I love it :)

Might need a few place names, but nothing too 'shouty' or it will overpower the map.

For anyone else who's ears have just pricked up on hearing that you can do your own normal maps in GIMP...

You can start with a height map (make sure it really is a height map with black as the deepest part and white as the highest part) and use Filters->Generic->Normal Map.

I am assuming the map itself wouldn't be part of the finished thing, but just a reference guide, so you could use GoogleEarth?

https://earth.google.com/web/search/Delaware/@38.84003118,-76.53733817,1.59649626a,11267.14429354d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CigiJgokCfgJtjJHP0BAETkz7CqfPz9AGaggKPAD0lnAIa6iSu8DjFrA

Here is the area you wanted, and a zoomed in part of it.

I'm glad you did. It looks even better now :)

I boosted the height factor of the normal map when I made it, because I wasn't getting enough swirliness. Maybe that is affecting the result?

@JulianDracos - you can draw your own houses in any bitmap editor and then create map files for them. The information on how to do this is contained in the Tome of Ultimate Mapping, and you can always ask for help here. I've done hundreds myself.

If the scale of the map is such that this is noticeable, you might consider drawing the rivers as polygons, rather than lines. Use the Change like draw tool in the right click menu of the Change Properties button and pick a river. Then hide all the other sheets and use the TRACED keyboard command to trace a river system. You will have to delete the original river line, but now you have a polygon instead of a line you can change the mouth of the river to be as wide as you like.

It sounds like you had a line width other than zero. Any polygon with a line width greater than zero will have a hollow centre. Use Change Properties to correct it.

They look good, Quenten :)

That blur on the border ribbon was meant to be just a tiny shadow to make the ribbon look raised, and might need a bit of adjustment.

I agree. We are working to erradicate this problem, but in the interim it might be a good idea.