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Avenza Systems Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, the developer of MAPublisherâ, is pleased to announce the release of its new Major Cities USA product

www.avenza.com

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Major Cities USA is a complete set of 44 ready-to-use and royalty-free Adobe Illustrator files of the 36 largest metropolitan areas in the United States. Macromedia FreeHand files will be available soon.

All Major Cities USA files were created from US Census Bureau TIGER® 2000 data and form the perfect base for cartographic production of the largest US metropolitan areas - with or without MAPublisher. Each file has also been optimized for use with MAPublisher although they can be used without MAPublisher as well.

Each Adobe Illustrator file contains separate layers for each map feature. Up to 12 different feature types are included for each area and for areas encompassing more than one county, individual county data files have been grouped to form a single Illustrator layer. Each layer also includes the complete table of attribute data identifying each feature according to its unique characteristics such as name and type. Using the MAPublisher Select by Attribute function along with the included documentation map objects can be easily found and stylized, labeled or deleted as desired. Other MAPublisher tools such as Transform Scale and Projection Editor may also be used to prepare the Illustrator files for further cartographic work. The attribute table for each layer may be used for labeling purposes using the MAP Tagger Tool or Feature Text Label and in combination with the documentation the MAPublisher legend tools can be used to symbolize and stylize the map features. The files can also be used as a base upon which additional data can be overlaid.

Key features of this file set include:

- all geographic data has been imported and laid out in Adobe Illustrator in a ready-to-use presentation.

- for areas covering multiple counties, like feature types have been combined on single layers.

- all files are geographically referenced and scaled and include the geographic information necessary to transform or project using MAPublisher and to use with additional data files.

- all road and water line layers have been pre-joined to facilitate easier labeling, style application, legending and searching.

- all road attribute name columns have been concatenated so that the complete name, including road type (street, avenue etc.) and directional variable, is available to facilitate easier labeling and identification.

- all layers come complete with an attribute table containing unique information for each map feature.

- all files are cross-platform, allowing for use with both Mac and Windows based systems.

Major Cities USA files are available individually via download starting at US$49 or as a complete set on CD- ROM for only US$495. Pre-order the CD set and pay only US$395, saving US$100.

Complete details and sample files can be found at http://www.avenza.com All questions may be sent to info@avenza.com

Avenza, an Ontario Chamber of Commerce business achievement award winner, is a third-party developers for Macromedia Inc. (NASDAQ - MACR) and Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ -ADBE) of California.

For further information please contact Avenza at 905-567-2811, info@avenza.com or visit the company's website at http://www.avenza.com

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