# Vantage

> I built Vantage to turn Minecraft world saves into 3D maps you can view and share in a browser.

Author: [Luis Padron](https://thoughtsonthings.io/about/)

Canonical URL: https://thoughtsonthings.io/projects/vantage/

Vantage turns a Minecraft Java Edition world save into a 3D map for the browser. No mods, no plugins, no server: it reads the world files directly. I built it for players and server admins who want to see a world without launching the game, or share a spot by sending a link, since the camera lives in the URL.

It comes as a command-line tool, a desktop app, and an npm package. The CLI can render a world to files or serve a live map that updates as you play, with players shown on it from their last known positions.

The demo at [vantage.beacon-mc.io](https://vantage.beacon-mc.io/) runs on it. Vantage is free and open source under the MIT license, and it is the map that ships with Beacon.

Status: Active

Built with: TypeScript

[Live site](https://vantage.beacon-mc.io/)

[Source code](https://github.com/thoughts-on-things/vantage-mc)