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Geospatial information can be key to decision making, asset management, and resource allocation. But traditional GIS tools are simply too expensive, too technical and too time-consuming for use by field staff and non-GIS users. Acrobat 9 solves this problem. Combining traditional GIS software with Acrobat 9 is proving to be a fast and cost-effective way to create geospatial content that is easy to use in the field and easy to maintain in the office.

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Agenda

Break down GIS information silos using Acrobat 9

Join Tomas Lopes, a geospatial database specialist at Farallon Geographics, on Wednesday, July 22, as he demonstrates how easy it is for GIS professionals to facilitate data maintenance workflow for individuals in the field by using Acrobat 9 with professional desktop GIS software. Combining traditional GIS software with Acrobat 9 is proving to be a fast and cost-effective way to create content that is easy to use in the field and easy to maintain in the office.

What you will learn

How GIS professionals can create full-featured map layouts with attributes, labels and layers in ESRI's ArcMap and use TerraGo Publisher to export them to a geo-registered, portable PDF
How to use PDF maps in the field, including querying the spatial data (e.g., find coordinates of a location or accurately measure distance, perimeter and area) and creating spatially intelligent markup using the tools in Acrobat 9
How GIS staff in the office can roll field markups within a PDF map back into the enterprise quickly and efficiently

Who should attend?
GIS professionals and Non-GIS users who make use of mapping information

For federal, state and local governments
Share geospatial and mapping data within and across agencies to users who may not be familiar with the use of GIS applications and may or may not have immediate access to the Internet (includes public works, street maintenance, public planning, property assessment, emergency response, voter registration, construction, and so on)

For utilities
Provide field workers with up-to-date details on infrastructure, outages and current conditions for faster response times and more efficient management and maintainance of infrastructure

For business
Provide non-GIS users with location information for routing & logistics of inventory, commercial real estate feasibility & planning, sales territories and demographics, and so on

Gallery samples
See examples in the Geospatial and Mapping Gallery.

About the presenter

Tomas Lopes

Tomas is a geospatial database specialist at Farallon Geographics, which specializes in strategic planning, implementation, and integration of GIS systems and location technology software to support government as well as mission critical business functions.

Ask an Expert

Visit the Acrobat User Community forums for answers to your geospatial and mapping questions:

Question: I want to use Acrobat to import geospatial files and create maps. What file formats are supported?
Answer: Acrobat Pro Extended can convert geoTIFF and JPEG200 files with embedded geospatial data. Read more in the forums >

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