[Hyoss]

I believe a very valuable addition to the existing API would be the possibility to get the current zone and coordinates.

Something like:

Turbine.Gameplay.Actor.GetCurrentZone
Turbine.Gameplay.Actor.GetCoordinates

CurrentZone could return a string with the name or better an ID, so you can query another helper method for a translated string.

If not possible for Actor, LocalPlayer would also be helpful.