Quote Originally Posted by pyrandon View Post
I can't help you with Inkscape, carlaz, but I'd like to pop in and recommend the 75-100 dollar investment in a Wacom pad. A cheap investment that is amazingly useful for maps--plus tons of fun for other apps and uses, too! Good luck!
Thanks -- I have heard good things about the Wacom pads, and it's definitely something I'm keeping in mind. I'm not sure how easy they are to find down in my neck of the woods, and some computer equipment here costs twice what it does in the States (iMacs, for example!), so they might be unreasonably pricey even if I find one ..... But I might score one next time I'm up in the US.