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I like the cylinder idea but mounted on a fixed base with a rotating track.

ORIGINAL: GFelz

I like the cylinder idea but mounted on a fixed base with a rotating track.

To go with that you could have different "viewing levels". A floor height section, a 1' platform, and a 2" platform?

If the map doesn't rotate, or if you are using a wall, there should be a raised area of maybe 18" for Europe, to bring the action to eye level.

The diameter of the cylinder would be according to the formula C = 2 * pi * R. D = 2 * R. C = 21'. Therefore D = 6.68'. That's not all that big. But it would dominate a room. I wonder how well the magnets would stick to the map given the curved surface. Some testing on that would need to be done.

Here is a design pass I made at this using eight tables of 3' by 5'. You would need to fold some of the map segments under.

If you want to do your own layout, here's the base template I was using.

Here's another pass I made based on the 24 map segments.

And one last template for you to work from. These are the 24 map segments in overview.



EDIT: This analysis was done when we were deciding how to segment the printed map. We reduced the 30" down to 27" so the horizontal lines might be slightly off. The trimming didn't affect the map, just the margins at the top and bottom of each segment.

I want to add one credit that might not have been mentioned anywhere. CAD908 took all the screenshots for the printed map. He had to piece them together for each segment, and then make sure the segments overlapped correctly. That was done at the pixel level![&o][&o][&o][&o]

Here's some of his analysis when we were working on this.

But what about that vital strategic lynchpin...Tasmania? [:'(]

Cheers, Neilster