MapCreator Free Edition

MapCreator is a lightweight cross-platform utility built specifically for helping you create maps and embed routes.
The user interface is clean and allows users to design a new map by selecting from different templates (world, continental, national or pole maps, and marine charts), and specifying the map size and type (lands, seas, lakes, rivers, towns, borders). Zooming in or out of the generated map is particularly simple.
You can draw a route on the map by specifying the latitude and longitude, picking the color, width and smoothing effect, as well as select the line types used to define the destination points.
The application enables you to insert text messages, which can be customized in terms of font style, color and opacity level. Plus, you can change their position by manually entering the coordinates.
It is possible to embed symbols for tracking different routes on the map, and you can pick the latitude and longitude, size, color and opacity level.
Images can be uploaded to the map, provided that the file format is TIFF, JPEG, BMP, PNG, WMF, ICO, TGA, PCX, or others. You may change the position of the photos on the map, and resize them.
The inserted items can be cut, deleted, copied, pasted, or arranged by bringing them to the front or sending them to the back.
You can perform searches in the current map and look for a town with a specified number of inhabitants. Any unnecessary adjustments can be easily rolled back, thanks to its built-in buttons.
Additionally, the application lets you create videos, SWF files or animated videos with a three-dimensional globe, and you can specify the clip size, frame rate and format.
All things considered, MapCreator comes in handy whenever you need to generate maps and draw routes.