If, like me, you’re a fan of Bible Mapper, you’ll be pleased to know that version 4 has just been released. 

Bible Mapper is still the best program for making custom maps of the Middle East, and now it includes 35 pre-made Bible maps that get you off to a quick start.  You can see some of these in the gallery. 

There are a number of other improvements as well that may not sound so impressive, but really make the program more enjoyable to use.  This includes:

• Select Object engine that uses the cursor is much faster at any zoom level and is more forgiving about how close you have to click on an object to select it (e.g., routes and rivers are easier to select)
• A basic blank map template is included that contains essentially all the basic styles that you need to create a professional-quality map (journey path styles, political label styles, river label styles, etc.)

You can read more of the improvements on the website.  If you have any need for maps, I encourage you to check it out.  As before, use of the maps you create is virtually unrestricted.

 “Samson’s Exploits” – one of the new maps in Bible Mapper 4.0