Yelapa 3.0

The prospect of an online community project spurred me to overhaul the Yelapa map this summer.

The new drawing, modeled after satellite imagery, takes fewer liberties than previous editions with the actual spatial relationships on the ground. The retail map will folded, double-sided, and larger at 14 x 20 inches - making it no longer necessary to squeeze the kaleidoscopic breadth of Yelapa onto one rectangle as I have done in the past.

The second side will feature the small regional map as a cover plate; a map and directions to the Upper Waterfall; a detailed closeup map of the Pueblo extending to the arroyo at Shambala; and likely some basic information about visiting Yelapa.

There are plans afoot to include rental housing for a small fee on both the retail and online versions of this map. If you are interested in signing up, please contact me at mapajeff@hotmail.com.

Here by contrast is the 2015 edition, the last one based on the 2008 pen drawing. From edition to edition, I have gradually put more and more elements into digital form, now setting all text in my own font, Mapa Jeff Basic.

In 2008, I introduced this map and only began coloring it for the 2012 edition. People have often asked me for copies of this old style, and I miss its simplicity, but there is no going back:

The 2006 edition was based on the first drawing (measuring only 9x12 inches), with edits hand-drawn and taped over the original:

The very first edition was introduced in 2005 with a print run of 100 signed copies. The original drawing, on a 9x12" Stratmore sketchpad leaf, still exists, toned beige unlike this print:

Yelapa 2015

The tenth-anniversary print is on its way. With updated business info, and colored path marks to the beach, the waterfall, and the Point, and as always, a new critter hiding somewhere. Can you find him?

This is what the Yelapa map looked like 10 years ago:

I still have a few signed 2005 prints. Click here to order vintage prints from Mapa Jeff's store on Etsy.

Cabo Corrientes Road Map

New for 2015

The first map of map of Cabo Corrientes designed for the traveler, this two-sided, folded map gives an easy-to-read and in-depth illustration of the region's roads, with a dozen miniature maps showing how to navigate through isolated pueblos. Size: 5 by 7 inches folded; 14 by 20 inches spread out.

Order here for mail delivery in the US and Canada.

Front:

Back:

 Details of key places:

Mini-maps of key crossroads:

Puerto Vallarta Walking Map 2015

NEWLY UPDATED

The popular Walking Map now shows the old city all the way up to the "Sports Stadium" (Union Deportiva), including the cemetery and the path to Vallarta's one and only legendary waterfall.

Click here for mail order in the US and Canada.

Pitillal Walking Map

New for 2014

A short bus ride from Vallarta's old town is another, even older town, Pitillal - a semi-independent municipality within greater Puerto Vallarta with some of the most picturesque urban scenery in the area. The square street grid is interrupted by arroyos (rushing rivers in high summer), verdant hills, pedestrian stairways, and whole tiny neighborhoods hidden away in the hill folds.

Like all of my maps, the Pitillal Walking Map indicates the rise and fall of the streets using an oblique side angle, facing eastward, toward the mountains where the Rio Pitillal originates in tropical obscurity.

Copies will be available at certain farmers' markets through Sandra Cesca in the 2015 season:

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Individual copies may be ordered for delivery in the US and Canada via Mapa Jeff's online gallery.

Puerto Vallarta en Français

POUR LES FRANCOPHONES

Avec la cooperation d'une guide touristique qui travaille avec la communauté francophone a Puerto Vallarta, j'ai recemment traduit la très populaire carte piétionnière en français. Elle montre les passerelles et les petits coins de la ville en détailles fines. Son point de vue tridimensionnel démontre aussi les montées et les chutes des rues atravers les collines. Couleur et 3D - une conception totalement nouvelle de la carte dans l'époque des images instantes terrestres sur un écran.

Vous pouvez en commander une au magazin en ligne de Mapa Jeff.

Casa Isabel in Yelapa

A new rendering of Isabel's lovely resort, to help guests orient themselves: