free mapping programs

[ewilen]

While reading a bit about Hexographer, I stumbled upon a review with pretty strong negative points about the program. Now, it turns out that Hexographer's programmer, Joe, has since addressed some of those issues. See the first comment here for Joe's response to the criticisms

Comments

[anonymous]

Sorry I don't have a LJ account, but I'm Joe, Hexographer's developer

[ewilen]

Actually I'd prefer to keep the link AND your response to it. (For one thing, the blog entry's pointers to other programs are still valid & useful.)

But I'll edit the post so that people are directed to your comment.

So thanks for responding.

[anonymous]

Thank you for hearing my concern and updating your post. And if other people find other tools more useful, easier, produce a better map, a style they like better, etc., then I'm happy they found something they like and I hope they have great results

[ewilen]

Well, I wasn't even aware of any concerns until I came across that blog post, which came up as a Google search when I was trying to find out more about Hexographer. (I first across the name hereAnyway, of the concerns voiced, I think you've addressed them adequately. I do think the one year license is an odd choice; I realize there are professional applications and suites which work like that, requiring annual renewals, but for most consumer products, especially something hobby-related, I think it's more normal to sell just a perpetual license, with free point-release updates and discounted major upgrades

update

[ext_232982]

I have updated my post on Hexographer to indicate that the "lifetime license" is now an actual lifetime license. -- bblackmoor