diff --git a/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
index 95875de10..7d66b2aba 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ source_group(game FILES ${GAME} ${GAME_HEADER})
 add_openmw_dir (mwrender
     actors objects renderingmanager animation sky npcanimation vismask
     creatureanimation effectmanager util renderinginterface pathgrid rendermode
-    bulletdebugdraw
+    bulletdebugdraw globalmap
 #    camera
 #    localmap occlusionquery water shadows
-#    characterpreview globalmap ripplesimulation refraction
+#    characterpreview ripplesimulation refraction
 #    terrainstorage weaponanimation
     )
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/mapwindow.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/mapwindow.cpp
index 4b3711071..a44c0214c 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/mapwindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/mapwindow.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #include "mapwindow.hpp"
 
-#include <OgreSceneNode.h>
 #include <OgreVector2.h>
 
+#include <osg/Texture2D>
+
 #include <MyGUI_ScrollView.h>
 #include <MyGUI_ImageBox.h>
 #include <MyGUI_RenderManager.h>
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <components/esm/globalmap.hpp>
 #include <components/settings/settings.hpp>
+#include <components/myguiplatform/myguitexture.hpp>
 
 #include "../mwbase/windowmanager.hpp"
 #include "../mwbase/world.hpp"
@@ -559,6 +561,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         : WindowPinnableBase("openmw_map_window.layout")
         , NoDrop(drag, mMainWidget)
         , LocalMapBase(customMarkers)
+        , mGlobalMapTexture(NULL)
         , mGlobal(false)
         , mGlobalMap(0)
         //, mGlobalMapRender(0)
@@ -708,19 +711,23 @@ namespace MWGui
 
     void MapWindow::renderGlobalMap(Loading::Listener* loadingListener)
     {
-#if 0
-        mGlobalMapRender = new MWRender::GlobalMap("");
+        mGlobalMapRender = new MWRender::GlobalMap();
         mGlobalMapRender->render(loadingListener);
         mGlobalMap->setCanvasSize (mGlobalMapRender->getWidth(), mGlobalMapRender->getHeight());
         mGlobalMapImage->setSize(mGlobalMapRender->getWidth(), mGlobalMapRender->getHeight());
-        mGlobalMapImage->setImageTexture("GlobalMap.png");
-        mGlobalMapOverlay->setImageTexture("GlobalMapOverlay");
-#endif
+
+        mGlobalMapTexture = new osgMyGUI::OSGTexture(mGlobalMapRender->getBaseTexture());
+        mGlobalMapImage->setRenderItemTexture(mGlobalMapTexture);
+        mGlobalMapImage->getSubWidgetMain()->_setUVSet(MyGUI::FloatRect(0.f, 0.f, 1.f, 1.f));
+
+        //mGlobalMapOverlay->setImageTexture("GlobalMapOverlay");
     }
 
     MapWindow::~MapWindow()
     {
-        //delete mGlobalMapRender;
+        delete mGlobalMapTexture;
+
+        delete mGlobalMapRender;
     }
 
     void MapWindow::setCellName(const std::string& cellName)
@@ -730,7 +737,6 @@ namespace MWGui
 
     void MapWindow::addVisitedLocation(const std::string& name, int x, int y)
     {
-#if 0
         CellId cell;
         cell.first = x;
         cell.second = y;
@@ -757,7 +763,6 @@ namespace MWGui
             markerWidget->eventMouseDrag += MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &MapWindow::onMouseDrag);
             markerWidget->eventMouseButtonPressed += MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &MapWindow::onDragStart);
         }
-#endif
     }
 
     void MapWindow::cellExplored(int x, int y)
@@ -769,12 +774,11 @@ namespace MWGui
     {
         LocalMapBase::onFrame(dt);
 
-#if 0
         for (std::vector<CellId>::iterator it = mQueuedToExplore.begin(); it != mQueuedToExplore.end(); ++it)
         {
             mGlobalMapRender->exploreCell(it->first, it->second);
         }
-#endif
+
         mQueuedToExplore.clear();
 
         NoDrop::onFrame(dt);
@@ -831,14 +835,12 @@ namespace MWGui
 
     void MapWindow::globalMapUpdatePlayer ()
     {
-#if 0
         // For interiors, position is set by WindowManager via setGlobalMapPlayerPosition
         if (MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld ()->isCellExterior ())
         {
-            Ogre::Vector3 pos = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld ()->getPlayerPtr().getRefData ().getBaseNode ()->_getDerivedPosition ();
-            setGlobalMapPlayerPosition(pos.x, pos.y);
+            osg::Vec3f pos = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld ()->getPlayerPtr().getRefData().getPosition().asVec3();
+            setGlobalMapPlayerPosition(pos.x(), pos.y());
         }
-#endif
     }
 
     void MapWindow::notifyPlayerUpdate ()
@@ -848,7 +850,6 @@ namespace MWGui
 
     void MapWindow::setGlobalMapPlayerPosition(float worldX, float worldY)
     {
-#if 0
         float x, y;
         mGlobalMapRender->worldPosToImageSpace (worldX, worldY, x, y);
         x *= mGlobalMapRender->getWidth();
@@ -860,7 +861,6 @@ namespace MWGui
         MyGUI::IntSize viewsize = mGlobalMap->getSize();
         MyGUI::IntPoint viewoffs(static_cast<int>(viewsize.width * 0.5f - x), static_cast<int>(viewsize.height *0.5 - y));
         mGlobalMap->setViewOffset(viewoffs);
-#endif
     }
 
     void MapWindow::setGlobalMapPlayerDir(const float x, const float y)
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ namespace MWGui
     {
         mMarkers.clear();
 
-        //mGlobalMapRender->clear();
+        mGlobalMapRender->clear();
         mChanged = true;
 
         while (mEventBoxGlobal->getChildCount())
@@ -885,7 +885,6 @@ namespace MWGui
 
     void MapWindow::write(ESM::ESMWriter &writer, Loading::Listener& progress)
     {
-#if 0
         ESM::GlobalMap map;
         mGlobalMapRender->write(map);
 
@@ -894,12 +893,10 @@ namespace MWGui
         writer.startRecord(ESM::REC_GMAP);
         map.save(writer);
         writer.endRecord(ESM::REC_GMAP);
-#endif
     }
 
     void MapWindow::readRecord(ESM::ESMReader &reader, uint32_t type)
     {
-#if 0
         if (type == ESM::REC_GMAP)
         {
             ESM::GlobalMap map;
@@ -914,7 +911,6 @@ namespace MWGui
                     addVisitedLocation(cell->mName, it->first, it->second);
             }
         }
-#endif
     }
 
     void MapWindow::setAlpha(float alpha)
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/mapwindow.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/mapwindow.hpp
index 68d2e28de..1e1e2c97e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/mapwindow.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/mapwindow.hpp
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         void globalMapUpdatePlayer();
 
         MyGUI::ScrollView* mGlobalMap;
+        MyGUI::ITexture* mGlobalMapTexture;
         MyGUI::ImageBox* mGlobalMapImage;
         MyGUI::ImageBox* mGlobalMapOverlay;
         MyGUI::ImageBox* mPlayerArrowLocal;
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         MyGUI::Button* mEventBoxGlobal;
         MyGUI::Button* mEventBoxLocal;
 
-        //MWRender::GlobalMap* mGlobalMapRender;
+        MWRender::GlobalMap* mGlobalMapRender;
 
         EditNoteDialog mEditNoteDialog;
         ESM::CustomMarker mEditingMarker;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/globalmap.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/globalmap.cpp
index 95d4429d6..897225a72 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/globalmap.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/globalmap.cpp
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 #include "globalmap.hpp"
 
-#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
-#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
+#include <climits>
 
-#include <OgreImage.h>
-#include <OgreTextureManager.h>
-#include <OgreColourValue.h>
-#include <OgreHardwareVertexBuffer.h>
-#include <OgreRoot.h>
-#include <OgreHardwarePixelBuffer.h>
+#include <osg/Image>
+#include <osg/Texture2D>
 
 #include <components/loadinglistener/loadinglistener.hpp>
 #include <components/settings/settings.hpp>
@@ -23,9 +18,8 @@
 namespace MWRender
 {
 
-    GlobalMap::GlobalMap(const std::string &cacheDir)
-        : mCacheDir(cacheDir)
-        , mMinX(0), mMaxX(0)
+    GlobalMap::GlobalMap()
+        : mMinX(0), mMaxX(0)
         , mMinY(0), mMaxY(0)
         , mWidth(0)
         , mHeight(0)
@@ -35,13 +29,10 @@ namespace MWRender
 
     GlobalMap::~GlobalMap()
     {
-        Ogre::TextureManager::getSingleton().remove(mOverlayTexture->getName());
     }
 
     void GlobalMap::render (Loading::Listener* loadingListener)
     {
-        Ogre::TexturePtr tex;
-
         const MWWorld::ESMStore &esmStore =
             MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getStore();
 
@@ -67,7 +58,9 @@ namespace MWRender
         loadingListener->setProgressRange((mMaxX-mMinX+1) * (mMaxY-mMinY+1));
         loadingListener->setProgress(0);
 
-        std::vector<Ogre::uchar> data (mWidth * mHeight * 3);
+        osg::ref_ptr<osg::Image> image = new osg::Image;
+        image->allocateImage(mWidth, mHeight, 1, GL_RGB, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE);
+        unsigned char* data = image->data();
 
         for (int x = mMinX; x <= mMaxX; ++x)
         {
@@ -139,16 +132,8 @@ namespace MWRender
             }
         }
 
-        Ogre::DataStreamPtr stream(new Ogre::MemoryDataStream(&data[0], data.size()));
-
-        tex = Ogre::TextureManager::getSingleton ().createManual ("GlobalMap.png", Ogre::ResourceGroupManager::DEFAULT_RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME,
-            Ogre::TEX_TYPE_2D, mWidth, mHeight, 0, Ogre::PF_B8G8R8, Ogre::TU_STATIC);
-        tex->loadRawData(stream, mWidth, mHeight, Ogre::PF_B8G8R8);
-
-        tex->load();
-
-        mOverlayTexture = Ogre::TextureManager::getSingleton().createManual("GlobalMapOverlay", Ogre::ResourceGroupManager::DEFAULT_RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME,
-            Ogre::TEX_TYPE_2D, mWidth, mHeight, 0, Ogre::PF_A8B8G8R8, Ogre::TU_DYNAMIC, this);
+        mBaseTexture = new osg::Texture2D;
+        mBaseTexture->setImage(image);
 
         clear();
 
@@ -172,13 +157,14 @@ namespace MWRender
 
     void GlobalMap::exploreCell(int cellX, int cellY)
     {
-        float originX = static_cast<float>((cellX - mMinX) * mCellSize);
+        //float originX = static_cast<float>((cellX - mMinX) * mCellSize);
         // NB y + 1, because we want the top left corner, not bottom left where the origin of the cell is
-        float originY = static_cast<float>(mHeight - (cellY + 1 - mMinY) * mCellSize);
+        //float originY = static_cast<float>(mHeight - (cellY + 1 - mMinY) * mCellSize);
 
         if (cellX > mMaxX || cellX < mMinX || cellY > mMaxY || cellY < mMinY)
             return;
 
+        /*
         Ogre::TexturePtr localMapTexture = Ogre::TextureManager::getSingleton().getByName("Cell_"
             + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(cellX) + "_" + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(cellY));
 
@@ -208,24 +194,19 @@ namespace MWRender
                     mOverlayImage.setColourAt(backup.getColourAt(x, y, 0), static_cast<size_t>(originX + x), static_cast<size_t>(originY + y), 0);
                 }
         }
+        */
     }
 
     void GlobalMap::clear()
     {
+        /*
         Ogre::uchar* buffer =  OGRE_ALLOC_T(Ogre::uchar, mWidth * mHeight * 4, Ogre::MEMCATEGORY_GENERAL);
         memset(buffer, 0, mWidth * mHeight * 4);
 
         mOverlayImage.loadDynamicImage(&buffer[0], mWidth, mHeight, 1, Ogre::PF_A8B8G8R8, true); // pass ownership of buffer to image
 
         mOverlayTexture->load();
-    }
-
-    void GlobalMap::loadResource(Ogre::Resource *resource)
-    {
-        Ogre::Texture* tex = static_cast<Ogre::Texture*>(resource);
-        Ogre::ConstImagePtrList list;
-        list.push_back(&mOverlayImage);
-        tex->_loadImages(list);
+        */
     }
 
     void GlobalMap::write(ESM::GlobalMap& map)
@@ -235,9 +216,11 @@ namespace MWRender
         map.mBounds.mMinY = mMinY;
         map.mBounds.mMaxY = mMaxY;
 
+        /*
         Ogre::DataStreamPtr encoded = mOverlayImage.encode("png");
         map.mImageData.resize(encoded->size());
         encoded->read(&map.mImageData[0], encoded->size());
+        */
     }
 
     void GlobalMap::read(ESM::GlobalMap& map)
@@ -253,6 +236,7 @@ namespace MWRender
                 || bounds.mMinY > bounds.mMaxY)
             throw std::runtime_error("invalid map bounds");
 
+        /*
         Ogre::Image image;
         Ogre::DataStreamPtr stream(new Ogre::MemoryDataStream(&map.mImageData[0], map.mImageData.size()));
         image.load(stream, "png");
@@ -309,5 +293,11 @@ namespace MWRender
             mOverlayTexture->convertToImage(mOverlayImage);
 
         Ogre::TextureManager::getSingleton().remove("@temp");
+        */
+    }
+
+    osg::ref_ptr<osg::Texture2D> GlobalMap::getBaseTexture()
+    {
+        return mBaseTexture;
     }
 }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/globalmap.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/globalmap.hpp
index a162ab68f..d7e20a3a7 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/globalmap.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/globalmap.hpp
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@
 #define GAME_RENDER_GLOBALMAP_H
 
 #include <string>
+#include <vector>
 
-#include <OgreTexture.h>
+#include <osg/ref_ptr>
+
+namespace osg
+{
+    class Texture2D;
+}
 
 namespace Loading
 {
@@ -18,10 +24,10 @@ namespace ESM
 namespace MWRender
 {
 
-    class GlobalMap : public Ogre::ManualResourceLoader
+    class GlobalMap
     {
     public:
-        GlobalMap(const std::string& cacheDir);
+        GlobalMap();
         ~GlobalMap();
 
         void render(Loading::Listener* loadingListener);
@@ -37,23 +43,21 @@ namespace MWRender
 
         void exploreCell (int cellX, int cellY);
 
-        virtual void loadResource(Ogre::Resource* resource);
-
         /// Clears the overlay
         void clear();
 
         void write (ESM::GlobalMap& map);
         void read (ESM::GlobalMap& map);
 
-    private:
-        std::string mCacheDir;
+        osg::ref_ptr<osg::Texture2D> getBaseTexture();
+        //osg::ref_ptr<osg::Texture2D> getOverlayTexture();
 
+    private:
         int mCellSize;
 
         std::vector< std::pair<int,int> > mExploredCells;
 
-        Ogre::TexturePtr mOverlayTexture;
-        Ogre::Image mOverlayImage; // Backup in system memory
+        osg::ref_ptr<osg::Texture2D> mBaseTexture;
 
         int mWidth;
         int mHeight;