I stumbled accross this webpage and thought it was worth pointing it out. It’s called YeOldMapMaker.com and that’s just it. You’re given a blank grid to play with, and a small collection of symbols, including outdoor stuff as well as indoors. You can then place the symbols unto the grid and make a battlemap. I’m not a software expert, but I think it is flash based in design.
The page lets you print out your creation across two pages, and at least on my system here, the scale was slightly smaller than 1″, although I think it is playable enough as it is.
There isn’t any information on the page as to who is behind it or anything… it sort of just is…
The maps are simple in design, the objects are all line art with no color, but for being free, they are great. Let’s wait and see if they get some followers and a community builds around this program. There are already some maps loaded unto the site that are loadable if you register an account.
This may just be a cool tool for an unprepared DM in need of a quick fix. Check it out!
www. Newbie DM .com 
Questing GM
March 5, 2009
Hmm….Stargazer’s World also pointed this one out yesterday. 😉
newbiedm
March 5, 2009
You know that his website makes my browser crash.
I never get to read his posts.
I’m sorry if what I’m posting is old then.
🙂
Questing GM
March 5, 2009
Are you using IE? Yeah, Stargazer’s World hates IE. It made me gave up and get Firefox.
Stargazer
March 5, 2009
Hehe, my evil website hates IE. 😀
I think it’s one of the plugins that makes IE crash. Strangely enough the site works fine in all other browsers (incl. Firefox, Opera, Safari, Chrome, Flock), so I believe it’s just another silly IE bug.
And newbiedm, just point your browser to http://feeds2.feedburner.com/StargazersWorld and you should be able to read my site’s feed there or just add the adress to your favorite feedreader.
Youseph Tanha
March 5, 2009
Great find. Thank you very much for sharing. I want to do maps and dungeons with Graph paper and the symbols in this will be very helpful.