Carnifex,

Very nice, and adding text is much easier in Illustrator over Photoshop (my opinion). I do most of my stuff in Illustrator except textures. I do import these into and add them to my overall file in Illustrator. Upon completion I'll flatten the layers of a copy and place it into Photoshop to finalise any brush work. The Illustrator symbol feature (under the windows section) is fun to use as well. I love your border!

My opinion again, for those that have one of the Abobe Creative Suites that include both photoShop and Illustrator the working area gives you great leeway in plotting your map style (Illustrator), and then to add textures and blend colors (PhotoShop). I love the fact that I can also group objects together in Illustrator much easier than in PhotoShop.