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BART’s “Official Unofficial” Map now on the Wikimedia Commons

May 29, 2013
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BART’s “Official Unofficial” Map now on the Wikimedia Commons For those Inkscape users, David Sindel has let me know that he’s converted BART’s Adobe Illustrator file to .svg and has uploaded the file to Wikimedia. Although the PNG preview looks kind of weird, David assures me that the actual .svg is fine.

Reader Question: What software do you use to make these? Are there any must-have tutorials that helped you learn the techniques used to produce these?

January 17, 2013
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I use Adobe Illustrator exclusively when working on my maps. As a graphic designer, it’s the tool that I’m most used to and that’s most suited to the task at hand. Any vector-based illustration application would be fine, though. Lots of people who want to get into map making without the cost of an Adobe app swear by Inkscape, although I’ve never used it personally. As for tutorials, I’ve pretty much learned all I know […]