1. A method for encoding geographic information from a digital source map to an electronic graphics file, and associating non-graphic information from the digital source map with a geographic position in the electronic graphics file, comprising: receiving geographic information associated with a digital source map; scaling the geographic information to render corresponding geographic information in an associated electronic graphics file; generating an annotation associated with non-graphic information; and storing the annotation in the electronic graphics file, wherein the annotation is associated with a geographic position in the electronic graphics file.