I have been working on building my own world, likely for 5e. I started working on the physical world and have been doing little snipets of land that I can later resize, and move around the final map until I am happy with it. I thought I could upload my own maps into inkarnate but I see no such option.
Are there any map editors that will let me do this? Even if it is just as a background bit that I can trace over. I have been using old topography maps of the area around my hometown and other places I have lived and am really liking the land masses I have and would rather not have to try and recreate them.
I am using a Mac, so I would prefer web based since most things do not get a mac release.
I’ve been using Campaign Cartographer 3+ for a few years now. It does support image backgrounds (and depending on your image it might even trace it for you)… … but I should say that it does have a somewhat steep learning curve. It’s more a CAD tool than a drawing tool.
You will most likely need to read the tutorials and maybe watch a few videos to be comfortable with it. Luckily, there’s lots of videos and a forum with tons of friendly people.
It’s not cheap but it just so happens that there’s a Humble Bundle ongoing for the next 5 days:
https://www.humblebundle.com/software/maps-extravaganza-revisited-software
You’d have to go for the highest tier to get the base program.
That rules out that one.
Mac? Linux?
It runs decently under wine on Linux, but I’ve heard Mac users struggle.
But yeah, I get it.
Mac, yes. Looking for something web based if not a Mac package.