MAPublisher

Powerful cartography software
for Adobe Illustrator

MAPublisher screenshot - cartographic design and mapping software for Adobe Illustrator

Mapping solutions for the 21st century^®.

Finally, high-quality map production software that works. MAPublisher^® cartography software seamlessly integrates over 50 GIS mapping tools into the Adobe Illustrator environment to help you create maps the way you want, how you want. Import the most widely used GIS data formats, including those from Esri, MapInfo, FME Desktop, AutoCAD, Google and the U.S. Government.

All GIS data attributes and geographic parameters are maintained, are fully accessible and editable. Export data to a wide variety of standard GIS formats including the ability to export documents to geospatial PDF and take them mobile with the PDF Maps iOS app.

MAPublisher supports Esri ArcGIS 10 geodatabases and ArcMap document (MXD) files*. Connect to Personal, File and ArcSDE geodatabases as well as import MXD files with ease. Learn more about geodatabase support in MAPublisher.

Cartography with MAPublisher is now faster, easier and better than it has ever been. When used together with Geographic Imager for Adobe Photoshop, they form the perfect vector and raster map creation software package for the Adobe Creative Suite.

What's new in MAPublisher 8.6?

The new MAP Locations are used as annotations to identify map world or map page locations. These locations can then be used in other MAPublisher functions when specifying map or page anchors and in tools such as Specify Anchors, Area Plotter, Line Plotter and Point Plotter.
Improved Vector Crop functionality. Now crop using exact locations (including MAP Locations) and dimensions. Also includes new Crop To Shape tool to quickly crop MAP Layers using shapes other than rectangles and ellipses.
The new MAPublisher Area Plotter creates new rectangle or ellipse polygons on MAP Area layers by using page or world coordinates, and by location type (using either a bounding box or by a single coordinate position). Use it to create precise area shapes based on coordinate locations.
The new MAPublisher Log records information about which MAPublisher tools were used and when they were used. View detailed information about successful operations, warnings and errors.
The new Merge Layers tool combines at least two MAP Layers of the same feature type into a new MAP layer based on its attribute values. The art from the source layers can either be copied or completely moved to the new layer (including its attributes).
The new Create Halo tool creates halo graphic styles and applies halos to MAP layers. Halos can be independently created as a graphic style without having them applied or they can be directly applied to a MAP layer without having to create a graphic style.
Improved KML/KMZ export - easily create waypoint layers for use in the PDF Maps iOS app.
The new Scale & Rotate By Attribute tool provides options to scale and rotate art objects using specified values or the target MAP layer's attributes.
MAPublisher FME Auto provides new ability to import FME FFS files with an available MAPublisher FME Auto license. It also installs as an FME writer to translate GIS data from FME Desktop to Adobe Illustrator. Learn more.
Various other user interface improvements and performance enhancements to improve usability

Feature Highlights

MAP Themes provide tools for a variety of thematic mapping operations. Stylesheet themes are used for quick, easy and accurate styling of points, lines, areas and text. Chart themes produces feature specific bar and pie charts while Dot Density themes aid in the creation of thematic dot density maps.

Create thematic maps with MAPublisher

The new MAP Web Author tool works seamlessly with existing Adobe Illustrator and MAPublisher tools to produce interactive Flash maps. Work directly from an Illustrator map document, containing GIS data, attribute information, symbols, graphic styles and images, and complete with layer control, pan and zoom controls, roll-overs and pop-ups. Cartographic quality web map production has never been simpler and more efficient. Learn more.

Export Flash maps with MAPublisher

Import leading GIS industry formats from ArcGIS, MapInfo, Google Earth, and other GIS sources with all attributes and georeferencing intact and fully editable. Also, import Esri Personal, File and ArcSDE geodatabases. Make vector and database edits, data edits, additions and save your changes to a variety of GIS industry standard data formats. In addition, export map documents to Geospatial PDF. See all MAPublisher supported formats.

Import data into MAPublisher

MAPublisher tools seamlessly integrate into the user interface and can be resized, moved, and docked just like native Adobe Illustrator panels. The MAPublisher Toolbar allows you to easily launch all the main MAPublisher tools in a single click. Manage map layers, view map attributes, create and edit stylesheets, create selection filters, plot points and much more. See all features.

MAPublisher integrates into Adobe Illustrator

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MAPublisher Add-ons

MAPublisher LabelPro™ increases efficiency of cartographic label placement. The results of MAP LabelPro are of high cartographic quality. [+ more]

MAPublisher FME Auto™ connects the processing power of FME Desktop to the design environment of MAPublisher Adobe Illustrator. [+ more]

MAPublisher

Powerful cartography softwarefor Adobe Illustrator

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Powerful cartography software
for Adobe Illustrator