Avenza Introduces Geospatial PDF App for Apple iOS
Written by Avenza Systems Inc
Monday, 19 July 2010
Geospatial PDF reader with GPS positioning to be available soon for iPad and iPhone
Toronto, ON, July 12, 2010 - Avenza Systems Inc., producers of
MAPublisher� cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator� and
Geographic Imager� spatial tools for Adobe Photoshop� is pleased to
announce the upcoming availability of the first and only geospatial PDF
application for Apple iOS devices including the iPad, iPhone and iPod
Touch platforms.
Complimenting the geospatial PDF authoring capabilities of MAPublisher
for Adobe Illustrator (soon to also be available for Geographic Imager
for Adobe Photoshop), the Avenza geospatial PDF app for iOS devices
will be the first of its kind designed specifically for non-GIS savvy
users. It will give field personnel the power to interact with
geo-registered PDF maps and images directly from their iOS device with
viewing performance levels well above any currently available PDF
viewing applications.
"Our MAPublisher and Geographic Imager applications for Adobe Creative
Suite offer the only available methods for authoring geospatial PDF
documents within the Adobe environment and we are now delighted to
extended the power of geospatial PDF viewing and interaction to Apple
iOS devices." said Ted Florence, President of Avenza. "For the first
time, publishers and users of geospatial PDF documents will now have
complete access to them on their iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches which
is an exciting proposition for anyone working with these types of
documents in field work or navigation", he added.
The Avenza geospatial PDF app for Apple iOS will offer the following capabilities
* Access and load maps through iTunes File Sharing and over a Wi-Fi or cellular network
* View your current location on the PDF map using the built-in GPS (iPad and iPhone only)
* Display the location of any point on the map in world units (latitude and longitude)
* Quickly view, zoom and pan maps using gestures (pinch, drag and flick, double tap)
* Optimized for fast loading and refreshing of large maps and spatial documents
* Record and export way-points and notes
* Measure distances
More about MAPublisher and Geographic Imager
MAPublisher for Illustrator is powerful map production software for
creating cartographic-quality maps from GIS data. Developed as a suite
of plug-ins for Adobe Illustrator, MAPublisher leverages the superior
design capabilities of this leading graphic design software.
Geographic Imager is powerful software for working with spatial imagery
in Adobe Photoshop that leverages the superior image editing
capabilities of this raster-based image-editing software. For more
information on these products and the Avenza geospatial PDF app visit
the Avenza website at www.avenza.com
More about Geospatial PDF
With the release of Adobe Acrobat 9 and Adobe Reader 9 a new geospatial
feature set was introduced to the Adobe PDF specification. Geospatial
PDF files are PDF documents that contain geospatial information such as
real world location and/or GIS attributes. Geospatial PDF documents can
be created in some GIS applications such as ArcGIS and Mapinfo and from
within Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop with the aid of the
MAPublisher and Geographic Imager plugins, respectively. The geospatial
data contained in a geospatial PDF document may be accessed and used
(for example to locate a specific point or measure distances) without
the aid of any additional plugins, using tools found natively within
Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9.
More about Avenza Systems Inc.
Avenza Systems Inc. is an award-winning, privately held corporation
that provides cartographers and GIS professionals with powerful
software tools for making better maps. In addition to software
offerings for Mac and Windows users, Avenza offers value-added data
sets, product training and consulting services. Visit www.avenza.com for more details.
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