Over the next couple of months I'll be rewriting the Tutorial for making maps. I'll be creating it as a series of posts here in the forums. Once complete, I'll combine everything in a complete document. I also welcome comments, additional insight and ideas, and techniques that others use. Anything that you think would be a good addition to the tutorial, I will add. Credit will be given to those that contribute. For ease of keeping track, reply to the relevant chapter.
Here's the first parts:
Chapter 1: Concepts of Initial Design
Chapter 2: Getting started and requirements