Mapgen2.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object) Using Hexographer to create overland hex maps. One of the easiest ways to bring your campaign world to life is to give your player’s a sense of where they are in relation to the rest of the world.
If they know that the ruins of the ancient Death God lie to the North of them, the old lighthouse to the South West and the ‘Caverns Of The Pirate King’ to the East, it gives them a real sense of being part of the world in which your campaign is set. This is why, when stumbling around the web the other night looking for AD&D 2nd Edition resources (long story…) it was such a joy to find the wonderful overland mapping tool Hexographer from Inkwell Ideas. Over the years I have used quite a few mapping tools ranging in complexity from Campaign Cartographer to the relatively simple Photoshop.
None of these tools really meet the key requirements for a great map editor, namely, achieving a quality result in a simple to use way. World Maker.