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Originally Posted by Ele
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You don't see a difference between a plain map with some points of interest annotated and a map that has graphical interactivity whereby your location is highlighted as an overlay on the map and is constantly updated by a parsed log file?
It is the difference between using a folding paper map on vacation and having a cellphone/GPS with Google Maps
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Doesn't matter how different it is. Either one was possible in 1999. It may not have been as pretty, but it was possible.
NorrathMaps is buggy and currently(?) unhosted, but it's not illegal and no one should be condemned for using any kind of program that gets game data from the log file. It's also incorrect to say your position in NorrathMaps is "constantly updated" ... it's a manual/intermittent process.