Thanks for all the suggestions and comments.

I should play around with some custom frames and scalebars. I always tell myself I am going to but I never get around to doing it for some reason. I tried to skirt the edge between functionality and aesthetics...they look really nice when printed on a color laser printer (got to love using work equipment for personal reasons).

The contours on the Jerusalem map were my idea and something I fiddled around with. It was the best way I could think of to reflect the terrain of the region. I blurred some of the items (river, etc.) on purpose just trying to be experimental.

That is an awesome map Midgardsormr and a great suggestion with the scalebar. I may have to steal that idea.