Hello,
I export the map as an emf
and then modify the map. The results can be terrific. Directions online
magazine had a series of articles about using illustration programs with GIS.
Fred C. Dilger PhD.
(702) 290-6990
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How are using it with
Maptitude?
DIck H
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Hello,
I finish my publishable maps in Adobe Illustrator.
Deneba Canvas has a
version of their illustration program with GIS
capabilities. Arcview
exports to native Illustrator format. That would
help.
Fred C. Dilger PhD.
(702) 290-6990
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Dick Hoskins wrote:
> In my view there are 4 kinds of maps that can
be made with a GIS. 1)
> publishable maps, that is, ones that will
show up in print on the wall
> or in journals, reports 2) maps for use in
electronic media, including
> web pages. 3) Maps to be used in
Power Point presentations 4)
> analysis maps - those that use used by
researchers who can deal with
> heavy visual information load and are totally
familiar with everything
> that went into its construction. Each
one has dramatically different
> requirements.
I think that's a big point that a lot of GIS
software companies don't
really appreciate. Probably 95% of my fall into
your first category
(published maps), and most of my difficulties with
Maptitude arise
with issues of making things attractive.
This is especially the case when I'm making maps
for large sizes.
Maptitude is useless for large sized published
maps (mainly due to
lack of any WYSIWYG functionality in the editor --
100 point text
just doesn't work in a mapper window. Conversely,
symbols that can't
be made to scale when zooming don't work on E
sized layouts either,
not to mention legends.
Hopefully future versions of Maptitude will allow
some control over
the scalebar in the legend, will allow scaling of
legend symbols
independent of map windows, will allow the
addition of arbitrary
verbage, and will allow a layer to appear on the
map more than once.
It would also make my life 10,000% easier if there
were ways to
specify locations on layouts like in most
graphical programs
(including Mapinfo), by typing measurements into
boxes.
Oh, and transparency that works with Acrobat.
Bob
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