Toronto, ON, March 25, 2025 – Avenza Systems Inc., producer of the Avenza Maps app for mobile devices and geospatial extensions for Adobe Creative Cloud, including Geographic Imager for Adobe Photoshop, is pleased to announce the release of MAPublisher version 11.6 for Adobe Illustrator. This version introduces waffle charts to the MAP Themes chart types, adds a Point Scaling option to the Add Calculated Data tool, and offers other performance enhancements and bug fixes.
MAPublisher cartography software seamlessly integrates more than seventy GIS mapping tools into Adobe Illustrator to help users create beautiful maps from geospatial data. Import industry-standard GIS data formats and make crisp, clean maps with all attributes and georeferencing intact using the Adobe Illustrator design environment.
New features of MAPublisher 11.6 for Adobe Illustrator include:
Introduction of waffle charts to MAP Themes chart types: Waffle charts can now be created in MAPublisher by opening the MAP Themes panel, creating a Chart Theme, and selecting “Waffle chart” from the Type drop-down menu.
Addition of a Point Scaling option to the Add Calculated Data tool: The Add Calculated Data tool now features a Calculation type of “Point Scaling,” which creates an attribute for point scaling values derived from an existing attribute in a dataset.
Additional performance enhancements and bug fixes
To utilize the improvements and enhancements offered in MAPublisher 11.6, users require a valid Adobe Creative Cloud subscription and a compatible operating system. For questions and information on how compatibility requirements may affect your organization, please contact our Support Centre.
MAPublisher 11.6 is immediately available free of charge to all current MAPublisher users with active maintenance and as an upgrade for non-maintenance users starting at US$999. New licenses are available from US$1,749. MAPublisher FME Auto and MAPublisher LabelPro are also available as add-ons starting at US$599. Academic, floating, and volume licenses are also available. Prices include one year of full maintenance. Visit www.avenza.com/mapublisher for more details.
More about Avenza Systems Inc.
Avenza Systems Inc. is an award-winning, privately held corporation that provides cartographers and GIS professionals with powerful software tools to make better maps. Avenza also offers the mobile Avenza Maps app to sell, purchase, distribute, and use maps on iOS and Android devices. For further information contact: 416-487-5116 – info@avenza.com – www.avenza.com
Toronto, ON, March 24, 2025 – We are excited to announce a strategic partnership between MapTiler and Avenza, two digital mapping and GIS technology leaders. This collaboration combines MapTiler’s powerful map rendering and customization capabilities with Avenza’s industry-leading GIS solutions for mobile and desktop users. Together, we will revolutionize how businesses, organizations, and individuals interact with and utilize geospatial data.
Why This Partnership Matters
The demand for high-quality, offline-accessible, customizable maps is greater than ever. Professionals in urban planning, forestry, emergency response, and tourism require reliable mapping tools that offer precision, flexibility, and ease of use. By joining forces, MapTiler and Avenza will provide a seamless experience for users who rely on geospatial data for critical decision-making.
What This Means for Users
With this partnership, Avenza Maps and MAPublisher users will access enhanced mapping solutions powered by MapTiler’s advanced technology. Key benefits include:
High-Quality Custom Maps – Access beautifully rendered, fully customizable maps to fit specific needs.
Seamless Integration – Effortlessly integrate MapTiler’s mapping solutions with Avenza’s GIS tools, improving workflows and efficiency.
Enhanced Offline Capabilities: Work confidently in remote areas with improved offline map access and data management.
Greater Flexibility – Leverage MapTiler’s cloud and on-premise solutions with Avenza’s robust mobile and desktop applications.
Looking Ahead
This partnership is just the beginning. MapTiler and Avenza are committed to continuously innovating and delivering top-tier mapping solutions for various industries. Users can expect deeper integrations, new features, and expanded functionality in the coming months to enhance their mapping experience.
Stay tuned for updates as we embark on this exciting journey together. We can’t wait to see how our users leverage these new capabilities to push the boundaries of digital mapping!
Avenza Systems Inc. is an award-winning, privately held corporation that provides cartographers and GIS professionals with powerful software tools to make better maps. Avenza also offers the mobile Avenza Maps app to sell, purchase, distribute, and use maps on iOS and Android devices. For further information contact: 416-487-5116 – info@avenza.com – www.avenza.com
Toronto, ON, December 17, 2024 – Avenza Systems Inc., producers of the Avenza Maps® app for mobile devices and geospatial extensions for Adobe Creative Cloud®, including MAPublisher® for Adobe Illustrator®, is pleased to announce the release of Geographic Imager® version 6.9 for Adobe Photoshop®. This version introduces official compatibility with Adobe Photoshop 2025 and macOS Sequoia, WMS 1.3.0 import capabilities, support for NITF metadata, and also includes user interface and usability enhancements.
Geographic Imager for Adobe Photoshop delivers an all-encompassing solution for importing, editing, and exporting geospatial images, such as aerial and satellite imagery. Work with digital elevation models, GeoTIFFs, and other popular GIS image formats using Adobe Photoshop features such as transparencies, filters, cropping, and image adjustments while maintaining georeferencing and support for hundreds of coordinate systems and projections.
New features for Geographic Imager v6.9 for Adobe Photoshop include:
Adobe Creative Cloud 2025 compatibility: Geographic Imager now supports Adobe Photoshop 2025 (version 26.0) on both Windows and Mac.
macOS Sequoia compatibility: Geographic Imager also officially supports the new macOS Sequoia (version 15) update.
WMS 1.3.0 import capabilities: Geographic Imager now supports the import of data from Web Map Service (WMS) version 1.3.0, with an option to autodetect the WMS version also added.
Support for NITF metadata: NITF metadata will now be maintained when NITF files are imported into Geographic Imager. Users can also specify image compression, edit certain metadata fields, and choose which metadata fields to include when exporting to NITF file format.
Additional user interface and usability enhancements
To utilize the improvements and enhancements offered in Geographic Imager v6.9, users require a valid Adobe Creative Cloud subscription and a compatible operating system. For questions and information on how compatibility requirements may affect your organization, please contact our Support Centre.
Geographic Imager v6.9 is available immediately and free of charge to all current Geographic Imager Maintenance Program members and starts at US$399 for non-maintenance upgrades. New fixed licenses start at US$859. Geographic Imager Basic Edition licenses start at US$129. Academic, floating, and volume license pricing is also available. Visit www.avenza.com/geographic-imager for more information.
More about Avenza Systems Inc.
Avenza Systems Inc. is an award-winning, privately held corporation that provides cartographers and GIS professionals with powerful software tools to make better maps. Avenza also offers the mobile Avenza Maps app to sell, purchase, distribute, and use maps on iOS and Android devices. For further information contact: +1 416-487-5116 – info@avenza.com – www.avenza.com
Toronto, ON, November 5, 2024 – Avenza Systems Inc., producer of the Avenza Maps® app for mobile devices and geospatial extensions for Adobe Creative Cloud®, including Geographic Imager® for Adobe Photoshop®, is pleased to announce the release of MAPublisher® version 11.5 for Adobe Illustrator®. This version introduces several compatibility updates, importing Vector Basemaps from custom tile sources, the ability to use the Join Table feature with existing MAP Layers, a new Split Line path utility, and several performance enhancements and bug fixes.
MAPublisher cartography software seamlessly integrates more than seventy GIS mapping tools into Adobe Illustrator to help users create beautiful maps from geospatial data. Import industry-standard GIS data formats and make crisp, clean maps with all attributes and georeferencing intact using the Adobe Illustrator design environment.
New features of MAPublisher v11.5 for Adobe Illustrator include:
Adobe Creative Cloud 2025 compatibility: MAPublisher now supports Adobe Illustrator 2025 (version 29.0) on both Mac and Windows
macOS Sequoia compatibility: MAPublisher also officially supports the new macOS Sequoia (version 15) update
FME Form 2024 compatibility: MAPublisher now supports the recent FME 2024.1 update when using the FME Auto add-on
Importing Vector Basemaps from custom tile sources: Vector Basemap data can now be imported from custom tile sources such as Mapbox, Esri and OpenStreetMap. Data can be imported unstyled and later configured with the brand new “MAP Basemap Styling” panel, which can be found under the Thematic Tools section of the MAPublisher Toolbar.
Join Table from existing MAP Layer: Users can now use the Join Table feature in the MAP Attributes panel to join tables from existing MAP Layers using the “Source Type” drop-down list. These layers may be contained within the active document or any other currently open document.
Split Line action added to Path Utilities menu: The Split Line utility splits a selection of lines into two separate segments at a certain specified length, which can be either relative (i.e. as a percentage of the total line length) or absolute (i.e. at a specified distance in selected units).
Performance enhancements: MAPublisher v11.5 has improved performance when working with files containing a large number of features and attributes. Users can expect improved performance in multiple areas including coordinate system reprojection, applying stylesheets, deleting art, moving art between layers, and splitting layers.
Additional performance improvements and bug fixes
Users require a valid Adobe Creative Cloud subscription and a compatible operating system to utilize the improvements and enhancements offered in MAPublisher v11.5. For questions and information on how compatibility requirements may affect your organization, please contact our Support Centre.
MAPublisher v11.5 is immediately available free of charge to all current MAPublisher users with active maintenance and as an upgrade for non-maintenance users starting at US$739. New licenses are available from US$1,699. MAPublisher FME Auto and MAPublisher LabelPro are also available as add-ons starting at US$569. Academic, floating, and volume licenses are also available. Prices include one year of full maintenance. Visit www.avenza.com/mapublisher for more details.
More about Avenza Systems Inc.
Avenza Systems Inc. is an award-winning, privately held corporation that provides cartographers and GIS professionals with powerful software tools to make better maps. Avenza also offers the mobile Avenza Maps app to sell, purchase, distribute, and use maps on iOS and Android devices. For further information contact: 416-487-5116 – info@avenza.com – www.avenza.com
Toronto, ON, July 30, 2024 – Avenza Systems Inc., producers of the Avenza Maps® app for mobile devices and geospatial extensions for Adobe Creative Cloud®, including Geographic Imager® for Adobe Photoshop®, is pleased to announce the release of MAPublisher® version 11.4 for Adobe Illustrator®. This version introduces a newly reworked Create Knockouts tool, importing Vector Basemaps within a selected area, WMS 1.3.0 import support, a new Rotate Characters text utility, a preference to convert RGB black to 100K black in CMYK documents, setting a leader line offset with the MAP Tagger tool, and several performance updates and bug fixes.
MAPublisher cartography software seamlessly integrates more than seventy GIS mapping tools into Adobe Illustrator to help you create beautiful maps from geospatial data. Import industry-standard GIS data formats and make crisp, clean maps with all attributes and georeferencing intact using the Adobe Illustrator design environment.
New features of MAPublisher v11.4 for Adobe Illustrator include:
Reworked Create Knockouts tool: Create Knockouts tool features an improved architecture which introduces knockout settings saved as jobs and rules, which allow users to create knockouts for multiple layers simultaneously and easily transfer settings between documents
Importing Vector Basemaps within a selected area: Vector Basemap data can now be imported to a document in a selected area as long as it is a closed shape, does not overlap itself, and is within the current MAP View
WMS 1.3.0 import capabilities: MAPublisher now supports the import of data from Web Map Service (WMS) version 1.3.0, with an option to autodetect the WMS version added
Rotate Character action added to Text Utilities menu: Rotate Characters allows users to specify character rotation settings for point text located within their map document
Convert RGB Black to 100K Black preference: MAPublisher Preferences menu now features the option to convert RGB black to 100K black (rather than rich, or 4-colour black) for CMYK documents to prevent a printing issue known as “ghosting”; this option is enabled by default
Offset from Feature option for leader lines in MAP Tagger tool: MAP Tagger tool now features a new option in the Leader Lines Settings tab under the Rules section to set an “Offset from feature” distance to prevent leader lines from obscuring map features when labeling them
Additional performance improvements and bug fixes
Users require a valid Adobe Creative Cloud subscription and a compatible operating system to utilize the improvements and enhancements offered in MAPublisher v11.4. For questions and information on how compatibility requirements may affect your organization, please contact our Support Centre.
MAPublisher 11.4 is immediately available free of charge to all current MAPublisher users with active maintenance and as an upgrade for non-maintenance users starting at US$739. New licenses are available from US$1,699. MAPublisher FME Auto and MAPublisher LabelPro are also available as add-ons starting at US$569. Academic, floating, and volume licenses are also available. Prices include one year of full maintenance. Visit www.avenza.com/mapublisher for more details.
More about Avenza Systems Inc.
Avenza Systems Inc. is an award-winning, privately held corporation that provides cartographers and GIS professionals with powerful software tools to make better maps. Avenza also offers the mobile Avenza Maps app to sell, purchase, distribute, and use maps on iOS and Android devices. For further information contact: 416-487-5116 – info@avenza.com – www.avenza.com
Toronto, ON, May 15, 2024 – Avenza Systems Inc., producers of the Avenza Maps® app for mobile devices and geospatial extensions for Adobe Creative Cloud®, including MAPublisher® for Adobe Illustrator®, is pleased to announce the release of Geographic Imager® version 6.8 for Adobe Photoshop®. This version introduces the new Export Contours tool, official compatibility with macOS Sonoma (version 14), and also includes several performance enhancements and bug fixes.
Geographic Imager for Adobe Photoshop delivers an all-encompassing solution to import, edit, and export geospatial images such as aerial and satellite imagery. Work with digital elevation models, GeoTIFFs, and other popular GIS image formats, using Adobe Photoshop features such as transparencies, filters, cropping, and image adjustments, while maintaining georeferencing and support for hundreds of coordinate systems and projections.
New features for Geographic Imager v6.8 for Adobe Photoshop include:
Export Contours tool: The new Export Contours tool allows users to input raster elevation data to output vector contour lines that can be exported for use in MAPublisher.
macOS Sonoma compatibility: Geographic Imager officially supports the new macOS Sonoma (version 14) update.
Additional performance enhancements and bug fixes
Users require a valid Adobe Creative Cloud subscription and a compatible operating system to utilize the improvements and enhancements offered in Geographic Imager v6.8. For questions and information on how compatibility requirements may affect your organization, please contact our Support Centre.
Geographic Imager v6.8 is available immediately and free of charge to all current Geographic Imager Maintenance Program members and starts at US$399 for non-maintenance upgrades. New fixed licenses start at US$859. Geographic Imager Basic Edition licenses start at US$129. Academic, floating, and volume license pricing is also available. Visit www.avenza.com/geographic-imager for more information.
More about Avenza Systems Inc.
Avenza Systems Inc. is an award-winning, privately held corporation that provides cartographers and GIS professionals with powerful software tools to make better maps. Avenza also offers the mobile Avenza Maps app to sell, purchase, distribute, and use maps on iOS and Android devices. For further information contact: +1 416-487-5116 – info@avenza.com – www.avenza.com
Toronto, ON, October 31, 2023 – Avenza Systems Inc., producers of the Avenza Maps® app for mobile devices and geospatial extensions for Adobe Creative Cloud®, including Geographic Imager® for Adobe Photoshop®, is pleased to announce the release of MAPublisher® version 11.3 for Adobe Illustrator®. This version offers full compatibility with Adobe Illustrator 2024 (version 28), macOS Sonoma (version 14), and the FME Auto 2023 update. It also includes performance enhancements and bug fixes.
MAPublisher cartography software seamlessly integrates more than seventy GIS mapping tools into Adobe Illustrator to help you create beautiful maps from geospatial data. Import industry-standard GIS data formats and make crisp, clean maps with all attributes and georeferencing intact using the Adobe Illustrator design environment.
New features of MAPublisher v11.3 for Adobe Illustrator include:
Adobe Creative Cloud 2024 compatibility: MAPublisher now supports Adobe Illustrator 2024 (version 28.0) on both Mac and Windows
macOS Sonoma compatibility: MAPublisher also officially supports the new macOS Sonoma (version 14) update
FME Auto 2023 compatibility: MAPublisher now supports the recent FME 2023.1 updates when using the FME Auto
Additional performance improvements and bug fixes
Users require a valid Adobe Creative Cloud subscription and a compatible operating system to utilize the improvements and enhancements offered in MAPublisher v11.3. For questions and information on how compatibility requirements may affect your organization, please contact our Support Centre.
MAPublisher 11.3 is immediately available free of charge to all current MAPublisher users with active maintenance and as an upgrade for non-maintenance users starting at US$699. New licenses are available from US$1619. MAPublisher FME Auto and MAPublisher LabelPro are also available as add-ons starting at US$539. Academic, floating, and volume licenses are also available. Prices include one year of full maintenance. Visit www.avenza.com/mapublisher for more details.
More about Avenza Systems Inc.
Avenza Systems Inc. is an award-winning, privately held corporation that provides cartographers and GIS professionals with powerful software tools to make better maps. Avenza also offers the mobile Avenza Maps app to sell, purchase, distribute, and use maps on iOS and Android devices. For further information contact: 416-487-5116 – info@avenza.com – www.avenza.com
Toronto, ON, September 27, 2023 – Avenza Systems Inc., producers of the Avenza Maps® app for mobile devices and geospatial extensions for Adobe Creative Cloud®, including MAPublisher® for Adobe Illustrator®, is pleased to announce the release of Geographic Imager® version 6.7 for Adobe Photoshop®. This version offers full compatibility with Adobe Photoshop 2024 (version 25), and also includes some performance improvements and bug fixes.
Geographic Imager for Adobe Photoshop delivers an all-encompassing solution to import, edit, and export geospatial images such as aerial and satellite imagery. Work with digital elevation models, GeoTIFFs, and other popular GIS image formats, using Adobe Photoshop features such as transparencies, filters, cropping, and image adjustments, while maintaining georeferencing and support for hundreds of coordinate systems and projections.
Users require a valid Adobe Creative Cloud subscription and a compatible operating system to utilize the improvements and enhancements offered in Geographic Imager v6.7. For questions and information on how compatibility requirements may affect your organization, please contact our Support Centre.
Geographic Imager v6.7 is immediately available and is free of charge to all current Geographic Imager Maintenance Program members and starts at US$379 for non-maintenance upgrades. New fixed licenses start at US$809. Geographic Imager Basic Edition licenses start at US$119. Academic, floating, and volume license pricing is also available. Visit www.avenza.com/geographic-imager for more information.
More about Avenza Systems Inc.
Avenza Systems Inc. is an award-winning, privately held corporation that provides cartographers and GIS professionals with powerful software tools to make better maps. Avenza also offers the mobile Avenza Maps app to sell, purchase, distribute, and use maps on iOS and Android devices. For further information contact: +1 416-487-5116 – info@avenza.com – www.avenza.com
An earthquake registered in Morocco approximately 72 kilometres (44.7 miles) southwest of Marrakech on Friday September 8, 2023, devastating the country and being felt far and wide. The quake had a magnitude of 6.8 and state media reported Monday that at least 2,862 people have been killed and 2,562 have been injured from its effects.
Avenza Map Store and Search and Rescue Maps
Immediately, Search and Rescue teams mounted efforts to help those trapped or injured and developed a series of maps to aid in those efforts. The Avenza Maps team worked with Reliefweb and uploaded the maps to the Avenza Map Store for worldwide and free distribution and use on mobile devices using the Avenza Maps app. Reliefweb works to keep humanitarian efforts informed, and combining their maps with Avenza Maps app software allows Search and Rescue teams to know their location and collect data offline without cell reception or wifi.
Avenza Systems Inc. is an award-winning, privately held corporation that provides cartographers and GIS professionals with powerful software tools to make better maps. Avenza also offers the mobile Avenza Maps app to sell, purchase, distribute, and use maps on iOS and Android devices. For further information contact: 416-487-5116 – info@avenza.com – www.avenza.com
Toronto, ON, July 31, 2023 – Avenza Systems Inc., producers of the Avenza Maps® app for mobile devices and geospatial extensions for Adobe Creative Cloud®, including Geographic Imager® for Adobe Photoshop®, is pleased to announce the release of MAPublisher® version 11.2 for Adobe Illustrator®. This version comes with the brand-new Vector Basemaps tool and includes additional performance enhancements and bug fixes.
MAPublisher cartography software seamlessly integrates more than seventy GIS mapping tools into Adobe Illustrator to help you create beautiful maps from geospatial data. Import industry-standard GIS data formats and make crisp, clean maps with all attributes and georeferencing intact using the Adobe Illustrator design environment.
New features of MAPublisher v11.2 for Adobe Illustrator include:
The new Vector Basemaps tool: The new MAPublisher Vector Basemaps tool imports georeferenced vector data from an online server. Imported data is autostyled based on the zoom level and attribute information, but can also be configured or imported by users to create savable custom styles.
Additional performance improvements and bug fixes
Users require a valid Adobe Creative Cloud subscription and a compatible operating system to utilize the improvements and enhancements offered in MAPublisher v11.2. For questions and information on how compatibility requirements may affect your organization, please contact our Support Centre.
MAPublisher 11.2 is immediately available free of charge to all current MAPublisher users with active maintenance and as an upgrade for non-maintenance users starting at US$699. New licenses are available from US$1619. MAPublisher FME Auto and MAPublisher LabelPro are also available as add-ons starting at US$539. Academic, floating, and volume licenses are also available. Prices include one year of full maintenance. Visit www.avenza.com/mapublisher for more details.
More about Avenza Systems Inc.
Avenza Systems Inc. is an award-winning, privately held corporation that provides cartographers and GIS professionals with powerful software tools to make better maps. Avenza also offers the mobile Avenza Maps app to sell, purchase, distribute, and use maps on iOS and Android devices.