I think this is the 3rd year in a row that I’ve set out looking for an outline (vector format) of the state of Missouri. Each year I end up downloading one image or another from some Missouri state government website and creating a pen path around it in Photoshop or Illustrator.
You’d think that I would have saved the resulting outline one of these times, and well – I guess this is that time. I’m sure I have it somewhere on a network drive, but you know how that goes…
So I’m going to post it here: an Illustrator file with vectors for the Missouri outline and a Google Map underlay for locating cities and such, a .psd with path (check the paths palette), an SVG, an EPS, and a JPEG.
Missouri Outline Vector Files (.zip)
To the extent possible under law, Justin Hopkins has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to Outline of the State of Missouri. This work is published from United States.
Wow! Thanks for sharing. This has been an ongoing struggle in my newsroom. I worked on a map with a student for months. We never felt like we nailed it.
That’s great! I hope you guys get some use out of it.
Now if you will excuse me, I have to go tweet about this.
Not sure if you remember me, but we should talk. Give me a call or drop me a line.
Maybe for next time check out the openstreetmap.org data.
I don’t have a tutorial , but that data has got to be useful.
btw the us government is also providing gis data free of charge, well apart from the tax you pay of course.
Yes, finding the source image wasn’t really my problem. OSM is a good source, but I did go the government route this time. At any rate, my issue was having an illustrator file, which I’ve now solved. :)
You completely rock for posting this! Thanks a lot!!