Explore Liberty City with Google Map application

23 Comments by Griffin McElroy May 3rd 2008 7:00PM
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action

Between the comprehensive in-game map, the GPS-imbued minimap, and the TomTom-esque functionality of certain vehicles, we've yet to misplace ourselves within Liberty City's digital boroughs. Still, if you find yourself lost whilst playing Grand Theft Auto IV, we guess this Liberty City map application (mapplication?) using the Google Maps interface would come in handy.

A number of user contributions have already been made to the map, showing the location of hidden items, easter eggs, pigeon locations, stunt jumps, and yes, even hookers, whom we assume were fitted with GPS locaters by trained prostitute handlers before being released back into the wild. It makes for a useful cartographical companion for those with a laptop near their console of choice -- if you don't mind ruining the fun of exploring the nooks and crannies of Rockstar's intricately crafted metropolis for yourself, that is.

Tags: 360, googlemaps, grand-theft-auto-iv, gta-iv, gta4, gtaiv, libertycity, map, ps3, rockstargames, rockstarnorth, xbox360

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theturtle363: May 3rd 2008; 7:06PM

Hugh Grant lol

fischju: May 3rd 2008; 7:11PM

Just needs Street View!

mr nimblewick: May 3rd 2008; 7:16PM

Did this come from inside Google? Don't they have anything better to do?

Kite: May 4th 2008; 2:08PM

Google provides the api's, other people use these api's to actually make something working.

So no, this is not only google's work.

Psaakyrn: May 3rd 2008; 7:20PM

*stabs pigeon spoiler*

F1: May 3rd 2008; 7:51PM

The Whore Hunter. Coming to Animal Planet this July!!

ill trooper: May 4th 2008; 6:16AM

I heard it was going to be on WEAZEL, actually...

Lekko: May 3rd 2008; 8:09PM

Now they just need to export this app to the PSP and use the PSP as your GPS in-game.

C'mon guys, it wouldn't be all THAT hard.

TheOverlord#2 can has Mario Karts?(MK:2578-3517-9859): May 3rd 2008; 8:34PM

Doesn't the PSP have an internet application? Just go to it and use it as a GPS

Lekko: May 3rd 2008; 9:04PM

yeah... it does. But I want it to update my location and position on the PSP as I play, like a GPS.

It would be nice to use the PSP to navigate instead of the tiny minimap they have in-game.

ill trooper: May 4th 2008; 6:17AM

That would be really cool.

rv: May 4th 2008; 2:03PM

IT wouldn't be bad, the minimap is hard to read if you have a wanted level.

PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!): May 5th 2008; 4:22AM

that would be friggin sweet cause like everyone else is saying, the mini map is very.....mini. if they could do something like that through remote play, that would be the shit. but i wouldnt get my hopes up for something like that though.

Tom: May 3rd 2008; 8:38PM

What you really need is one of these for Paradise Cirty to keep up on your laptop while you race.

Chris: May 3rd 2008; 8:46PM

This is a couple of days old.

I'm a long-time reader of this site, but it seems I'm always reading about these types of things on Joystiq last.

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force): May 3rd 2008; 8:47PM

Just wondering: is there a Google Map for Azeroth?

Nushio (NDF - Blue): May 3rd 2008; 11:57PM

WoW addicts are too busy playing to make stuff like run a WoW-based blog or make Google maps.

JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force): May 4th 2008; 6:28AM

There is an Outland Map.

http://mapwow.com/

svenhoek: May 3rd 2008; 11:52PM

Epic win with the Hugh Grant link. 15 internets to you good sir.

hvnlysoldr: May 4th 2008; 11:22PM

It's Ren's cousin. Cool man.

why not the LS2LS7?: May 4th 2008; 1:13AM

Is there way to do something like this, but with no information initially and only what I add to it? I want to use this to keep track of my notes, but I don't want my experience of the game robbed by seeing everyone else's notes.

Mike: May 4th 2008; 5:00AM

This does not seem like the google map interface. Where is the mouse wheel zoom? Kind of blows.

ratm: May 4th 2008; 7:25AM

I always wondered what those journalists and politicians were doing with hookers in the game in the first place.

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