Adobe Illustrator (*.ai) to geodata#

Launch the tool: https://toolbox.nextgis.com/t/ai2geo

The tool extracts vector layers from an Adobe Illustrator (*.ai) file. An additional raster file could be used for georeference.

Inputs:

  • Adobe Illustrator file (with the .ai extension) which contains vector features.

  • Raster file for georeferencing - GeoTIFF file (with the .geotiff or .tif extension) or ZIP-archive with PNG + PGW (world-file). Same files should be used as a base layer in AI file. This is an optional field, if you leave it blank, vector layers will be in a relative coordinate system.

Output:

  • ZIP-archive with a set of ESRI Shapefile files.

Example:

../../_images/ai2geo_before.png

Fig. 113. Source vector data in .ai file#

../../_images/ai2geo_after.png

Fig. 114. Resulting layers are loaded into QGIS and displayed in front of the OSM basemap#

Try the tool in action

  1. Click on the Demo button above the tool form. The fields are filled in with demo values.

  2. Click on the Run button.