lots, On the Heritage History maps I work at about 800 - 1000 % magnification, esp for the coasts (cntrl & scroll up or +), find your coast and start drawing a line, when you lift your mouse (to move the screen (hold in scroll button) etc), select your line your working on (the arrowhead at the top of the toolbox) and a seethrough box should be at either end of your line (your goal is to get round to the other end of the coastline and meet up the two ends of the line) use the pencil tool on the box (when you hover over it the box should turn red to continue the line) First I would recommend tracing the coastline, select the pencil icon from the toolkit and then zoom in.Create another new layer, you don't need to lock this one, you'll be using it.(Layer -> Move Selection to layer Below), select the new picture layer and lock it (padlock button next to the drop down list of layers) Load your image into inkscape, I would recommend creating a new layer (Layer -> new Layer) and then moving the picture from the 'Root' layer into your new one.Download and Install Inkscape, its easy to use and FREE.A good map will be clear and easy to read, try and think how easy it'll be to differentiate between different things on the map Find a map to trace, there are gazillions out there, the Heritage History Website is my favourite source but look around (Google Maps is good if you have a specific area in mind).Decide the theme, time frame and printing date for your map, think what colours would suit, and think about what is actually going in the map, Its a lot harder in Inkscape to map on the fly as it were, have an idea, and go for it.Get rid of any significant other, or other distractions, for atleast 24 hours, permanantly is preferable but Murder is outlawed in 34 states soo.
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