MapWoW maps Northrend
by Mike Schramm 
Nov 13th 2008 at 4:40PM
MapWoW is one of my favorite WoW resources online. I have to admit, I don't use it as much as some other helpers, but it's really well done -- someone put the Azeroth map inside the Google Maps interface, and added herbs, ores, flight paths and everything else you need to find on the map. If you've ever asked "where can I find..." in a chat channel, odds are that MapWoW had the answer already.And now they've got Northrend in the mix, ready to go for your exploring needs. It's a little spoilery, actually -- a pretty detailed bird's-eye view of all the new content in the expansion. They do have flight paths included, but they don't quite have herbs and ores uploaded yet -- we're told they'll be in soon.
Don't get me wrong -- there's definitely something to be said for exploring: pretty soon, we'll have tagged and catalogued every single mob up there, so it is fun to just run around now while it's all still a new world. Don't depend on maps right away, because you never know what might be just around the corner in the land of the Lich King. But if you need it, there's your map.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Fan stuff, Odds and ends, Expansions, Guides, Making money, Wrath of the Lich King
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
drew Nov 13th 2008 4:53PM
Glad to hear you like the site! :)
With the new Dalaran Cooking awards, we're also planning to put in the locations of school of fish. Speaking of which, why does fishing level up so much slower than cooking?
Runstadrey Nov 13th 2008 5:20PM
Sitting here at work, waiting on the bell, I decided to look in on Mapwow again - it's been a long time. And I was a little surprised at how slow it was. Then I refreshed my WI tab and I instantly saw the reason.
Mapwow is a real treasure.
Aloja Nov 13th 2008 5:35PM
Interesting site, I'll check it out while im installing!
bomboy02 Nov 13th 2008 5:48PM
I dont like this site they havent updated the old world maps for ages(look for Quel'Danas, its not there). For this functionality I use Wow Cartographe on the desktop
http://tixu.scribe.free.fr/indexen.php
and Cartographer 3 in-game
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/cartographer3.aspx
both of these are updated for wrath
drew Nov 13th 2008 6:28PM
bomboy -- you're right, we need to add in Quel'Danas. I'll add it to the TODO list.
We have updated most of the old world maps. For example, the Dalaran pink bubble is now popped: http://mapwow.com/northrend/?lng3=54.3988037109375&lat3=33.17434155100208&zoom=8
woca Nov 13th 2008 6:31PM
damn, that's cool!
Figworth Nov 13th 2008 11:18PM
@drew: From what I understand (Kaliope and El are much better resources than me), Fishing, as you get higher, has less and less percentage, per cast, to skillup. At the beginning, you skillup every cast; my sadly-belated-on-his-cooking-and-fishing takes about four or five casts, and it takes a very large number of casts near the top. A very, very large number. Cooking, if it is an orange recipe, will always grant a skillup. That being said, what with the materials needed for the cooking recipes from 425+, and having to do cooking dailies to get spices and recipes, it looks like cooking will be harder, and maybe slower, to level in wrath.
archangel723 Nov 14th 2008 9:07AM
Looking at the Northrend map vs the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor maps really shows how well Blizzard has made the new expansion. If I had not seen a zone map beforehand, I'm almost certain I would have a hard time drawing lines between the zones.