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I'd look into geoPDF it allows embedding a georeferenced data in a PDF and can handle everything you've asked for.
I'm not sure on the ins and outs of creating one, but might be somewhere to start from?
Linky : http://www.terragotech.com/products/terrago-toolbar
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I'd certainly go for PDF, and use FME to create it - with FME you can turn any spatial data into a 2d or 3d PDF.
See these examples: http://www.fmepedia.com/index.php/Adobe_PDF
The display images I'm not so sure. You can create links on a PDF, but if they aren't connected to a network that doesn't help.
However, I bet you could write the images separately ...
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I'm going to answer this but you should really do a quick search first before asking something like this, or at least have a look though the manuals at: http://www.qgis.org/en/documentation/manuals.html
If you want a PDF you need to first create a composer window, File->New Print Composer... Once you have a new print composer you can add a map ...
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Most of the GIS packages I have used have excellent mapping tools. I can produce very good maps with QGIS for instance. So that's an option, if you can't run to the cost of ArcGIS. Yes it is a little more fiddly to get the exact result you want but excellent maps are perfectly possible. I am able to produce large maps with QGIS - but you have to ...
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This was on the list of possible Google Summer of Code projects 2010 (http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2010#SVG.2FPDF_export_improvements) but I don't think anybody got to work on it.
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Bap, right clicking on a QGIS composer map item only locks its position, not the layers displayed within the map item. To lock the layers displayed, you must enable the "Lock layers for map item" check box in the map item properties panel:
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Global Mapper can import and export GeoPDFs. A single license costs $350, which is quite a bit less than many of the alternatives.
http://www.globalmapper.com/product/formats_vector.htm#GeoPDF®_Files
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ArcMap (I'm using 9.3.1) is able to export a multi-layered PDF from an MXD document. In the File menu, select Export Map. In the dialog, select PDF as type, and, at the bottom, switch to Advanced tab. Set Layers and Attributes drop-down to either "Export PDF Layers Only" or "Export PDF Layers and Feature Attributes" depending on your need. Check Export Map ...
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At cost yes, http://mappingcenter.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=ask.answers&q=2237
TerraGo's ArcMap extension lets you both write and read GeoPDF
files
http://www.terragotech.com/products/terrago-publisher-arcgis
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As Jakub notes Arcmap has had problems with exporting, and printing which is related to exports, since 8.x. It get's better with every release, I've not personally run into them with v10, but I'll wait a year or so before I fully relax about it.
I'm not sure of all the details and I may have some of the acronyms wrong, but here's my understanding of the ...
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I use Cairo and Pango (both LGPL) together to create PDF maps.
It's a low level solution, but Cairo has superb vector drawing and raster handling capabilities, whilst Pango is excellent at typesetting. The overall results are great, but it does require a lot of coding. For instance if I want to create a map using a WMS output I construct a WMS request, ...
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The pay for program pdf2cad will convert to dxf or hpgl.
If the geopdf has layers in it there is an option to save the layers to dxf.
Sometimes (actually pretty often) when there is a layer in the geopdf that gts the "default" name you have to edit the dxf.
"defalut" is not a valid layer name in dxf files.
But the dxf files are editable in a text editor.
...
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I recently did this with an asynch GP service for a WPF xbap client app, but the same approach should work with flex too, assuming flex has something equivalent to Json.NET.
The GP service took a single string as an argument, a serialized data transfer object (DTO). I found it easier to change the DTO fields as requirements evolved instead of adding args ...
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This includes
'Export Map Document to PDF'
http://resources.arcgis.com/gallery/file/geoprocessing/details?entryID=A910AB18-1422-2418-3418-3885D388EF60
Source Code is available to Automate/Batch MXD for Export to PDF.
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Avenza's MAPublisher is also able to export a Geospatial PDF from within Adobe Illustrator preserving the map's attributes within the PDF. The user can view both coordinates and browse object properties using acrobats 'object data tool'.
You'll have to import your map into Illustrator using the MAPublisher import tool, make any modifications you need using ...
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You could try the SimpleSVG plugin (full description) to see if it produces non-lossy SVG output when read into Illustrator. It should be available via the QGIS Plugin Installer.
A very expensive, non-FOSS, but superb solution is to use the Illustrator plugin, MAPublisher, and import your GIS data directly.
If only QGIS had tight integration with ...
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The software will be very important to know. Here are two posts that explain how to do something very simular as Actions in QGIS.
Hyperlinking in QGIS - Add Data to current window
Hyperlinking to PostGIS Layers and Zip files with QGIS Actions
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The way I have done it in ArcMap is the following (note that it may be a little different if you are using an older version, I am using 10.0).
In your attribute table add a field with the absolute path to the PDF files
(ie: c:\Temp\PDFs\Document1.pdf)
With the shapefile you want to use as the linking file allow hyperlinking according to a field
Open the ...
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I'm using the same versions of the software as you are, installed the same way. I exported a simple map, about 10 sq miles worth of 2012 NAIP orthophoto in Mr Sid format, and a simple square vector layer on top of it. The process took a few minutes, and Composer was reported as Not Responding in Composer's title bar, but eventually the process did finish ...
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TerraGo Publisher currently has a ArcGIS toolbar that does this. There is currently an ArcGIS Ideas link about adding GeoPDFs into ArcMap.
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I want to comment on Michael Todds mis-assumtion, that Geopublisher creates LiveCDs. It creates Stand-Alon applications that can be started from the web via Java Web Start or distributed on DVD, USB-Stick, EMail etc.
Geopublisher allows to link PDFs to objects in your map.. but you are looking for PDF as a container... So it's probably not the perfect ...
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Create an interactive map, manually, using Flash, and embed it into the PDF.
To do so, first extract each layer as an image, ensuring that you use an image format that allows for transparent colors (PNG in this case). Then, combine these layers into Flash in the correct order, create your own zoom/pan functionality, and manually add points to the map to ...
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Sounds like GeoPublisher http://en.geopublishing.org/features can do what you need. Alternatively you're looking at running GeoServer or MapServer on a Live-DVD with an OpenLayers front end. If you go down that route you may want to check out the OSGEO live-dvd as a starting point http://live.osgeo.org/.
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This code below may help guide some one wanting to convert many geoPDFs to KML-Superoverlay which can then be incorporated as web map overlays using Google Maps API or Google Earth API...
import shlex
import subprocess
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
import os
def step1_translate( input_file ):
out = input_file + ".vrt"
translate_command = ...
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We use MapLogic Layout Manager, and have for about four or five years. We're able to create some nice map books with this software, and it's much more advanced than the DS Mapbook extension. Since we started using their software we're constantly asked to create new map books for departments. You can find them at MapLogic.
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This blog post includes source and produces PDFs; perhaps it can help (at least knowing with how to present the PDF to the user). You basically need to create an output parameter of type file that can be served to the client.
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I developed a Java PrintSOE for the ArcGIS Server:
http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=6809086326ea4c76bf026a32bb9dd698
The communication is realized over the Rest API.
So any client can work with it.
There is a Flex widget which demonstrates the functionalities.
Tom
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Manifold has it's own built in export to pdf from a layout. Just right click on the layout component, and export. It retains the layers from the map in the exported pdf as well.
In the export you can specify the output resolution for both vector and images to get the desired resolution that you want.
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What about using http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/ ? It is lgpl and allows you to simply generate a pdf from a web page template. We use this approach together with django to dynamically generate the html before rendering it to pdf with wkhtml.
Regards
Tim
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If you're using Print ->Adobe PDF then what you're actually doing is using a print-driver to create the PDF. The problem therefore is with whatever PDF print driver you're using.
Try using a different one there are some comparisons here:
The best freeware virtual PDF printer: a comparison
General list of PDF Software (Wikipedia)
Myself I use the free ...
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