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  2. Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/PDF map conversion to SVG/Adobe ...

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    Open the PDF in Adobe Illustrator. Go to File > Save As (Shift + Ctrl + S). From the Format drop-down menu, select SVG (*.SVG). Save As. In the resulting dialog box: Under SVG Profiles, choose a profile (usually SVG 1.0 or SVG 1.1). Under Type, if you are not using web-safe fonts, select Convert to outline. (Warning: this greatly increases the ...

  3. Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps - Wikipedia

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    Maps are useful in presenting key facts within a geographical context and enabling a descriptive overview of a complex concept to be accessed easily and quickly. WikiProject Maps encourages the creation of free maps and their upload on Wikimedia Commons. On the project's pages can be found advice, tools, links to resources, and map conventions.

  4. Pictorial map - Wikipedia

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    Pictorial maps (also known as illustrated maps, panoramic maps, perspective maps, bird's-eye view maps, and geopictorial maps) depict a given territory with a more artistic rather than technical style. [1] It is a type of map in contrast to road map, atlas, or topographic map. The cartography can be a sophisticated 3-D perspective landscape or ...

  5. Map series - Wikipedia

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    A map series is a group of topographic or thematic charts or maps usually having the same scale and cartographic specifications, and with each sheet appropriately identified by its publisher as belonging to the same series. [1] Map series occur when an area is to be covered by a map that, due to its scale, must be

  6. Adobe Illustrator - Wikipedia

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    Illustrator Draw was a free-form vector drawing app for Android and iOS users. [30] Along with Illustrator, it is currently marketed by Adobe through Creative Cloud. Drawings made with the Illustrator Draw app can be exported to the desktop programs of Adobe Illustrator. As of 2022, Illustrator Draw is retired and replaced by Adobe Fresco. [30]

  7. Map symbol - Wikipedia

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    A map symbol or cartographic symbol is a graphical device used to visually represent a real-world feature on a map, working in the same fashion as other forms of symbols. Map symbols may include point markers, lines, regions, continuous fields, or text; these can be designed visually in their shape, size, color, pattern, and other graphic ...

  8. Cartographic design - Wikipedia

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    Illustrated map. Cartographic design or map design is the process of crafting the appearance of a map, applying the principles of design and knowledge of how maps are used to create a map that has both aesthetic appeal and practical function. [ 1 ] It shares this dual goal with almost all forms of design; it also shares with other design ...

  9. Romer - Wikipedia

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    Here, we are plotting the reference 696018. The marks corresponding to (6, 8) on the Romer are lined up along the gridlines (69, 01). The hole near the corner yields the exact point, the church at Little Plumpton. A reference card or Romer [1] is a device for increasing the accuracy when reading a grid reference from a map.