@Wyvern, that early world maps link is awesome. I am in a Pathfinder campaign right now and my owl familiar is named Anaximander after the creator of the first mapper there. Love that his world map has Europe, Asia…and Libya.

@Quenten, love that orientation. When I designed my campaign world in FT, it didn’t look quite right…so I flipped it upside down. Sometimes things look better that way. Of course, now the latitudes in the northern hemisphere have negative numbers but I can deal with that.

My personal preference for this map is for the second one, where the hex grid only appears in the playable areas.

I agree, and every single video has something like that for me. Might be a command I’ve never heard of, or a creative use for a known command that I’ve never considered, or clever sheet effect settings. I need to get into the habit of making a note with the timestamp whenever that happens so I can revisit those sections later.

I like how you've managed to give neighborhoods distinctive looks with colors and symbol type choices. Like the desert/middle eastern house types in the lower left, the blue building complex (temple?) on the middle right, the eight gray buildings in the center top. And I really like the bridge. Some day I want to do a major city with a massive bridge inspired by the historic London bridge -- the kind with shops and residences on the bridge.

As for dragging on for days -- that happens to me with so many maps! I usually have half a dozen going at once so I can take a break from one (while the ideas continue to percolate) while turning my attention to another.

I briefly looked into whether it was possible to do automated transcripts that would be searchable, and I think there is (I had to do that for a work-related webinar ironically about copyright & artificial intelligence), but the transcripts still require extensive cleanup. I wouldn’t be surprised, though, if there’s a decent technical solution in due time.