Avenza Systems

Avenza Systems is a Canadian developer of map-making software. Its main desktop product, MAPublisher, adds over fifty GIS tools to Adobe Illustrator so cartographers can produce finished maps from geospatial data without leaving their design program.

What Avenza Systems offers

• MAPublisher — an Illustrator plug-in that imports Esri, Google, MapInfo, WFS and WMS data with attributes and georeferencing kept editable.
• Projections and editing — thousands of coordinate systems, plus tools to crop, join, buffer and simplify features while keeping them georeferenced.
• Styling and labelling — MAP Themes styles data by attribute; labelling tools place names automatically, with the LabelPro add-on for rule-based placement.
• Export options — print maps, geospatial PDFs with coordinate data, HTML5 web maps made through MAP Web Author, and packages for mobile use.
• Geographic Imager — a desktop tool for working with georeferenced imagery.
• Avenza Maps — a mobile app for viewing and using exported maps in the field.

Who it works with

Cartographers and designers who build maps from GIS data and need print, web or mobile output.

Key facts

• Based in: Canada
• Platform: Adobe Illustrator plug-in
• Products: MAPublisher, Geographic Imager, Avenza Maps