March 2011
Georeferencing an Adobe Illustrator document with MAPublisher
If you are using an existing Adobe Illustrator file that was created without the use of MAPublisher, then it does not contain any geographic parameters. The following step will enable you to georeference your Adobe Illustrator document and ultimately create an attribute-rich, accurate scale and world grid structure for your map. Please familliarize yourself with the main MAPublisher functions and in particular those in the MAP Views section of the MAPublisher User Guide (chapter 4) before proceeding.
Before beginning to georeference an Adobe Illustrator file, you must be in posession of the following information:
- The map scale in the Adobe Illustrator file (e.g. 1:25,000 etc.)
- Details of the coordinate system the data is in (e.g. World Robinson projection, WGS84 geodetic system, WGS84 UTM Zone 32 N, etc.)
- The XY coordinates of one tie-in point in the coordinate system on the map in the Adobe Illustrator document
- Finally, the MAP rotation angle value.
- MAPublisher
- Adobe Illustrator
- Windows
- Mac
- Coordinate Systems
- Layers
- Georeference
- MAP Views
- PDF Maps app
New in MAPublisher 8.4: Import Map Data from Web Services
MAPublisher 8.4 has an exciting new feature: importing data from web services. It is another enhancement to provide you with more options to access data.
You can import vector data using the Web Feature Service (WFS). It accesses web servers that deliver vector content in GML format. Similarly, you can import raster data with the Web Map Service (WMS). It accesses web servers that deliver raster content in a variety of formats.
