Western Europe 1944, historical project / maps

Here's a second pair of maps of an area nearby.  I've already made vassal-compatible versions, but as mentioned in the earlier post, may end up using a different area based on better campaign-game options.  The problem with mobile warfare is that in some cases, even with large maps like these, the forces sometimes completely wiped the playing area clean, which doesn't always make for a fun campaign game.

Ok, great, I'm using Illustrator too but couldn't figure out how to create some of the terrain elements like ditches, rough, shrub.

What are you using for source maps? I ended up using the brute force method of taking hundreds of screenshots of the France Geoportail map website and stitching them together. Not very elegant but I end up with folders full of clear high-resolution topographic maps to use.

Nadir, the maps look awesome.

If you're interested in creating a CG, I have one draft and I hope I can finish one following the steps of that draft for the France 40 Expansion (if not for the boxed game, at least as a free official download). But my CG is a bit different from the ASL CGs, where the entire campaign is played on a fixed map. My Panzer CGs are played on a large area and scenarios generate depening on the results of the previous scenarios. Each player is given a core force and assets can be attached and detached as campaign progresses. Some scenarios can be fixed and they can use historical maps, but due to the fluid nature of CGs, use of geo maps are necessary.

In the end, one force must achieve one offensive objective, while the other must avoid that, but it is not a matter of one force always attacking and the other always defending. There are counterattacks, delaying actions... That's whay the situation must be chosen carefully.

If you're interested I can send you what I have so far. Just tell me.

Is there a steep learning curve to creating MBT-like maps in Adobe Illustrator?

Thanks for the tip. Is there one version or subtype better for this purpose? I seem to see "CC" versions.

Thanks, Fernando, I would enjoy the collaboration on the CG.  Because of my ASL experience I tend to think in those terms (having points and buying units, etc.) but am open to other methods.  My goal is that the players have an experience similar to that of battalion commanders in determining what units to send (and which units to request from higher headquarters, etc.).  Because of the (relatively) small area of the maps and the goal to keep it manageable in terms of units, these CGs will be on the short side - reflecting 24-36 hours is what I'm guessing, but it's too early to say for sure.

I need to make the time to get my projects back underway - at the moment they're on hold due to excessive responsibilities at work and at home.  I'm hopeful that will change in by the Fall at which time I can devote more time to this.

-N