Adobe Acrobat XI - Manual (Page 216)

209
Editing PDFs
Last updated 1/14/2015
About geospatial PDFs
A geospatial PDF contains information that is required to georeference location data. When geospatial data is imported
into a PDF, Acrobat retains the geospatial coordinates. With the coordinates, you can view and interact with the PDF
to find and mark location data.
Geospatial data can be either vector or raster based or a combination of both. After you import geospatial data into
Acrobat, you can use the data in a variety of ways:
• Find and mark location coordinates.
• Measure distance, perimeter, and area.
• Change the coordinate system and measurement units.
• Copy location coordinates to the clipboard, and then use them to show locations in several web mapping services.
Create geospatial PDFs
You can create a geospatial PDF in one of these ways:
• Opening a geospatially enabled TIFF (GeoTIFF) or JPEG 2000 file
• Georegistering a PDF map or scan of geospatial data
When you open an imported file, measurements, point position, and length are displayed in geographic coordinates,
which you can change, measure, and mark up. You can also assemble a PDF map from a variety of sources.
Open GeoTIFF and JPEG 2000 files
GeoTIFF files and JPEG 2000 files are raster images that you can import as new documents or as new layers to an
existing document. Acrobat preserves the geospatial coordinates embedded in the file. These files retain their
geospatial data when they are imported. If you import these files to existing documents, their coordinate system is
converted to the coordinate system of the document.
1 Choose File > Create > PDF From File.
2 Select the geospatially enabled file to import.
3 Select settings, and then click OK.
Import shapefiles
You can import a shapefile as a new layer to an existing PDF. The shapefile must overlap with the current PDF map.
Otherwise, it is not imported. If it overlaps only partially, only the part that overlaps the current PDF is imported.
A shapefile consists of several files with differing filename extensions. Acrobat requires both the SHP file and the DBF
file for importing.
1 Open a PDF map, and choose View > Show/Hide > Navigation Panes > Layers.
2 Select Option on the Layer sidebar and click Import As Layer.
3 Browse to the SHP file and select it.
4 Click Settings and change the Line Properties to a solid line and the line color to blue.
Interact with geospatial PDFs
When you open a geospatially enabled PDF, you can find locations, measure distances, and add location markers. You
can also copy coordinates to the clipboard for use with a web mapping service.