I want to create a map of my network to put in solarwinds. Where can I find a map of the eastern us and some of it's cities?
I like using Weather Maps. But that is my personal preference. We have several sites up and down the east and south east so I use this link for that map: http://image.weather.com/images/maps/current/cur_ec_720x486.jpg . Just set this in your "Linked Background Image."
But other than that Google is your friend.
It really depends on what you are looking for. If you are a MAC guy (don't hate), then there is OmniGraffle, with it's map templates. I use them quite a bit for generic state, country, and continent map making. It makes for prettier visio style maps as well.
is there a way to save the map from weather maps, or another site, to my server and use from there, so I know the maps won't change or go away?
Why not just take a screen capture of it with a snipping tool and then use that as your background image if you want it to be static?
