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Adobe Illustrator (AI)

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Example AI export (central Moscow, 1x0.5 km) — Example: central Moscow, ~1×0.5 km, medium detail

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✏Adobe Illustrator 🎨Affinity Designer 🎨CorelDRAW (import) ✏Inkscape (import)

Format specifications

Proprietary format
2D only
Lossless (no quality loss)
Stores feature attributes
Output: 1 file
Adobe Illustrator .ai (PDF-compatible). Preserves layer structure. Best opened in Illustrator CC 2018+.

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⚖ AI vs EPS ⚖ CDR vs AI

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AI+📄PDF 🖨EPS 🌐SVG

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