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General Advice About Vector Artwork

  • How to edit the downloadable maps
  • Editing colours
  • Scaling recommendations
  • Dealing with text
  • About hillshading layers
  • Outputting for websites or apps
  • Outputting for print

Illustrator Tutorials

  • Understanding the map layers
  • Special option layers
  • Advanced editing of strokes in Illustrator
  • Video – How to use the map layers in Illustrator
  • Video – how to change map colours in Illustrator

Photoshop Tutorials

  • How to change the colour of a hillshading / relief layer in Photoshop

Customisation service

We offer a range of services if you need help to customise your map. Our rates are competitive and we will waive the price of the base map itself if you have already purchased one.

See bespoke services

Scaling recommendations

A vector image can be scaled to any size and remain sharp. However, we recommend you keep within the dimensions suggested under ‘Specifications’ for each of our map products.

Blowing up larger than about 300% of the initial size of your map file may compromise the accuracy and integrity of coastlines, roads and other details.

Maps with a lot of text will be difficult to scale smaller than the recommended size in terms of legibility. However, you can turn off text layers if labels start to crash into each other.

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