Re: UK Maps 1:25000

"Keith Sheppard" <keith.sheppard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>>Now, if you (and other respondents) really mean 'give or take 20% or
>>>so', I wouldn't quibble.
>No. What I am saying is that my MapMan software makes no attempt to print
>at any specific size. What it does is it allows you to print your map as
>big as you want. You do that by saying how many pages you want it to cover
>and it then prints as big as possible to fill those pages.
>
>So, whilst I cannot guarantee to print "within 20%" of the correct size, I
>can guarantee to print at "at least" the correct size. In other words you
>could end up with the grids twice as far apart as on the original map.
>
>Keith

OK, bigger is fine. (Up to a point, anyway. At the extreme of double
size, I think a 50000:1 map is unnecessarily large for its content,
unless it's intended for those with extremely poor eyesight, like
large print library books.) But my reply was to Alan's specific
question, which didn't exclude much *smaller* printed maps.

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK

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