[kirinelf]

I think what he's asking for is a Dynmap. I for one am neutral: On the one hand it makes finding biomes and such easier; I can't tell you how many times I've used such a map to find a place to make a base or start a build, especially since I like to build in specific biomes. /rand until you get close then walk the rest of the way there.

On the other hand, on a non-whitelist server it's pretty much painting targets on prominent builds for griefers, not to mention additional server load.