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+#ifndef COORDINATE_H
+#define COORDINATE_H
+
+// Programmer: Brett Weiland
+// Date: 4/30/23
+// File: coordinate.h
+// Assignment: SP-B-finalProject
+// Purpose: conatins class for coordinates, 
+//          as well as namespace for direction parsing and computations.
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+//Directions are represented by a 4 bit bitmap, 
+//where north is the least significant bit.
+//direction typed vars should never have more then 2 bits set, 
+//bits must be next to eachother or wrapped around.
+namespace direction {
+  //type is used to gaurentee we have an unsigned integer of at least 8 bits
+  typedef uint8_t TYPE; 
+  const direction::TYPE NONE = 0;
+  const direction::TYPE N = 0;
+  const direction::TYPE E = 1;
+  const direction::TYPE S = 2;
+  const direction::TYPE W = 3;
+
+  //used to ensure a direction doesn't contain bits past its MSB
+  const direction::TYPE MASK = ((1 << N) | (1 << E) | (1 << S) | (1 << W));
+}
+
+class coordinate {
+  private:
+    int x, y;
+  public:
+    //Desc: initilizer for coordinate, sets X/Y to 0
+    //Pre:  none
+    //Post: coordinate initilized
+    coordinate();
+
+    //Desc: initilizer for coordinate with X/Y to passed value
+    //Pre:  X/Y passed
+    //Post: coordinate initilized
+    coordinate(int pos_x, int pos_y);
+    
+    //Desc: finds the amount of steps it takes from one point to the other,
+    //      takes limited movement into account
+    //Pre:  objective is passed
+    //Post: returns number of steps it'd take an npc to get to objective
+    int getSteps(const coordinate &objective) const;
+
+    //Desc: finds the direction an object at this coordinate would need to take
+    //      to arrive at objective
+    //Pre:  objective with coordinates within city bounds passed
+    //Post: direction returned
+    direction::TYPE getDirection(const coordinate &objective) const;
+    
+    //Desc: modifies this coordinate to step one direction in a certain path
+    //Pre:  direction given, does not check for possible obstructions
+    //Post: this modified to take step in path
+    void stepDirection(const direction::TYPE path);
+
+    //geters and seters
+    int get_x() const;
+    int get_y() const;
+    void set_x(const int pos_x);
+    void set_y(const int pos_y);
+    void set_xy(const int pos_x, const int pos_y);
+
+};
+
+#endif