Sizing guide
How our sizes work.
Every map we make comes in one of four sizes, from a shelf-sized square to a full feature wall. This page is the honest guide to what each size actually looks like in a room.
It applies across the range, standard maps and custom builds alike.
The four sizes
From 40 centimetres to 1.2 metres.
Small, held for scale
Small
40 × 40 cm · up to 6 layers
A touch bigger than a framed vinyl record. Suits hallways, kitchens, shelves, and gallery walls where people see it up close.
Browse Small maps
Medium, held for scale
Medium
60 × 60 cm · up to 7 layers
The width of a standard oven, squared. Holds its own on most walls without dominating the room.
Browse Medium maps
Large, held for scale
Large
80 × 60 cm · up to 7 layers
About as wide as an interior doorway. A proper feature piece for lounge and dining walls.
Browse Large maps
Extra Large, held for scale
Extra Large
120 × 80 cm · up to 8 layers
The same wall presence as a 55 inch TV. This is the whole laser bed, the biggest size we make.
Browse Extra Large mapsHow they relate
Every size comes off the same sheet.
How each size sits in our laser bed
Extra Large is the full sheet. Large is exactly half of it.
Choosing
Which size for your wall?
Match the viewing distance
Spots where people stand close, like hallways, kitchens, and above a desk, suit Small and Medium. The layered detail is right in front of you. Rooms you look across, like the lounge or dining room, suit Large and Extra Large, which read clearly from metres away.
Test it with masking tape
Mark the size out on the wall with masking tape and live with it for a day. It's the quickest way to know, and it costs nothing.
Torn between two? Go bigger
Art nearly always looks smaller on the wall than it does in your head. If you're stuck between two sizes, the bigger one is usually the right call.
One honest caveat
Coastlines aren't square. Exact dimensions shift a little from design to design, so the product listing always shows the exact centimetres for that map.
Need something between sizes, a long panoramic piece, or a multi-panel feature wall? That's exactly what custom designs are for.
Still not sure?
Send us a photo of your wall.
Email a photo of the space to hello@tidesoutmaps.co.nz or send it through the contact page, tell us roughly where it would hang, and we'll tell you straight which size fits.