At 07:43 AM 5/15/98 -0500, Bill Silver wrote: <snip> >If I was navigating by these charts I would like them to be as high of >quality as possible. >also how many of us have printers capable of printing a 24 x 36 in. colour >chart. >The price to have this output at a commercial imaging centre would be more >then the cost of the original chart. I print out 11 x 17 occasionally, sometimes 8-1/2 x 11 or 14, after tailoring them to my route and splicing them together--whether I got them electronically or from USGS/NOAA and copied them. I take as many sheets as necessary to cover the route. Because I'd just fold the 24 x 36's up and take two or three anyway, I don't see this as a problem. If it is, based on the way you operate, you could have a shop such as Kinko's (another ad? sorry. :-p ) print it on an oversize machine. You can print on coated paper up to 36" or even 48" wide and 250' (theoretically) long. You pay by the foot usually, plus a setup fee, but the cost is not too bad. A little more than buying a couple of NOAA charts, as of last November, but you could use the overlays we've talked about and get rid of the areas you aren't likely to end up. I'm just waiting on a totally waterproof, high processsor speed, high storage capacity, 13" screen PDA to use for my maps. I'd probably end up taking paper copies anyway, though.... Wynne Americus, GA USA *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri May 15 1998 - 05:58:57 PDT
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