How to force Map generation?

Hello Bukkit,

How would I go about forcing map generation in a chunk of my choice? Is it even possible with the current API?

Thanks,
ccrama

 

I've heard that if you did

Code:

World w = Bukkit.getWorld("world");
w.getBlockAt(x, y, z);

It will generate the chunk at that location. I'm not 100% sure so don't quote me.

 

stormneo7 Well I'm not trying to generate a chunk. By "map" I meant map item.

 

ccrama

I was looking through the Javadocs and i've noticed these 2 classes: MapRenderer(This you might want to use to render all of the Map you want, and MapView (That actual map i believe)

EDIT: I've also found MapCanvas, MapCanvas has methods for custom editing though.
Example: drawImage(), drawText(), etc.