Where are the new maps?

[IceFire]

A serious discussion on maps would be welcomed. I've been thinking about and doing some reading on how to make maps... if I get far enough along then I will make sure that my maps are intended for an official TD release.

Although I'm not certain on the particulars... a lot of MOD maps are semi-finished and some authors never seem to want to make them available for official patch releases. Some do.

4.12 didn't include any new maps but 4.11 included all of the Solomons maps which are IMHO some of the best work I've seen for the Pacific.

I'd also like to see some of the MOD maps renamed in their releases... in some cases they have reused the original map naming (i.e. Okinawa, Ardennes, etc.) and then changed the map massively. This affects single player as it screws up campaigns not meant for the MOD maps and it really messes with the online world where stock and non-stock players are together.

I'm thinking of making a China themed map. Perhaps starting with a dogfight map to cut my teeth on it. Anyone have resources that could help me with that? I'm trying to decide on an area... and then try and get photos of airbases and the like.