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	<title>Mapdiva, LLC &#124; Mac OS X Software &#187; Ortelius</title>
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		<title>China Point: Book Cover Map Illustrated with Ortelius</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2011/12/china-point-book-cover-map-illustrated-with-ortelius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China Point is the new mystery-thriller from best-selling author Tom Snyder. Follow top fraud investigator Dann Arthur as he uncovers wrongdoing at the highest levels in his own company, and share the excitement off Catalina Island where Dann’s small boat is almost run down by an out-of-control yacht. Risking his life, Dann scrambles aboard to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, The Places You&#8217;ve Been! Working With Ortelius Map Templates</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2011/11/oh-the-places-youve-been-working-with-ortelius-map-templates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2011/11/oh-the-places-youve-been-working-with-ortelius-map-templates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ortelius Tutorials]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ortelius delivers with dozens of world, region, and country outline templates. Using styles, symbols, and labels, these maps are easily customized. We&#8217;ll create a map from start-to-finish that shows the states we&#8217;ve visited. Find out how to modify any template map to make it your own. Final Image Below is the final image we will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ortelius Awarded Best Mac App: 2011 Swipe Design Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2011/10/ortelius-awarded-best-mac-app-2011-swipe-design-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2011/10/ortelius-awarded-best-mac-app-2011-swipe-design-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mapdiva is the proud recipient of the &#8220;Best Mac Application&#8221; for our Ortelius cartography software. The Swipe Awards are an opportunity to recognize some of the best apps being created in Australia. We are truly honored by the recognition! The Swipe Conference was held in Melbourne, Australia on the September 5-6, 2011.]]></description>
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		<title>Get Your Kicks from these Route 66 Maps!</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2011/08/get-your-kicks-from-these-route-66-maps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2011/08/get-your-kicks-from-these-route-66-maps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ortelius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[User Spotlight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Route 66]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Snyder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;d like to congratulate Tom Snyder, author of &#8220;Route 66: Traveler&#8217;s Guide and Roadside Companion,&#8221; on his recently published book edition. This fully revised and updated book includes dozens of elegant and easy-to-read new maps produced with the Ortelius software. It was a labor of love as Tom spent months meticulously creating over 92 maps, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Find, Follow, Share Mapdiva</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2011/04/mapdiva-find-follow-share/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2011/04/mapdiva-find-follow-share/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artboard]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month we&#8217;ve propped up our communication offerings so you can get the information you need where you need it – in your preferred format. iTunes Artboard Video Tutorial Podcast is available on iTunes! Subscribe to Artboard Video Tutorials on your iPod/iPhone/iPad. YouTube TheMapdiva YouTube Channel has all our video tutorials uploaded for Artboard and Ortelius. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ortelius 1.1.2 Update</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2011/02/ortelius-1-1-2-update/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2011/02/ortelius-1-1-2-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce a new Ortelius update is now available. Ortelius 1.1.2 offers greater flexibility and ease of use. Labels now support rotation, text can be edited within a group without ungrouping, styles and symbols can be dragged directly onto your map canvas, and tons of other great enhancements and bug fixes are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Thoughts on the Mac App Store</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2011/02/our-thoughts-on-the-mac-app-store/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2011/02/our-thoughts-on-the-mac-app-store/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artboard]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mac App Store launched Jan. 6 and promises to be a great thing for Mac users. That the Mac App Store makes software license installation all but disappear, offers convenient multi-Mac licenses, and effortless one-click installation and updates is hard to ignore. Then there is discoverability. Here is a tweet that pretty much sums [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geography on the Mac</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2011/01/geography-on-the-mac/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2011/01/geography-on-the-mac/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events & Press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ortelius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mac OS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remote sensing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mapdiva is pleased to present the &#8220;Geography on the Mac&#8221; session at the 2011 Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA on April 12-16. Geography on the Mac is becoming an increasingly viable option in the geography curriculum as technologies continue to change and evolve. While Mac market share has been steadily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Join Us at the North American Cartographic Information Society Annual Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/10/join-us-nacis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/10/join-us-nacis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[10.07.10 Mapdiva co-founder Jill Saligoe-Simmel will join mapmakers, map users, map librarians, and map enthusiasts in St. Petersburg, Florida this October to talk about the thing we all love &#8211; maps! Jill will demonstrate Ortelius&#8217; map symbol creation and sharing tools at Practical Cartography Day on October 13th. The North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS), founded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATO Equipment Map Symbol Collection</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/10/nato-equipment-map-symbol-collection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/10/nato-equipment-map-symbol-collection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ortelius Collections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[map]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[map symbols]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military map]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[wargames]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[download collection (1.4MB) provided by: Mapdiva The NATO Equipment Map Symbol Collection is comprised of 93 different scaleable vector graphics, including silhouette icons of artillery, explosive devices, helicopters, equipment, personal weapons. soldiers, tanks and vehicles. It has NATO equipment, as well as some non-NATO items. This symbol collection is ideal for military history mapping projects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roses &amp; Rhumbs Map Symbol Collection</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/10/roses-rhumb-collection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/10/roses-rhumb-collection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classic cartographer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[compass rose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[map element]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[download collection (324KB) provided by: Mapdiva The Roses &#38; Rhumbs Map Symbol Collection from Mapdiva, LLC is a delightful collection of fully editable compass rose and rhumb line vector graphics. The collection includes 10 fanciful compass rose symbols and two rhumb line graphics ideal for embellishing classic-style map designs for presentation and publication. Compass Rose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing the Right Cartography Tool</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/10/choosing-the-right-tool/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/10/choosing-the-right-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events & Press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ortelius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartography software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartography textbook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judith Tyner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mapping software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Principles of Map Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In her recently released cartography textbook, Principles of Map Design (2010), Dr. Judith A Tyner provides a balanced discussion of the considerations regarding cartography software selection. Given that the needs of every user are unique, this is a valuable contribution for those considering which tools to use. As relatively new cartography software, we&#8217;re also thrilled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Expert Styles</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/09/creating-expert-styles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/09/creating-expert-styles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this video, we create custom expert styles from scratch and from clones of existing styles. Find out how to use expert style components to create unique stacked styles. video (05:20)]]></description>
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		<title>Using Ortelius Map Templates</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/08/using-ortelius-map-templates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/08/using-ortelius-map-templates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Getting Started With Ortelius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[editable map]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[video tutorial 03:06 Ortelius is loaded with a broad selection of royalty-free world, continent, and country map templates to customize and make your own. Open a Template File Map templates are the fastest way to make a map. To open a new map from template, choose File &#62; New From Template from the main menu. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managing Your Cartographic Styles and Symbols</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/08/managing-your-cartographic-styles-and-symbols/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/08/managing-your-cartographic-styles-and-symbols/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ortelius Tutorials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this video tutorial, find out how to use the Ortelius Library Manager to manage all of your cartographic styles and symbols.]]></description>
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