Converting illustrator (.ai) files into shape (.shp) files

I've been working with some maps using adobe illustrator. I've been
told that given the project I'm working on I should consider using GIS
but must first convert my files to .shp files. Do you know how to do
this?

Hello,

I have solved this problem like this:

1) *.ai file is exported from Adobe Illustrator (version 11) as *.dxf

2) the *.dxf is opened in ArcMAP 9. (Add data)


4) the exported *.shp is opened (projection and coordinates can be set
if required) in ArcMap

HTH.

Thanks for the help J-PM. I tried this and everything worked turning
the .ai file into a .dxf. My problem now is in opening up the file in
ArcMap. I found when I added the two .dxf files AdobeIllustrator
created what I ended up with is a single dot where my maps should be.
Did you run into similar problems. Thanks again.

Jari-Pekka M=E4kiaho wrote:

On 13 Jul 2006 17:16:21 -0700, dootiebubble@gmail.com wrote:



AI files contain no georeferencing information, and are likely to be
in page coordinates. You will need to apply a transform to the data to
get them into map coordinates.

Paul