Part One, The chicken and the old man

A brief introduction to the minimap.

Part Two, Off the beaten path

An outline of the various places you can discover and visit using the minimap as a guide.

Part Three, Are we there yet, or why is that mage passed out on the dock?

In this section the minimap is used together with the mage 'blink' spell to establish a length scale that we can use to determine distances in Azeroth and the Outland in units of feet, meters, miles, and kilometers.

Part Four, Do you have a license for that?

In this section the length scale developed in part three is used together with a stopwatch to determine how fast we walk, run, ride and fly.

Part Five, What goes up must come down

Here a bit of trigonometry is used to establish the heights of the major geographical features in Azeroth and the Outland

Part Six, The leaning tower of Pisa

With help of Galileo Galilei and Sir Isaac Newton, a simple model is developed for how our characters fall under constant acceleration due to gravity together with an effective force that can be roughly attributed to the action of wind resistance.

Appendix I, Epitome

A quick summary of results in tabular form.

Appendix II, How to make the Minimap

Here are the details of how to make your own minimap. Snippets of PERL code are included.

Suggestions, comments, and questions are all welcome, prym@mac.com