How to create a map of a fictional place with Google Maps

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The wiki for one of the video games I play has a map of the game world powered by Google Maps. You can see the map here.

How would I go about creating a map like this for my own project?

Is this done through the Google Maps API?

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asked Jul 10, 2010 at 4:20

squillman

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Nice writeup on how someone did this for World of Warcraft: iamcal.com/world-of-mapcraft
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The Google Maps API has a custom map tiles feature.

answered Jul 10, 2010 at 4:36

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