topic Re: map scales and mounting in Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/map-scales-and-mounting/m-p/102765#M1191 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Well its a large map and I'm going to have to convert the scale but I think it may end up being to big to fit on the largest size backing so i'd like to know if I need to split the map or not.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:58:01 GMT NitaHuff 2014-10-13T21:58:01Z map scales and mounting https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/map-scales-and-mounting/m-p/102763#M1189 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi all I have a large map I'd like to convert to 1:3000 scale, that I 'd like to mount on stiff backing.&nbsp; My question is once I convert the map to scale how do I figure out what size backing I need?</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:15:16 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/map-scales-and-mounting/m-p/102763#M1189 NitaHuff 2014-10-13T21:15:16Z Re: map scales and mounting https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/map-scales-and-mounting/m-p/102764#M1190 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>why not print the map, then get it mounted?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:16:57 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/map-scales-and-mounting/m-p/102764#M1190 DanPatterson_Retired 2014-10-13T21:16:57Z Re: map scales and mounting https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/map-scales-and-mounting/m-p/102765#M1191 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Well its a large map and I'm going to have to convert the scale but I think it may end up being to big to fit on the largest size backing so i'd like to know if I need to split the map or not.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:58:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/map-scales-and-mounting/m-p/102765#M1191 NitaHuff 2014-10-13T21:58:01Z Re: map scales and mounting https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/map-scales-and-mounting/m-p/102766#M1192 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It wouldn't matter if the scalebar was printed on the map, as it should be, prior to mounting the map onto the backing</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Oct 2014 22:46:18 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/map-scales-and-mounting/m-p/102766#M1192 DanPatterson_Retired 2014-10-13T22:46:18Z