-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Geospatial PDF and GeoPDF Import to Adobe Illustrator Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:07:50 -0400 From: Ted Florence <[log in to unmask]> Organization: Avenza Systems Inc. - MAPublisher & Geographic Imager Cartographic Software To: [log in to unmask] Many of you may already be aware of and even use geospatial PDF or GeoPDF files to disseminate your completed maps with intelligence and georeferencing. In any case, we at Avenza are very pleased to announce that it is now possible (with MAPublisher) to take a geospatial PDF or GeoPDF and open it in Illustrator in such a manner that the georeferencing, attributes and layers will remain intact and available in the MAPublisher/Illustrator environment for both onward editing and cartography AND export to any of the many supported GIS data formats. So yes, what this means, is that you can take a spatially-rich PDF and convert it to a shapefile or many other GIS data format. This is a very powerful proposition in our opinion. The full details of this are available on our website at www.avenza.com Thank you and Regards Ted -- Ted Florence [log in to unmask] New app for iPad/iPhone: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/avenza-pdf-maps/id388424049?mt=8# MAPublisher® 8.5 for Adobe® Illustrator® is now available with geospatial PDF and GeoPDF import. Geographic Imager® 3.3 for Adobe® Photoshop® is also available. Collision-free, rule-based text placement now available with MAPublisher® LabelPro™ Order your copy today at http://www.avenza.com/purchase MAPublisher® - When Map Quality Matters® Avenza Systems (416) 487-5116 http://www.avenza.com ****************************************************************** Developers of Geographic Imager, MAPublisher, MAPdataCanada, MAPdataUSA, MAPdataWorld& MajorCitiesUSA Bridging the gap between your GIS and major graphics software ******************************************************************