RE: [Maptitude] High quality presentation maps

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 06:29:18 -0700

Earl,
Maybe I am misunderstanding your legend needs but, if you want the legend to display individual addresses just create unique selection sets for each address and then use the export function below that Stewart posted.
 
Dave
 

David Twehues
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-----Original Message-----
From: Earl Machen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 8:15 AM
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Subject: Re: [Maptitude] High quality presentation maps

The legends are always useless for us.  We have to re-create these in
PowerPoint.  Basically all we want is that Point 1 = address, Point 2
= address etc.


On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:11:00 -0400, Stewart Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Group:
>
> Regarding the legend please try:
>
> SaveLegendToImage("My Map", "c:\\images\\legend1.jpg", "JPEG", {{"Quality",
> 70}} )
>
> This will be in the interface in future versions.
>
> Stewart
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>
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> At 11:55 PM 10/26/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>
> I would be happy if Caliper added some simple drawing tools, fixed up the
> layout feature to allow me to do anything I wanted to at the level of
> PowerPoint, included a basic set of drawing tools at the level of
> PowerPoint, make the legend totally editable, allow for multiple legends,
> allow the import of any format of images to add to the layout. I find it is
> easier to export my maps as .emf files to PowerPoint, use a screen capture
> for the legend (that should be exportable from its own window) and then
> complete the map in PowerPoint or FreeHand if I have complicated items in my
> map. 
> 
> Dick H
> WA State DOH
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> Is money no object? What kind of presentations does your company produce;
> posters, prints for published books, power point presentations? What kinds
> of maps/analysis is your company creating?
>
> It has been my experience that currently none of the major GIS brand names
> have successfully combined GIS with graphic design tools. To their defense,
> it's a difficult task to be jack of all trades and still specialize in one
> thing - ESRI's trying real hard but the price points are ridiculous. The
> irony of this is that they've focused so much on the technology behind the
> software that they've forgotten the art and appeal of cartographic published
> works. On a personal note, I publish large cartographic maps/poster that I
> build in Maptitude but create the final graphic in Corel Draw/Paint. The
> draw back is that I have no formal training in graphic design and therefore
> it takes me a lot longer to accomplish what I'm sure would take a trained
> professional half the time.
>
> Anyway, this disconnect between GIS and graphic design is an issue with me
> but to get back to your question; If price isn't an object, use ESRI's
> ArcGIS with the Publisher module; second runner up would be MapInfo 7.8.
> Both provide a very stable platform and offer more tools that lend
> themselves to the popular graphic design techniques and tools but still not
> as robust as Adobe or Corel.
>
>
>
> Viktor Keenan de la Hoz - Senior GIS Technician City of Phoenix - Street
> Transportation Department Design and Construction Management Division (602)
> 534-0498
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> posters, prints for published books, power point presentations? What kinds
> of maps/analysis is your company creating?
>
> It has been my experience that currently none of the major GIS brand names
> have successfully combined GIS with graphic design tools. To their defense,
> it's a difficult task to be jack of all trades and still specialize in one
> thing - ESRI's trying real hard but the price points are ridiculous. The
> irony of this is that they've focused so much on the technology behind the
> software that they've forgotten the art and appeal of cartographic published
> works. On a personal note, I publish large cartographic maps/poster that I
> build in Maptitude but create the final graphic in Corel Draw/Paint. The
> draw back is that I have no formal training in graphic design and therefore
> it takes me a lot longer to accomplish what I'm sure would take a trained
> professional half the time.
>
> Anyway, this disconnect between GIS and graphic design is an issue with me
> but to get back to your question; If price isn't an object, use ESRI's
> ArcGIS with the Publisher module; second runner up would be MapInfo 7.8.
> Both provide a very stable platform and offer more tools that lend
> themselves to the popular graphic design techniques and tools but still not
> as robust as Adobe or Corel.
>
>
>
> Viktor Keenan de la Hoz - Senior GIS Technician City of Phoenix - Street
> Transportation Department Design and Construction Management Division (602)
> 534-0498
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> presentations. What would produce the highest quality maps (as if they had
> been created using Illustrator or some other graphic program)?
>
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> have successfully combined GIS with graphic design tools. To their defense,
> it's a difficult task to be jack of all trades and still specialize in one
> thing - ESRI's trying real hard but the price points are ridiculous. The
> irony of this is that they've focused so much on the technology behind the
> software that they've forgotten the art and appeal of cartographic published
> works. On a personal note, I publish large cartographic maps/poster that I
> build in Maptitude but create the final graphic in Corel Draw/Paint. The
> draw back is that I have no formal training in graphic design and therefore
> it takes me a lot longer to accomplish what I'm sure would take a trained
> professional half the time.
>
> Anyway, this disconnect between GIS and graphic design is an issue with me
> but to get back to your question; If price isn't an object, use ESRI's
> ArcGIS with the Publisher module; second runner up would be MapInfo 7.8.
> Both provide a very stable platform and offer more tools that lend
> themselves to the popular graphic design techniques and tools but still not
> as robust as Adobe or Corel.
>
>
>
> Viktor Keenan de la Hoz - Senior GIS Technician City of Phoenix - Street
> Transportation Department Design and Construction Management Division (602)
> 534-0498
>
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> presentations. What would produce the highest quality maps (as if they had
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> ArcGIS with the Publisher module; second runner up would be MapInfo 7.8.
> Both provide a very stable platform and offer more tools that lend
> themselves to the popular graphic design techniques and tools but still not
> as robust as Adobe or Corel.
>
>
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> Viktor Keenan de la Hoz - Senior GIS Technician City of Phoenix - Street
> Transportation Department Design and Construction Management Division (602)
> 534-0498
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