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Residents of the virtual world of Second Life have been mapvertising since late last year. Here’s a short article on my blog about it (since you asked for links):
http://www.secretlair.com/index.php?/clickableculture/entry/birds_eye_view_advertising_in_second_life/
Ah yes,VW maps. I didn’t know about the mapvertising. Great! And GREAT BLOG Tony! I’ve added to my blogroll.
I’ll add one of the many ingame maps:WoW maps.
Add:Google Maps Mania blog,as suggested by Jeremy.