Toronto, ON, October 20, 2009 – Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher and MAPublisher LabelPro cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator, Geographic Imager spatial imaging tools for Adobe Photoshop as well as MAPdataUSA, MAPdataCanada and MAPdataWorld royalty-free GIS data sets is pleased to announce that GrafCAD of Istanbul, Turkey has been appointed to distribute and resell Avenza products in Turkey.
“As a reseller of Adobe products in Turkey, we have been following Avenza’s MAPublisher and Geographic Imager products for years and we recognize their great value to mapping professionals and cartographers.” said Adem Özay, General Manager of GrafCAD. “We know that there is great potential in Turkey and we look forward to working with Avenza to realize this opportunity”, he added.
GrafCAD will be responsible for local marketing and promotion as well as local and regional order fulfillment and support services.
“We receive regular inquiries from Turkey for all our products and see Turkey and the region as an untapped market for us.” said Ted Florence, President of Avenza. “With GrafCAD’s Adobe marketing experience and contacts in the CAD and GIS markets we are confident that MAPublisher and Geographic Imager will find their rightful places amongst users in that market”, he added.
More about MAPublisher and Geographic Imager
MAPublisher is powerful map production software for creating cartographic-quality maps from GIS data. Developed as a suite of plug-ins for Adobe Illustrator, MAPublisher leverages the superior graphics capabilities of this graphics design software for working with GIS data and producing high-quality maps with efficiency.
Geographic Imager is powerful software for working with spatial imagery in Adobe Photoshop that leverages the superior image editing capabilities of this powerful raster-based image-editing software.
Full details and downloadable demo versions are available at www.avenza.com.
More about Avenza Systems Inc.
Avenza Systems Inc. is a privately held, award-winning supplier of powerful map-making software and affordable geodata products. The Company also offers product training and consulting services. Visit www.avenza.com for more details.
More about GrafCAD
GrafCAD is supplier of software, hardware, consulting, training and support services especially Graphics and CAD area since 1994. Visit www.grafcad.com for more details.
For further information:
Avenza Systems ● 416-487-5116 ● info@avenza.com ● www.avenza.com
– Five-hour instructional video set now available for this powerful cartographic software suite –
Toronto, ON, September 8, 2009 – Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher and MAPublisher LabelPro cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator, Geographic Imager spatial imaging tools for Adobe Photoshop as well as MAPdataUSA, MAPdataCanada and MAPdataWorld royalty-free GIS data sets and Red Geographics, GIS consultants and an Avenza dealer based in The Netherlands, are pleased to announce the release of the MAPublisher Training Videos, a set of training videos produced by Red Geographics for Avenza’s MAPublisher cartographic plug-in for Adobe Illustrator.
“With this set of training videos, users can receive similar high-quality instruction for MAPublisher that is normally available through online or in-class training, but with the advantage of going through it at their own pace and repeating it as desired.” said Hans van der Maarel, owner of Red Geographics. “This will be a great asset for experienced users as well as people who are just starting out with MAPublisher”, he added.
This 5-hour set of videos, with a voice-over in English, is aimed at both novice and experienced MAPublisher users and covers the same amount of material as a 2-day training course. Composed of a series of 12 individual movies addressing all of the MAPublisher functions, including special attention paid to new features such as the new MAP Web Author and MAPublisher LabelPro tools, this DVD bases its instruction upon common, real-life scenarios and includes all supporting dataset.
“We applaud the initiative demonstrated by Red Geographics in creating this video compilation and the highly professional and thorough nature of its presentation.” said Ted Florence, President of Avenza. “The instructional content of these videos provides the perfect self-learning environment for both novice and experienced MAPublisher users alike and is bound to turn anyone into an expert very quickly”, he added.
The complete MAPublisher video DVD is available immediately at US$249 (plus shipping) from Avenza, with a US$50 discount being offered to members of the MAPublisher maintenance program, as well as directly from Red Geographics and other MAPublisher dealers in Europe and elsewhere including Screen + Paper GmbH in Germany. Visit the tutorial video product page.
More About MAPublisher
MAPublisher is powerful map production software for creating cartographic-quality maps from GIS data. Developed as a suite of plug-ins for Adobe Illustrator, MAPublisher leverages the superior graphics capabilities of this graphics design software for working with GIS data and producing high-quality maps with efficiency and style. Full details are available at www.avenza.com.
More About Red Geographics
Red Geographics, founded in 2004 and based in The Netherlands, operates in the fields of GIS (Geographic Information Systems), geographical data, Spatial ETL, 3D visualization and digital cartography, offering consultancy and training, performing data translation and transformation services as well as creating both 2D and 3D maps and visualizations. Red Geographics’ goal is to help clients optimize the way they work with geographical data and information, thereby increasing gains from using this information. Red Geographics is also a distributor of several software products aimed at the GIS/Cartography market, including MAPublisher, Geographic Imager and other Avenza products.
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 for making better maps. In addition to software offerings for Mac and Windows users, Avenza offers value-added data sets, product training and consulting services. Visit www.avenza.com for more details.
– Powerful geospatial plug-in suite now supports DEMs, MrSID, ECW and more –
Toronto, ON, August 5, 2009 – Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher and MAPublisher LabelPro cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator, Geographic Imager spatial imaging tools for Adobe Photoshop as well as MAPdataUSA, MAPdataCanada and MAPdataWorld royalty-free GIS data sets, announces the release of Geographic Imager 2.5 for Adobe Photoshop. Geographic Imager 2.5 is the latest version of this powerful software that adds geospatial functionality to Adobe Photoshop.
“This release of Geographic Imager takes Adobe Photoshop to a new level with the added support for a multitude of new spatial image formats including ECW, MrSID and DEM, said Doug Smith, Avenza’s Director of Sales. “The support for so many dedicated spatial image formats significantly improves Geographic Imager and Adobe Photoshop as a viable solution for spatial analysis and imaging,” he added.
Geographic Imager enhances the already commanding Adobe Photoshop imaging environment by adding all the tools and technology necessary to support the import, edit, manipulation and export of geospatial images such as aerial and satellite imagery. In addition to allowing the use of Photoshop and its powerful native imaging functions such as cropping, transparencies, individual pixel editing and brightness/contrast control, Geographic Imager adds the ability to import and recognize most georeferenced raster image formats, automatically mosaic and tile images, reproject and transform images, geo-reference images based on ground control points and re-export images with all spatial information intact.
New Features in Geographic Imager version 2.5
Adds import support for the following DEM formats: Arc/Info ASCII Grid & Binary Grid, DEM USGS/CDED ASCII, Military Elevation Data / DTED, SDTS transfer and SRTM
Adds import support for the following additional formats: ECW, JPEG 2000, MrSID, PCI EASI/PACE, SGI
Automatic coordinate system transformation during mosaicking – allows images with different coordinate systems and pixel sizes to be mosaicked by automatically transforming the images to the same coordinate system and pixel size as the destination image in a single process.
Crop on import – crops incoming images in the newly supported raster formats to a specified size upon import thus allowing large images, which could not be opened, to be successfully imported.
General Features and Benefits of Geographic Imager
Allows the use of Adobe Photoshop native functionality without destroying the spatial properties of the image
Import and export a variety of commonly used spatial raster data formats along with all georeferencing
Georeference non-referenced imagery with Ground Control Point (GCP) transformation
Reprojection of spatial imagery
Automatic mosaicking and tiling of spatial imagery
Export reference points as a csv or log file
Automated scripting allows for use of Geographic Imager tasks in conjunction with Photoshop’s automation tools
Mac, Windows and floating licenses available
More about Geographic Imager
Geographic Imager is powerful software for working with spatial imagery in Adobe Photoshop that leverages the superior image editing capabilities of this raster-based image-editing software.
Geographic Imager 2.5 for Photoshop is available in now as a free upgrade for all Geographic Imager customers with a valid maintenance subscription and as an upgrade for non-maintenance members at US$319. New licenses are US$699 for a single-user fixed commercial license. Prices include 1 year of maintenance. Educational and floating licenses as well as discounted MAPublisher/Geographic Imager bundles are also available. Full details are available at www.avenza.com/geographicimager. 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 for making better maps. In addition to software offerings for Mac and Windows users, Avenza offers value-added data sets, product training and consulting services. Visit www.avenza.com for more details.
For further information:
Avenza Systems ● 416-487-5116 ● info@avenza.com ● www.avenza.com
Beuth Hochschule fuer Technik Berlin (University of Applied Sciences) chooses Avenza’s MAPublisher and Geographic Imager
Toronto, ON, August 4, 2009 – Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator and Geographic Imager spatial tools for Adobe Photoshop, is pleased to announce that the Civil Engineering and Geoinformation department at Beuth University of Berlin (Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin), formerly Technische Fachhochschule in Berlin Germany has deployed multiple licenses of both MAPublisher and Geographic software for use in their cartography and GIS labs.
“We are using both programs (MAPublisher & Geographic Imager) in the Bachelor degree courses for Cartography and Geomedia and in the Master degree course Acquisition and Visualization of Geodata. Both programs provide very valuable functions within the intersecting area of GIS, remote sensing and cartography”, said Dr. Ursula Ripke of the university’s cartographic laboratory. “We have found that both programs are essential for our work especially for satellite image based cartography”, she added.
Avenza’s products will be primarily used in the software lab by staff and students towards their degrees as well as in faculty-student collaborative research projects. All users will be able to take advantage of the graphics capabilities of MAPublisher, Geographic Imager and Adobe Creative Suite to produce high-quality maps and work with spatial imagery.
More about MAPublisher and Geographic Imager
MAPublisher is powerful map production software for creating cartographic-quality maps from GIS data. Developed as a suite of plug-ins for Adobe Illustrator, MAPublisher leverages the superior graphics capabilities of this graphics design software for working with GIS data and producing high-quality maps with efficiency. Full details and downloadable demo versions are available at www.avenza.com/mapublisher.
Geographic Imager is powerful software for working with spatial imagery in Adobe Photoshop that leverages the superior image editing capabilities of this powerful raster-based image-editing software. Full details and downloadable demo versions are available at www.avenza.com/geographicimager.
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 for making better maps. In addition to software offerings for Mac and Windows users, Avenza offers value-added data sets, product training and consulting services. Visit www.avenza.com for more details.
More about the Civil Engineering and Geoinformation department at Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin
The department houses 8 study courses leading to Bachelor and Master degrees in Civil Engineering, Cartography, Geoinformation and Geodesy. Particular attention is given to practice-orientation in studies, teaching and research. Practical training is supported by several well-equipped laboratories. Among these, the lab for cartography and reproductional techniques is responsible for basic and advanced studies in cartography, internet and multimedia presentations as well as geodata visualization.
For further information:
Avenza Systems ● 416-487-5116 ● info@avenza.com ● www.avenza.com
– Powerful geospatial plug-in suite supports direct import of more formats including DEM and MrSID –
Toronto, ON, July 13, 2009 – Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher and MAPublisher LabelPro cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator, Geographic Imager spatial imaging tools for Adobe Photoshop as well as MAPdataUSA, MAPdataCanada and MAPdataWorld royalty-free GIS data sets, announces the release of Geographic Imager 2.5 for Adobe Photoshop. Geographic Imager 2.5 is the latest version of this powerful software that adds geospatial functionality to Adobe Photoshop.
“We are extremely excited to be adding support in Geographic Imager for a multitude of new spatial image formats including ECW, MrSID and DEM, said Doug Smith, Avenza’s Director of Sales. “The addition of support for so many dedicated spatial image formats significantly improves Geographic Imager and Adobe Photoshop as a viable solution for spatial analysis and imaging,” he added.
Geographic Imager enhances the already commanding Adobe Photoshop imaging environment by adding all the tools and technology necessary to support the import, edit, manipulation and export of geospatial images such as aerial and satellite imagery. In addition to allowing the use of Photoshop and its powerful native imaging functions such as cropping, transparencies, individual pixel editing and brightness/contrast control, Geographic Imager adds the ability to import and recognize GeoTIFFs and other referenced raster formats, automatically mosaic and tile images, reproject and transform images, geo-reference images based on ground control points and re-export images with all spatial information intact.
Features of the Geographic Imager 2.5 Update
Adds import support for the following DEM formats: Arc/Info ASCII Grid & Binary Grid, DEM USGS/CDED ASCII, Military Elevation Data / DTED, SDTS transfer and SRTM
Adds import support for the following additional formats: ECW, JPEG 2000, MrSID, PCI EASI/PACE, SGI
Automatic coordinate system transformation during mosaicking – allows images with different coordinate systems and pixel sizes to be mosaicked by automatically transforming the images to the same coordinate system and pixel size as the destination image in a single process.
Crop on import – crops incoming images in the newly supported raster formats to a specified size upon import thus allowing large images, which could not be opened, to be successfully imported.
General Features and Benefits of Geographic Imager
Allows the use of Adobe Photoshop native functionality without destroying the spatial properties of the image
Import and export GeoTIFFs and other spatial raster formats along with all georeferencing
Georeference non-referenced imagery with Ground Control Point (GCP) transformation
Reprojection of spatial imagery
Automatic mosaicking and tiling of spatial imagery
Export reference points as a csv or log file
Automated scripting allows for use of Geographic Imager tasks in conjunction with Photoshop’s automation tools
Mac, Windows and floating licenses available
More about Geographic Imager
Geographic Imager is powerful software for working with spatial imagery in Adobe Photoshop that leverages the superior image editing capabilities of this raster-based image-editing software.
Geographic Imager 2.5 for Photoshop will be available in Q3 2009 as a free upgrade for all Geographic Imager customers with a valid maintenance subscription and as an upgrade for non-maintenance members at US$319. New licenses are US$699 for a single-user fixed commercial license. Prices include 1 year of maintenance. Educational and floating licenses as well as discounted MAPublisher/Geographic Imager bundles are also available. Full details are available at www.avenza.com/geographicimager.
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 for making better maps. In addition to software offerings for Mac and Windows users, Avenza offers value-added data sets, product training and consulting services. Visit www.avenza.com for more details.
For further information:
Avenza Systems ● 416-487-5116 ● info@avenza.com ● www.avenza.com
– New MAPublisher release to provide geospatial PDF export from Adobe® Illustrator® –
Toronto, ON, July 13, 2009 – Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator and Geographic Imager® spatial tools for Adobe Photoshop® is pleased to announce that the upcoming release of MAPublisher, version 8.2, will provide MAPublisher and Adobe Illustrator users with geospatial PDF export capability.
Geospatial PDF export functionality is to be included as a standard feature with the new MAPublisher 8.2 release, the upcoming version of this powerful mapmaking software used to produce high quality maps from GIS data, and will offer complete support for the Adobe geospatial PDF specification which was released with Acrobat 9 along with an advanced attribute feature set.
“MAPublisher users, map-makers and GIS professionals in general have demanded an “intelligent” spatial PDF solution for a long time and we are very pleased to offer support for the Adobe geospatial PDF specification,” said Ted Florence, President of Avenza, “Users of MAPublisher and Adobe Illustrator will now be able to import GIS data, create publication quality maps and output a PDF file of the same publication quality that retains all the geospatial and attribute data in a searchable and queriable manner.” he added.
The MAPublisher Geospatial PDF exporter offers the ability to generate Adobe Acrobat PDF files that contain all the cosmetic features of the completed Adobe Illustrator map document as well as all the GIS data attributes and co-ordinate information of the original GIS data files such that within Adobe Acrobat the following functionality can be performed without the aid of any special tools, plugins or special extensions to Adobe Acrobat.
View map locations in various coordinate systems including decimal degrees, DMS, Military Grid and more.
Find a location in a map and mark it with a comment
Measure distances on a map using real-world units (miles, kilometers, feet, etc.)
Reveal the attributes of map features by clicking on the feature within the map document.
Search by map attribute values to reveal all map features that satisfy the query.
MAPublisher 8.2 for Illustrator, including export to geospatial PDF will be available in the third quarter of 2009 and will be provided free-of-charge to all MAPublisher Maintenance Program subscribers. Users without a valid maintenance subscription may purchase MAPublisher 8.2 as an upgrade. Academic, floating license and volume pricing is available. Prices include 1 year of maintenance. Full details are available at www.avenza.com.
More about MAPublisher for Illustrator
MAPublisher for Illustrator is powerful map production software for creating cartographic-quality maps from GIS data. Developed as a suite of plug-ins for Adobe Illustrator, MAPublisher leverages the superior graphics capabilities of this graphics design software for working with GIS data and producing high-quality maps with efficiency. For more information about MAPublisher, visit www.avenza.com/mapublisher.
More about Adobe Geospatial PDF
“Geospatial PDF” is the terminology used by Adobe Systems Inc. to identify PDF files that have embedded georeference information and is an Adobe specification that georeferences the appropriate components of a map or other spatial document layout. Map documents are now being published by USGS, NGA, and others in this extended PDF format.
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 for making better maps. In addition to software offerings for Mac and Windows users, Avenza offers value-added data sets, product training and consulting services. Visit www.avenza.com for more details.
For further information:
Avenza Systems ● 416-487-5116 ● info@avenza.com ● www.avenza.com
– New MAPublisher® add-on offers rule-based collision-free label placement in Adobe® Illustrator® –
Toronto, ON, June 15, 2009 – Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator and Geographic Imager® spatial tools for Adobe Photoshop® is pleased to announce the release of MAPublisher LabelPro™, a rule-based collision-free label placement system for MAPublisher.
MAPublisher LabelPro functionality is included with the new MAPublisher 8.1 release, the latest version of this powerful mapmaking software used to produce high quality maps from GIS data. MAPublisher LabelPro is available immediately as an add-on to MAPublisher 8.1. Users and evaluators of MAPublisher 8.1 may experience MAPublisher LabelPro functionality in evaluation mode.
“Collision-free text placement has long been wished for by MAPublisher users and we are very delighted and proud to introduce MAPublisher LabelPro as an enhanced labeling solution,” said Ted Florence, President of Avenza, “We know that MAPublisher LabelPro will save users countless hours of tedious manual text placement and refinement and is the perfect add-on tool for all MAPublisher users.” he added.
The MAPublisher LabelPro labeling engine offers advanced labeling capabilities beyond those available in the standard version of MAPublisher 8.1 including:
Sophisticated algorithms that provide the ability to solve many of the most commonly occurring map labeling problems such as
complex conflict resolution across multiple layers
the ability to specify existing vector map features as obstacles
the ability to create complex labeling conventions via user-defined rules
Use map data attributes for labeling with a much greater level of sophistication using an intuitive configurable interface
Prioritization of data layers for labeling operations
The ability to recognize existing type as obstacles for multiple labeling sessions
Placement rules and properties, once set, can be saved to a file and imported into other files or shared over a network
Label Lines using symbols (ex. highway shields)
Comprehensive list of rules and placement options (see website for details)
Various other functions and features for advanced label placement
MAPublisher LabelPro for Adobe Illustrator is available as an add-on option for MAPublisher 8.1 for US$999. MAPublisher users with active MAPublisher maintenance may purchase MAPublisher LabelPro for US$799. New MAPublisher 8.1 licenses including MAPublisher LabelPro licenses are US$1999. Academic, floating license and volume pricing is available. Prices include 1 year of maintenance. Full details are available at www.avenza.com.
More about MAPublisher 8.1 for Illustrator
MAPublisher 8.1 for Illustrator is powerful map production software for creating cartographic-quality maps from GIS data. Developed as a suite of plug-ins for Adobe Illustrator, MAPublisher leverages the superior graphics capabilities of this graphics design software for working with GIS data and producing high-quality maps with efficiency. Full details are available at www.avenza.com.
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 for making better maps. In addition to software offerings for Mac and Windows users, Avenza offers value-added data sets, product training and consulting services. Visit www.avenza.com for more details.
For further information:
Avenza Systems ● 416-487-5116 ● info@avenza.com ● www.avenza.com
– New MAPublisher® add-on offers rule-based collision-free label placement in Adobe® Illustrator® –
Toronto, ON, June 15, 2009 – Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator and Geographic Imager® spatial tools for Adobe Photoshop® is pleased to announce the release of MAPublisher 8.1 for Adobe Illustrator. MAPublisher 8.1 is the latest version of this powerful mapmaking software used to produce high quality maps from GIS data for both print and electronic distribution.
MAPublisher 8.1 for Adobe Illustrator is a full product upgrade that is free of charge to all current MAPublisher Maintenance Program subscribers and replaces the current shipping version of MAPublisher, version 8.0, for all new customers using Adobe Illustrator CS3 and/or CS4.
“MAPublisher 8.1 surpasses all earlier releases in functionality and power and represents another great leap forward for MAPublisher,” said Ted Florence, President of Avenza, “With support for the new MAPublisher LabelPro labeling add-on and new and improved Flash export capability this is an update that users will definitely want to have.” he added.
MAPublisher 8.1 includes all the significant functionality introduced in earlier releases of MAPublisher as well as the following new features and enhancements.
New Features of MAPublisher 8.1 for Adobe Illustrator
Support for the new MAPublisher LabelPro collision-free rule-based labeling system (additional license required)
Improved MAP Web Author Tool for automatic creation of interactive Flash maps
New MAPublisher Preferences options for customization of various features and functions
Split Layer function to move data to new layers based on attributes and expressions
Enhanced Expression Builder allows import of expressions from Selection Filters
Enhanced Plot Centroids function now has the option to copy attributes from the source area
New Export Attribute function for exporting the attributes table to a delimited text file
Enhanced Register Image function can now create a new MAP View from any referenced image
New Specify Anchors functionality allows world values to be entered in any co-ordinate system
Improved MAP View and MAP Stylesheets panels with new functionality
Various other user interface improvements and performance enhancements to improve usability
More about MAPublisher 8.1 for Illustrator
MAPublisher 8.1 for Illustrator is powerful map production software for creating cartographic-quality maps from GIS data. Developed as a suite of plug-ins for Adobe Illustrator, MAPublisher leverages the superior graphics capabilities of this graphics design software for working with GIS data and producing high-quality maps with efficiency.
MAPublisher 8.1 for Illustrator is available free of charge to all MAPublisher for Illustrator customers with a valid maintenance subscription and as an upgrade for non-maintenance members at US$549. New licenses are US$1249. Academic, floating and volume pricing is available. Prices include 1 year of maintenance. Full details are available at www.avenza.com.
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 for making better maps. In addition to software offerings for Mac and Windows users, Avenza offers value-added data sets, product training and consulting services. Visit www.avenza.com for more details.
For further information:
Avenza Systems ● 416-487-5116 ● info@avenza.com ● www.avenza.com
– Powerful geospatial plug-in suite now supports Adobe Photoshop CS4 –
Toronto, ON, March 2, 2009 – Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia FreeHand, Geographic Imager spatial imaging tools for Adobe Photoshop as well as MAPdataUSA, MAPdataCanada and MAPdataWorld royalty-free GIS data sets, announces the release of Geographic Imager 2.1 for Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS4. Geographic Imager 2.1 is the latest version of this powerful software that adds geospatial functionality to Adobe Photoshop.
“Following the success of the initial Geographic Imager releases we are delighted to follow-up with this update supporting Adobe Photoshop CS4, said Doug Smith, Avenza’s Director of Sales. “With this release we now offer spatial imaging support for Adobe’s most current Photoshop release and further enhance overall spatial image processing within Adobe Photoshop,” he added.
Geographic Imager enhances the already commanding Adobe Photoshop imaging environment by adding all the tools and technology necessary to support the import, edit, manipulation and export of geospatial images such as aerial and satellite imagery. In addition to allowing the use of Photoshop and its powerful native imaging functions such as cropping, transparencies, individual pixel editing and brightness/contrast control, Geographic Imager adds the ability to import and recognize GeoTIFFs and other referenced raster formats, automatically mosaic and tile images spatially, reproject and transform images, geo-reference images based on ground control points and re-export images with all spatial information intact.
Features of the Geographic Imager 2.1 Update:
Adds support for Adobe Photoshop CS4
Quick georeference allowing referencing using fewer than 3 tie-points and/or using a second referenced image
Reference points can now be exported as a csv or log file
Reference points can now be entered using DMS and decimal degrees
Features and Benefits of Geographic Imager
Allows the use of Adobe Photoshop native functionality without destroying the spatial properties of the image
Import and export GeoTIFFs and other spatial raster formats along with all georeferencing
Georeference non-referenced imagery with Ground Control Point (GCP) transformation
Reprojection of spatial imagery
Automatic mosaicking and tiling of spatial imagery
Automated scripting allows for use of Geographic Imager tasks in conjunction with Photoshop’s automation tools
Mac, Windows and floating licenses available
More about Geographic Imager
Geographic Imager is powerful software for working with spatial imagery in Adobe Photoshop that leverages the superior image editing capabilities of this raster-based image-editing software.
Geographic Imager 2.1 for Photoshop is now available free of charge to all Geographic Imager customers with a valid maintenance subscription and as an upgrade for non-maintenance members at US$319. New licenses are US$699 for a single-user fixed commercial license. Prices include 1 year of maintenance. Educational and floating licenses as well as discounted MAPublisher/Geographic Imager bundles are also available. Full details are available at www.avenza.com.
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 for making better maps. In addition to software offerings for Mac and Windows users, Avenza offers value-added data sets, product training and consulting services. Visit www.avenza.com for more details.
For further information:
Avenza Systems ● 416-487-5116 ● info@avenza.com ● www.avenza.com
