Hi everyone! :D

In this week's live mapping session Ralf will be presenting the latest Cartographer's Annual style: Parchment City by Pär Lindström.

Come and join in the live chat on YouTube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvLxTlK_Os4

Or you can watch it here on the forum if you prefer (though there is no live chat on the forum)

Another map showing a nicely blended mix of styles - well mapped :)

Very inventive, and a nice use of combined styles :)

Thank you :)

I agree with Kertis

These are the settings I use to export the largest of my example maps as JPG files. The file size resulting is usually around 5.7MB and visually no different to a png file.

Notice the Antialias setting, and also keep tabs on the "work size" shown lower right. More antialias is a smoother result, but it also increases the work size. Try to keep that no larger than 10,000 x 10,000.

Incidentally, with this setup you can export the map as JPG without having to use the rectangular section options. The export will be automatically trimmed to the map border so that the longest side is 5000 pixels. These settings also do away with the white space around the map.