Export maps and reports

Which map format should I choose?

Generate the intended person's map, check its birth date and place, then set the visible planets and area you want to retain. Wait for the map background and lines to finish loading. Download Map opens the export choices; sign in and meet the map-download access requirement when prompted.

A hidden planetary line remains outside the displayed map view. Choose the visible evidence deliberately before exporting; a clean-looking image with one planet enabled is not a complete view of all planetary evidence. Use the interactive map explains those display controls.

After choosing a file format, let Preparing... finish, then open the downloaded file. Check the birth identity shown, the map area, line labels, and whether the view contains the evidence you intended. A success message alone is not the same as locating and opening the file on your device.

In our teaching export, we generated a map with 15 January 1990, 12:15, London, then chose HD PNG from Download Map. The downloaded file was astrocartography-chart-1990-01-15-12-15.png, a 3200 × 2000 PNG. Opening it showed Your Astrocartography Map, the matching date, time, and London birthplace, the generated date, a world map with multiple planetary lines, and a planet legend. Exporting the same map as JPG produced a .jpg with the same 3200 × 2000 dimensions and matching input. Choose between these formats for the file you need, not for a different reading.

The PNG in this example was 2,226,637 bytes, about 2.23 MB; the JPG was 672,822 bytes, about 0.67 MB. Both had the same pixel dimensions. For an upload limited to 1 MB, this JPG fits while this PNG does not. Before using the JPG, open it at the size you intend to use and check the small planet labels and thin lines. If they remain readable, use it for that upload and keep the PNG for reference. These sizes describe this example; check your own files rather than assuming every JPG will have the same size or clarity.

That is a successful file check: the image opens and identifies the intended input and view. It is not a city ranking or proof that every line supports your goal. If you want a Sun-only view instead, change the visible planets before exporting again; keep the two views labeled separately rather than treating the first file as automatically updated.

If HD preparation falls back to standard quality, review the resulting image before using it where small text must remain readable. If copy or sharing is unsupported, the export may fall back to a download. Check which action actually completed. Review any included birth details before sharing the file.

How do I download the right report PDF?

Open the completed report you want to retain. A ready report PDF has a Download PDF action; a Personal Report may first show Prepare PDF. Use My Astrology Reports to reopen an existing report when that type is listed; you do not need to generate another report just to look for its download action.

For your own report:

1. Confirm the report is complete and belongs to the intended person and question.
2. If a Personal Report shows Prepare PDF, select it once and wait while Preparing… is displayed. When the action changes to Download PDF, the file is ready; it has not yet downloaded.
3. Select Download PDF to start the download. Other report types may prepare the file after this click; let their download flow finish.
4. Find the file in the browser's downloads list or chosen folder, then open it.
5. Match its title, generation date, cities or scope, and important sections to the report you intended to keep. If it is an older result, keep it identified as such.

Check a downloaded comparison report

We reopened an existing synthetic teaching report titled Astrocartography City Comparison for Career: Paris, Lisbon, and Berlin, then used its Download PDF action. The downloaded PDF opens as four pages. This report belongs to the 15 January 1990, 12:00, London example; its original report date is 3 November 2026. It is a separate input version from the 12:15 map example above.

That completes the file check: the document opens, has its expected sections, and matches the report we selected. Four pages is this example's length, not a required page count for every report. Read a city section and its evidence before taking a conclusion into your notes; the comparison guide explains how the full report relates to the original comparison.

If you are downloading a Personal Report instead, check its own title, input and sections using Personal Report reading and next actions. A successful comparison export does not change which report you should choose. An existing report that remains readable online can still have a file-preparation problem; keep the original and the visible error while following the troubleshooting below.

Downloading an existing report and generating a new one are different actions. A new calculation or report can have its own access and credit requirements. If a report download displays an access message, use that specific message and the current plans; map-download access does not establish access to every report type.

If you are unsure whether to open or generate again, check existing reports and new research conditions before repeating the request.

How do I keep an AI conversation as a file?

Use Download Chat in the conversation you want to keep. The action needs messages, sign-in, and chat-export access. It creates a TXT file, not a report PDF. Let the response you want to retain finish before exporting, then confirm that it is included in the saved text.

1. Open the relevant chat and check the question and visible messages. If you are discussing a report, make sure it is the intended report context.
2. Select Download Chat from the chat controls or its actions menu.
3. Complete any sign-in or export-access requirement, then return to the conversation and retry the export if needed.
4. Open the resulting .txt file in a text editor. Check its chart-context header where available and confirm that the expected question and answer appear under their speaker labels.

The transcript includes the conversation text and a context header such as the birth date, time, or location when available. It is not an attachment containing the entire interactive map, report PDF, or every item of calculation evidence. If a header value is unavailable or the conversation changes topic, the messages still need to identify which result you meant.

Find the question and the complete answer in the TXT

In our synthetic teaching conversation, we asked how Lisbon can rank second while having Light support and Moderate caution in the Paris–Lisbon–Berlin career comparison. After the response finished, we selected Download Chat and opened the resulting .txt file. Its header identified London, 15 January 1990, 12:00, and Europe/London. Under You, the file contained the full question with the supplied ranks and line distances. Under Astro Chat, it contained the explanation and the practical question about a job's scope, decision rights, and reporting line, followed by the suggested questions.

Use the same checks on your file:

• Right conversation: find a distinctive sentence from your question, not only the birth location in the header.
• Complete exchange: find both the question and the end of the response you wanted. A file saved before a later reply will not acquire that reply automatically.
• Clear result context: keep the named cities, goal, ranks, or report title in the messages. In our conversation a Personal Report attachment was also visible, while the question explicitly identified a separate city comparison. The exported text's birth header did not list that full attachment context. Keep the source report separately rather than treating the header as a complete list of everything available in chat.

Exporting preserves what the assistant said, including uncertainty or mistakes. It does not verify the explanation or reconstruct the comparison formula. For example, a statement about unclear job responsibilities becomes a question to check with an employer, not a fact established by the TXT. Use the AI follow-up guide to compare the saved answer against the actual result before using it in your plan.

Exporting the current conversation and storing chat history in your account are separate capabilities. A TXT on your device does not prove the same conversation is available in account history, and a history entry does not mean a TXT has been downloaded.

What should I check if a download does not work?

If the same failure continues, keep the visible error, file type, and report title or map input together when contacting support. Do not describe every export problem as a failed report generation; the result and the file can be at different stages.

How should I keep files alongside my online results?

Treat each export as a snapshot. Changing birth details, showing different planets, generating a different report, or asking a follow-up question does not rewrite a file already on your device.

Keep a small record with each important export: the person or teaching example, birth-input version, map view or report goal, cities where relevant, and export date. Preserve the original report date separately from the day you downloaded it. This helps you distinguish an old result downloaded today from a result calculated today.

Decide which file needs updating

A useful research set can contain a map PNG, a report PDF, and a chat TXT. Check their versions before grouping them. Our examples show why this matters:

For your own research, if you correct 12:00 to 12:15, preserve the earlier files as the old input version. Generate the corrected map, rerun the city research you need, and obtain a new report if you need a document of those new findings. Renaming the old PDF does not update its contents. If only the visible planets or map area changed, export a new map image; that display change alone does not create a new report. If only a follow-up was added, export the conversation again after it finishes.

Before leaving, make one short record: file and folder → input version → city/goal or view → original result date → next check. For example, “Career comparison, Paris/Lisbon/Berlin, 12:00 London input, report dated 3 November; keep separately from my corrected 12:15 map.” This is a suggested note for your own files, not an automatically saved product field.

See saved data and results for where the corresponding account records belong. A saved destination, a downloaded file, and an online report are separate objects; keep the one you actually need to revisit.

Open the map generator for a map export, or return to My Astrology Reports for an existing report document.