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- Minecraft Wiki: (28 May 2011) * Maps are oriented with east at the top.
www.minecraftforum.net/forums/minecraft-java-edition/discussion/136253-map-top-is-not-north
The top of the map is north, left west, right east and down is south. Press F3 and find the direction indicator (on the left side of your screen). Than just walk the opposite direction as the dot till you apear on the map
Feb 24, 2017 · Yes. Your dot is to the west of the mansion but lined up with it now. So just head due east and you will eventually hit it. The dot moving just means you finally got close enough to one axis of the coordinates.
TL;DR Southeast. You can figure out the direction you need to go in by looking at where your player marker is on the map, and reversing that. You're on the top left – really, the north east west – so you need to head south and west east to get to your destination.
Maps have North at the top, the sun is deemed to rise in the East and traverses from the left side to the right side. In terms of use, the F3 debug screen shows your orientation in the form of f facing direction where 0 is South, 1 is West, 2 is North and 3 is East.
3 days ago · Before the change in sun position, it was commonly said that Minecraft maps/worlds are oriented with East at the top; sunrise, by definition, occurs at the East, which means it is certainly true that the maps were oriented "East" since the Sun rose from the top (North).
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North is not the only true way to point a map. In fact, historically, maps were generally made with east at the top, for the reasons pointed out in this thread, among others (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map). Notch may be adding a bit of realism to the game and trying to fit the slight medieval flair of the game.
Feb 3, 2017 · Maps are always orientated X left/right & Z up/down. Positive and Negative as assumed. No reason to change them and alter the standard for one particular map. Also you can move around a bit and track where your dot is moving to tell what means what.
