Re: Chipping Site Plan Graphic Files

[Dan Brosemer <odin@cleannorth.org>]

On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 01:24:34PM -0500, Kathie Brosemer wrote:
> What I had asked Murray to do was to ask techies for advice on 
> using these files.  Murray has created the treechip site plan in 
> ArcView, and it can export files in certain formats, including .jpg.  
> But we need these plans at the office and for future reference in 
> electronic formats, so what format should we store/send over 
> emails/open with software on Clean North's network?
> 
> And if .jpg is not the answer, how can we create the format we 
> need? 
> 
> I think techies might have some advice for us here...  hoping, 
> anyway.

Do we want to allow further modification of this stuff?

If yes: dxf, wpg, cdr, ppt (ick), etc. (in order of preference).  ArcView
should have _no_ trouble making a dxf.

If no:  ps or pdf (ps preferrably if the main audience is the CN office...
it's a saner format.  Most windows junkies don't have a ps viewer installed,
though, so if the main audience is people on their home machines then pdf is
probably better).

Any application that can print can make a ps file from windows (create an
Apple Laserwriter II NT on file: and print to it--you can convert ps to pdf
with ghostscript (http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/)).

-Dan

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