How do I get started? Are there books or software I should find?

I'd like to make some maps based on park and road maps (but I don't know about copy rights). I'd like to make others based on ideas I have for utopian cities (with some distinctive architecture). I'd like to make web based interactive maps(with a GPS element?) . Ultimately I'd like to roll all of this together as a game.


I'd like to make, and maybe sell, paper maps people could use in their cars.

Thanks for the help