Map print outs at staples

Unread postby **Dloat** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 2:56 pm

Just a heads up that you guys can get maps printed and laminated at staples for pretty cheap. I just got 2 24" by 36" (the biggest they said they could make and laminate)maps of some spots for $25, just wanted to see how they came out. They came out good but it was on like huge printing paper so it wasn't the clearest though still quite useful, like printing it out on your home printer with some loss of detail as it was blown up so big. I'm going to toy with it and see what their biggest photo quality paper is and try that as I think that will give me better photo clarity.

Unread postby **Brickhouse** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 3:53 pm

Sweet tip. Do they just do it off of Google maps? Is it in color?

Unread postby **Dloat** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 4:53 am

Yea man, you just email them the file of the picture/map you want printed and they use that. So you can use a google earth image, bing maps or whatever and it's in color too.

Unread postby **mheichelbech** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 5:59 am

I wonder what would be the best map to have this done for...google earth, took, combo?

Unread postby **northeast beast** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 6:09 am

i used a search and found out how to get the highest resolution image from google earth. That helped out alot once I went to enlarge it to a full 16"x24" map. I am not a computer guy and was able to figure it out pretty easy. Then I just sent them in to my local print place and had a nice detailed photo map

Unread postby **MN_DeerHunter** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 6:25 am

northeast beast wrote:i used a search and found out how to get the highest resolution image from google earth. That helped out alot once I went to enlarge it to a full 16"x24" map. I am not a computer guy and was able to figure it out pretty easy. Then I just sent them in to my local print place and had a nice detailed photo map

Whats the trick to get the highest resolution image?

Unread postby **daveynewman** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 9:23 am

I work for officemax/depot, I have been doing it for a while now. it's pretty cool cuz I break it into 8 1/2 x 11 papers also and bring them in the field with me.

Unread postby **KLEMZ** » Wed Jul 26, 2017 1:13 pm

MN_DeerHunter wrote:Whats the trick to get the highest resolution image?

I can't speak for northeast beast, but you can save ultra hi rez aerials from google earth by...

-down load google earth pro
-navigate to the photo altitude you want (for the best resolution, zoom to an altitude that covers what you want without lots of extra on the periphery
-select "save image" (second icon from the right on the tool bar at top)
-select "maximum" resolution (4800X4078)
-save image as jpeg

This will give you 5X's more resolution than straight google earth screen save would.

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