: While gimp would work, its a bit tedious. I would image trace the map with inkscape or other vector tool and then replace the fills with patterns. Because its less work than doing this with

@Vandalay110

While gimp would work, its a bit tedious. I would image trace the map with inkscape or other vector tool and then replace the fills with patterns. Because its less work than doing this with GIMP. So if we take this example:



and change it to vectors with trace(because its faster to do than your demo), select all swatches and replace them with patterns you get in 5 minutes:



Ok so i used illustrator because i don't have inkscape installed but its a comparable amount of work. Plus it will print much better.

Edity

I dont think I agree with the analysis that this has more problems. It has all the same benefits as color separation in gimp and you can trace at pixel accuracy tough that slightly defeats the point as patterns will make the borders slightly more diffuse.

So here is what i get when i do it on the source image with my own limited pattern collection that's totally unsuitable for the job.



Anyway your mileage will vary.

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