Individual images makes life much easier. It is also very helpful if the images have good (but not too long) descriptive file names, and for larger collections, organizing the images into different folders (based on the content of the images, not Metadata like file size or resolution) also helps a lot.

Software like CC3+ (and our competitors) all use the concept of symbols that can be placed, and doesn't have image editor features that allows part of an image to be copied and placed, which is why such combined symbol sheets works poorly. Users need to use an image editor to first extract each symbol and save to a separate file, and then insert that.

How about a Source Maps: Cities style map, like the Panicale example map.

It is also worth to remember that in many jurisdictions companies are actually required to defend their patents and copyrights, if they don't it may result in it being invalidated in the future.

So even the friendliest company around WILL usually send cease and desist letters even to smaller actors, simply to show that they are defending their copyright and not ignoring it. Some people misconstruct this as treating their fanbase badly, but it is simply a required action to prevent third parties going to court and demanding it being invalidated because there a multiple parties using it, and it therefore cannot belong to a single company.

This is basically why asking first is the best idea, because if they have given you permissions, they don't risk getting into trouble themselves in the future.

Almost everything in CC3+ can be done using a command instead of using the mouse. If you have the Tome, there are full command lists at the end of each chapter (the one at the end of the CC3+ section is the largest), and it also came with an excel file that is found in @documentation\tome\ that lists all the commands.

Common commands also have shortcut keys. You can easily see this just by clicking a bit around in the various menus at the top of CC3+ (Or to avoid clicking, hit and release the Alt key, and the menu should be activated and can be navigated with arrow keys.)

You can even edit the CC3+ menu files and add your own shortcuts if needed.

You're not technically supposed to "choose a style" in that dialog. The style selector should be prepopulated with the correct style choice for your current map.

If you want to use drawing tools belonging to a different map type than the one you are working in, you need to import the appropriate fill styles first. More about this in this faq topic: