Finally, I have my map printed! Oh, yea!!!

Let me start by showing what I had to do in order to make my map. I had to resort to cutting up my existing map so that it would fit on my scanner and then I used Photoshop to put it back together. Along the way, I made many corrections and improvements (in my opinion at least) to the map.  I have it adhered to a sheet of metal and I will be magnetizing all of my pieces and chips so that it can be mounted on the wall where I can leave the game set up between play sessions. If anyone is wondering, I enlarged the map to 84" x 38.5".

Enjoy.

Also, a colossal thank you to the one and only Bob_A_Mickelson.  He gave me most of the ideas for areas I needed to improve the map on.  With out his editorial help, my map would be far less than what I can now look at for a long time into the future.

A big public Thank you to you Bob,
GSH34

Here’s a pic of the whole map. The file is so small, it doesn’t yield much information though.

Here’s a pic of the Western US and Mexico. I removed the 50ipc marker and centered the 10ipc marker. Since sea zone 10 does not connect with the other side of the board, I elongated the two territories so they take up all of the sea zone. Also, hopefully you can see that I added text which labels which territories they border on the other map. I also did this for all the sea zones on the edges.

Also, I thought the convoy markers and kamikaze symbols blended into the map too much, so I changed them.

Here’s a pic of the sea zone text I had mentioned.

Another sea zone text picture.

This pic shows how I added a bit of extra territory to the edge of the map and added a border between C. US and Alberta. Also, I changed the border between New Brunswick, Quebec, and the E. US so that there is no confusion over how it properly is to meet with sea zone 106.

Here is a picture of Europe. Since this is where the two Europe map panels met, I took the liberty of centering some of the text for Denmark, W. Germany, N. Italy…

Sea Zone 128 appears for the first time!!!

I corrected both borders for sea zone 6. They now properly meet at Korea/Amur and at Korea/Manchuria.

@knp7765:

The only thing I don’t care for, and it’s not because I think it’s bad but rather simply unnecessary, is your SZ 128 (the Caspian Sea, right?).  It’s basically a non-space like the Himalayas or the Pripet Marshes.  I guess it adds a little extra flavor to an already brilliant project, I just wouldn’t have spent the time on it.
GREAT JOB!!

Thank you for the complements.  Just to let you know, I added sz 128 to the Caspian Sea because it is a legitimate sea zone.  It shortens air movement through that part of the map.  It is in the errata.

@knp7765:

Not sure about the magnetized pieces concept.  While I’m sure it would be a great space saver, magnetizing all your pieces plus chips could get kind of pricy.

That is an accurate statement you made.  This whole project has been more time intensive and more expensive than I would really care for.

@Stefano1189:

Beautiful Map! Can i download it from any site?

No, there is no place to download it.  I had asked Wizards of the Coast for copyright approval to allow the file to be shared/downloaded and received a terse reply stating in no terms may I share this with another person.  Sorry.

@knp7765:

I am curious as to how you got such a huge map printed out.  I understand scanning the sections of the original and using photoshop to sort of blend them back together.  Once you had the map finished, did you save it to something like a flash drive and take that to some professional printers that can handle printing really big stuff?  I am assuming that at home you have a regular printer like the rest of us (8 1/2 X 11).
The reason I ask is that some other members have made up maps for free download but I couldn’t figure out how I would get them printed.  After all, who wants a map that is a bunch of 8 1/2 X 11 sheets?

Yes, I went to a professional printer.  One that deals in signage to be specific.  If you are curious about how I did it, PM me and I will give you all the pertinent information.