How do I show mini map of the game area?

Hi,

I'm not sure if this can be done, I've looked and can't find an answer.

I'm creating a turn based game with the size 2000,2000, at some point in the game there is a item that is placed at random somewhere in my game. Because it's turn based I don't want the player to waste all his turns trying to find this object.

Is there a way to create a button "View Map" and when clicked the player can see the map(game) in full including any sprites?

Then the player can head towards that object to finish the game.

Any help would be great.

Thanks

I will try .. If i success i will upload

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Wow, excellent, I did google but wasn't sure if I was even calling it the right name. mini map.

Thank you so much.