Hex based game development??

I was just at the site, after searching for hex based game development. I''m not sure if this is the best place to ask, but.... I''m porting a boardgame to computer and need a simple way to implement a hex map. I want to have the board made up of hexes. In fact, I am going to attempt to map them to an actual map jpeg I get from the boardgame author. Does anyone know where I could get suggestions for this sort of thing? Thanks. Andrew Kinnie