Please excuse cross-posting of this message. I am looking for information regarding the use of geo-text files in GIS and cartography. What I mean by a geo-text file is either a comma-delimted or spreadsheet file that contains a series of X,Y co-ordinates along with a series of attributes (or none at all) for the purpose of plotting points at the locations specified by the X,Y co-ordinates. For example, a file might have a series of X's and Y's representing specific locations of stores or other physical landmarks. What we are hoping to do, is create a filter for MAPublisher that will import one of these files and create points in Illustrator and FreeHand along with an attribute table comprised of the attributes in the original text or spreadsheet file. These files could presumably come from a GPS collection process or simply a spreadsheet file containing the required columns. What we are after, is an indication from users as to where these files typically come from and in what format they typically are kept so that we may investigate and create a suitable MAPublisher tool. If anyone can shed some light on this for us it would be much appreciated. Thank you and regards. -- Ted Florence [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take our survey at http://www.avenza.com/products.survey.html MAPublisher - The true solution for cartographers and map-makers Avenza Software (905) 639-3330 http://www.avenza.com ***************************************************************** Developers of MAPublisher, MAPublisher-GPS & pdfPlus Bridging the gap between your GIS and major graphics software ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
