Category: Maps
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Custom Type for Call-Out Boxes
To call attention to type labels on your map, consider placing them in a custom call-out box. But not just any box will do. Place labels in boxes painted with Adobe Illustrator’s visual effects to help them stand out, or above, other details on the map.
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Self-Published Chamber Maps: A Case Study
Chambers of Commerce are well-equipped to produce and distribute their own maps, boasting sales staff, artists, and printers within their ranks. The only missing piece is a mapmaker, and that’s the niche we fill.
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Parks & Recreation: A Case Study
Parks and recreation maps are successful when they attract new and returning visitors. Our custom maps are designed to help park visitors make the most of their recreation. Parks System Map The Frisco Parks and Recreation Department in Frisco, Texas, contacted us about producing a system map showing their many resources. This public map included…
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Resort Maps–A Case Study
Maps for resorts must be colorful, clear, and inviting. The resort map is a key ingredient in hospitality. We make different styles of resort maps. Each map is customized to the resort.
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Vintage Maps in Ads
In a 2013 ad for Ford, a 1950s atlas was used to talk about an engineer who grew up on two continents. Ford’s ad does not use a contemporary map. Instead the overly dramatic images from over 50 years ago had the visual punch to make good use of its second of video time. Ford…
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Vectors from Google
Importing points from Google Earth to Adobe Illustrator brings an added bonus: high-resolution vector icons make the journey, too. In the life of a busy cartographer, Google Earth is a handy tool. Google Earth is an effective environment to map points-of-interest or to finetune the positions of points you export from Adobe Illustrator via Avenza MAPublisher. GOOGLE’S…