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"GPS" item to show coordinates.

In the 1.9 update, showing coordinates is considered a "cheat" and disables achievements. So why not make it an item in the game? To prevent accessing knowledge of the underlying world structure (chunk boundaries) each new GPS item could have a small random offset (+/- 8 or so) added to the X/Z values. This would still allow useful navigation, and measurements for building large structures. It would also enable the possibility of "geocaching" which would be a fun activity.

Probably should not work in the nether / end. Or maybe this would be available as an enchantment.

Possible crafting ingredients: compass(2-3), clock, some iron, nether quartz, redstone torch for power, ...

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    While this isn't a bad idea, I'd say locator maps and enabling coordinates already do this.

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    Great idea. I went here exactly to ask for this.

    I hate the need to press F3 and take note of coordinates in order to explore, its like cheating. The game should let you get these coordinates in an ingame way, or something similar. I think a GPS is a too "futuristic" item in minecraft world but a Sextant or an Astrolabe should be perfect.It could be only X and Z coordinates. The Y is not so dramatic, you can calculate it aprox from sea level (62) or bedrock (1 to 4).

    In the nether it should work someway. If people uses normally F3 coordinates in nether to create shortcuts, there should be an ingame alternative. IE, you should create a nether compass, sextant, astrolabe with cuartz, soulsand or other nether ingredient.

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    A simple update to the Compass could just do the trick. It could either be a toggle in settings to show/hide coordinates when holding Compass, or an enchantment, called for example "Sextant".