I think there is a need to find a better solution to export MapInfo
layouts in vector format. As is, there is only one possibility to export
vector files to publishing and imaging softwares : through Microsoft's
wmf format.
I don't know whether you can import pdf documents in vector based imaging
softwares, nor whether that would be really useful ?
Personnally, I'd be much more interested by the ability to export MapInfo
layouts directly to Adobe Illustrator while
1) keeping all the layers of the layout separate, but
2) without spreading the different objects of a single MapInfo layer in as
many Illustrator's layers.
Adobe products are standard in the press world and they are the tools of
choice if you have to publish your maps. As is, it's impossible to export
directly for Adobe Illustrator. I've tried to do it via the wmf format,
but this creates a separate layer in Illustrator for each single object
which is very painful when you have, say, all the buildings of a city in
one layer. I've tried to use some other tool allowing for conversion to
AI, but they weren't starting from a layout window and they were not able
to export thematic maps, so this was far from perfect and useless for me.
Thanks for asking.
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"Phil Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
15.02.2005 15:51
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Objet : MI-L Exporting GeoPDF files
I have been reviewing the messages on the MapInfo list server and I wanted
to take a poll to see if you, the end users, would find it valuable if
MapInfo supported the ability to produce GeoPDF files?
For those of you who do not know what a GeoPDF is, it is:
A fully legal 1.6 PDF file that contains the maps projection coordinate
system, layers and attribute data associated with point, poly-line and
polygon shapes.
I truly appreciate your response.
Thank you,
Philip G. Lee
