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	<title>Mapdiva, LLC &#124; Mac OS X Software &#187; cartography</title>
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		<title>Geography on the Mac</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2011/01/geography-on-the-mac/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[map]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[classic cartography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compass rose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[map element]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nautical chart]]></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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[map design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[map templates]]></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>Ortelius 1.1 Introduces Professional Map Symbol Management</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/07/ortelius-1-1-introduces-professional-level-map-symbol-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ortelius]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mac mapping software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mac OS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[07.27.10 Indianapolis, Indiana &#8211; Today Mapdiva, LLC released Ortelius 1.1 map design software for Mac OS X. Ortelius 1.1 is a major update which introduces a professional-level symbol Library Manager and many workflow enhancements. This update is free for existing users. Ortelius is a vector-based drawing program made especially for map design and presentation. Ortelius [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drawing City-Block Style Maps</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/07/drawing-city-block-style-maps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/07/drawing-city-block-style-maps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ortelius Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartographic technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartography software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city block map]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[draw a map]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[historical map]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[City-block style maps (sometimes referred to as &#34;European-style&#34;) are characterized by their use of negative space. Shapes &#8211; in the form of city blocks &#8211; define the positive space, whereas the road areas are negative space. Ortelius excels at designing modern style road maps, with connectable tracks and built-in symbols, and it also has great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Search and Destroy &#8211; Book Illustrated with Ortelius</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/07/search-and-destroy-book-illustrated-with-ortelius/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/07/search-and-destroy-book-illustrated-with-ortelius/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ortelius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[User Spotlight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[historical map]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keith Nolan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Brummett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search and Destroy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viet Nam]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mapdiva.com/?p=2722</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is with much gratitude we offer our congratulations to Richard Brummett, Mapdiva’s very first customer, for the publication of Search and Destroy by Keith W. Nolan and published by Zenith Press. Upon the author’s untimely death, Richard Brummett (Keith’s friend and associate) saw the book through to completion. A large part of that effort included making the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating New Symbols Without Starting From Scratch</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/06/creating-new-symbols-without-starting-from-scratch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/06/creating-new-symbols-without-starting-from-scratch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ortelius Tutorials]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[map symbols]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mapdiva.com/?p=2890</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Existing symbols can provide a great starting point for refining and creating new symbols. When a symbol is originally created, it is assigned as a &#34;master&#34; symbol which can be placed unlimited times on your map. Symbol Graphics Make Great Templates The first step to editing an existing symbol is to place the symbol on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Stunning Coastal Effects</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/04/coastal-effects/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/04/coastal-effects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coastal vignette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coastlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[map]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shadow]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mapdiva.com/?p=2647</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Coastal effects can add interest and texture to your map of land, water, and island areas. These effects help develop a visual hierarchy between land and water areas, an important cartographic principle providing clear separation and focus to the land areas. In addition, such effects lend to the overall style of your map design whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Add Lists &amp; Tables to Your Map Layout</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/04/lists-tables-in-your-map-layout/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/04/lists-tables-in-your-map-layout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[lists]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adding lists and tables to your map layout is easy-breezy in Ortelius. Simply copy and paste from other source documents or create lists and tables from scratch. Here&#8217;s how… Copy &#38; Paste Lists Copy and pasting a list into a text box works seamlessly, retaining most formatting from the source document. For example, this list [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Static Text in Map Symbols</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/03/tips-for-using-text-in-symbols/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/03/tips-for-using-text-in-symbols/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cartographic technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[custom symbol]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes static text (as opposed to dynamic text like route numbers) is an integral part of a symbol. These symbols may be re-scaled and shared for different purposes, such as placement in a legend and reuse at a different size within a brochure or book. For maximum scalability and consistency with complex symbols, convert text [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Map Points of Interest with Smart Sequence Markers</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/02/map-points-of-interest-with-smart-sequence-markers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/02/map-points-of-interest-with-smart-sequence-markers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cartographic technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartography software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[map attributes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[map symbol]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you need to map points of interest with numbered placemarkers, look no further than Ortelius&#8217; smart Sequence Markers. These symbols save time and sanity. Place Sequence Markers just like any other symbol and they’ll automatically number themselves 1,2,3&#8230; (we should call them magic). Our customers have been finding Sequence Markers really useful, and with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Symbol Scaling with Ortelius</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/02/simple-symbol-scaling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/02/simple-symbol-scaling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ortelius Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[map scale]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[map symbols]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ortelius is packed with hundreds of styles and symbols. Now it&#8217;s easier than ever to make fine adjustments to symbol sizes on your map. Find out how&#8230; Manually Scale Symbol Individual symbols can be resized, or scaled, directly by grabbing the lower-right sizing handle on the symbol and dragging inward or outward. Note, symbols in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Randomized Patterns Make Interesting Map Fills</title>
		<link>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/01/randomized-patterns-make-interesting-map-fills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mapdiva.com/2010/01/randomized-patterns-make-interesting-map-fills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mapdiva</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Randomized patterns can add texture and variety to an otherwise flat map. This is an especially good effect for representing features with naturally occurring randomness, such as ground-cover and forests. Ortelius has several tools in the Style Inspector to help you make awesome randomized patterns. Here&#8217;s how… Start with a Shape Create a shape to [...]]]></description>
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