Need a huuuuuuuuuge map......

[Dan_1981]

I need to find a massive map of the British Isles.

Biggest i've found so far is 1600 x 1100 mm to a scale of 1:600,000

Oh and it needs to be magnetic.

Over to you!

[ewenm]

Have you tried Stanfords?

[Dan_1981]

To clarify - it needs to be wall mountable, and magnetic so i can stick things to it!!!

[Tuna]

How big is the wall?

[Dan_1981]

Tuna said:

How big is the wall?

not sure exactly where it'll be placed yet.

But it'll be big enough!

if it won't fit agasint the wall we'll put it on the floor.

But we don't want to paint it on!

[timbob]

If you struggle to find a huge magnetic map, try sticking the poster to a magnetic whiteboard.

[K50 DEL]

Elstead have a load to choose from at 1740 x 1200 at 1:440k (7mi to 1")

http://www.elstead.co.uk/acatalog/UK-wall-maps.htm...

[Dan_1981]

K50 DEL said:

Elstead have a load to choose from at 1740 x 1200 at 1:440k (7mi to 1")

http://www.elstead.co.uk/acatalog/UK-wall-maps.htm...

Size is pretty good but they're not magnetic and are just pinboard style.

[Tuna]

Try this under a standard print?

http://www.magneticpaintshop.co.uk/

[anonymous-user]

http://www.mapsinternational.co.uk/

Got a huge one of the local area for my wall from these guys, i'm sure they can provide what you want

[koolchris99]

on one of our walls in the kitchen we have a massive map of area we live in, somerset, devon, dorset etc..

is about 5m x 3m but upon closer inspection its just OS maps that have been stuck together..

very usefull though.

[loafer123]

Dan_1981 said:

K50 DEL said:

Elstead have a load to choose from at 1740 x 1200 at 1:440k (7mi to 1")

http://www.elstead.co.uk/acatalog/UK-wall-maps.htm...

Size is pretty good but they're not magnetic and are just pinboard style.

Presumably you don't mean magnetic, you mean ferrous, in that the magnets need to stick to it, not that it needs to be magnetic itself?

If so, buy map, stick with spray glue to steel sheet (I wouldn't think ferrous paint would work underneath), and the job is done.

[tuffer]

Go to your nearest Army/Air Force recruiting office, sign up and wait about 6 months. When you get in and have past Basic training (about a year) get friendly with the map store on camp....then fill your boots. A bit long winded maybe but I always had loads of maps when I was in the mob and some where even quite large.

[GuinnessMK]

How big do you want it? Really big or just large poster sized?

We have had digital images printed onto vinyl wallcoverings before that cover entire walls, from these guys:-

http://www.tektura.com/pages/fr_custom.asp

Which you could either stick onto a steel backing sheet, or this stuff:-

http://www.tektura.com/pages/display_pattern_summa...

It wouldn't be cheap though, as by the time you add up buying the image, preparing it, printing and installation.