MacVoices #26142: NAB – Mapcreator Makes Maps Fast, Animated, and Newsroom-Friendly
In the Mapcreator booth at NAB in Las Vegas, Julia Schellekens provides an update on their service that delivers detailed maps for news and other organizations who want to clearly show what is happening where. With a wide array of export and animation capabilities to help drive home the information, it is almost certain that you have seen their product in use no matter where in the world you are.
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Because of attending NAB as well as a business conference that week, MacVoices Live! will be dark on 4/8, and our regular publication schedule will almost certainly be disrupted. Will get things back to normal as quickly as possible. Thanks!
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