Welcome Todd! It's great to have a 'proper' cartographer here! It would be great (once you've had an explore) if you could share your knowledge about how you go about making real life maps. Really looking forward to seeing your contributions!

I've always thought that there's definitely an overlap between what we do and what proper cartographers do. We're artisitic and you're precise and we could learn a lot from each other.

BTW have you seen the Cartotalk site?

All the best and welcome again!