text: create a map for graduation party?   well, just like any other address - you start by getting the address of the location you want to show how to get to.  then, you need to either draw the mape by hand, or find a website that will create the map for you.  some sites might have copyright restrictions on the maps you create them - but they will generally provide a command you can use to email the map and/or get a ilnk (url) to the map.  yahoo and google both have pretty nice-looking mapping sites.  inkscape is a free, open source graphics-drawing software application that lets you save the artwork/sketches/diagrams you create with it in svg format.  firefox 1.5 and later can display svg graphics directly in the browser, without the need to convert them to another format like jpg, gif, or png.  these other formats are all bitmapped, and can be large in some cases.  by contrast, svg files, unless they contain unusually high number of details are usually small.  so svg files, in general, download and render quickly.  last time i checked thunderbird 1.5 (the sister program to firefox for handleing email could not directly display svg, but this may change).  in a short while, just about every popular program that can support graphics will probably support the svg file format.  while gif and those are fine for paint programs, svg is much better for drawing programs. editing an svg based srawing is fun, easy, and natural.  with gif and the like, once you put a line into the document - you cannot move or reformat it.  your easiest option is to use a website to lookup the map.  if you are really artistic and like computers, you might want to try your hand with inkscape and have a little fun. you will need to convert to gif or jpeg afterward to emali your drawing when you are done.