Using the map

[eisbaerBorealis]

I LOVE that the server has a map. It it truly beautiful. I would like to use it to find a lake both large enough for a big underwater dome and close enough for convenience. The trouble is... I don't really know where I am on the map. I know that I am Northwest of Zeal, so I know the general location. I also know that it shouldn't be too hard to crawl out of the cave I'm hiding in and find a landmark and know where I am. I'm looking for something I can 1) use in the future and 2) use when the server is full. I have my coordinates written down; is there a version with a grid I could use? Or... I suppose if someone could perhaps give the coordinates for some other landmarks, I could find it out...

Hmm... And I suppose if that doesn't work, I could measure it out if someone gave me the diameter of the floating island, the hole it is in, or the glowstone ring around it.

 

[AlexDaParrot]

To get the diameter of the glowstone ring, type /getpos and walk to the other side and type /getpos. It is a circle so it doesn't matter about North to South or East to West. The difference between those 2 numbers = diameter. At this point you can easily see that you can do one of two things, scale a grid to the entire map based on that or simply scale that diameter measurement and use that as a ruler for finding the distance of the rest of the map. Pythagorean theorem can find any hypotenuse distances if you want the true distance to a place and not just the cords.

 

[eisbaerBorealis]

I know how to calculate a distance, but the point of my asking was that I didn't want to have to venture into the unknown wilderness (PVPphobia). I was hoping that someone already knew a distance that others could use as a scale when viewing the map. I'm not going to go all the way back to the spawn point; if that were my only choice, I'd just find a landmark and position myself accordingly, as I stated in my post.

Does anyone know a distance that others (not only me) can use as a measuring device to find their approximate coordinates on the map?

 

[eisbaerBorealis]

Or if anyone knows how often the map is updated, I could just go outside my cave and plant a circle of roses or something to find myself...

 

[AlexDaParrot]

The map is updated whenever Kainzo uploads a new one. That last one was from June 6th. You will see new ones in the announcement section in the same place the first one was.