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Re: Off Topic: Accurate large scale plots
By:ancient kayaker
Date: 1/23/2014, 11:34 am
In Response To: Re: Off Topic: Accurate large scale plots (Mike Bielski)

. . . plotters, so they're extremely accurate . . . m

- using a plotter sounds like a plan. You also need a medium such as mylar with uniform characteristics; fiber-based media have a grain.

Even Mylar may not be as stable as you need, it still changes with changes of humidity and temperature, it's just more predictable and the changes are reversible - you can find the data on the web - so if necessary you can use small changes temperature to restore the original dimensions.

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Off Topic: Accurate large scale plots
IVAN -- 1/22/2014, 5:14 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/22/2014, 5:58 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 1/23/2014, 10:14 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/23/2014, 12:27 am
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Jeff Horton -- 1/23/2014, 6:45 am
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Mike Bielski -- 1/23/2014, 9:36 am
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ancient kayaker -- 1/23/2014, 11:34 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/26/2014, 1:53 am