I don't see a way staff could control this other than setting policy. Technically, using log parser has never drawn much attention as "third party programs". However, adding mapping to the equation is just a way to bypass something server staff already decided to remove from the client, and therefore my opinion is strongly of the "this is wrong" variety.
It would not be difficult to add a plugin to EQwatcher to send loc readings from multiple clients to a central mapping server, and then throw the whole thing on the Web behind a login for guild use.
So: at what point on the scale does this become a "cheat"?
Set policy against it, IMHO. It's not hard to look at p99 wiki and figure out where you are/need to be. Mapping software to circumvent the purposeful removal of a EQ client feature _is_ a third party software cheat.
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