[OSM-talk] OSM layer into Adobe Illustrator?

[David Earl]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org
> [mailto:talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org]On Behalf Of Richard Fairhurst
> Sent: 22 February 2007 12:33
> To: talk at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] OSM layer into Adobe Illustrator?
>
>
> Phillip Barnett wrote:
>
> > Can someone knowledgeable tell me whether it's possible to extract the
> > OSM map data being done from Yahoo imagery, and import it somehow (as a
> > layer?) into Adobe Illustrator, probably overlaid onto Google Earth?
>
> Osmarender will generate SVG, which Illustrator can open.


Just to go back to the original technical question: my Illustrator (v10 - I
don't have CS1 or CS2) will open the file but screws up the text on roads
(text on a path) - the characters are in the right place, but all vertical.

The way around this is to open the SVG in Inkscape, save it in EPS from
there, and then open the EPS in Illustrator.

This is also a much better route for getting PDFs and images out - the EPS
can be opened in Photoshop too at a specific size and resolution.

David