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Ortelius for Mac

Vector drawing app especially for cartography work.

$399.00
In English
Version 2.1.2
2.1
Based on 7 user rates

Ortelius overview

Ortelius is a full-featured vector drawing application especially for map design. Draw directly with features such as roads, rivers, coastlines, buildings, symbols and contours. Ortelius is known for its unique "connectable tracks" and expert stacked styles that make drawing tedious map features easy. Every object supports attribute data that can be referenced by text labels, and everything can be directly drawn and positioned simply by dragging and dropping. Though Ortelius is emphatically not a GIS, it does have limited support for importing shapefiles (refer to documentation for best results; re-projection is not supported). Powerful and extensive text features give you a fine degree of control over labelling. Create your own styles and symbols or use any of the many hundreds built-in. Layers and layer groups keep your work organized.

Note: Price shown is reflects a perpetual license. Other licensing options can be viewed here.

What’s new in version 2.1.2

Version 2.1.2:
  • Bug fixes.
  • Potential crash after deleting a layer was fixed.
  • Much better drag/drop behaviour in Layers UI.
  • Linear Duplicate now uses current drawing units or scale units set by user.
  • Setting the angle of all path types using the Geometry panel is now supported.
  • Ending a freehand bezier path using option-click now removes the last temporary segment but leaves the previous handle in its current position.

Ortelius for Mac

$399.00
In English
Version 2.1.2
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2.1

(10 Reviews of Ortelius)

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greenmanbluehills
greenmanbluehills
Mar 2 2023
2.1.2
1.0
Mar 2 2023
1.0
Version: 2.1.2
I paid $400 for a perpetual license, downloaded it, and used it a few times. A couple years later, I wanted to use it again. I opened the software, it demanded my activation number, I provided the activation number I received with my purchase, and got an "unexpected error" message telling me to contact customer support. There is no longer any customer support. A huge waste of money. Do not spend a cent on this.
MacUpdate-Ishaq
MacUpdate-Ishaq
Dec 31 2014
1.9.6
0.0
Dec 31 2014
0.0
Version: 1.9.6
Ortelius is a case study in making something that appears to require extreme skill – 'vector-based cartography' – accessible to the novice user.  My background in vector-based drawing is as limited as my background in cartography (hint: my Bézier curve game is WEAK). So the fact that I was able to go from app installation to genuine, confident mapmaking in under a minute is a testament to so many things the dev has done right.  The app is familiar; upon launch, you choose from a series of map templates in an interface that echoes iWork’s template gallery. The toolset is comfortably reduced to the bare essentials, lending the sense that everything you need is within easy reach. The templates are varied and wide-ranging, and they hint at the limitless possibilities the app offers. Choosing to go template-less brings to light the raw power and materials the app is built upon: it’s endlessly customizable, but not impossible for the novice to approach. The only identifiable drawbacks to the application lie in what it is not. Ortelius is not an out-and-out GIS, so users expecting such should be aware of this. However, the team at Mapdiva make no claims that it is; in fact, they are more than willing to identify and explain Ortelius’ abilities and limitations. This is particularly noteworthy considering some comments from years past claiming that the dev is unresponsive to messages and feedback. An active user forum featuring helpful dev responses, as well as an incredibly thorough set of documentation, suggest that Ortelius wouldn’t be a wasted investment. The demo is appreciated: anything you create comes with a heavy watermark, but none of the app’s features are significantly curbed. It installs and launches with MacUpdate Desktop like a charm, and at its price point, it’s difficult to imagine anything topping Ortelius feature-for-feature. But maybe that’s just because I don’t know – we’d love to hear from our more carto-vector-graphically inclined users! How does it stack up with any other utilities you’ve used? How could this app help solve a problem for you?
Christian-Sodemann
Christian-Sodemann
Nov 15 2012
1.1.3
1.0
Nov 15 2012
1.0
Version: 1.1.3
Useless. Lots of bugs. No replies from the developers. Could have been nice, but is just a waste of money. Christian
Christian-Sodemann
Christian-Sodemann
Oct 8 2012
1.1.3
1.0
Oct 8 2012
1.0
Version: 1.1.3
Many good features, but unstable. No response form developers :-(
Jack75
Jack75
May 29 2011
1.1.3
1.0
May 29 2011
1.0
Version: 1.1.3
ANd I forgot, to complete my preview review, to not expect to import huge SHP files project, to import a 400 MB shp file took it almost 2 H and the result was a bit hazardous .... It became even slower and more unstable.
greenmanbluehills
greenmanbluehills
Mar 2 2023
2.1.2
1.0
Mar 2 2023
1.0
Version: 2.1.2
shovket-ismayilli
shovket-ismayilli
Jul 17 2017
4.0
Jul 17 2017
4.0
Version: null
M-Rick
M-Rick
Jul 8 2013
0.5
Jul 8 2013
0.5
Version: null
Christian-Sodemann
Christian-Sodemann
Nov 15 2012
1.0
Nov 15 2012
1.0
Version: null
Jack75
Jack75
Nov 11 2011
1.0
Nov 11 2011
1.0
Version: null
Zac
Zac
Feb 10 2011
5.0
Feb 10 2011
5.0
Version: null
Martin-J
Martin-J
Jan 24 2010
2.0
Jan 24 2010
2.0
Version: null