New and improved Vegas map

I had lots of justified complaints about my old Vegas map. Please have a look at the latest one. I would be interested in any comments, because I can still ask for changes. Don't bother to say that Palazzo is misspelled, I already know. Do you think I should ask for more streets, like Harmon, Desert Inn, and Valley View? Should I ask to remove the chips, and have shapes approximating the size of each property? Should I change "The Strip!" to "Las Vegas Blvd."? Do you prefer the big or the small map? Once I nail this one down, I will add others for downtown and all of Vegas. Thanks in advance.

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Should I ask to remove the chips, and have shapes approximating the size of each property?

that would be my vote. Obviously you have already considered just adding a key to the old map.

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Should I change "The Strip!" to "Las Vegas Blvd."?

Both!

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Do you prefer the big or the small map?

Keep both and actually, if you have paid for it already, include that old map too.

Does the color of the chips need a key?

It would be awesome if the big map was right side up. :)

I like how you currently have it, though. Going another route might make it too similar to the cheapovegas map.

My opinions...not worth more than 2 cents...

The chips are fine, since the map is not to scale. It shows me where they line up, which helps me a lot.

I kind of like the small map...

I would put both "Las Vegas Blvd" and "The Strip!"

Should Ellis Island be on this map?

This is great...look forward to having these references!!

Check out the legend on the Small Map...I think Hilton is duplicated.

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I had lots of justified complaints about my old Vegas map. Please have a look at the latest one. I would be interested in any comments, because I can still ask for changes. Don't bother to say that Palazzo is misspelled, I already know. Do you think I should ask for more streets, like Harmon, Desert Inn, and Valley View? Should I ask to remove the chips, and have shapes approximating the size of each property? Should I change "The Strip!" to "Las Vegas Blvd."? Do you prefer the big or the small map? Once I nail this one down, I will add others for downtown and all of Vegas. Thanks in advance.

1. I like the big map, no need to look at the key and very easy to read. I didn't match it all up, but I assume all the same casinos are on both?

2. The streets are fine as they are. This will be a "walking map" so no need to add details that will also add confusion.

3. Keep the chips, same "simplicity" logic as above.

4. I prefer "Las Vegas Blvd" for no better reason than "just because I do." A map isn't going to help anyone who doesn't know they are the same.

5. On the big map, the one I like, you may want to consider color-coding the chips for the families of casinos. (ie: all Harrah's properties one color; all LVS another, etc.) This way people will know that to find different rules or feartures they can go to a different parent company.

6. I don't see the Rio?

Add a small scale in a corner for distance (and estimated walking time?)

I like the replacing chips with a figure the shape and size of the property

Noting where the Strip "bridges" are would be a good feature for using this as a walking map.

I like the property shapes as opposed to the chips.

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6. I don't see the Rio?

Probably because you're looking in the wrong place, since the map is upside-down.

Who draws a map with North facing down?


The strip should have both names: Las Vegas Blvd - The STRIP!

I find the chips annoying. Combined with the odd text effect and the angle of the casino names on the big map, and it's annoying. The chips aren't so bad on the small map.

Yeah, I think putting in additional roads would be helpful - but they don't need to be as wide, in color, or even named.


Quite frankly, there are hundreds of maps of Vegas that can be found online without too much effort. If you're gonna bother making a new map, make it unique. But I think the old map is prety unique. I kinda like it with the casinos drawn as they appear. If that map had keys and street names, it would be perfect.

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6. I don't see the Rio?

Probably because you're looking in the wrong place, since the map is upside-down.

I take that back, I looked again. I thought it was further south behind Luxor or so. My msitake.