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CHOOSING A SCALE
& PAGE LAYOUT
While it may seem
premature to decide on a scale and page layout
before you put pencil to paper, you'll save a lot of
time in the long run by not mapping an area only to
have to remove to make room for the legend.
When considering a
scale, consider your intended audience. Will they be
competitive orienteers, used to 1:15,000 or will
they be children, who could benefit from a larger
scale? Here's advice from our junior mappers.
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About
Scale
Scale doesn't mean much until you print the map. The
relationship of map/print scale is important for the size of
symbols though. If it's a real standard size orienteering map
set the scale to 1:15000, then you can print at 1:10000 or
1:15000 and get the correct size symbols for each scale. (The
1:10000 symbols are 50% larger).
The wrong way to do it is set the map scale to 1:10000 and
print at 1:10000 or 1:15000. Symbols are too small at both
scales. Smaller symbols are bad because the mapper can put in
too much detail.
This is quite a problem for trail-o and I suppose park-o
maps. Sam Smith suggests a map scale one size up from the final
print scale for trail-0. So if you are going to print at 1:5000,
set your map scale to 1:7500, then you'll get nice normal
looking symbols instead of tiny ones or huge cartoon ones. He's
never used the change scale - it's possible that will resize
symbols for you.
Tips
for Sizing Your Projects
The
final printed page will determine how much area you can map.
There are basically two sizes of paper: 11x17 inches (420x257
millimeters) and 8.5 x 11 inches (257x210 millimeters). The rule
of thumb for page layout is: meters on the ground divided by
millimeters on the page equals map scale in thousands.
For
a large page size at 1:15,000 scale, you can cover an area 6.3
kilometers by 3.8 kilometers. For a small page size at 1:10,000
scale, you can cover an area 2.1 kilometers by 2.5 kilometers.
Decide on a page layout.
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Portrait or Landscape?
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8.5x11 or 11x17 ?
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Where to place title, legend, credits
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Decide on a scale.
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School maps may be very large scale 1:7,000 or 1:5,000
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List of map furnishings:
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north arrow
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lat-long
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scale (linear and Reference Fraction)
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legend
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contour interval
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mapper contact (copyright)
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phone number of land manager
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website
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date
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land use message (helmet warning, rare plants, no dogs)
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title
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