What I really wanted to do when I started all of this was to trace a map of the USA. I work in the Energy industry and I am always looking for a map of Electric Reagons or Natural Gas Pipelines, Power Generator Assets, etc.

What I was thinking was that I could create a Map with multiple layers that contain the various Transmission lines, Pipelines, Generators etc and that is easy to cut up into individual or a group of states.

The idea was to trace the states from a bitmap, so they could be devided into chunks and colored.

If anyone has any ideas on how to better accomplish this, I would be very open to suggestions.

Thanks again.