They're located in Yarmouth, Maine. Nicest folks on the planet. http://delorme.com/
Call them on Monday for your specific needs. You can't go wrong.
You could buy a map that’s already printed. But that’s not free.
I’m interested if anyone has anything as well. I print maps on occasion, and it’s usually pretty bad.
What are you looking for that your can’t find in either the Rand McNally Road Atlas or in the Key Map Book for a given city?
Without regard to print quality, I’ve found google maps to have gone in the toilet, at least for me. It’s maddening.
Google earth
The online maps available from the states’ departments of transportation is astounding. Do a Google search on:
Kansas Department of Transportation downloadable maps
for example. The Kansas Dept of Transportation offers downloadable state, county, city, etc. maps in pdf format.
A lot of these maps will be huge. The key to printing out just what you need is to zoom in on the part of the map that you want to print, then, from within Adobe Reader, select File, Print, and where it says “Pages to Print” click on the More Options, and select Current View.
I don’t know if all the states have downloadable maps, but I checked out several using the search string above and each of the states I looked at had downloadable maps.
Whoa, had no idea this still existed:
You can print turn by turn directions that are actually readable. (must be able to handle PDF files.)
Also, if you are looking for the map of a certain city, if you go to the city’s official website, you may find a downloadable map of that city.
have you tried maquest?
The issue is you need something that is high resolution. If you start printing off the internet your printer is “guessing” the color of three out of four pixels. That is why they are fuzzy.
Do a search for high resolution maps, or “vector” images that are line drawings that will extrapolate to larger sizes.
I doubt you will find any for free.
They're located in Yarmouth, Maine. Nicest folks on the planet. http://delorme.com/
Call them on Monday for your specific needs. You can't go wrong.
Does http://www.openstreetmap.org give you what you need?
Good topic. I use:
1. Google maps at home without printing.
2. AAA maps in the car. (AAA = American Auto Association)
Thomas Guides were alway in my car before the invention of the internet in 1995 by Sir Tim Lee.
I don’t trust anyone who has been here 10+ years and posted less than 100 times..../S
Acme Mapper. At least it’s accurate. It shows road map or Topo. Zooms into city streets.
acmemapper.com
Have you tried getting the map you want on your computer screen, taking your phone camera and snapping a photo of it on your computer and printing the photo ?
Wow, really getting a lot of replies! :-)
I tried this question on a car (enthusiast) forum and did not get a single reply.
This may sound crazy and imperfect, but I would get the map looking as I want it to look, then put appropriately-sized textboxes from the Notepad or Textfile over the water or national parks, take a screen shot, and print that out.
Your map would look strange, but this would save on ink.
My printer puts so much ink on a solid color that the paper feels damp and ripples, so I know what you mean!