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They're using Minecraft Overviewer[1] to generate the maps. Overviewer uses the Google Maps api to serve the map tiles. It translates the minecraft block coordinates into lat/long coords. It's probably this translation that leads you to 'this location on Google Maps.'

[1] https://github.com/overviewer/Minecraft-Overviewer




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