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This project is abandoned and its default file will likely not work with the most recent version of World of Warcraft. Whether this project is out of date or its author has marked it as abandoned, this project is no longer maintained.

CARTOGRAPHER HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED FOR 3.3!!!

DO NOT CREATE BUG REPORTS SAYING IT IS BROKEN!

There are no plans to do any major bug fixes for Cartographer (v2 or v3). If there is an update it will only be a minor fix. (It has already been this way since at least 2008.) Cartographer(v2) uses an outdated framework that will not be updated in the case of major breakages so Cartographer(v2) would require a complete rewrite. Neither of the two main developers (Ckknight and Arrowmaster) have the time nor desire to do this currently. Occasionally a new version might be released to include fixes made by other developers or new versions of embedded libraries.

Cartographer is a modular, lightweight, and efficient framework for manipulation of the world map. It is based on Rock and other libraries of the WoWAce community.

Battlegrounds : allows viewing of battlegrounds outside of the zone.
Coordinates : adds coordinates to the bottom of the world map of the player and the cursor.
Foglight : Shows unexplored areas on the map. replacement for MozzFullWorldMap or Unexplorer. Much more efficient, though.
Group Colors : turns all your party's and your raid's POIs into circles colored based on class, and shows a number on them based on their raid group.
Instance Maps : shows maps of instances.
Instance Notes : adds boss notes and such to instance maps.
Look 'n' Feel : allows you to change the transparency, position, and scale of the world map.
Notes : lets you put notes on the map, similar to MapNotes.
Zone Info : on hovering over a zone, it will show the levels of the zone, the instances in the zone, their levels, and the group size the instance is made for (e.g. 5-man, 40-man).

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_ForgeUser44995
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Posted Dec 23, 2009
lol what? you do know that AbydosLanti is a Contributor to this mod right? If you want to know what it fixes go to the wowace page and look. you can read above as well and see they are in the list of Additional Authors and his post bar is orange....

Guess its possible hes a rogue author pissed off with 3.3 so decided to code in a back door ( LOL ) so he can hack your stuffz and stealz your lewtz... geeze seriously a back door??? Mods are not executable files so there is no way a back door is in one.

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Posted Dec 23, 2009
I did not know that AbydosLanti is a Contributor.
I still don't know what an orange post bar means.
I don't code addons so I have no idea what they are capable of.

I didn't know and asked and gave you a good laugh at my expense.

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Posted Dec 22, 2009
The latest alpha fixes a few issues with 3.3:
http://www.wowace.com/addons/cartographer/files/

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Posted Dec 22, 2009
Is there a replacement for "group colors" on bg minimap?

I find that incredibly useful when playing bgs to know what class/group is where on battlefield.

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Posted Dec 22, 2009
So.. I deleted cartographer from my addons and checked if I would truly miss it.

A BIG @#$@# YES!!

I miss the instance maps, the movable/resizable window, the notes, the fog removal, even the small things like partial transparency, corpse position and zoneinformation, but most of all: questinfo which depends on cartographer.

Just wanted to show my appreciation for this piece of software, hope the authors, or some new guys decide to fix some of it. Even a stripped down light version would be great.

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Posted Dec 27, 2009
Is there any other addon as clear and smooth as Cart?
I've yet to see any. They either wooden shit or complicated unbelievably.
Not to mention my database of notes, which is HUGE. Not something I'm to loose willingly.

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Posted Dec 31, 2009
LibRock is easy to update and fix. I've already done a ticket on curseforge outlining the changes LibRockComm needs

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Posted Dec 21, 2009
I've had to do some experimenting, but I think I've learned a way to work around the cartographer resize issue.
First you need to download both Cartographer and Mapster. Log in to your account but DISABLE the Look n' Feel in Cartographer. Also DISABLE anything in Mapster that doesn't have to do with resizing the map (so disable everything but the first one). So far I have not been spammed with error messages, yet the map can tend to get glitchy. HOWEVER, whatever you do DO NOT click the arrow in the upper right hand corner of the map, it will mess everything up and you will have to restart the game.
This should temporarily fix it, but I'm not 100% sure.

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Posted Dec 21, 2009
THANK YOU!!!! this totally worked :)

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Posted Dec 21, 2009
Your Welcome! I really hope people see this for a simple way to fix it. I also hope the authors can come up with a permanent fix. Everyday I check this site =)

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Posted Dec 22, 2009
It is highly unlikely. The coding framework (LibRock) it uses has been abandoned by the author, and there are numerous posts on the dev site saying this addon is dead, and no author wants to pick it up. They all suggest getting other addons instead.

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Posted Dec 21, 2009
Alas poor Cartographer, my fav. I shall miss you greatly.

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Posted Dec 20, 2009
will there come an update? This was one of my favorite addons !

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Posted Dec 20, 2009
Unless another person picks up development on this, it looks like 3.3 has marked the death of Cartographer. RIP, you were one of the best mods out there.

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Posted Dec 20, 2009
hi , plz update cartographer it's my favourite addon , now i use mapster :(( ( sorry my english ! :p ) merci :)

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Posted Dec 19, 2009
StijnH, thanks for your efforts here. You are correct, Mapster is good. I just wish there was a keybind to go between the two regular and smaller maps. :/

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Posted Dec 19, 2009
the Mapster/HandyNotes/BRZ is the setup I use too. also GatherMate, which I used with Cart2 as well. I do miss Cart_QuestInfo and Cart_QuestObjectives tho....

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Posted Dec 19, 2009
Wish i knew more about LUA so i could fix it, totally love this addon. It's going to be dearly missed :(

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Posted Dec 19, 2009
Cartographer was indeed by far and away the best map mod out there. It actually still is even in it's increasingly broken state. Hopefully someone who knows how to fix it picks up the banner and carry it. There are a lot of people who like this add on.

Thanks to all those who made this add on what it was and in advance to anyone who brings 100% functionality back to this add on.

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Posted Dec 19, 2009
ckknight please mate can you do it one more time untill Cataclysm please you see how we die.. i tried mapster is crap Handy is crap all is crap ... Cartographer is die best addon its the only one you really need

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