I was formerly a cartographer with the military; I have lots of experience with large format maps, both of the world and of single countries (usually Iraq). It was fun to read an article about a map that wasn't hastily tacked up on a wall with nails or duct tape.
A few notes:
- Paper sags over time. Good thing he mounted it to a board
- We printed on tyvek for water/rip proofing, which was interesting. It's surprisingly hard to rip.
- I would have chosen a different projection maybe, but only for purely aesthetics, not any scientific reason. If its hanging on a wall in your house because you want it, you have all the license in the world to do whatever.
- I can't tell, but did NZ make the cut?
- And I may not have used blue for areas in the corners that are not actually water.
What a great job though!
This reminded me of Colonels coming to me in the military saying - "I want all of Iraq on my wall at 1:50,000" and as a junior enlisted man saying something, very respectfully, like "Well, sir, Iraq is about 900km from top to bottom, so that's 900,000m, and at 1:50,000 that's about 18m from top to bottom. How high are your ceilings?"
A few notes:
- Paper sags over time. Good thing he mounted it to a board
- We printed on tyvek for water/rip proofing, which was interesting. It's surprisingly hard to rip.
- I would have chosen a different projection maybe, but only for purely aesthetics, not any scientific reason. If its hanging on a wall in your house because you want it, you have all the license in the world to do whatever.
- I can't tell, but did NZ make the cut?
- And I may not have used blue for areas in the corners that are not actually water.
What a great job though!
This reminded me of Colonels coming to me in the military saying - "I want all of Iraq on my wall at 1:50,000" and as a junior enlisted man saying something, very respectfully, like "Well, sir, Iraq is about 900km from top to bottom, so that's 900,000m, and at 1:50,000 that's about 18m from top to bottom. How high are your ceilings?"