MAP making utilities

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MAP making utilities

#1 Post by impomatic » Fri Feb 12, 2016 2:22 pm

Hi,

I was just wondering which utility everyone is using to make the maps on here? I have a few hand-drawn maps I'd like to tidy up and submit.

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John

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Re: MAP making utilities

#2 Post by Alex » Sat Feb 13, 2016 8:35 am

Hi,

l use trizbort by Erwin Genstein in combination with Adobe Photoshop. The latest version is from 2011. It has some shortcomings, but that's why I use Photoshop to make a few alterations to the map which can't be done inside the program. It also has a little bug, but nothing serious.

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#3 Post by Alastair » Mon Feb 15, 2016 12:39 am

I still use the copy of DrawPlus that I've owned for donkey's years.

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#4 Post by impomatic » Mon Feb 15, 2016 2:55 pm

Thanks, I'll try Trizbort for my next map. It's got to be better than using OpenOffice Calc! :D

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#5 Post by Charles Parkes » Sun May 08, 2016 3:58 am

This is a great one, high quality visuals : )

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#6 Post by iamaran » Wed Feb 07, 2018 5:27 pm

Does anyone know of a mapping tool to create maps from an import of a csv containing something along the lines of the below?

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Loc Description N S E W U D NE SE SW NW
1   Cave        0 2 0 0 0 0 0  0  0  0
2   Cavern      1 3 0 5 0 0 7  0  0  0
3   Grotto      2 0 0 0 0 0 0  0  0  0
Thanks in advance.

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