City-block style maps (sometimes referred to as “European-style”) are characterized by their use of negative space. Shapes – in the form of city blocks – define the positive space, whereas the road areas are negative space. While Ortelius excels at designing modern style road maps, with connectable tracks and built-in symbols, it also has great tools for creating city-block style maps. Here’s how… Read more »
Mapdiva is pleased to announce the completely revised Getting Started With Ortelius workbook (6.77MB), including hands-on tutorials and demo files, is now available. Read more »
Custom maps can be fun to make and help to communicate the right message to your audience. Custom maps are used to show project areas, directions, events and locations in books and publications, exhibit maps, and much, much more. In today’s world of advanced digital cartography and geographic information systems (GIS), hand drawn maps still represent a well-accepted cartographic technique and provide the greatest flexibility for creativity.
Choose File > New From Template in the main menu and open Wedding Invitation Map from the Exercises & Demos folder. Read more »
Ortelius® is a new way to communicate your project through maps, make landscape plans, show service territories, and well… draw your world. Read more »
Perfect for reports, presentations, books, research papers, invitations, magazines, websites, brochures, public displays, meetings, and so much more. Read more »
Ortelius® comes packaged with fully editable vector outline maps of the world, continents, regions, and several countries – ready to make your own. Read more »
Smooth curves. Automatic junctions. Ortelius® is packed with hundreds of styles and symbols, and special drawing tools that are made for mapping.
Sit back and be inspired. Read more »
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