I Built a Real Mini Map from Need for Speed

Published at : 23 Dec 2025

Somehow, no-one has ever built a real video game mini map for their car, or made navigation maps work on an ESP32 - I decide to finally fix both of those problems.

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👾 Code Repos
Video Game Mini Maps - https://github.com/garagetinkering/Video_Game_Mini_Maps
GPS Sender - https://github.com/garagetinkering/CAN_GPS_Sender
OSM to GeoJSON Convertor - https://github.com/garagetinkering/OSM_to_GeoJSON
BIN File Convertor (That Project) - https://github.com/0015/map_tiles

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Links:
ThatProject's Offline Maps Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyjf24e-Poo
QGIS - https://qgis.org/
QuickMapServices QGIS Plugin - https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/quick_map_services/
Ordinance Survey - https://osdatahub.os.uk/data/downloads/open
Department for Transport Layers - https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets

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00:00 Intro
01:29 Chips and Choices
02:49 Millions and Millions of Tiles
13:02 Making it Real
15:50 Where the Heck are We?
19:10 Take it for a Spin

#satnav #minimap #esp32