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I'm still using power point from microsoft office to do my maps. I work with my 2003 version, but will be testing the 2010 version this summer. It convert to all later power point versions, and I can do all kinds of pasting into the presentation. I bring a google map picture in and draw my roads by copying. I then delete the google map. I don't have a cool feature for making two sided roads at one time, but copy and paste works great. City blocks are easy with inserting rectangles and leaving space between. I like that I can draw in a larger area than the sheet below, and then resize it. It also will zoom in and out, great for drawing the detail, and then seeing the whole sheet after for the look of the composition. If the map is readable at 75% on the computer screen, it will be extremely readable for most eyes on the paper. I can save this to many different formats. I also insert new slides to draw secondary maps for my race director.

I would love to see some hands-on work with some of the other softwares out there. I'm always looking for ways to make things faster and better.
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