On 11/21/2010 3:17 PM, Paul Furman wrote:
Jeff Thies wrote:
On 11/19/2010 4:22 PM, Dr Rig wrote:
I have a wall that I want to cover with roughly a 5 foot by 10 foot
"picture" frame of a google satellite view of the surrounding area.

Any idea how to accomplish the various technical parts?
- For the 'frame', I'm thinking of making it out of pine
- For the 'glass', I'm wondering how big a sheet of thin plastic I can
buy
- For the 'printing', I'm not sure, but maybe Kinkos can print it?

Have any of you ever created a huge frame and/or printing of google
maps?

Can you give me some pointers to get me going in the right direction?


Just a thought. Use one of the service bureaus and print it on canvas.
You can stretch that on any frame you want. The length can be very long,
the widths will vary by the printer. They will ship it rolled up.


I had some very large prints done, and they wound up coming out of
China. (1/4 Kinkos price) Printed on HP Dreamjet and coated. Quality is
very good. No need for glazing.

That would be good. Just stretch it over a wood frame allowing for some
edge to wrap around and it would be a very simple elegant presentation.

They look good. And you can buy the stretcher bars widely.

Probably not the cheapest, but the first I ran across:

http://www.wholesaleartsframes.com/c...anvas/1-Piece/

$400 for the a 60" x 120" 2 1/2" deep frame. The way that works is they
stretch and staple it on the stretcher bars and ship it to you rolled
up. You pop in the the side bars to the top and bottom and hang it.

The print alone there is $200 without the stretcher bars, so there is
a big premium for stretching. I'd probably do it myself and save $$$.

IMHO, it is crazy to do this any other way. (ie, framed and glazed)

Just remembered where I had mine done:

http://www.updone.com/

They print up to 60" x 360".

Definitely assemble on site. Easy, peasy.

Jeff