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Originally Posted by kalos72
Does anyone know a source for a overlay I can place on maps...or an addon for google maps to divide into 1sq mile blocks or hexagons or soemthing?
I LOVE google maps but hate that I cant divide it into sections like say they did with the MERC2000 and the campaign maps towards the end of the book.
Anyone have any ideas?
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I don't know of anything that will do anything like this with Google Maps, but there are options if you're willing to use
OpenStreetMap (OSM) instead.
Osmarender is a program to take OSM data and create a SVG map file. It can optionally include a 1km grid. It's not very easy to set up, unfortunately.
http://maposmatic.org/ is a web service that creates maps of cities using OSM data (with a grid). Currently, it only covers the metropolitan France area.
Some years ago, I wrote a macro for OpenOffice Draw that would draw a hex grid onto a page. I don't know if I've still got it, but it would be simple to create a macro to create a square grid. You could put a map image exported from OSM under the grid easily enough.