Re: Interface Oracle / Adobe Illustrator

Tim Kober Cologne wrote:
> We handle a big amount of huge Illustrator-Files. Some of our drawings
> have a size of 3.5 x 4.5 meters and contain several hundredthousand
> objects. We are looking for an interface to store this data on a server
> and to allow workgroups to load just a part of the drawing, to modify
> it and to save it back to the server.
>
> We are cartographers. But to make it a bit more clear just imagine an
> architect drawing a skyscraper with Illustrator in one big file.
> Imagine this architect would like to allow one workgroup to make
> changes in the drawing of the the basement and at the same time one
> workgroup makes changes to the drawing of the penthouse.
>
> There are interfaces available to connect AutoCAD or ArchiCAD-Files to
> Oracle. We are looking for an interface to connect Illustrator to
> Oracle (or something comparable).
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Tim Kober
>

Being cartographers, you probably draw many different vector shapes (points, lines, polygons) to create your map. And you also have a defined set of symbology to work with. Are you sure that Illustrator is the product you need for this job? While you can represent a map in Illustrator, it sounds like it falls short in the collaboration part with multiple cartographers. Have you looked at other competitors products (i.e. ESRI, Intergraph, ERDAS)? Today's GIS packages let you implement collaboration and even versioning.

HTH,
Brian

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