ArcGIS Maps for Adobe CC

This video is an introduction to the Maps for Adobe CC from ArcGIS. It covers installing and using the software, and covers the creation of a basic map. Links are also included for further learning.

[@BiggsOrcas]

Hi, I'm a subscriber of your channel and enjoy all your tutorials and all the information you provide here. I have a question about this plugin, which may be pretty obvious... (sorry about that) I do have an Adobe Cloud subscription but I don't have any GIS subscription. When going to their site (GIS) to download and pay the 110$/year plan, looks like I also need a "Creator" plan (which costs 550$/year) first... Is there any way to get only the 110$ plan for Adobe Illustrator? Thank you very much.

[@troutjunkie7330]

This eliminates the need for Mapublisher for AI

[@websiteinoneweek895]

I'd still rather have Mapublisher (if I could afford it). Maps for Adobe doesn't let you change the CRS or do any kind of data manipulation. But it is pretty sweet.

[@troutjunkie7330]

@@websiteinoneweek895 True, but at least we now get vector, organized layers in AI. Never had a need to do any GIS stuff in Illustrator. I use AI for map publishing to get the nice-looking maps ready to offset print and use GIS software to crunch, sort, move data and organize it. If I need to change something in the data, I just export that single layer from GIS back into Illustrator and swap it out. Worked for the last 15 years. Mapulisher is way overpriced.

[@websiteinoneweek895]

@@troutjunkie7330 I agree. If it was cheaper, a lot more people (including me) would use it. The workflow you describe is pretty much the same as I use. I get comments from people who don't have access to AI, so sometimes I show how to do things in QGIS that I would do in AI.

[@jesszimmerman684]

I had an interview once at the Washington Post. They use Mapublisher to draw all of their maps. If I could stay in AI all of the time, I'd be very happy.