Portable Document Format (PDF), is a proprietary file format from Adobe that creates lightweight text-based, formatted files for distribution to a variety of operating systems.
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Can QGIS preserve layers when exporting to PDF?
In ArcMap, when you export data to PDF it preserves the layering within the PDF so that you can turn on/off individual map layers (within the PDF itself). When I export from QGIS to PDF, I don't ...
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QGIS Crashes when writing to PDF
8 Lisboa.
I have a very large mapper. Formatted to A1 size with a large area and constraints laid across it.
Everytime i try to write to pdf it crashes. It is just due to the size of the file. I ...
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Convert GeoPDF to a vector format
I want to convert a GeoPDF that has vectors entity in it to a vector format and preserve the real coordinates of these vectors. The GeoPDF has been exported from ArcMap and has layers in it.
I have ...
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How can I add an interactive map to a PDF?
I have been asked to add an interactive map to my company's annual report. The requirements are that it should have multiple layers that can be turned on and off, zoom in/out and pan functionality, ...
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Free (or cheap) software for generating Geospatial PDF (GeoPDF)
I'm looking for a cheap software to generate Geospatial PDF (GeoPDF, ISO 32000 Adobe extensions or OGC recomendation).
Currently, as far as I know, there are very expensive propietary solutions. See ...
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ArcGIS 9.3 Mapbook
I'm looking for a product that will produce multiple pdf plots of mapsheets specified by a shapefile key (say, 11 x 17) from ArcGIS using a single .mxd template, include and orient a common keymap, ...
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Looking for open source component to create PDF from WMS in a web application
I want to create a PDF from WMS in a web map application.
Please can anyone recommend a robust component? I'd like free open-source under an relatively business-friendly licence (no GPL, BSD/MIT ...
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GDAL and Geospatial PDF on Windows
GDAL 1.8 now supports reading GeospatialPDF, see pdf format description page. Using it depends on the poppler pdf library. What is the smoothest route to getting gdal and geospatial pdf working on ...
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Is it possible to georeference an existing, un-georeferenced pdf?
I was wondering if there was anyway to georeference a pdf directly without first converting it to an image. I have access to ArcGIS 10.1 but haven't been able to find any information that would ...
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Losing large portions of elevation contours from QGIS to PDF
Please forgive me as I'm new to GIS and all this might be a silly question, the wrong place for this question, or a hack way of going about what I'm getting at. So any suggestions on better practice ...
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Batch export MXD to PDF tool
Nico Burgerhart made a fantastic script called "Batch export MXD to PDF" back in 2008.
http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=14872
Any ideas how to implement it in ArcGIS 10? Something ...
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Why does PDF fail to print in ArcGIS10?
Can anyone tell me why ArcGIS10 will not print to my Adobe9 "printer" in a Windows7Pro environment. Multiprocessor system, huge memory. Makes a .ai but crashes when i try a "print". ArcGIS10 also ...
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ArcPy: Possible to use wildcard in .pdf append?
I'm working on a script that (as written) produces a large number of individual pdf pages (>100), instead of hardcoding the names of each of the outputs, I was thinking of using a wildcard. However, ...
