Azeroth the Google Maps way
by Jennie Lees 
Jan 30th 2006 at 4:00PM
MapWoW is a nifty site which uses the Google Maps API to let you zoom and pan from Ashenvale to Zul'Gurub. While maps of WoW aren't rare, the depth of this one seems to have taken the Internet by storm, with sites from Slashdot to Fark covering it. I usually find the in-game maps suffice, but when they're not up to scratch, this should do the trick nicely.
[Thanks, Wordman]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
oudknoei Jan 30th 2006 4:19PM
Neat, but not entirely a first. Ballistic Mystix, a guild in Saga of Ryzom, did the same thing for that game:
http://www.ballisticmystix.com/map.jsp?c=n
Baron Samedi Jan 30th 2006 4:22PM
Could have been a cool tool, but it's already slashdotted by a link from Fark. They had to turn off the markers on the site that gave you useful data. Doubt it'll ever become terribly useful since it looks easily overwhelmed unless they find a new host.
Maybe they'll release the source code.
Aaron Jan 30th 2006 7:12PM
Actually, the map markers were up last night when I checked. Amazing resource....
Except, I found that they're using the OLD (way old) map of the ruins of Andorhal in WPL. Which is funny, considering they have a link to it on the top of their page.
learn2map!
Aaron Jan 30th 2006 7:17PM
Damn, nevermind....looks like the resource maps are up again.
Just go to the site in a couple days once the traffic is gone.
boneyard Jan 31st 2006 5:21AM
nice idea, the google map interface is a nice thing to use for sure.
PodMonkeys Jan 31st 2006 8:25AM
Something like this with a lot of data points, and sitting on a good server with tons of bandwidth would be great! Emphasis on good server with tons of bandwidth.
RighteousDork Jan 31st 2006 11:29AM
This is the one I use:
http://www.kaldorei.com/worldmap/
Loads quickly and shows flight paths.