! Seems like a bit of an odd gap in the market, I can't believe I'm the only one who would want to do this... Thanks anyway.
Steve

[Egg Bramhill]

Hi Steve,

Can I ask what you want these maps for? My first thought would be "why not use Google Maps" for your maps, and overlay the vehicles involved in the accident above this?

I did a video, a few years back now, on creating vector roads and I'll see if I can dig it up.

[Egg Bramhill]

Can't find it yet but is this the thing you're lookinfor?

[gwpriester]

Brilliant Egg.

[gwpriester]

If I were going to do a simple map (and I was a map maker when I was in the Army), I would make my streets from lines, convert the lines to shapes, and Combine Shapes > Add Shapes.

[Egg Bramhill]

Yes, that's the way I do it to Gary.

http://www.parkeston.com/road-map/

[Ron Duke]

Here's a map I did years ago. I used a downloaded map of the area I wanted and traced the streets/highways etc. and added the names and signs.

Here's a website with many road signs: https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/services/...s/fhwaop02084/

Wiki has a lot too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_s..._United_States

Don't know if that helps you any, though.

[gwpriester]

Egg - The cars are on the wrong side of the road.