I publish map using Corel Draw, which is one, cheaper but more importantly, much easier to use than Adobe Illustrator. I'd also argue it's more powerful from a graphic design point of view. That said there is no easy or straight forward method of bringing in a Maptitude map into third pary software.I export the map out as a PDF and let my required scale dictate the paper size. I have a formula that I use that converts my map window bounds to paper units. In a nut shell here my process:
1) I size my map window represent the way I want my map to appear (line width, color, labeling, font size, etc.).
2) then right click and get height and width of the map window in miles to determine my required paper size (if maintaining a specific scale is critical) and size my layout accordingly.
3) Print the layout to a PDF (I use Adobe 5.0 for anything under 45 inches and use CutePDF for larger plots)
4) (this step is not necessery but I do it anyway, it gives more control of fonts and color in the final image) convert my PDF to PNG
5) Then Import the PNG into Corel Draw.
I've created various templates in Corel, this requires some prep-time; creating various title blocks, legends and scale bars. I have a Corel Macro that creates lat/lon tics and values inserts them in my title blocks, based on another process. It's a pain in the @!#$ to create the templates but once created all your doing is really inserting the MAP and sizes everthing around it.. If scale isn't an issue then the process is even easier.
regards,
Viktor Keenan de la Hoz - Senior GIS Technician
City of Phoenix - Street Transportation Department
Design and Construction Management Division
| "Fred Dilger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fred Dilger
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 11:01 AM
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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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