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1. Create a new map with Google My Maps: 2. Create a route:  3. Export as KML  4. Go to http://indiemapper.com/app/ (The link does'n work any longer) and import the KML file:  5. Use the export button to export it to SVG:  4. / 5. Update: Use https://mygeodata.cloud/converter/kml-to-svg  to convert the KML to SVG.  6. Open the file in Inkscape

  I love to add maps to the photo books. Here is a collection of some of them.    This is a example of a simple map without the visited places marked. I just added the big Texas label and the overview map of North-America. I used Inkscape and Gimp for this map.    This is a map I made as a title for a calender. I marked the locations from the photos. This image was made with Inkscape. This map is a mix of elements with Gimp extracted from old maps and then composed to a new map in Inkscape.  For this map I got the base image from Mapbox . Then I added the route and some details with Inkscape. To create the route I used Google My Maps , exported it as KML file and converted it to SVG. Here I used a image from the NASA and added the flight route with Gimp and the text boxes with Inkscape. Here I used Blender to create the map. I wrote a longer post here: Low polygon 3D europe map Google My Maps and Inksc...

It's again this time of the year, that I write a blog post. This time I’ve had to create an embroidery file. The initial design was made with Inkscape. Then I looked at different programs to create the embroidery file. As I use mainly Linux I first looked at this programs: Embroidermodder 2 Embroidermodder 2 is an open source program. It is far away from ready, but still active developed. The SVG import crashed even with the simples SVGs. What works is to use this tool as a viewer and converter for different file formats. Creating new files was not so successful. https://www.libembroidery.org/ GitHub repro: https://github.com/Embroidermodder/Embroidermodder ) Inkscape - Extension 1 There is an embroidery output extension for Inkscape. I tested it but was not very satisfied. Inkscape is not optimized for this job. You simply don’t have enough control. http://www.jonh.net/~jonh/inkscape-embroidery/ (No longer active devolved, the autor refers to: https://inkstitch.org/ ) ...