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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 2893880" data-attributes="member: 5100">I like using printer ink instead of skads of colored pencils.  No, really.  I'm plenty competant with hand-drawn maps -- probably at the lower end of being able to do it for pay.  But, I get tired of the hand cramps.  And heaven help you if you make a mistake (aargh!).Also, there's time.  CC2/3 isn't exactly insta-map territory, and it can be hard to learn (heck, I had it for a year before I finally decided, a couple months ago, that I was gonna learn it for real).  But, it can speed up the process.  CC3 looks to be even better at this with some of the new tools (wallpapered forests).Scalability is an issue, too.  If I draw a map on typing paper (pretty common) and later decide I want to posterize it (not uncommon), I've got my choice of taping a bunch of sheets together, tracing (and recoloring) it onto a larger sheet, or taking it to Kinko's and paying $20 for them to copy it (while hoping they get it in the right place).  For any of those choices, there's a headache factor and the likelyhood that it's not going to look quite like I want it to.There are similar scaling issues for extending the map off the page, zooming in, or zooming out.  Using a vector/CAD tool makes all of those pretty moot.Finally, it's easy to save it on the computer, with all my other notes.  I can also export to various file formats to embed in Word, web, or email.</blockquote>