Google allows the use of the maps you create in their “My Maps” application with certain restrictions.  However, if your project needs a big blow-up of the map, a simple screen shot won’t cut it.  The computer screen is 72 dots per inch, and when you expand that it quickly becomes a mosaic of big pixels.

If you have Adobe Photoshop software you can zoom in and create four, nine, or sixteen overlapping tiles that can be stitched together into a single huge image. to do this assemble the component tile files in a folder on your desktop. (more…)