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New WoW Map Uses Google Local API

Posted by Zonk on from the don't-forget-to-look-up-to-see-the-kobolds dept.

Lord Satri writes "The WarCry Network lead me to the world's only ultra-high resolution map of the World of Warcraft universe. From WarCry: 'The site leverages the powerful Google Maps API to create a revolutionary scaled map with detail and precision never before seen on the Internet. A user can display any number of ore, herbs, or, treasure. Currently there are more than 15,000 resources in the database. All this, on one easy to navigate page.'"

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  1. Copyright Infringement by Sparr0 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Has anyone considered the legal ramifications of them ripping media from the game and distributing it online? Unless I am mistaken, this map is generated from the minimap's textures. Problems arose in the same sort of online maps for other games (EQ, DAOC, AO).