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Mapping Software pt. 2
I saw an archived thread about mapping software and was wondering if anyone had an updated list of broadcast-quality mapping software. I am using a demo of Curious Wold Maps, but don’t think my boss wants to spend $10,000. Just sent away for info on Digital Wisdom’s “Mountain High Maps”…which is probably aroun $600. Anyone have thoughts on that one? Any other ideas? Thanks.
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Dunno what your needs are, but assuming you only need a specific region for a corporate presentation, weather map or whatever, the local branch of your weather service or geological survey might have just the right thing for you at a reasonable price. There are also various smaller providers for any kind of maps (we once bought a PDF worldmap somewhere, but the name doesn’t spring to mind at the moment). Curious maps is of course the penultimate product in dynamic map generation (pending further information, I actually doubt that you will get away with 10000 bucks, as you usually subscribe to some sort of update service and need to license each component extra).
Mylenium
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I’m not at a TV station. I produce educational/sales videos about the wineries (worldwide) that my company distributes. The maps aren’t the bulk of the video (although I try to have a map for each winery), rather they’re used as b-roll when the winemaker/owner is talking about the area. I thought about using CWM but in the stills version only and then try to animate them with zooms/dissolves…but I don’t know if they’re vector-based…it could be just like zooming in on Google Earth or something where the resolution goes bad after too much zooming. I’d go for the Google Earth Pro (~$600) but I don’t think the resolution is broadcast-quality…and the images (where available) are a couple years old at best.
I appreciate the above comments and welcome more ideas.
Thanks, all.
Jonathan
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Forgot to add…I understand that the Digital Wisdom stuff are only JPGs…don’t know if you can keyframe them and animate them. Might only be able to do layers inside Illustrator and/or Photoshop, then do dissolves as “animation”. Hoping to find something cheaper than CWM and keyframeable.
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Curious maps are actually even better than vector art – the way I understand it, they are based on a database that only contains building blocks like rivers, towns, borders, roads etc. and then these parts are assembled dynamically based on what you specify (colors, line styles, label styles).
Mylenium
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