I would recommend googling "blueprint scanning service", there's a lot of places you can ship the maps off to for scanning, rolled up in a shipping tube. If you want a 600 DPI lossless (PNG) raster scan of something 35 x 28 inches in size it's going to be a huge file size.
If these are US topo maps, you might be able to re-download the whole thing in a vector based format from the USGS. Huge numbers of topo maps are now free. Go to http://store.usgs.gov and choose Map locator and downloader. I was able to mirror the "7.5 x 7.5 grid" 2014 series USGS topo maps for all of WA state using this method. On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Brandon Yuchasz <li...@gogebicrange.net> wrote: > Thanks everyone for the feedback. Not sure if we have any architectural > firms in our area. Ill have to look. The plumbing shop is an interesting > idea as well Ill ask. I am not at all surprised that Chuck had a link. > Chuck have you used that company before? > > > > > > Best regards, > > Brandon Yuchasz > > GogebicRange.net > > www.gogebicrange.net > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:55 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: large copies of paper. > > > > http://www.e-sbr.com/ > > > > *From:* Brandon Yuchasz <li...@gogebicrange.net> > > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 14, 2016 3:02 PM > > *To:* af@afmug.com > > *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT: large copies of paper. > > > > So fairly off topic but since I live in the middle of nowhere ( great > place for a wisp) I don’t have access to normal businesses like a copy > shop. A friend loaned me some old topo maps of an area I spent a lot of > time in each fall. The maps have hand written notes on them along with GPS > cords in some cases. He said to make a copy and return the maps to him. The > problem is nowhere close to me can make copies this large. They are color > and the largest map is 35”x 28”. I am wondering if anyone knows of a > company that they have used in the past that I could send these too and > have them make two copies of each and then send them all back. > > > > They are too large to scan and a digital photo uploaded to a printer won’t > cut it on quality. > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > Brandon Yuchasz > > GogebicRange.net > > www.gogebicrange.net > > >
