shrug-l: RE: Books - GIS/Adobe Illustrator combination?

[Tim Spivey]

Nonie -

I'll forward your questions to a couple of folks at Water Management who
are trained graphics artists now working in GIS. I know they have years
of Illustrator experience.

If you haven't already searched the ESRI on-line user message board, I
found 158 references to "Adobe Illustrator" -
http://forums.esri.com/SearchResults.asp?c=93&eSortBy=1&eDateLimit=0&eFo
rums=1730&eForums=989&eForums=1731&eForums=982&eQueryType=0&eQuery=Adobe
+Illustrator&btnSearch=search

The whole graphic design side of GIS seems to be largely ignored by the
GIS trainers, and what instructional information I have found was sorely
lacking. Some of the worst-looking 6'x6' wall maps I've EVER seen have
been produced by highly-trained GIS folks who apparently had no design
training.

Tim Spivey
Tift County

PS - are there any orange groves left in northern Pinellas County? I
grew up there, long ago.

-----Original Message-----
From: shrug-l-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:shrug-l-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Nonie Castro
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 4:35 PM
To: shrug-l at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: shrug-l: Books - re: GIS/Adobe Illustrator combination? 

On the same subject - can any of you suggest some resources to help me? 

I've been doing a search for books using search terms like:
["Adobe Illustrator" and GIS], ["Adobe Illustrator" and cartography],
["Adobe Illustrator" and maps]. 
I haven't had TOO much luck. 

I was able to find these interesting materials: 
http://gis2.esri.com/library/userconf/proc05/papers/pap1101.pdf
http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Info/dmt/docs/Rupp04b.pdf

What I guess I am looking for is some book (or website, whatever) where
I can learn how to 
manipulate maps using Adobe Illustrator, or (to put it another way) I
have a lot of Illustrator 
manuals and how-to books, but they all apply to graphics in general. I'd
like to know if there 
are any resources for Illustrator that deal with mapping specifically. 

Thanks!!!
Nonie Castro
GIS Specialist
Cox Target Media
8605 Largo Lakes Blvd
Largo, FL 33773
727-399-3000 x3246


-----Original Message-----
From: shrug-l-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:shrug-l-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Nonie Castro
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 9:53 AM
To: shrug-l at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: shrug-l: Exporting ArcMap document for use in Adobe Illustrator

Hello all - I'm requesting your opinions here. 

We have a need to manipulate our maps graphically beyond what ArcMap can
do. 
(Or - what it can do - software that is specifically for graphics can do
better/faster/more efficiently)

Do  any of the rest of you use something besides an ESRI product to
manipulate your maps? 
If so - what? 

If you have a graphics program - do you then use any other software,
like the Avenza products - as a "bridge" between the two? 

Thank you,
Nonie Castro
GIS Specialist
Cox Target Media
8605 Largo Lakes Blvd
Largo, FL 33773
727-399-3000 x3246
www.coxtarget.com
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