How Do I Get World of Warcraft Coordinates On My Map?
Posted on March 9, 2007 by ApadweI have been playing WoW for some time now and whenever I play or look up where something is I always see numbers like (45,69). What are these? They do no good for me when i'm trying to find something so why do I see them everywhere and how can I get them on my WoW map to start using them?
If you take a look at (34,59) you will understand these things completely.
Ok, just kidding…but I can easily see how frustrating it is to not use them when everyone gives out coordinates instead of a description of location.
The numbers themselves are WoW coordinates. There are a lot of addons that use these in order to make it easier to find certain things so instead of trying to describe where things are they can just give coordinates (x,y). It does make things a lot easier and quicker.
The only way you can start using these is to download a World of Warcraft map coordinates addon. These addons add the coordinates to your map and usually give a player location in terms of coordinates as well as cursor position on the map as well.
Cartographer is the one that I use. Not only does it give coordinates but also tons of other useful things and even more things that I have yet to realize it can do.
Check out that one but you can also do a search on Curse Gaming and get tons of different addons that you can use. You should be able to find one that works well for you.
Remember the bottom line is that you will be the one looking at it all the time so find one you like.






10 Comments on How Do I Get World of Warcraft Coordinates On My Map? »
February 3, 2008
marty @ 5:16 am:
thanks for the tips, really helpful
February 25, 2008
xmiisery @ 9:25 am:
Wow thanks haha thats exactly what i'vebeen looking for.
March 8, 2008
Vilcabamba @ 5:49 pm:
Thanks. A straight answer, rather than the dismissive, totally arrogant responses (and with no answer either!) I've had when asking the same question at other sites.
March 19, 2008
Grimmen @ 2:07 am:
Great
Thanks for the nice answer! Informative and straight forward. 
March 26, 2008
Holydiverge @ 11:55 am:
Glad someone's telling how to get the coords, so annoying when a lvl 70 doesn't have coords.
March 31, 2008
Feldran @ 1:39 am:
Wrong info there, you don't need an add-on for coordinates.
Make an ingame macro (type /m) select new pick an icon and give it a name, click ok.
Then in the text window for that macro use the following:
/script px,py=GetPlayerMapPosition("player")
/script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(format("[ %s ] %i , %i",GetZoneText(),px*100,py*100));
drag your macro icon to your action bar, click it and you get your current coordinates.
April 11, 2008
Ernesto @ 2:30 pm:
Wow, thanks for taking your time to do this. Really usefull.
June 1, 2008
nenemi @ 3:46 pm:
hey thanks
i tray that Feldran whrit but it won't work can som oon pless tell me it ???
June 3, 2008
Aly @ 11:02 pm:
Feldran! Thanks so much! that is really awesome… I dont care for how some of the adds on look.
August 27, 2008
banagirl @ 3:26 pm:
ty mate