I am working on a complex map that a predecessor created initially in ArcGIS Desktop and then moved to Illustrator for more finesse. The new version of ArcGIS (Pro) is much more cartographically sophisticated and we'd like to get all of the map back into GIS format if possible. We will still use Illustrator for the marginalia, cover, etc. - everything surrounding the actual map image.
My primary concern is map text. There are over 1,000 text objects on the illustrator map, all discretely layered by type (e.g. road names, elevation, point of interest, etc). Is there a way to convert the text layers to a GIS format? It would ideally be a geodatabase annotation layer, but a simple text graphics layer or point shapefile would be acceptable as well. Really anything that would work in GIS and preserve layering.
Is something like this possible? I would only need to do this once, so if it's a little painful I don't mind - so long as its not as bad as recreating 1000+ text objects manually.
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