Blizzard has put a pretty neat little Flash-y WoW Atlas online, featuring clickable and cool-looking maps of almost everything there is to find (officially) in World of Warcraft. It's a pretty solid, if basic interface, so if you're just looking for the closest profession trainer, or want to know where the latest and greatest flight paths are, you're all set.However, there is of course lots more information online about what there is to find in Azeroth. MapWoW is a pretty invaluable unofficial resource-- it'll show you not only the Alliance and Horde flight paths and towns, but it utilizes the Google Maps API to show where Herb, Ore, and even overworld Treasure Chests show up. It's not quite as groovy as Blizzard's official interface, but there's a lot of extra info too that Blizzard doesn't want to give away.
And the other problem with the WoW Atlas is that while it's up to date for the live realms, there's stuff coming that doesn't yet appear on there. Zul'Aman is seen (just like on the ingame map), but isn't listed as a real instance in the Ghostlands. And unfortunately there's no sign at all of the Sunwell, and not a single mention of Northrend. I clicked around a while and couldn't find any easter eggs, either (unlike Blizzard's other Flash features). Still, it's a neat way to see the official side of Azeroth.
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10-24-2007 @ 6:25PM
drew said...
Thanks for the mention of MapWoW. What other features would all of you like to see on it? Profession trainers? More details on instances?
-- Drew
The MapWoW.com Team
http://mapwow.com
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10-24-2007 @ 6:33PM
Mike Schramm said...
Oh boy, while you're here, can I just say I love MapWoW? My herbalism wouldn't be anything without you all, nor would I have near the amount of money I've earned from grabbing said herbs.
And as long as you're taking suggestions-- rare spawns, Mote drops, what kind of leather drops where, leveling suggestions, questgivers for a certain level range, instances and meeting stones would be a good idea (although those aren't hard to find), profession trainers, repair people, and (although I have no idea how you'd decide this) hard to find quest items: mankrik's wife, the boat in feralas, etc.
I don't know if any of that is code-able, feasible, or anything you'd all want to do, but those are my brainstormed suggestions. :) Thanks for making such a great resource.
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10-24-2007 @ 6:44PM
Jose Sanchez said...
:O details on instances would be cool, nice site btw
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10-24-2007 @ 8:39PM
Melenor said...
MapWoW FTW
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10-24-2007 @ 11:51PM
Terrant said...
Actually a lot of the WoW Atlas is out of date. It doesn't have the flight paths from Ratchet to Brackenwall Village or Gadgetzan, or between Thunder Bluff and Zoram'gar Outpost (and other routes introduced back in patch 2.1).
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10-25-2007 @ 2:40AM
RogueJedi86 said...
If they wanted to tease us, they could put a zone or 2 in Northrend, with the vague info, like showing where Utgarde Keep, Valgarde, and New Agamond are in Howling Fjord. Or at least add Mudsprocket to their map.
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10-25-2007 @ 5:50AM
Anthony said...
secondary profession info please!
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10-25-2007 @ 2:21PM
Dyardawen said...
Nothing beats WoW Cartographe - unless you have a mac ...
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