Dear Joshua,
Maybe a different approach will be of help e.g. for NY:
1) put a dashed red box around NY
2) plot the amout of stores in the box
3) plot a reference to a detail map in the box
4) plot a separate large-scale map for NY or
print this on the bottom-side of the large sheet.
Regards,
Ton
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From: Joshua Ostroff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 23:19
Subject: MI legibility of total US map
>I've been asked to produce a map about which I have some concerns with
>potential legibility. My client wants to plot 500 - 600 store locations
>across the total US, with a 3-digit label for each. The map would be 36"
>by 48." Many stores are concentrated in major markets such as NY, Chicago,
>LA, etc. I don't have a large format plotter - usually to produce an
>oversize map I email an EPS file to a print shop.
>
>To get an idea of what it would look like, I chose a DesignJet 750 printer
>and specified 36x60 page size. Based on this, however, it looks like
>there's no way to get the symbols and labels to be legible unless I go with
>a very tiny symbol and font size.
>
>Has anyone done such an exercise who can provide suggestions on a) whether
>this is visually possible, and b) if so is it reasonable to just make it
>work at 8� by 11, then produce an EPS file and have the printer output it
>to the appropriate size.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Josh
>
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