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DETAILED AND ACCURATE PHYSICAL MAP (WALLCHART SIZE) OF TAMIL NADU ALONG WITH TOURIST SITES

 

Map:

Here is a detailed physical map of Tamil Nadu along with surrounding regions. It includes Rivers, Lakes, Dams, Waterfalls, Islands, Mountains, Peaks, Plateaus, Passes, Hills, Forest, Wildlife, Zoological parks, Bird sanctuary, Fossile sites, Archeological sites, Temple, Church, Economical activities, Energy and power plants, Major Population Centers and Important Tourist destinations. It also has a table of 10 largest cities of Tamil Nadu by population (2011 census).

It has a very high resolution (Right click on the image and select "Open image in new tab" to see the full resolution) and can be printed as a wallchart.

Here is the link to PDF File.

Here is the link to .jpg Image File.

Hope you enjoy it !



How this map was made:

  1. I downloaded blank relief maps (10 times zoom in from the maximum zoom out, corresponding to a scale of 10 KM shown in the map) from Maps-For-Free (Thanks to Hans Braxmeier, Germany) piecewise (around 15 pieces) and then joined them together in MS PowerPoint (with slide dimension of 128 cm x 120 cm).
  2. Then I started marking places using text box and Format (ribbon) -> Text effects -> transforms -> Arch, to make necessary curvature of labels. White and Black fonts are used for more contrast depending on the surrounding. I also used semi transparent background to increase contrast between font and surrounding.
  3. Rivers and Lakes were individually traced using the Insert->Shape:Freeform tool from OpenStreetMap and ISRO Base Hydrology map Images.
  4. I used following sources for locating places 
    1. OpenStreetMap
    2. Wikipedia Pages (Lists and Oulines)
    3. 1955 U.S. Army Map of India and Pakistan AMS Topographic Maps (PCL Map Collection), University of Texas Libraries
    4. Google Maps
    5. ISRO Bhuvan-2D Base Hydrology Map (River outlines are obtained using this website)
    6. Esri ArcGIS World Topographic Map (for Peak Altitude information)
  5. Inset US outline map for map locator is obtained from Wikipedia (File:India_location_map.svg)
  6. I copied all the labels and images together on to MS Paint and exported as .jpg file (file size 6.64 MB) to get above image file.
  7. I also exported it as .pdf file using MS PowerPoint. (Link given above)
  8. This work took me a total of 200 hours over a period of 4 weeks (28 December 2020 to 21 January 2021).

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