Just a heads up that Windows 8 support for running the Interactive Maps will be here soon! The word on the street is that support for the OpsMgr Extension will be extended to Windows 8 Consoles during MMS 2013!
Until then, please run the consoles on WIndows 7 with the current OpsMgr Extension.
http://www.savision.com/products/live-maps-system-center
Note: You may see a console crash if you recently upgraded to Windows 8 and installed the LiveMaps OpsMgr Extension with the consoles.
FYI on Errors seen on Windows 8 for the current Live Maps OpsMgr Extension:
Log Name: Application
Source: .NET Runtime
Event ID: 1026
Level: Error
Description:
Application: Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Monitoring.Console.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.NullReferenceException