Surveyor Map Framework

Surveyor serves as the data layer for world map frontends such as Antique Atlas 4 and Hoofprint. Frontends handle drawing, while Surveyor stores explored terrain, structures and waypoints, so a player can swap one frontend for another without losing map data. Compatibility addons add landmarks from other mods, so a frontend can show markers from neighboring mods.

When installed on both sides, players can explore and edit waypoints in co-operative groups, which are server-wide by default, and see each other on the map even at long range or in other dimensions. Server operators can create global landmarks for places such as spawn or warp hubs. The framework also suits developers, who can build pure frontends, custom landmark addons or a standalone waypoint system. Installation needs Fabric API and McQoy on Fabric and Quilt, while Forge and NeoForge also need Connector and FFAPI. The code is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, and the mod is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 1.20.1 – 26.1.2.