Hmmm, I replied this morning but I guess it didn't go through for some reason. So what I want to do is take a screenshot of a map (possibly from Google maps) and make it into a gameboard. So for example, imagine a picture of Miami zoomed out about 5 miles. I want to have hexes on the Miamai area so ...

Thanks for replying and keep in mind my graphical skills with these programs consists of using Microsoft Paint and Snag-It's editor program. In other words, barely any skills! To be more specific, my idea is to take a screenshot of Google Maps, say Kansas City, zoomed out to about 20 miles and super...

Is there an easy way to take an image in Inkscape (map of a state in this case) and merge a hexagon grid to it? Here is what I have in mind from the boardgame Railroad Tycoon:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/2240 ... size=large

Thanks in advance.