Introduction to Adobe Illustrator

This lab provided an introduction to Adobe Illustrator which can be used to enhance maps exported from ArcMap.  The tools were easy to use with seemingly endless creative possibilities.   Especially helpful while experimenting with AI was toggling visibility to find objects on the artboard and to confirm groupings in the Layers Panel.  Stressed during this lab was learning where and how to place the scale bar objects in the Layers Panel so that the scale bar would be linked to the geographical data.  This ensures proper adjustment with any size changes in the map, so that the scale bar will always correspond accurately to map distances. The map of Florida Cities shown here is the end result of working through this lab.

Florida Cities map created with ArcMap and Adobe Illustrator.