[postgis] Re: Adobe Illustrator to SQL

[greenwoodmap]

It sounds like when you exported from AI to AutoCAD you ended up 
with a "block". That's AutoCAD speak for a group of objects. If you 
have AutoCAD, use the "explode" command to un-group the block. 
Lacking AutoCAD, look for block related options in the AI export 
options.

Rich
Rich at GreenwoodMap.com

--- In postgis at y..., "thebanker95065" <thebanker95065 at y...> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I have an Adobe Illustrator (AI) file that I would like to 
translate 
> into SQL.  Specifically, the AI file is a map.  It has various 
> layers, for example a "telephones" layer.  I want to get a set of 
> points into the database such that I can make a query at a 
location 
> and find the nearest telephone.
> 
> So what I've done is select the telephones layer and export it as 
a 
> dwg file.  I then use ArcView to translate the dwg file into an 
ESRI 
> shape file, and then use the PostGis translator to turn it into 
SQL.
> 
> The problem I have is that the telephones on the map are actually 
> icons, which translate into MultiLine entities.  It wouldn't be so 
> bad if each telephone icon was a seperate entity (by which I mean 
> that each one will eventually turn into a single SQL entry), but 
the 
> final SQL file I get has only one entity, a giant MultiLine, which 
> includes ALL of the telephone icons.
> 
> I can tell from the Shape file itself that I have 23 PolyLineZ 
shapes 
> (this is the correct number, there are 23 phones I am interested 
in).
> 
> Why, then, are all 23 PolyLineZ shapes going into a single SQL 
entry?
> 
> Thanks for your help.


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