Given my tile size and number of colors I needed enough map to cover a 12 inch by 18 inch area. To do that I was going to be doing some fancy map splicing but first I was going to need the maps. For the map image I headed over to Snazzymaps.com. Once on the snazzymaps website select the build a map option from the top bar. With that clicked a tool bar will pop out and it is time to get clicking. For the map style I search for laser then hunt down the Epilog Laser thin lines option. I think it looks the best but feel free to play with the other options. Explore and experiment I always say. With that done for the size set it so both options are 100% that way we can get the biggest captures possible on the screen. With all the looks set its time to pick a location. This can be done with specific longitude latitude coordinates or by searching your location. Since I was doing the S.F. Bay Area I searched for San Francisco. With San Francisco resplendently displayed I played around with the zoom till the map looked like I wanted. It was time to screen capture. I had to take several screen captures of the bay area in slices to have a large enough map for my ottoman tray. Up next combining our map chunks and prep for the laser with Inkscape.

If you don't want to do all the screen captures yourself I am attaching the captures I took to this step.