Hi Bruce - The reason for 1m x 0.6m paper (actually 3 feet by 2 feet) is because that is the size of the frame that the landowner wishes to display the map in. It is also the largest size we can get printed for any reasonable cost.
I've been using 1:200 for this map. Scales of 1:500 and higher make the fills on the map too sparse. A clay area might have one clay symbol in it. Scales below 1:200 make the fills too dense. -- Bill Gee On Thursday, November 9, 2017 1:02:00 PM CST Bruce Mutton via Therion wrote: > Hi Bill > > Sounds like you need to print on a larger piece of paper. 1m x 0.6m is quite > modest. I presume you are not printing your pdf file out at the full size > that Therion generated it at. > > I have not had any legend size issues with a 30km cave, although I must > admit that I do with very small caves, where the legend ends up much bigger > than the cave itself! > > If you want to fit your cave to paper of a particular size, then change the > scale. I rarely use anything less than 'scale 1 1000' for a cave longer > than 1km. > > To be precise about fitting the cave to a particular paper size, then > 'export atlas' will give a better result than 'export map', although of > course atlas do give quite a different end product, and take a bit more care > and attention to set up well. > > > > Bruce > > > > From: Therion [mailto:therion-boun...@speleo.sk] On Behalf Of Bill Gee via > Therion > Sent: Friday, 10 November 2017 2:45 AM > To: Therion Mail List <therion@speleo.sk> > Cc: Bill Gee <b...@campercaver.net> > Subject: [Therion] Increase size of legend > > > > Hello everyone - > > > > I need to make the legend on a map larger. The cave has grown to nearly 3km > of passage, and even when printed on 60cm x 100cm paper the legend is too > smal to read. Even a magnifying glass does not help! > > . snipped. > > Thanks! _______________________________________________ Therion mailing list Therion@speleo.sk https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion
