Create map programmatically from google map tile?

As an inspiration from Google 8-bit Google Maps Eile Joke in April, I am trying to combine a program that can create a world map image from 8-bit slabs. Does anyone have a good way to programmatically create an image from a map tile source? Also, is it possible, even using the google map tile, or will I be violating some kind of licenses?

Any point in the right direction or recommendation from personal experience is appreciated.

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There is a decent article on how google tiles work: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/14793/How-Google-Map-Works

The key would be to use the algorithm mentioned in the article to extract the map chunk based on a specific lat / lng pair and then iterate over all possible combinations.



This is probably okay as long as you do not exceed the number of requests and do not use the card for commercial / evil purposes.

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Google actually got the idea from one of the Bing Maps MVPs who wrote this blog post on how to create an 8-bit map using Bing Maps: http://alastaira.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/creating-the -legend-of-zelda-map-tiles-from-bing-maps-aerial-imagery /



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