MAPublisher - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

MAPublisher is a suite of mapping tools for Adobe Illustrator, which helps organizations create maps and manage layers such as vector lines, area, and points within a graphical interface. Features include line plotting, labeling, location or dimension cropping, georeferencing, and grid and index customization.

Cartographers can use the application to import various GIS data formats from ArcGIS, FME Desktop, AutoCAD, and Google to design maps for web or mobile devices. With MAP views, users can access coordinate settings, edit the data placement, and modify layer names. It also offers a MAP attributes table including information about layers, which lets Geographic Information System (GIS) professionals edit schemas, add or remove columns, and apply expressions to modify geospatial components.

The platform allows users to customize map features using style sheets, dot density, and charts themes and specify rules in order to apply custom symbols or character styles to the map. With MAPublisher’s measurement tool, cartographers can calculate distances between multiple points, azimuths, perimeters, and areas of closed paths. Professionals can utilize the geoprocessing capabilities to join, buffer, flip, crop, or simplify map areas while retaining original attributes.