Simple how to for quick maps

[Naryt]

As I'm more a very interested spectator more than a master of maps as many here are, I keep an eye out for ways those of us with weaker imaginations and artistic skills can still create usable maps.

This tip comes from the latest issue Roleplaying Tips weekly (http://www.roleplayingtips.com), issue #364:

3. Quick Map Creation Tip
From: J.H. Swain
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One thing I like to do is take real world maps, upload them
to a graphics program of choice, and trace them. It works
fairly well, and it's not as if anyone's going to notice
that, if you flipped the map of the city of St. Omhurst just
this way, it looks exactly like Bremerton, WA and the
surrounding area.

I've just started doing this, so I'm not an expert, but it
seems to be a pretty solid tactic.

Example:

Before:
http://www.roleplayingtips.com/image...ing_before.jpg

After:
http://www.roleplayingtips.com/image...cing_after.jpg