A Map Editor Idea...

[:1]I've been thinking about ideas for a possible map editor for K&C or perhaps another GPG game, and I thought that the Simcity 4 editor could at least bring inspiration. Simcity 4 had a very intuitive map editor that at the same time could bring about some very complex maps.
Here are a few videos showing some maps made using the Editor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXBX-9NJs2E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bO9OnzBnQ8
Here are some videos showing the Editor in motion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQMCze2GOfw
(I apologize for the choppiness of these two videos)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uYKPGc8378
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg7h6vDOUVA
The tools could be made to create some very complex and/or realistic regions. It's too bad the game limited water to a certain height and couldn't have waterfalls without mods... :'(
What do you guys think of this? Could this editor, or a variant of it, be used to make maps for an RTS? Could those maps be usable in a competitive role?|||They've pretty much already confirmed we're getting a tile-based map editor, but yeah, SimCity 4 had a great terrain editor.|||[quote="Mooilo"]They've pretty much already confirmed we're getting a tile-based map editor...[quote]
That's why I put in the little part about possibly being for another game.