I'd already produced best-selling route books for the UK's Automobile Association, but it didn't want to pick up my planned European project. Mapcreator made it simple to turn the plan into a self-published reality, becoming the No1 best-seller in its category on Amazon (it's called Bikers' Europe - order a copy, you might like it!). The defaults were tailored to give the look I wanted, the software is easy to use, the results high-quality (and consistent) and the support from the product team – in terms of training to use the package, setting it up and troubleshooting any (very rare) issues – has been excellent.

It's fantastically simple to import routes (saved as GPX files) and generate maps from them. The colour fidelity and quality for print is excellent. The software is easy to use, totally flexible and the support is outstanding: responsive and genuinely helpful. The ability to customise makes it quick and easy to get consistent high-quality outputs.

The road numbering isn't quite clear enough for my purposes (showing routes) so I have to manually add labels for road numbers; when reopening maps, names revert to being ranged-right of the anchor point, rather than staying where they were placed for design/clarity when the file was saved.