Free World Map Illustrator File
I do a lot of work in the international health area and I’m always looking for a nice vectorized map to use in Flash. Below is a nice one with pretty good detail. It is in Adobe Illustrator format. Click on the image to download it.
Happy mapping!
Lee
Excellent find Lee! I’ve been looking for a similar map for a good three months without success.
Yeah you would think they would be easy to find but I had a hard time locating one.
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So here’s something you guys might like: the CIA World Factbook (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/) has info for all countries around the world, as well as basic stuff like population, language, that old stuff.
HOWEVER it also has maps for all countries, including in vector format – in PDF, that is, just the same thing as AI files.
The maps are quite complete – country name, latitude, longitude, that kind of stuff. It might need some polishing to get them fit to your needs. However, it’s the best free online resource something like that that someone can find.
“polishing” == “deleting stuff you don’t want”
Any idea of how accurate it is? It looks good but maps really are h#ll. There’s always these tiny countries that none’s heard about that’s missing.
Zeh that’s awesome! I wish I’d known about that sonner.
Zeh, great link! I never would have thought of the CIA as a source for maps.
Guys Slovenia is quite accurate so I suppose others are too (we’re one of “the smallest” countrys in Europe).
Try to take a look at the Netherlands and Luxembourg. It’s not really accurate, it sucks.
I’m sure the point is not accuracy, rather saving us a lot of time trying to draw our own!
Rockin, thanks! I’m thinkin of wrapping it on a sphere in Swift3d for the classic “spinning globe in Flash”…
It is kind of you to share with us so many tutorials & goodies.
Appreciate your help. Thank you.
wo hooo… great… much respect!!!
azlan…
I’m aware of the common libraries in Flash, but are there any more resources for pre-written Flash graphics , i.e. a kind of vector clipart for Flash?
Missing San Marino
Thank you! This is exactly what I’ve been looking for!
First of all thanks a lot for sharing this. The outlines of the countries looks not correct though it saved a lot of time
Thanks, just what I needed
thx, Its helps me lot.
Thx a lot, it helps me so much..
Thanx guys, you’ve saved my life big time!
it help me to finisha work
i got it what i was in search of..
Just wanted to thank you, you’ve saved me a whole lot of time. in the true spirit of an open web.
all the best
gus stone
I needed this at work. (We have a presentation where we need a map to illustrate where our operations are…)
Thanks alot, you saved me from a lot of work.
Nice, but missing islands in Baltic Sea.
thank you, thank you, thank you!
i’ve been lookin for stuff (free!) like this for ages, you really helped me, man.
hi, it super dooper
thanks for ur help!
Thx a lot to share this vector map , its very usefull !
when we zoom on it … some countries are
not the same but for the whole map its enough
Thank you for posting this! Without it, I think I would have been Googling a variety of “world map + illustrator”-type phrases for the next few months. It’s great, it’s basic… I’m not looking for a detailed and colourful map, so this map is perfect.
muchas gracias amigo!
There is another GIF/PDF map, still usefull.
Cheers.
ciril
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html?Parent=world&Mode=d&SubMode=w
Thank you very much, great stuff!
Do you know in which map projection this map is?
thanx thanx thanx alot for that help..
Thank you !!
thanks dude
Hello Lee, you have saved me a lot of time:) Thanks a lot.
Best regards from Slovakia!
wow thanks so much!!!
Thanks a lot! If you are interested I made a US and Mexico map in Illustrator, but I don´t have a website to share them. I’ll be glad if you´ll publish them, so write me.
Thanks a lot!
help!! cant seem to be able to down load the map
Excelent…
Many thanks
thanx a lot
i want a world map eps file
thanks so many thanks
just what I was looking for, tq
Hey people,
I made a vector based worldmap too, use it if you like:
http://www.riannevanduin.nl/worldmap_vector.pdf
thanks for the map…perfect for the job. All the best, gw
Great map!
Also, it only takes what, a couple of hours to trace a map though?
Thanks! – that’s just what I was looking for.
Greetings,
Thank you very much for this “AI” file.
This is very useful, and will save much time.
Keep on that way…
do you have this map available as an .ai file?
I am in need of an artist who can create several maps that show our routes and terminals. If this is what you do please contact me.
Thanks
These are all great world maps in vector format for illustrator – pdf – eps format mentioned in this post. Thanks Lee! Does anyone have any more world map download links?
http://theflashblog.com/?p=144
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/refmaps.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html?Parent=world&Rootmap=&Mode=d&SubMode=w
http://www.riannevanduin.nl/worldmap_vector.pdf
dang… thanks!!! you just saved me a ton of time.
Thank you so much
Nice MAn this stuff’s the shizz nizz if ya kno wat i mean!
hey man this stuff is the shizz nizz if ya kno wat i mean
Thanks Lee, really big help.
does someone know if the maps on
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html?Parent=world&Rootmap=&Mode=d&SubMode=w
are royalties-free for commercial project?
perfect – thanks so much.
Brilliant.
I teach English in Japan, and this is really useful. Thanks a lot!
One more add to the list of free maps as Illustrator file from GeoIntel.com
http://www.geointel.com/centralflorida.html
Thank you, i had urgent need of a vector map.
free vector based maps…
http://english.freemap.jp/
I used to use a program called Map Info when I was working in Vietnam, I “made” maps of the 5 northern provinces, that is i started with a linebased map and added stuff based on geographical data from other ministries. Real “academic” and highend stuff, but with great output. Lots of maps available. Don’t how or where to get it now though.
thank you for sharing this!
Thank you very much, Lee. You’re a life saver! Merry Christmas!!
Thanks Lee! I thought I had a long night ahead of me until I found your site…
I, too, work in the international health arena and have been looking for something like this forever. Thanks so much – great help.
Many thanks for this Lee, it’s just what I was looking for!
Thanks Lee Appreciate your help.
Sweet, very cool blog, this is the 1st blog I have replied on.
Thanks a lot Lee!!!!!….you save my life(at least some hours of work)
God bless you!!!
Phew! What a relief it is to find your wonderful map. Thank you for sharing!
Many thanks,
you’ve saved few hours of work to me !
Cheers
Fred
Whew! Thanks for saving me many hours.
Diane
Found it – with the first click on google images. Thanks a lot!
Hi Lee!!
THANKS loads for your map! It looks GREAT! Thanks also for taking the time to draw it and for making it a FREE download for everyone. Really appreciate that!
I’m also a Designer & Artist working for http://www.acl.lk in Sri Lanka and happen to LOVE art, drawing, painting and developing designs using adobe applications and corel etc.
Warm Regards
Mike
For those needing vector maps with ‘meat on the bones’ so to speak,
http://www.maponomy.com has free vector wall maps for download.
Gloria
Thanks for the great file!
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Muchas gracias… te pasaste porque me ayudaste a ahorrar mucho tiempo
beso,
cote
Thanx a lot!
Your map beepen sucks man ive seen 2 year olds do better than you you crap head fuck head
Wow thanks a lot, now i don’t have to trace the world map in the magazine.. saves time
Thanks for this free file man!
You are genius!
Nícolas Iensen
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THANK YOU SO MUCH, I CAN DO MY PRESENTATION NOW!!! yay
I need this map very much, please…please…
You rock! Thank you very much!
Well, done – thanks for sharing.
Thanx alot, made my day
thanks a lot..u r my savior…
Thanks a lot for sharing. You saved us a lot of time. Keep up the great work buddy! Wish you all the best
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May the god of digital artwork look upon you favorably, and bestow her many blessings on you.
(Who IS the god of digital artwork? Perhaps her name would be Adobeseus…)
Gracias por el mapa. De verdad gracias lo necesitaba paraun trabajo.
Vicente Peña.
hey buddies..
Thanks god i got this link…i was about to spend my night to draw a complicated map….you really save that….
keep doing this great job.
–ajay
evey are enjoying very much so am i.
You are amazing! i was searchin one for a while! thankz!
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this is exactly what i have been looking for
i cant remember life before the net.
thank you, thank you
what a blunder the makers don’t even know proper boundaries of
nations. they should first collect information properly.
China seem so big to them that they have presented even
central parts of India to them.Its an offense and need to
be corrected Immediately.
thanks so much it helped with my project
This map is what i’ve been looking for for such a long time. To buy the whole package of map at $199.00 for a piece of world map vector is not that feasible.
The map is set in adobe illustrator format. Once open, there are highlightened lines that you can manipulate to enlarge. The beauty is that you can ungroup it and just enlarge a specific country map. Too bad, the specific country is not subdivided in its respective regions, but hey… this one is more than what you are asking for.
You can change the color of the map as a mark for your work, making reference very convenient.
From the very bottom of my heart, I want to thank you Mr. Lee for being so generous in sharing this map. It helps a lot.
Thanks mate, thanks for using this map
This is great – thank you so much!
Hey Man!!
Much apreciated!! Saved a lot of time!!
Lee,
Thanks for the map! Good job.
You may want to update it and split Czech Republic and Slovakia.
All these free ones I found kind of suck. No real resolution. We needed a world map and I did’t have hours to clean up something… got this one on TurboSquid and it rocks. Worth $75.
http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/363158
The map is cool, but I missing some german islands like Westerland an Sylt. But for this zoomview it’s okay.
Dear Lee – thanks for putting this map up.
I may have missed this but could you confirm what projection this map is? I’m looking for an equal-area projection and thought this might be an Eckert IV – see:
http://www.radicalcartography.net/?projectionref
Thanks
By far the best vector maps I have come across are here: Fonds de cartes gratuits at http://histgeo.ac-aix-marseille.fr/carto/index.htm
Thanks for this. You saved my life (or, at least, several hours and my sanity)
Idea, excelente aporte.
Thank You man!
will work great for son’s report
GRACIAS POR EL MAPA REALMENTE MUCHCAS MUCHAS MUCHAS GRACIAS THANKS
Thanks a bunch pal!
hi … anyone have a political map of India with its international and state boundaries, like the ones you see on TV channels that cover elections? Maybe a link to one? Post here or email to tmp4spm(at)fastmail(dot)co(dot)uk. Thanks.
Thaks a lot, it will help me so much
wow! excellent, thanks so much, i’m also one of those looking for ages…thanks.
You forgot Hawaii!