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Mapping WoW with Google's API

Alas, there is such a resource (many in fact, but few that use Google technology), called MapWoW.com. Long time players have known about it for ages (and are probably asking why I just found it now), but it does in fact use Google's API to create some of the best WoW maps available. There are resource overlays so a player can view graphics where and what things are with the check of a box, overlayed on the map. You won't be able to find your local burger joint on this map, but it is a very creative and well put-together use of the wildly popular Google Maps API.
After spending the better part of an hour on 
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Truegod said 5:50PM on 4-13-2007
This has been done with Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion too. In fact there are two Oblivion maps based on the Google maps API.
http://www.uesp.net/oblivion/map/obmap.shtml
http://www.oblivionmap.net/
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antianeira said 8:28PM on 4-13-2007
if we can get real time location of players by server like a "GPS", that would be awesome! then i would be able to track down that ganking horde ...
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Mr Odin said 10:59PM on 4-15-2007
OK
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