To add a bit on to what Wyvern said, note that a lot of programs, especially those online browser-based ones, do not allow you access to download the artwork, they only make it available for use within their own application. I don't know the specifics of each of the programs you mention, but it isn't unreasonable to expect they are not downloadable in a legal way, but as Wyvern said, you need to research each of them (or maybe someone here who uses them can comment)

Just to confirm what others already said, yes, you can add additional details to local maps. That's the main idea, and the same thing you see in any printed atlas. The country maps only have the major details, but the regional and local maps have more details.

Obviously, the local maps shouldn't add features that are so large they should have been on the higher level map. For example, it would be weird to add a major river or a capital city if those weren't on the larger scale map, but adding smaller features, like settlements smaller/less important than those on the main map, smaller rivers, and so on is completely fine.

After all, if you don't add any detail to the local map, it hardly have a reason for existing at all.

As for naming, I think most features added to the map should be named. Names make it easier for those making lower-level maps to be consistent, and it makes a map into a map. After all, a map is for showing where things are, it is a map after all, not an aerial photo, and without names it gets kind of meaningless. Humans tend to name every feature around them, and my line of thinking is more along the line of "If it isn't worth naming, do it really belong on the map at all?". Some symbols may appear just for decoration and naturally don't get a name, but otherwise, most features should be named; settlements, rivers, oceans, forests, mountain/hill ranges, points of interest, major areas, etc.....

Detail maps will typically have more than enough new features to name.

His map seems to be made up from Resources from CC3+ Core, Perspectives 3, SS5 and SS6.

You can easily check where a symbol comes from by going to Symbols -> Symbol manager, selecting any symbol (including one of the red X's) and hitting the List button. This should show the file path to the art file used (among other information), and it is usually not too hard to figure out what it means, for example all SS6 resources have SS6 in the path.

You can do the same for fills by opening up the fill style dialog, go to the bitmap files tab, picking any fill in the list, and inspect the path shown in the appropriate field.

In-post forum images needs to be kept to a reasonable level out of consideration for all the various users, but if you want to provide a link to a higher resolution gallery image, you can just right click the image thumbnail in the gallery and pick "Copy link" (Slightly different name in different browsers) and you get a link straight to the relevant image you can paste into the post.

Please do make sure to make it into a hyperlink though, and not embed the actual image, as that will force everyone that opens the thread to download the full high resolution image, which is really bad for people with slower connections or even metered connections, like mobile plans. To avoid embedding it, simply type some text on the line before the link, like I did below (Forum will automatically try to embed it if you just paste the link on a line by itself.)

Like this:

High resolution version here: https://forum.profantasy.com/uploads/galleryplus/539/f30IY0FX345EK.jpg

Or even by manually making the hyperlink:

(High Resolution)

These symbol catalog settings are stored as .sis files in @System\Symbol Catalog Settings, so one would have to manually make copy of these for use in new installations. (And of course, there are the new symbol catalogs themselves (the .fsc files).

I used them both in my "Visiting Mars" and my "Starbase Odin" videos.

If you just want to fill the page, simply use the "fit to page" option in the print dialog, no need messing with precise scaling. CC3+ should fill whatever paper size your printer driver reports it is using.

For proper scaled maps, yes, just use 1" paper scale = 5' drawing distance. All you need to do to make that work properly is when making the map, treat the numbers you specify the map size in in the wizard as feet, and just work with the map in real scale, i.e. when a distance should be 5', Info -> distance should show that thing to be 5'.

Have you tried running the latest update (Update 28) available from your registration page? Even if your CC3+ install is already at 3.98, the update fixes up other files in addition to the core program files, and can often fix weird issues like this. It is usually a good idea to install it as a last step after installing all add-ons (except the free monthly symbol sets, they should be the very last)

If that doesn't work, I recommend getting in contact with tech support, also available from your registration page.

I would prefer if they were removed, since the atlas has it's own navigation toolbar. There is also the issue of file names in those links. I often need to rename atlas maps (most of the time because the file name doesn't match the actual name on the map), and when I do that I end up with a bunch of wrong links. So I'd prefer the entire navbox and links being removed from maps.

For the same reasons as above with the file names, it is best to leave out links.

If you have multiple maps ready, just submit them all at once, preferably in one thread. If not, just tell me what areas you are working on and I'll set them reserved for you.

Well, you (and anyone else still thinking about joining) have plenty of time still. I deliberately let this competition run long to ensure everyone who wanted could find the time to participate.

Good luck.