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Where docan I get thefind real-world map data for a game like Ingress?

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Where docan I get thefind map data for an app like that and how? How (in a very high level explanationgenerally) do I integrate my own game objects into that map. My game? Game objects also need to move in real time, so having them as static marker-like objectsmarkers on the map won't workisn't sufficient.

I thought that I might be able tocould use Google mapsMaps but as far as I can seetell it would be impossible to create my own graphical style, like (like Ingress has done,) with the official API provided by Google.

Any help would be appreciated.

Where do I get the data for a game like Ingress?

I want to build a game with a concept similar to Ingress, where the playing field is overlaid on a real world map.

Where do I get the map data for an app like that and how (in a very high level explanation) do I integrate my own game objects into that map. My game objects also need to move in real time so having them as static marker-like objects on the map won't work.

I thought that I might be able to use Google maps but as far as I can see it would be impossible to create my own graphical style, like Ingress has done, with the official API provided by Google.

Any help would be appreciated.

Where can I find real-world map data for a game?

I want to build a game with a concept similar to Ingress, where the game map is overlaid on a real one.

Where can I find map data for an app like that? How (generally) do I integrate my own game objects into that map? Game objects need to move in real time, so having them as static markers on the map isn't sufficient.

I thought I could use Google Maps but as far as I can tell it would be impossible to create my own graphical style (like Ingress has done) with the official API provided by Google.

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Where do I get the data for a game like Ingress?

I want to build a game with a concept similar to Ingress, where the playing field is overlaid on a real world map.

Where do I get the map data for an app like that and how (in a very high level explanation) do I integrate my own game objects into that map. My game objects also need to move in real time so having them as static marker-like objects on the map won't work.

I thought that I might be able to use Google maps but as far as I can see it would be impossible to create my own graphical style, like Ingress has done, with the official API provided by Google.

Any help would be appreciated.