Product Overview

How MapStudio for Media Works

Find a Place—Users can find millions of places by entering a keyword search or U.S. address, or by simply zooming and panning around the map interface.

Add Points—Users can create their own point layers in MapStudio and store them to be used again and again. These might include restaurants reviewed or crimes reported.

Choose Layers—Once the user lands on the area of interest, he can turn on and off data layers showing different levels of detail or thematic maps such as weather, terrain, or demographics.

Refine Map—When the map is ready to be output, colors and type styles can be modified. If the user prefers a different projection, one can be chosen. Then the map can be cropped to a specific size and output in any of a number of formats.

Output—MapStudio for Media supports the output of an editable EPS file that can be opened in either Adobe Illustrator or Macromedia Freehand, a shapefile that can be opened in ArcGIS Desktop, or various image formats.

MapStudio for Media is an affordable and easy way to create quality maps quickly. Its use by media outlets, such as the Associated Press and USA Today, has made geographic information more readily available to the public.