Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/PDF map conversion to SVG: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 03:02, 4 July 2008

Latest revision as of 02:41, 1 October 2020

(2 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown)

Line 1:

Please see [[commons:Category:PDF maps]]. This is a tutorial in various formats. Some parts are in question-and-answer format, as in FAQs. ThisParts pageof coversthis conversionwere usingcopied freeand tools.adapted Tofrom convertthis usingdiscussion: [[Adobe Illustrator]] go to the following two pages:

*[[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Maps#PDF map conversion to SVG]]

Before learning how to convert PDF images to SVG images it may be useful to learn how to extract images from PDF documents and create PNG, GIF, and JPG images. By using Adobe Reader many images in PDF documents can be right-clicked, copied, and then pasted into any image editor. A popular, free image editor good for beginners is [[IrfanView]]. Launch it and paste the image into it. Then use the image editor to save the image in any format. You can also select almost any area of a PDF document with Adobe Reader's cropping and selection tools, and then copy that selected area by right-clicking it. Then paste it into any image editor for conversion to other image formats. The PrintScreen key on your keyboard is a good last resort, too. Click that key, and then open an image editor and click "paste" (usually in the edit menu). Finally, [[Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Image workshop]] can create, extract, or edit almost any image. Just leave a request for help or advice there.

Now here is some info on how to convert PDF image to SVG images. This page covers conversion using free tools. To convert using [[Adobe Illustrator]] go to the following two pages:

*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/PDF map conversion to SVG/Adobe Illustrator]]

*[[Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Images to improve/Archive/Jul 2008#Image:APISmap1.pdf]]

Line 53 ⟶ 58:

:Good Q. An example of a (vector) PDF map ready for conversion to SVG is [[:Image:APISmap1.pdf|this]]. PDFs can contain practically any type of information, the most common ones being text, raster images (ordinary images like bitmaps) and vector graphics. The vector information has to be coded into the PDF as such. Quite a lot of organizations publish vector information (like maps) this way, so it's handy to be able to convert ''out'' of PDF, but putting things into PDFs is pointless for us, it doesn't change the type. If you need a raster image converted, best to [[Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Images to improve|speak to a WikiGraphist]] - [[User:MissMJ|MissMJ]] is the resident pro and very approachable.

[[Category:WikiProject Maps|Pdf Map Conversion To Svg]]