LifeMap

[reynoso]

I have definitely followed and admire your mapmaking work @tclear01, but your layered maps are definitely beyond my current ability.

I did use these steps from
Laser Maps for Family

but used Illustrator

@tclear01

Steps:

• Made a Glowforge-friendly template at SnazzyMaps
• Downloaded raster images of the appropriate areas
• Import to Inkscape, use trace bitmap function
• Select roads, remove fill, set stroke thin (0.1mm)
• Use the [boolean operations ] as necessary to crop image and add hearts

but mainly followed:

How To: Laser Cut & Engrave City Maps - Adobe Illustrator

Which was within my experience level.

The term “LifeMap” for this type of concept I came up on my own, although I later realized it is a very broad term that encompasses many other concepts as used on the internet.

The generous contributions of this community is a wealth of inspiration and support.