FrostFire Pictures is currently working on a 3D walking map of Victoria, BC. A recent 2D walking map was completed for the village of Steveston in August 2002 (view samples below).

NEW VICTORIA EXPLORER NOW UNDER Development

View sample map at left.

The 3D walking map of Victoria is a much larger scale map than the Steveston community map, as Victoria, our capital of British Columbia is truly where commerce, tourism, and industry meet.

Below is a current excerpt for the upcoming walking map. here is a link to Horizon A recent sponsor of the map http://www.horizonmultimedia.ca/tallships/

FrostFire Pictures is developing a very unique walking map of Victoria. The map will include a number of features not common on other walking maps - including:

• large scale (format, 20" x 30" bi-fold 4 pages)
• density of information in a simple, clear, easily readable format — with space for user notation
• a high level of artistry in representing businesses and heritage structures on the map in an elevated, artistically enhanced 3D viewpoint

The goal of the map is to capture interrelationships and illustrate green spaces to provide visitors with a keepsake and to go further, in identifying streets and buildings and help people explore Victoria's many niche and Heritage rich market places and green belts within parklands.

Secondary objectives of the map:

• to be a referral guide for visitors to explore businesses, services, and locate needed respite, such as hotels for example
• provide visitors with an awareness of the extent and nature of the eclectic and traditional products, services, supplies and environment that comprise Victoria
• provide a fun, informational treasure hunt & sponsored game that will encourage movement through the whole of Victoria (useful historically and naturally, and designed to enrich the user's knowledge of Victoria's makeup, heritage and folklore)
• to leverage the enormous amount of traffic anticipated over business hours to benefit all of Victoria areas and for visitors. Many tourists spend time here during spring and summer, this map will be both engaging and structured to encourage visitors to return to Victoria at other times of the year.
  
• to assist and build communication in directions and mutual support among local businesses, which can be maintained within the development of the project stake holders
  
• be an inspirational piece of art as well as utilitarian information piece assisting the user in locating and finding adventure some parks & recreational activities.
  

Special Opportunity for a select few Advertisers:
A select group of advertisers will now comprise 200 key business sites on the map. Businesses will have the opportunity to mark their X - spot along with corresponding advertisements. To be positioned on this new map project our staff will work to craft graphics in conjunction with major participating sponsors. Phase I building elevation photography is complete from Finlayson to Beacon Hill Park, along the Douglas corridor, and Fort street running east west from inner harbour to CraigDarroch Castle, marking a boundary for a new 3D map to take hold. A new comprehensive list also denoting heritage structures will be assembled alongside the advertisers for explorer's to discover the secrets and winding pathways that make up the heritage and folklore of Victoria.

Businesses' Contributions

• make your presence known on the map itself (front page), with signature architecture
• purchase advertising space on the map with historical cross references and coupons and more
  
• be a sponsor
  
• add your incentives to further develop historic storytelling and scenic information-gathering
• "treasure hunt & Game with FACT finding on foot"

Number of end Products:

• first RUN 60 lb. offset 4 color both sides: between 150,000 - 250,000 copies - funded by advertising businesses and sponsorships.
  
• ideal goal is 250,000 copies. Each advertiser will be given the opportunity to sell 300 maps per box at a fair market value.

What the product will Cost:
The expected retail cost of the map sold to visitors and residents alike will be set at a fair market value.

What you can Do:

• we would like you on the map. Assistance we would find valuable from you:
  -- Sponsorship / financial assistance ensuring a quality printing
  -- by being a point of dissemination of the maps in Victoria and neighboring areas (Victoria Info Ctr., Esquimalt, and other district areas

Tourism BC is a respected and renowned disseminator of information to visitors and residents alike.

As an advertiser you will have "real estate" on the map - a presence artfully crafted by a NEW rendering of your building.

We are now working to establish development funds to commence immediately on stage II of the project. Our timeframe in order to bring volume up to 250,000 as desired by store owners, is to receive advertising revenue from 2005 and 2006.

In the event that business owners run out of maps, participating businesses will be given a list of other local sources of the map, including larger-volume distributors.

To ensure even availability, a second run of maps, purchased on a per box basis, will be made available to all repeat accounts.

Crown Publications, as well as Tourism Victoria - in Downtown Victoria - has confirmed their support in providing daily onsite storage for map boxes for easy dissemination. We have also begun a budgetary plan with Hemlock Printers in Vancouver to deliver the finest of quality maps. Arrangements are now in place where pricing out cost per box for subsequent printing is set and volumes can be furnished to buyers and sellers.