Exporting MAP Views and MAP Layers

MAPublisher supports the export of MAP Layers and MAP Views to various GIS and table formats that maintain georeferencing and attribute information. The following export formats are supported:

 

• AutoCAD Drawing/Exchange (dwg, dxf) • Delimited XY Text Data (csv) • Esri ArcInfo Generate (gen) • Esri Interchange File (e00) • Esri Shapefile (shp) • Geography Markup Language (gml, xml) • GeoJSON (geojson, json)

• Geopackage (gpkg) • Google Earth (kml, kmz) • GPS Exchange Format (gpx) • MapInfo Interchange Format (mif) • MapInfo Table (tab) • Microsoft Excel (xls) • MicroStation Design (dgn)

 Exporting a MAP View to AutoCAD, Geographic Markup Language, Google Earth or MicroStation format will assemble all layers into a single file.

 Learn more about exporting a MAP View to a web map or geospatial PDF.

 Only MAP Point layers can be exported to Excel and delimited text data formats.

 

Requirements

While imported and user-created MAP Views that contain MAP Layers are suitable for export to GIS formats, not all formats support certain MAP layers. Unsupported MAP layers are disabled in the layers list.

 

Using MAP Export

 

Export a MAP View (including all MAP Layers)

To export all MAP layers of a single MAP View, select the MAP View to be exported in the MAP Views panel, then click the Export MAP View button. Alternatively, choose Export "[MAP View name]" in the panel options menu. In the Export dialog box, all the MAP Layers will be selected for export. To customize which layers are exported, check or uncheck the checkbox beside a layer to include or exclude it from being exported. Choose the required file Format and save location, then click OK.

 

Export a MAP Layer

To export a single layer, select the MAP Layer to be exported in the MAP Views panel, then click Export MAP Layer button. Alternatively, click Export "[MAP View name]" in the panel options menu or click Export > Export MAP Layers from the MAPublisher Toolbar. In the Export dialog box, the selected MAP Layer will be selected for export. To customize which layers are exported, check or uncheck the checkbox beside a layer to include or exclude them from being exported. Choose the required file Format and save location, then click OK.

 

Choose a Destination Folder or Specify a Filename

Most export formats require the selection of a destination folder only. All exported MAP layers are saved in the destination folder.

When exporting to certain formats (e.g. AutoCAD), it is required to specify a file name. In cases where a format can have multiple format extensions (e.g. kml and kmz), it can be manually entered or chosen by clicking the Browse button and choosing an extension from the Save as type drop-down list.

 

General Export Settings

Most formats have the following general settings.

 

Keep Format Extension On Layer Names

The name of the MAP Layer or MAP View selected for export is used as the default name of the exported file. However, the feature type (i.e. _area, _line, _point, or _text) text appended to Adobe Illustrator layers by MAPublisher in the Import process is removed during the export process. To keep the feature type appended to exported files, ensure that the Keep format extension on the layer names option is checked.

 

Attributes

Choose to export all attributes or to export only visible attributes.

 

Properties

Choose to not export #property attributes, to export only visible #property attributes, or to export all #property attributes. See MAPublisher #Property Attributes section.

 

Format Specific Settings

Depending on the selected export format, additional specific settings may be available.

AutoCAD Drawing/Exchange (dwg, dxf) Settings

 

Release	Set the AutoCAD version number to export
Export coordinate system to .PRJ	Include a PRJ file with coordinate system information with the DWG/DXF

 

Delimited XY Text Data (csv) and Microsoft Excel (xls) Settings

 

Include header on first line	Add the column headers at the first line of the exported text file
Export coordinate system as	Optionally include a WKT or PRJ file with the export

Esri ArcInfo Generate (gen) Settings

 

Compression

Set the compression of the exported e00 file (default is None)

Esri Shapefile (shp) Settings

GeoJSON (geojson, json) Settings

Geopackage (gpkg) Settings

Geography Markup Language (gml, xml) Settings

 

Format	Choose a specific GML profile to save as.
Schema	Choose an External or Off schema.
SRS name format	The GML version you export to determines the SRS name format that can be selected. •With GML 3+ and EPSG format, coordinates will always export in the X-Y order (regardless of whether they are projected or geodetic) •With GML 3+ and urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG format, projected coordinates will export in the X-Y order, but geodetic coordinates will export in the Y-X order •With GML 2, only EPSG format is available and coordinates will always export in the X-Y order (regardless of whether they are projected or geodetic)
Feature collection	Select output GML schema

Google Earth (kml, kmz) Settings

 

Assign headings to placemark icons	Stores a symbol's orientation or rotation relative to north (no rotation would point symbols towards north by default)
Create placemark icons from symbols	This will store the symbols and icons used for the features and use them as placemark icons
Write default symbol names as placemark names	Use the feature's symbol name as the placemark name

KML Format Property Assignment - Click the KML Format Property Assignment hyperlink to assign attributes to KML/KMZ specific metadata. Warning indicates no attribute with the specified name exists and will not be assigned on export.

GPS Exchange Format (gpx) Settings

 

Create

Create routes or tracks. • Default - Routes and Tracks (Paths are converted to Routes;  Compound Paths are converted to Tracks) • Tracks Only - All paths are turned into Compound Paths,  which are then converted to Tracks

MapInfo Interchange Format (mif) Settings

 

Suppress Pen and Brush lines	Remove all pen and brush lines in the exported files.
Suppress Point symbols	Remove all point symbols in the exported files.

MIF Format Property Assignment - Click the MIF Format Property Assignment hyperlink to assign attributes to MIF specific metadata. Warning indicates no attribute with the specified name exists and will not be assigned on export.

MapInfo Table Format (tab) Settings

 

Suppress Pen and Brush lines	Remove all pen and brush lines in the exported files.
Suppress Point symbols	Remove all point symbols in the exported files.

TAB Format Property Assignment - Click the TAB Format Property Assignment hyperlink to assign attributes to TAB specific metadata. Warning indicates no attribute with the specified name exists and will not be assigned on export.

Microsoft Excel (xls) Settings

 

Include header on first line	Include the first row of the spreadsheet as the header.
Export coordinate system as:	Export coordinate system as WKT or PRJ.

Microstation Design (dgn) Settings

 

Seed File	If required, select a seed file to be applied to the exported DGN file. Click Clear to remove the seed file selection
Coordinate Units	Specifies how feature coordinates will be interpreted and converted (Master or Units of Resolution)
Allow area fills	Controls whether or not fill linkages will be written out for ellipses, shapes, and solids
Export coordinate system to .PRJ	Include a PRJ file with coordinate system information with the DGN