Nautical Map Depth Chart: Inkscape Step-By-Step How To Tutorial (OpenStreetMap Data)
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2024
- Inkscape step-by-step beginner-intermediate tutorial on how to create water depth contour nautical sea map art as seen on Etsy. In this How-To video the chosen location is Florida, the Florida Keys and the surrounding Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico waters. Follow along in this Inkscape screen capture showing how to:
1. Use OpenStreetMap to download your map data as an editable SVG file.
2. Use OpenSeaMap.org to find water depth countors.
3. Separate coastline from ocean vector.
4. Recolor map and add relief texture.
5. Inkscape Trace Bitmap Tool for multicolor vector separation.
6. Edit - Paste Style shortcut.
Special thank you to OpenStreetMap.org and OpenSeaMap.org for the most wonderful shared resources. © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Love the satisfactory sound at end.
Thanks!! UA-cam sound library sample chopped up.
Although map tutorials do not interest me I will watch them because there is always something I can learn. Thanks for the tut Rick.
Thanks and anytime! I'll make sure to keep variety in tutorials so I don't get too map happy!
Smashing tutorial!
Thanks so much!
The Best Inkscpe Channel. You are the best inkscape teacher in YT
Congratulations for 1k subscribers.
Please make a long duration Inkscape Beginner Course
Thanks! I'm not the best- I learned from the best though. Great idea on the beginner course. I'll start drafting one up.
great video! nice explaining.
Great video. I’m glad I found your channel, you make Inkscape seem easy! I’d love to make a map of lake depths like this that can be cut on a laser. I assume it would be similar, without making the shadow layers and pattern overlay. I’d love to see a video of this sort with Lake Superior. Thank you for sharing your knowledge of Inkscape.
This was very informative.
Thanks!!
congrats on 1k subs :)
Thanks, and thank you for the support and encouragement along the way!
I won't miss your video
Thanks! I'm watching it back again. Still strange to hear my own voice.
Love this Technique Rick. Thanks Mate!
Tip for your screen capture tutorial. I always take a screen grab of your color pallet and crop it down to sit next to my canvas as I follow along. maybe this could help your viewers.
You could try the Island where I live as a suggestion for your next geography style map.
But the Island has a big Volcano in the middle
so you might need to time travel a lot
to complete all the geographical rings.. ...
All the best my friend, Nik 👍🐺👍
Thanks Nik! Great idea about screen grabbing the color palette. Always thankful for your insights! And maybe a volcanic before/after map could be cool? Or something like a How it started- How it's going meme. Ha.
@@IronEchoDesign Yea.. sounds fun. look forward to seeing what you can do with it. take care buddy & stay safe! 👍🐺👍
Thanks- you too!
This is awesome. I want to do Newport RI and Block Island. Doesn’t has as much ocean depth as Florida but this will make my design stand out.
Nice! I've seen in the comments OpenSeaMap may have made some changes. Hopefully the depth chart data is still working. If not, I'll remake this video with a work-around.
@@IronEchoDesign Sounds good i appreciate it. If not, I’d be interested with making a multi-layered Newport RI. No rush
Really neat.
Here's a trick I learned to get rid of holes: if you do "path-> break apart" on your object, it will separate the object and all the holes, as well as all the islands, into individual objects. Then do "path-> union" to get one object back, but all the holes filled in.
Great idea! Thanks, and I'll try that trick!
Wow, this is really cool! Thank you for this video! Can you please do something similar but with topography maps for mountains and cities? Thanks!
Thanks! Been working on a Topography project. Thanks for the suggestion.
I just finished this video and it was really insightful and educational. Have you made any tutorials on how to make bathymetric contoured lakes? Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge
Thank you!! I haven't done lakes yet, but I've seen artwork like that and it's a beautiful look. I am going to remake this video because OpenSeaMap had some changes, and I'll try to incorporate more contours.
Hi there, thanks so much for this video and step-by-step tutorial. I have followed your instructions and created a bathymetric map of Australia, however, I would love to know how I could manipulate this file to have it cut on a laser cutter. I am using Lightburn on my CO2 laser to cut the map in layers on MDF/plywood. Hope you can help. Thanks.
great video, as you're doing depths, can you expand on depths subject to do a tutorial on creating depth maps/bump maps etc for 3D relief carving, 3D printing, 3D laser etc. Seems excessivly difficult in photoshop type apps
Thanks, and that's a great idea. I'll have to get up to speed on relief carving to understand how to best create it in Inkscape. 3D printing has always interested me, and I hope to expand this channel to include things like this in the future.
Another great tutorial, Rick 👍.
A question for you and/or your viewers, who may be able to help me.
Any tips for improving drawing quality, when using a mouse ? Maybe scale adjustment or mousepad surface texture ??
I am far away from any shops and just starting out with Inkscape and will need to get a tablet at some point.
Suggestions greatly appreciated.
Thanks and great, great question. Scale adjustment is a great idea- you automatically get more control. Mousepad choice is smart too. I picked a mouse pad at my desk setup with a thin thickness. Personally, I don't like them to spongy. Not sure how much a difference it makes. When I travel with my laptop, I don't bring a mousepad (does anybody?). Instead I use a book with the cover jacket off. Usually the cover itself has a little texture that provides enough drag to make designing manageable with the mouse when away. Finally, in your computer settings, you can adjust the speed. That can help a lot if the setting right now is speedy. Hope this helps!
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💡 Brill. I’ll certainly give these a try and I will get back to your channel with results and maybe other tips.
Nice!
Fascinating. Where do I get a link for all the videos for download or a website link to play and learn again and again
The depth colors don't seem to work anymore on OpenSeaMap. Checking/unchecking Marine Profile doesn't do anything. All the other options work, except Marine Profile :(
love this, any way to get a topological map in the forest, with contour lines??
Thanks, and great idea. I'm looking for open source topographic data. Someone suggested OSM-3D, but it doesn't seem to run on modern browsers. If anyone has any sources they like, please share!
Hi there! I'm running into an issue where, when selecting a colored area, the black box that is created is tiny. I can create a bounding box over the area, but I am then losing data in the map. The data I am losing is a lake connecting two waterways. Any thoughts on this? I've tried several different settings but I'm getting the same results every time.
Hey there, i love your videos! when i drag my svg file into my inkscape it shows up so much bigger than the picture I framed on open maps. It will be so large that it will be much bigger than the inkscape picture.
Thanks! And, I know exactly what you're saying about the scale issues. Bodies of water come in huge. One option that has helped is to adjust the size ratio in OpenStreetMap before downloading. I think in this video I did it my old way of choosing 1:1 and hitting enter. That is good for detail, but can bring in massive files. Try 1:60,000. Or 1:80,000. At some point you'll lose too much detail, but hopefully you can find a happy balance so the file isn't too huge and still looks good.
Thanks for the very informative video. Any idea where I might get more in depth topography maps? I when I zoom in on the area that I want (Tampa Bay) it doesn't have enough definition to give me layers for the water. I would have to zoom out too much to get more layers. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks! OpenSeaMap had the new depth contour view in Beta, but I think as you mentioned it isn't detailed enough. Everything under 100 ft is the same. There is Fishermap dot org that gives really nice contours but it will take a lot of manual adjustments to get it looking right in Inkscape. Hope this helps!
Thank you, @@IronEchoDesign! I'll check out Fishermap.
Anytime!
How do you do this for the great lakes?
At 2:56 you zoomed out to an empty map of Florida, but a minute earlier you had a map showing all the Open Streetmap data. How did you get rid of the OSM data?
NEVERMIND. I went back to OSM and moved my selection completely offshore, and that eliminated the land data.
Good eye! I’ve worked on my transitions and zoom edits to keep things clearer.
I'm still puzzled by how you match the scales (of the different maps/images you import) and how you find the proper position among them
When I double click and then hold shift and drag a rectangle around the objects, Inscape is also deleting any rivers. I'm trying to do this for Charleston, SC.
Coincidentally, I'm recording a new map video in a few minutes. I've refined the technique, and should upload tomorrow. In the meantime. When you have the selection made, before deleting hold control and click on the rivers to deselect them from the group. It might be tricky to pinpoint them though.
Please share the channel link
I have been wanting to do this but with elevation and I cannot find a map that only has the topography.
Elevation would be cool. I've looked into it and have some ideas in the works. Check out the USGS Topographic website. They have a custom topographic map on demand tool. Free. I'm trying to use the data from the map to make my own vector design. Still way too many steps for a video, but I'm trying.
@@IronEchoDesign yeah I have looked at that one but for the life of me I don’t know how to remove completely roads and just leave the old stile line elevations.
I'm with you! I just checked it out again, and it looks like they improved the tool, and it gives more options in what is included. I toggled roads off, and clicked download. They ask for an email, and I got a confirmation saying my map request is processing and it will be emailed when complete. We'll see!
OpenSeaMap actually uses OpenStreetMap data for the land. So you could have saved yourself some time.
Cool. I’ll try that next time.
[edit] Gerr... never mind. It was NOT working when I tried but it's working now. I guess the takeaway is it's an opensource thing and can fail sometimes [end edit]
I realize this is old but the OpenSeaMap, Marine Profile option doesn't seem to work. Now the option is "Marine Profile (1:920.000)" and clicking it doesn't add depths. I'd be interested if anyone has another source for this info. Or maybe I'm doing it wrong. Thanks
I'm struggling with the same thing right now, I can't get it to work!
I can't get it to work for me either. Frustrating.
Has anyone found a fix yet? still not loading any depths for me either.
I am unable to double click to get 4 quadrants, then delete? When I drag my svg file into inkscape, my selection is already in a box?? HELP
Happy to help. I'll try to replicate this. Can you describe the svg file more- what do you see specifically?
@@IronEchoDesign the svg file has a bounding box already there???
@@IronEchoDesign Can I pay you to make a file for me: I don't know why I am having so much trouble, when it looks pretty straight forward?
I'll try to help. Don't need to pay. Can you email me at johanson.rick @ gmail?
the map i downloaded seems to have several layers
I’ve heard the map settings changed since I filmed this. I’ll have to revisit and update the steps to make use of whatever the current map situation is.
Is it possible to sell this types design?
If you have a client looking for a custom nautical map, I think these types of designs would sell well. OpenStreetMap and OpenSeaMap have the full details on their sites about how to give credit to the source of data. I do see many nautical maps on Etsy, so there could be some good demand out there.
It this Inkscape a paid version
Inkscape is free. Open source software. No subscription. No fees. No sign up.