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Need a good mapping program
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Calico_Jack73
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MerakSpielman
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I use Interactive Dungeon for dungeon maps in my PbP game. It's limited, but gets the job done.
Autorealm does decent overland maps, but has a bit of a learning curve to get it to do what you want it to do. It can do dungeon maps too but I've never managed to get them to look good.
Campaign Cartographer II is the best mapper out there, from what I understand, but it costs $70 and is out of most casual gamers' price range. Module writers often use it to create their professional-looking maps.
Autorealm does decent overland maps, but has a bit of a learning curve to get it to do what you want it to do. It can do dungeon maps too but I've never managed to get them to look good.
Campaign Cartographer II is the best mapper out there, from what I understand, but it costs $70 and is out of most casual gamers' price range. Module writers often use it to create their professional-looking maps.
Don't forget NBOS www.nbos.com less than CC2 but more than free. 
Oh another thread from just the other day...
http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=78319
Oh another thread from just the other day...
http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=78319
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DaveStebbins
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Or you could go super-high end and get AutoCAD. I think I am going to put all of my campaign maps on the same drawing and in scale. That way I can just zoom in to print out the 5' square maps for encounters then zoom out to the overland 12 mile hex grid. It gives a great overland means to keep track of what is where and how far using the overland traveling estimates in the SRD. Import images of the baddies that you are going to fight, plans from other programs, or 3D shots of places you had seen rendered somewhere.
kenc,
I recommend the DM Dungeon Design Tool (DMDD) for US$7.50 that you can buy here http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=225& from rpgnow.com.
It's easy to use, graphically pleasing and, you can even upload the map to a web site when you've finished.
You can create simple wilderness maps with the software, but I think it's a lot better for creating dungeons.
I recommend the DM Dungeon Design Tool (DMDD) for US$7.50 that you can buy here http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=225& from rpgnow.com.
It's easy to use, graphically pleasing and, you can even upload the map to a web site when you've finished.
You can create simple wilderness maps with the software, but I think it's a lot better for creating dungeons.
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