A recent interview on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" inspired a Florham Park native to combine his passion for cartography, the Garden State and the popular fantasy series "Game of Thrones" into a map.

Twenty-year-old Ian van Halem, a fan of the HBO series "Game of Thrones," took note when Peter Dinklage, who stars as Tyrion Lannister in the series,

the show was filmed in "Jersey."

"After watching the interview I compared a map of New Jersey to a map of Westeros and decided I could make it work," van Halem said. "Also, the fact that George R.R. Martin (who wrote the book series the show is based on) and Peter Dinklage are from New Jersey gave me some inspiration."

The fictional land of "Westeros" serves as the main setting for the HBO series, which is based off of the book series "A Song of Fire and Ice" by Martin.

Martin, who recently announced he would make

, grew up in Bayonne. Dinklage was raised in Mendham Township.

Van Halem made the map of "West New Jerseros" on March 29 and

.

Some of the placements have particular meanings. Van Halem said with all the attention Seaside Heights has gotten over the last few years, it makes sense to put King's Landing, the hub of political power in "Game of Thrones," at the Jersey Shore.

"You could say that the Jersey Shore crew could be plotting against each other to take control of King’s Landing/Seaside Heights," van Halem said.

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Meanwhile, New Yorkers will probably be less than pleased to learn that The Wall, a mystical barrier separating Westeros from supernatural forces to the north, would block off the Empire State in van Halem's map.

It was solely New York's location "and all of the snow that they get" that led to this placement, van Halem said.

Van Halem, who is also a fan of Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, said more than anything he hopes his map catches the eyes of Martin and Dinklage, whose character is one of his favorites.

Mapmaking isn't just a just side passion for van Halem as he majors in geography with a concentration in Geographic Information Systems at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

After graduating, van Halem said he hopes to land a job in the utilities sector performing GIS work.

A map of the neighboring land of Essos "might appear sometime in the future, but for now, I need to concentrate on schoolwork," van Halem said.

The third season of "Game of Thrones" premiered Sunday night.