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Export your map

Sometimes the map needs to leave Turfile, for the consultant who wants shapefiles or the wall of the maintenance shop. Export map produces either a GIS package or a print-ready PDF sheet.

Pick a format

Section titled “Pick a format”

Click Export map on the left toolbar. The panel opens with two formats:

  • Shapefile (GIS): styled layers for QGIS and ArcGIS, plus an all-in-one package.
  • PDF map sheet: a print-ready sheet of the exact area you frame.

Both share an include list: a checkbox per item type, with live counts, plus your drain lines. At least one has to be checked.

Export a shapefile

Section titled “Export a shapefile”

  1. Select Shapefile (GIS) and check the item types to include.

  2. Click Export. The file downloads on its own once the server assembles it. Hand it to your GIS person.

Generate a PDF map sheet

Section titled “Generate a PDF map sheet”

  1. Select PDF map sheet and give the sheet a title.

  2. Choose whether to print item names beside the items.

  3. Frame the print area on the map, then generate the PDF. It downloads when it’s ready.

The PDF prints on a white background for now, the satellite imagery can’t be printed underneath yet.

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