| By Jacquelin Vanderwood February 1, 2000 MAPublisher is a suite of plug-ins designed specifically for use in Illustrator and Freehand. It is a high quality digital map publishing tool designed to work directly with GIS (Geographic Information System) data. MAPublisher combines GIS and Cartographic functionality along with the power of a graphics program giving you power to create "top-notch" publishing quality maps at a cost effective price. Features included with this product are: Import widely used map data files such as Generate, Shapefile, MID/MIF, DXF, DLG, SDTS;
Ability to tile map files together for real world coordinates;
Export capability to other map file formats and databases;
Import, merge, create or edit any database files;
Automated legend creation and labeling;
Automated raster image registration;
Full customizable projection editor;
Floating window of map attribute information;
Create "Smart PDF's" with query databases;
Assign, edit, analyze and query data attributes;
Seamless cross-platform file compatibility;
Plus other cartographic tools. The CD comes equipped with PDF and Illustrator samples and an easy-to-use, well written manual to guide you through the steps. In no time you'll be able to grasp and execute state-of-the-art maps right on your computer. Below are some of the menus you will find:  
Map samples (here are just a few samples but there is a much wider variety that you can create): 
I was really impressed by this program and it's power. The design options are endless giving you "state-of-the-art" technology at your fingertips. I highly recommend this program to any serious designer or map maker. Wonderful! Avenza Website or ftp.avenza.com SRP $495 Upgrade $99 System Requirements Macintosh
Minimum: - A Mac or Mac compatible system with PowerPC Processor
- 32mb of RAM, 16mb of that assigned to FreeHand 8 or Illustrator 8.01
- Apple Mac OS 7.6.1 or later
- CDROM Drive
- 10mb of free hard drive space for installation
- 14" or larger colour monitor (800x600)
Recommended: - A Mac or Mac compatible system with 150mhz or greater PowerPC Processor
- 128mb of RAM, 100mb assigned to FreeHand 8 or Illustrator 8.01
- Apple Mac OS 8.0 or later
- CDROM Drive
- 10mb of free hard drive space for installation
- 17" or larger colour monitor (1024x768)
| Windows
Minimum: - An Intel or compatible system with Pentium processor
- FreeHand 7 or Illustrator 8.01
- 32mb of RAM
- Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT 4.0
- CDROM Drive
- 10mb of free hard drive space for installation
- 14" or larger colour monitor (800x600)
Recommended: - An Intel or compatible system with 200mhz or greater Pentium II processor
- FreeHand 8.01 or Illustrator 8.01
- 128mb of RAM
- Microsoft Windows 95//98/NT 4.0
- CDROM Drive
- 10mb of free hard drive space for installation
- 17" or larger colour monitor (1024x768)
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