FreeHand for Cartographers - Cartographic Sites

I am no longer maintaining a listing for cartographic web sites due the amount of constantly changing url's. Check out Oddens's Bookmarks for a comprehensive Cartographic Site Listing.

FreeHand Sites
Cartographic UK Main Sites
Lists
FTP Sites
News Groups
Shareware/Freeware

FreeHand Sites

Macromedia's FreeHand
The home of FreeHand

The FreeHand Source
Excellent site - very extensive

Pat Dunlavey Site
Excellent site with section devoted to FreeHand

FreeHand How To's

FreeHand Professional
Tips & Tricks
Main goal of this page is to help people get most of their use of FreeHand

Another Small collection of FreeHand Tips

Cartographic UK Main Sites

The British Cartography Society

The Society of Cartography

Lists

Name Send mail to: Subject line: Message text:

CARTO-SoC List listproc@sheffield.ac.uk Leave blank subscribe carto-soc 'your full name'

"The Society has created CARTO-SoC, a listserv (automatic mailer) for the discussion of practical cartography. Much of the discussion concerns computer mapping using desktop machines, though there are no restrictions whatsoever on the topics that may be discussed. Any mail sent to the listserv is automatically distributed to all subscribers. You may find this a useful way of communicating with cartographers world-wide, and getting help with a wide range of topics."

FreeHand List Listserv@galileo.uafadm.alaska.edu Leave blank Subscribe FreeHand-L

The FreeHand-L whose purpose is to provide an open forum for all FreeHand users to discuss any technical aspects of the program and creative ways to use it. We expect to delve into general desktop publishing issues as needs arise. Please stay with us awhile and feel free to contribute.

GIS List majordomo@avenza.com Leave blank Subscribe GISTRANS-L

"The GISTRANS-L list is list is for people who write translators and for those who use them. It is here to help GIS community to be able to communicate and share information about different file formats and ways to translate them from one format to other. The following is to keep in mind: the list is about free file formats: no industry secrets should be shared, no programs disassembled. If you have something to share, it should be freely available, not copyrighted or protected by law in any other way. "

MAP-MAC list majordomo@avenza.com Leave blank Subscribe MAP-MAC

"The MAP-MAC list is designed to be an interactive clearinghouse for questions and other information related to mapping or the production of map art on Macintosh Operating System computers. Topic areas for the list include but are not limited to GIS and graphic software (i.e., ArcView, MapInfo, Macromedia FreeHand, Adobe Illustrator, etc.), utility software, map data compatibility and acquisition, web and prepress design strategies, specific software techniques, software and map data sources and other areas relevant to mapping on the MAC. . . "

MAPublisher List majordomo@avenza.com Leave blank Subscribe MAPublisher-L

"This list is for MAPublisher users. We will occasionally post informational items, such as updates available on our FTP site and new product news. We will answer questions when we feel it is required, but otherwise this listserv is for the use of MAPublisher users to share ideas, questions, whatever . . . "

FTP Sites

"This FTP site is designed to provide access to files related to the use and development of FreeHand (Mac and Windows). It includes freeware, shareware, commercial files placed with permission, and the FreeHand-L listserv FAQ. At this point, most items are for the Mac but additional software for Windows versions will be added as they become available." ftp://zorba.uafadm.alaska.edu/pub/FreeHand/

News Groups

news://forums.macromedia.com/FreeHand

comp.graphics.apps.FreeHand

alt.aldus.FreeHand

comp.sys.mac.graphics

Shareware/Freeware

Browser Safe Colour Library This is a colour library file and template for use with MacroMedia's FreeHand version 5 and higher. Useful for both Mac or PC users who create graphics for the world wide web.

DEM Reader is a Macintosh shareware program for imaging USGS digital elevation models.

DXF to Illustrator v2.2 is a high-end convertor for getting GIS and CAD data to Desktop Publishing packages through the Illustrator (postscript) format.

DXF to PS Another utility for converting DXF data into a format useable by both Illustrator and FreeHand on a Mac. Again this saves layers, but it can also prune points from a polyline.

PageCenter Xtra [Theusch, Colleen J.] is a freeware Xtra. This Xtra centres unlocked selected objects on the current page. Mail him for a copy.

CaseUtils Xtra [Theusch, Colleen J.] CaseUtils contains four functions: Upper Case, Lower Case, Title Form, and Copy Guide Lines. Mail him for a copy.

Population is a small collection of cartography symbols. Great for making maps or use them as unusual bullets in your document.

	Macromedia's FreeHand The home of FreeHand
	The FreeHand Source Excellent site - very extensive
	Pat Dunlavey Site Excellent site with section devoted to FreeHand
	FreeHand How To's
	FreeHand Professional Tips & Tricks Main goal of this page is to help people get most of their use of FreeHand
Another Small collection of FreeHand Tips

	The British Cartography Society
	The Society of Cartography

Name	Send mail to:	Subject line:	Message text:

CARTO-SoC List	listproc@sheffield.ac.uk	Leave blank	subscribe carto-soc 'your full name'
"The Society has created CARTO-SoC, a listserv (automatic mailer) for the discussion of practical cartography. Much of the discussion concerns computer mapping using desktop machines, though there are no restrictions whatsoever on the topics that may be discussed. Any mail sent to the listserv is automatically distributed to all subscribers. You may find this a useful way of communicating with cartographers world-wide, and getting help with a wide range of topics."
FreeHand List	Listserv@galileo.uafadm.alaska.edu	Leave blank	Subscribe FreeHand-L
The FreeHand-L whose purpose is to provide an open forum for all FreeHand users to discuss any technical aspects of the program and creative ways to use it. We expect to delve into general desktop publishing issues as needs arise. Please stay with us awhile and feel free to contribute.
GIS List	majordomo@avenza.com	Leave blank	Subscribe GISTRANS-L
"The GISTRANS-L list is list is for people who write translators and for those who use them. It is here to help GIS community to be able to communicate and share information about different file formats and ways to translate them from one format to other. The following is to keep in mind: the list is about free file formats: no industry secrets should be shared, no programs disassembled. If you have something to share, it should be freely available, not copyrighted or protected by law in any other way. "
MAP-MAC list	majordomo@avenza.com	Leave blank	Subscribe MAP-MAC
"The MAP-MAC list is designed to be an interactive clearinghouse for questions and other information related to mapping or the production of map art on Macintosh Operating System computers. Topic areas for the list include but are not limited to GIS and graphic software (i.e., ArcView, MapInfo, Macromedia FreeHand, Adobe Illustrator, etc.), utility software, map data compatibility and acquisition, web and prepress design strategies, specific software techniques, software and map data sources and other areas relevant to mapping on the MAC. . . "
MAPublisher List	majordomo@avenza.com	Leave blank	Subscribe MAPublisher-L
"This list is for MAPublisher users. We will occasionally post informational items, such as updates available on our FTP site and new product news. We will answer questions when we feel it is required, but otherwise this listserv is for the use of MAPublisher users to share ideas, questions, whatever . . . "