I make, as an example, a village map for a particular nation in my game world. Then I go into the symbol manager and save those symbols as a symbol catalog,.fsc

Next time I make a village in that nation, I load that fsc and start mapping.

Edit. Fixed a sentence.

I did a bit more looking around on streets and buildings in the old west.

If they didn't have boards for a sidewalk, the buildings might be slightly elevated, with 2 to 4 steps up into the buildings.

After several years of no one to talk to in making these maps, I discovered that it was easier to start large scale then make parts of thst map. Rather than vice versa.

The Atlantic Ocean is green-ish or dark blue, depending on time of year. The Caribbean Sea is blue, and at night it glows from the phytoplankton when a ship moves through the water. I sort of miss that. Not the storms out at sea though.

Her nose looks a bit odd on my computer screen.