Hm, here's where a matter of personal taste comes into play Tony. I think your original RoV maps were much cleaner; here's what I was looking at when I made that judgement:
Pixelation. Your original RoV maps have smooth lines and the drop shadow adds a soft transition between the background and the lines. Your new RoV maps have hard lines; the change to black is good, but the jaggedness is more evident. The removal of the drop shadow makes the difference between background and lines clearer (which I consider bad if it adds to the jaggedness of lines). Your new maps' lines are a tiny bit thicker, just due to darkening up lightly colored parts of the original line; thicker outline is good (hence why I stubbornly used the WC maps of yours that I ran through Photoshop; thick black borders help hide small imperfections that occur with zonerect vs. map).
Also I never noticed the watermark before, cleverly done!
What is it you're aiming for in a map that makes you feel one map is cleaner than another?
Quib
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