garyopa
06-19-2012, 07:57 AM
'World of MapCraft'
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World of MapCraft uses the Google Maps API to make fully scalable maps of Azeroth and its surrounding regions...
Cal Henderson, who also co-founded 'Glitch' dev studio 'Tiny Speck', extracted textures from the Blizzard's PC MMORPG World of Warcraft and created World of MapCraft, which is the entire game world 'set out as Google Maps'.
He made use of the Google Maps API to make the fully scalable maps.
Included is Azeroth in its entirety, Outland, battlegrounds, dungeons and instanced areas as a full set of zoom-able "slippy maps". There are even "junk" areas that are not included in the game players know and love.
Usefully, World of MapCraft includes all of the changes made by the game's expansions: The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King and Cataclysm. You can check out dungeons and raids from the "Classic" version of World of Warcraft, too, if you fancy a spot of nostalgia.
He also detailed the long and complicated process of how he managed to do this in his blog (http://www.iamcal.com/world-of-mapcraft/).
http://www.iamcal.com/articles/assets/wow_map_deephome_small.png
http://www.iamcal.com/articles/assets/wow_map_zoom_small.png
http://www.iamcal.com/articles/assets/wow_map_naxx.png
Take a look the amazing maps at the official project website linked below!
NEWS SOURCE #1: World Of Mapcraft (via) Official Site (http://worldofmapcraft.com/#/2346/3943/0/)
NEWS SOURCE #2: World of Warcrafts Azeroth and expansions mapped in Google maps (via) Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5919406/world-of-warcrafts-azeroth-and-expansions-mapped-in-google-maps)
Our thanks to 'Gauss' for this news item!
http://www.maxconsole.com/maxconsole/contents/RKLS00000010485/icon_xl.jpg
World of MapCraft uses the Google Maps API to make fully scalable maps of Azeroth and its surrounding regions...
Cal Henderson, who also co-founded 'Glitch' dev studio 'Tiny Speck', extracted textures from the Blizzard's PC MMORPG World of Warcraft and created World of MapCraft, which is the entire game world 'set out as Google Maps'.
He made use of the Google Maps API to make the fully scalable maps.
Included is Azeroth in its entirety, Outland, battlegrounds, dungeons and instanced areas as a full set of zoom-able "slippy maps". There are even "junk" areas that are not included in the game players know and love.
Usefully, World of MapCraft includes all of the changes made by the game's expansions: The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King and Cataclysm. You can check out dungeons and raids from the "Classic" version of World of Warcraft, too, if you fancy a spot of nostalgia.
He also detailed the long and complicated process of how he managed to do this in his blog (http://www.iamcal.com/world-of-mapcraft/).
http://www.iamcal.com/articles/assets/wow_map_deephome_small.png
http://www.iamcal.com/articles/assets/wow_map_zoom_small.png
http://www.iamcal.com/articles/assets/wow_map_naxx.png
Take a look the amazing maps at the official project website linked below!
NEWS SOURCE #1: World Of Mapcraft (via) Official Site (http://worldofmapcraft.com/#/2346/3943/0/)
NEWS SOURCE #2: World of Warcrafts Azeroth and expansions mapped in Google maps (via) Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5919406/world-of-warcrafts-azeroth-and-expansions-mapped-in-google-maps)
Our thanks to 'Gauss' for this news item!