Get a blank map template.

type new then press the enter key. This resets the template.

Create a map border the same size as the bmp you are importing.

In this case, it is 706.5 × 319.3 miles

The bmp should be inserted on a bitmap layer, so it can be deleted later.

Insert the bmp into the map with first corner at 0,0 and

the second corner by using the shift key to ‘stretch to fit’ the map into the map border you just made.

Here is the smaller section, imported as a bmp, then saved as a png, to save account space.

The actual bmp/png saved from this map is about 1024 × 463.

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Select Coastal/Sea layer.

I drew the ocean using color 5.

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create a new layer called ‘land’.

hide layer Coastal/Sea and change to the land layer.

I drew the land using color 108. No, it doesn’t match perfectly. But I don’t try for that, too many headaches that way.

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Now hide the Land layer.

add symbols for the mountains and structures.

add the rivers, add the roads, place the bridges.

add the forests and trees.

Relabel the map.

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Final PNG picture and map file

I placed some of the symbols next to the edge of the map to show locations and give a three-dimensional aspect to it. Or you could draw a partial town, city, castle, etc. for the map edges if you need to mark a location.

I could have zoomed in, and got not only a smaller part of the large map, but a smaller scale as well as showing more local detail.

The method is essentially the same, but the symbols would have to be changed in scale.

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Original picture and map

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Thats all of this tutorial. I hope it helped.

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This is very loosely based on the burial mound symbol from Profantasy, and after watching several documentaries on such burial mounds.

generic burial mound, outside

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generic burial mound, inside

1) entrance

2 thru 5) burial areas

6) ceremonial area

7) passageway

clicking on this thumbnail leads to a 769 × 768 png file of 33 Kilobytes.

40 feet in diameter mound

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