How are the maps delivered?
What are the differences between map formats?
What applications are compatible with the maps?
Are your Illustrator maps compatible with Adobe Illustrator CS?
What versions of PowerPoint are your PowerPoint maps compatible with?
How do I open and modify my PowerPoint .PPT Map?
Are the maps royalty-free?
What is your return policy?
If you don’t have what I want, can you create it?
I have a product I would like to sell, how do I become an affiliate?

How are the maps delivered?
Maps are delivered online, except for CD products. At the end of the checkout process, on your receipt page, you will find a link for each map product you have purchased. Each map product is delivered in a compressed Zip file. We recommend you save the Zip file to your computer's hard drive before extracting the map file. This way, you will always have the original file as a backup should it be needed.

What are the differences between map formats?
The chart below outlines the major qualities of each map format sold on PresentationMaps.com:

Illustrator (.ai)

Illustrator is the name and native format of a very powerful graphic design software from Adobe Systems Incorporated. Maps in this format are editable, layered vector graphics offering a wide range of customization options. Output options include web site graphics to high-end print. Adobe Illustrator maps also work with many other applications, including Adobe Photoshop, GoLive, Flash, InDesign, AfterEffects and more.

PowerPoint (.ppt)

If you select a map in the .ppt format you are actually purchasing a PowerPoint presentation file with a map already placed on the slide for you. Once downloaded and unzipped, you simply open in PowerPoint the filename ending in .ppt. All map features are customizable using the drawing and editing tools found in PowerPoint. In addition to the main map slide, you'll find subsequent slides containing like features, or layers, from the main map. From these layers you can create a custom map by copy and pasting only the desired features to a new slide.

What applications are compatible with the maps?
Maps in Adobe Illustrator format delivered on PresentationMaps.com are in Illustrator version 8 format, which allows them to be opened by earlier and later Illustrator versions, as well as applications including Adobe Photoshop, GoLive, Flash, InDesign, AfterEffects and more.

PPT (.ppt) files are actual PowerPoint presentation files that require Microsoft PowerPoint to open. Once open, map contents can be copied to other slides in the same presentation or to a different presentation, as well as to other Microsoft applications like Word, and to some design and DTP applications also.

To determine which format works best for your application before you buy, we encourage you to try out a map from our map sample page first.

Still confused? Contact our support staff for help.

Are your Illustrator maps compatible with Adobe Illustrator CS?
Yes, you can use Illustrator maps delivered from PresentationMaps.com with Adobe Illustrator CS.

However, once you have opened one of our maps in Illustrator CS, you will need to save the map as an Illustrator CS document and you will only be able to use Illustrator CS to edit the map from then on. This is due to the new Illustrator CS text engine.

Adobe Illustrator CS introduced a new text engine that provides new functions such as character/paragraph styles and other advanced layout features. However, this new text engine is no longer backwards compatible with previous versions of Illustrator.

You can use these map files in Adobe Illustrator CS, but you will need to update the text in the map in order to make it editable. When opening one of our maps, Illustrator CS will prompt you choose whether or not you wish to update the document's text. Click the 'Update' button to convert the map's text so that it will be editable with CS.

What versions of PowerPoint are your PowerPoint maps compatible with?
Our PowerPoint maps are compatible with PowerPoint 97 to the newest version--PowerPoint 2010. Even though the newer versions of PowerPoint have a completely new interface, our maps will open and function the same as in older versions. Along with the new interface--starting with PowerPoint 2007--a new file format was introduced, meaning you cannot open a PowerPoint 2007 file in PowerPoint 2003, etc. without the installation of a converter program. Our current PowerPoint maps are created and saved from PowerPoint 2003, so there are no issues with backward compatibility.

How do I open and modify my PowerPoint .PPT Map?
Our .PPT maps are normal PowerPoint presentations with the map on a slide. Once the map has been downloaded and extracted from the Zip to your hard drive, it is opened just like any normal PowerPoint file, by double-clicking or using the File > Open command. Map features are ready to edit and customize. Use your mouse pointer to click and select map features, or hold down the Shift key to select multiple features at once. We have an instructional video to get you started with selecting map features and changing colors.

Are the maps royalty-free?
Most maps sold on PresentationMaps.com are royalty free. But because we resell many maps created by other companies, we have to honor the terms and conditions outlined by those companies. We have provided the licensing terms of each company in our affiliate program for you to review.

PresentationMaps.com licensing
Map Reources licensing

What is your return policy?
If you are unhappy with any product purchased from PresentationMaps.com, we offer a no-hassle 30-day money-back guarantee. To return a map product, contact us by:

  Telephone: 740-412-5001 (Digital Cartographics)
  FAX: 614-833-6495
  E-mail: return@presentationmaps.com

Please specify a description of the map(s) purchased, date of transaction, your name, and price(s) paid.

We will e-mail you confirming your wish to return the map(s) and instruct you to destroy the original download(s) and any copies of the image(s) you may have made. We will then issue a full credit to your account.

If you don’t have what I want, can you create it?
Absolutely. With a few details from you, our cartographic staff will design any map you need. Please see our custom map services page for all the details and to submit a free, no-obligation request for a custom map rate quote.

I have a product I would like to sell, how do I become an affiliate?
Simply review the terms on our affiliate page and let us know what you’ve got.

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