Coordinates Explained

The Ravenblack vampire game is played on a large grid. For a basic understanding of how this grid works, please read this description by the late Andronicus.

In order for Sightings.biz to know where you are so it can draw maps for you, we need a way to explain exactly which square you are in. The basics of this are very similar to describing where you are in pretty much any American city: you give the name of the East/West street you are on together with the name of the North/South street.

So, in the example below, Madeye would be on Hessite & 97th.

But what if you are not exactly on an intersection? Well, in that case you need to say where you are in relation to that intersection. So, in the preceeding example, the McAllister Tavern is South East of Hessite & 97th, or Hessite & 97th (SE). Incidentally, in the Ravenblack game, if no compass direction is given, it is assumed to be South East. The previous picture shows all the possible compass directions that can be used, including X marks the spot :P

The sharper readers may have noticed that most of the squares on the grid actually has two names, depending on which square you are measuring from. This next example shows this:

As far as Sightings.biz is concerned, you can call the square either name and it will know what you mean.

When using the navigation features of the site, you will enter your position using three drop down menus: the first giving the East/West street (eg. Hessite), the second giving the North/South street (eg. 97th) and the final on e to give the direction (eg. SE). It looks something like this:

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		<table>
			<tr>
				<td>What is your current location?</td>
			</tr>
			
				
				<tr>
					<td>Easting</td>

					<td><select name="startCoord"><option value="Aardvark" selected="selected">Aardvark</option> <option value="Alder">Alder</option> <option value="Buzzard">Buzzard</option> <option value="Beech">Beech</option> <option value="Cormorant">Cormorant</option> <option value="Cedar">Cedar</option> <option value="Duck">Duck</option> <option value="Dogwood">Dogwood</option>

Eagle Elm Ferret Fir Gibbon Gum Haddock Holly Iguana

Ivy Jackal Juniper Kraken Knotweed Lion Larch Mongoose Maple

Nightingale Nettle Octopus Olive Pilchard Pine Quail Quince Raven

Ragweed Squid Sycamore Tapir Teasel Unicorn Umbrella Vulture Vervain

Walrus Willow Yak Yew Zebra Zelkova Amethyst Anguish Beryl

Bleak Cobalt Chagrin Diamond Despair Emerald Ennui Flint Fear

Gypsum Gloom Hessite Horror Ivory Ire Jet Jaded Kyanite

Killjoy Lead Lonely Malachite Malaise Nickel Nervous Obsidian Oppression

Pyrites Pessimism Quartz Qualms Ruby Regret Steel Sorrow Turquoise

Torment Uranium Unctuous Vauxite Vexation Wulfenite Woe Yuksporite Yearning

Zinc Zestless</select></td> </tr>

				<tr>
					<td>Northing</td>
					<td><select name="startCoord"><option value="1st" selected="selected">1st</option> <option value="2nd">2nd</option> <option value="3rd">3rd</option>

4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st

22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th

31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th

40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th

49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th

58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th

67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th

76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th

85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd

94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th</select></td> </tr>

				<tr>

					<td>Modifier</td>
					<td><select name="startCoord"><option value="NW">NW</option> <option value="N">N</option> <option value="NE">NE</option> <option value="W">W</option> <option value="X">X</option> <option value="E">E</option> <option value="SW">SW</option>

S SE</select></td> </tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></table>