[agracier]

And I checked out the Hankow Map ands its very detailed also. The person who did it said it took only 3 hours!!! It took me about a half hour to draw the Volacno track on Manam....LOL

I made the Hankow map but I´m danged if I remember ever saying anywhere that t only took 3 hours to make ... More like 3 months times 3 ... ha ha ha.

Anyway, since this map was indeed without any ocean frontage anywhere to use as an aligning point, I ended up using the Yangtze river as a more or less rough guide on how to fit the ed_m01 maps over the other maps ... now THAT aspect may have taken 3 hours because it was something that was almost likely to drive me crazy.

I had the same trouble on the Chaco map as well, with no ocean frontage, and in this case with no distinct rivers either to align up with. Here I aligned with heights and mountain peaks and most like smudged a little bit as well. And for an East Front map request I did the same with a large river.

So with inland maps you have to find some kind of very defining point geographical , preferably 2 or more, and use these as aligning points. It´s a very hit and miss method, but with enough patience you´ll usually get there.

I would say though that for first maps, it´s best to start with relatively easy areas with a bit of ocean frontage, to help align things up easily.