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  • GeoPDF formatted data represents a large and growing source of information. The US Geological Survey is creating all new US Topo products in GeoPDF format and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency is releasing scanned map products in GeoPDF format.

    It would be a great help if ArcMap would be able to display these GeoPDF products ... at least as a background map ... if not exploit their content further. 
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    Posted by   dcaldwell  to ArcGIS Desktop, Defense and Intelligence Jul 28, 2010
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Georeference PDF's in ArcMAP
Posted by  channyd  to ArcGIS Desktop, Local Government, Imagery Apr 20, 2010
Import PDF Files
Posted by  DHYCHA  to ArcGIS Desktop, Imagery Sep 3, 2010

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eggeography 
May 3, 2013
This would be a great addition to ArcMap functionality!


 
jniles 
Mar 14, 2013
GeoPDFs are completely useless without the ability to open in ArcMap... get on it already!


 
tennabo 
Mar 4, 2013
Seriously, what is taking ESRI so long for to accept and make this format usable ...Probably trying to figure out how to charge us another $2500.00 for the extension... Why ESRI??? Haven't we given enough?


 
xone 
Mar 3, 2013


 
eggdig 
Feb 19, 2013
Any day now...


 
alexroma 
Feb 11, 2013
Wow, I've never seen so much unanimity from the users!
ESRI, is it a way to stall the competion from TerraGo? GeoPDF is already here, admit it, and ride on it.


 
johnmdye 
Jan 7, 2013
seriously...why doesnt ESRI just license or even outright buy TerraGo and make GeoPDFs native.


 
isaac@clovis 
Dec 11, 2012
The fault rests on the USGS.  I think it was a horrible decision and I don't know how they created a fee to see something created with public money.  If GeoPDF is such a good thing why doesn't ESRI just buy out the company and make it part of core?  I see this as win win. 


 
ReneOhms 
Dec 11, 2012
Please allow for use of GeoPDFs! 


 
eschjm 
Dec 7, 2012
Hey ESRI what is taking so long get off your duff and get it done


 
dgraves242 
Dec 5, 2012
Please throw us a bone, here.   We should be able to open and view any type of georeferenced data using ArcMap.


 
mearab 
Nov 27, 2012
The USGS GeoPDFs of historic topoquads are full of very useful information that would be even more awesome if it was accessible in ArcMap.


 

geoPDF files?  What gives?  They should be accessable (period), yes?


 
johnsonj 
Oct 12, 2012
Seems like a no-brainer that the GIS community needs this!


 
zadalaw 
Oct 10, 2012
Would REALLY help to be able to use the historical USGS topo GeoPDFs in ArcMap.  Please make this a priority.


 
taramott65 
Sep 17, 2012
This would be VERY helpful for USG mission RIGHT now.


 
bettyalex 
Sep 11, 2012
The USGS products are extremely important to our CRM program in a National Park.  Using them directly in Arc10 would greatly simplify our lives!


 
mschug 
Sep 7, 2012
It would be nice to use the current map products that the USGS is producing, also please work on your smartphone app to read the geopdfs.


 
jvogel 
Sep 6, 2012
Long, long overdue.


 
mj_gilbrook 
Aug 20, 2012
Although most GIS users in my firm access USGS quadrangles as a streaming map service thorugh ArcGIS Online, some of our people need file-based sources for USGS quads for mobile uses, or when sharing data with CAD users.  The best solution would be for USGS to continue to provide DRGs in georeferenced JPG 2000, TIFF or SID files.  But we also need the ability to read and translate GeoPDF content and write it back out in those formats from within ArcGIS.


 
sbeckwitt 
Aug 17, 2012
Yes, please!


 
bokeefe 
Aug 9, 2012
Here's the thing. I don't actually care if I can import the PDF. Let's be honest.

What I want to do is bring the specific data FROM the PDF into my ArcVIEW so that I can georeference it OR if it's already georeferenced, then have it show up correctly georeferenced.

Same thing? Not necessarily. Most PDF's I access are Engineering Plans with tons of measurements and other nonsense that is irrelevant to my needs. I just need to put the pretty picture on the parcels correctly georeferenced.

I love ESRI... Thanks for a GREAT product.


 
sloker 
Aug 9, 2012
Yes, we need to be able to access these maps in Arc without buying expensive add-on


 
elfrune3 
Aug 2, 2012
Give us the ability to create GeoPDF similar to what a couple of software companies out there are already doing. Export as PDF should be Export as GeoPDF and a toolbar on the PDF side would also be nice to have so users w/out ArcGIS can interact with their ArcGIS touting buddies!!! Yah I give this one 100 points bonus... Get it done like yesterday PLEASE!


 
RYesri 
Jul 26, 2012
Layered topographic maps!  We all want them.  This is the best way to get them.


 
surferbeto 
Jul 25, 2012
PLEASE do this right away! Frankly, I do not understand why you would choose NOT to support the latest cool mapping product for the masses from USGS. GeoPDFs are common and widely used in my work. ESRI products ought to support this and other common data formats. You may be sure that your competitors will be doing this.


 
sbfireman 
Jul 21, 2012
Please move this to the front of the line!


 
djdonley 
Jul 21, 2012
Sooner, is definately better!  ESRI, please add this capability to ArcGIS.


 
jkarache 
Jul 21, 2012
Please add GeoPDF capabilities to ArcGIS. The USGS provides important geospatial datasets that should be integrated with ArcGIS. Thanks.


 
lianduan 
Jul 20, 2012
That would be great!


 
NicholasSalcedo 
Jul 20, 2012
I cast a strong vote here to get GeoPDFs displayed in ArcGIS. Thank You.


 
bruce_joffe 
Jul 20, 2012
ESRI product users need to access GeoPDFs through ArcMap without buying an expensive add on.


 
jvarner 
Jul 20, 2012
Agreed - please implement the ability to utilize Georeferenced PDF's and to Import them with ArcGIS basic or workgroup licenses.


 
ebowne 
Jul 20, 2012
Yes please.  We need this functionality.  Hate to be behind and not able to use the products.


 
bklung 
Jul 20, 2012
Don't be on the wrong side of history on this one ESRI!


 
nikosmama2 
Jul 20, 2012
No Brainer...


 
squrilbait 
Jul 19, 2012
Absolutely maddining! GeoPDFs are becoming a bad word in our shop. Please add this to the list of "must do's".


 
joansteber 
Jul 17, 2012
Should would be great and less time consuming to georeference maps using the standard format of adobe acrobat. We spend a ton of time georeferencing files in several formats. If we can export to pdf from arcmap why not have the file format available for import too? Get with it ESRI!


 
harringtonPL 
Jul 12, 2012
I would like to be able to open the free USGS topos (which are GeoPDFs) in ArcMap. There is not a good solution for viewing these files in ArcMap currently- the only available options are additional software that cost an arm and a leg. Please make this capability part of the next service pack! Thank you.


 
mmartischang 
Jul 9, 2012
PDF has become the Esperanto of the digital era.  Why go only "half-way" with just plain PDF?  Come on ESRI, you're geospatial... give us end-users, and the world of map product consumers out there, the full-monte and adopt a GeoPDF format.


 
michael_elliott 
Jun 20, 2012
Geopdf is the de facto standard now. We need the capability to use them in ArcMap.


 
InyoGIS 
Jun 19, 2012


 
SBCFire805 
Jun 19, 2012
In my experience, as a GIS Specialist in County of Santa Barbara Fire Department, the base maps needed for firefighter safety, operations, and for public safety are very specialized. The basemaps that ESRI provides are good, but the specialized maps that are produced with fire department data require a different set of layers that would improve our system greatyly if ycou could add+ GeoPDF's and especially USGS topo. 


 
rdaley 
Jun 19, 2012
The ability to view GeoPDF in ArcMap would help facilitate several long term monitoring ecological projects in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem by allowing project managers to easily interface location data such as monitoring sites with the US Topo product and then print quads for field operations with collars and reference grids already in place. This is a well-established requirement for numerous federal land management agencies.


 
spmurphy 
Jun 19, 2012
Awesome idea!


 
kevinmorrisgis 
Jun 19, 2012
This sounds like a great idea.


 
banone77 
Jun 14, 2012
This would be very useful!


 
gwalt_blm 
Jun 11, 2012
This is really important now that USGS has delivered historic quads in geopdf format


 
will 
May 31, 2012
Please add this functionality to ArcGIS!   Being able to view the new USGS historical topos in GeoPDF format (without having to convert them) would be very useful.


 
susanwalden 
May 7, 2012
Please add this capability to ArcMap.


 
susanstitt 
Apr 24, 2012
This would be very useful! Thanks!  If available, we would start using it right away!


 
sueanne 
Apr 24, 2012
I understand with these I will be able to change the colors and they are borken down into standard colors.  Currently I have access to JPG files which I can not currently change.  Please add these GeoPDF files.


 
victormurray 
Mar 21, 2012
Please add the ability to import a pdf and/or geopdf? The USGS has been creating GeoPDF for years and is miagrating toward more geopdfs.  Concerning the comment below, of 7 Sep 2010, I contacted the GeoPDF
Program Lead, Ray Caputo, on 15 Mar 2012.  Mr. Caputo stated yes there is an extension for ArcMap to read GeoPDF, but it is only for US Dept of Def use.  This GeoPDF extension was created by TerraGoTech in 2006.
The same extension "TerraGo-Publisher" can be purchased from http://www.terragotech.com/products/terrago-publisher-arcgis-v6-coming-soon,  The cost is $3000 US and offers many other options, including the ability to create GeoPDFs.  ArcMap users just need the ability to import a basic geopdf, the same analogy as when Lizard Tech created MrSid Image files and ESRI users were able to import these .sid files at No Cost.


 
tabanchu 
Mar 1, 2012
At least, add a feature to add a PDF to ArcMap please. I would like to be able to add PDFs to ArcMap just like I can add JPGs or TIFFs.


 
dtewksbu 
Dec 15, 2011

GeoPDFs and ArcGIS

USGS has embarked on digitizing historic topographic maps for all US states.(http://nationalmap.gov/historical/) Finished maps are in GeoPDF format, which as far as I can tell is not useable directly in ArcGIS 10. Opening GeoPDF in Acrobat Reader or Professional with TerraGo toolbar works fine but has limitations. I can "save as" out of Acrobat Professional as either a TIFF or JPEG/JPEG2000, but no world file is created and resulting files are not georeferenced. It is possible, of course, to georeference the files in Arc, but I would like to find a way to work with these files directly in Arc without the additional steps of file conversion and georeferencing. Is this possible? and if not please add it to the list of functions that should be addressed. This is a huge and valuable dataset that should be accessible to Arc users.



 
jeremygould 
Nov 22, 2011
I have to agree, this is a much needed tool.  If ArcGIS can generate a GeoPDF and Bentley Microstation can read a GeoPDF, there is no reason ArcGIS Desktop should not be able to read the GeoPDF. 


 
davegreenlee 
Nov 8, 2011

I agree that we would like to have the geopdf "content" so that we can pull it into ArcGIS. The tricky part is that geopdf may not carry the entire "meaning" of the GIS content, and so we can't get it all back. I would rather see that we (USGS) provide shapefiles, geodatabases, geotifs, and layer packages (for example) that carry the full meaning of the geopdf. I know that these data exist (since we use ArcGIS to create the content), and so we just need to figure out the best way to deliver it. That's my two cents as a GIS user who just happens to be behind one of the USGS firewalls (behind one firewall, but not the ONLY one!).



 
nhd1033 
Nov 8, 2011
Be great to add geoPDFs directly into Map - major help to us.


 
kshakarjian 
Nov 7, 2011
It would sure beat having to georeference the geoPDF, especially if you have a large project


 
drempel 
Feb 3, 2011
It would be nice if GeoPDF, KML and KMZ was supported out of the box in all ESRI products (ArcGIS Engine, Desktop etc)



 
kestutis 
Jan 24, 2011

Digitaly signed georeferenced pdf (could be generated using ArcGIS, etc.) is a legal document. Import to ArcGIS Desktop/ArcGIS Server as a background info would help to use legal info in many situations.



 
jason.smith37 
Sep 7, 2010
There are the extensions out there that allow you to bring GeoPDF's in ArcMAP now. Downloadable from Army Geospatial Center's website for those with DoD CAC card.

Full link with directions is available below.

http://forums.esri.com/Thread.asp?c=93&f=982&t=234444


 
davidgi 
Jul 28, 2010
Don't use Bentley Microstation much these days, but just installed the latest version and it handles GeoPDF's as a reference file. Quite useful! The PDF was generated using ArcMap....


 

 

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