Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Whole page figure

[kees]

Hi all,

Just registered at this forum.
I am writing my M.S.-thesis in Latex.
I have problem concerning a figure.
My documentclass is :
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}

The problem is:
I want a floating figure to fill up a whole page (it's a map of an area),
so on the specific page were the figure will end up, no headers, footers, page numbers etc. must be visible. And no margins either (preferably very small margins which I am able to assign) I already succeeded to a certain degree, but I can't get loose of the header on top.

At the moment I have:

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\newlength{\PictHOffset}
\setlength{\PictHOffset}{1in}
\addtolength{\PictHOffset}{\hoffset}
\addtolength{\PictHOffset}{\oddsidemargin}
\addtolength{\PictHOffset}{-0.1in}
\addtolength{\paperwidth}{-0.12in}



\begin{figure}[htp]
\centering
\noindent\hspace*{-\PictHOffset}
\framebox{\includegraphics[angle=90,width=\paperwidth,height=0.80\paperheight]{IMAGES/Geographical_map.eps}}
\label{fig:Map}
\end{figure}

Does anyone of you knows a solution.
I don't need a caption and the figure must floot in the chapter it's in.
Thanks in advance!

[fatra2]

Hi there,

To "get loose" of the header, you could use something like this:
in the preamble

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\usepackage{fancyhdr}

Just before defining your figure environment with your map into it

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\pagestyle{empty}

Just after your figure environment

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\pagestyle{plain}

Hope this helps

Cheers

[localghost]

[...] I want a floating figure to fill up a whole page (it's a map of an area), so on the specific page were the figure will end up, no headers, footers, page numbers etc. must be visible. And no margins either (preferably very small margins which I am able to assign) I already succeeded to a certain degree, but I can't get loose of the header on top. [...]

It could be helpful to know more details about the format of the final output and the graphics format of other included files.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[kees]

Thanks for your responses!
I thought if I add the following added before the start of the document things must work out.

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\fancyhead{\iffloatpage{}{\fancyhead}}
\fancyfoot{\iffloatpage{}{\fancyhead}}

However they don't?
As I have documentclass: book, \fancyhead and \fancyfoot already have default values. These I would like to maintain except for the figure that I now have given the following code ([p] instead of [htp]):

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\begin{figure}[htp]
\centering
\noindent\hspace*{-\PictHOffset}
\framebox{\includegraphics[angle=90,width=\paperwidth,height=0.80\paperheight]{IMAGES/Geographical_map.eps}}
\label{fig:Map}
\end{figure}

Is there something wrong with my \iffloatpage statements??
Furterhmore the \pagestyle{empty} \pagestyle{plain} doesn't work out, as it removes the header from a page earlier...