maybe its a bug. but your idea is possible because the maps have the same elements

Yes, it does.

Try it yourself.

Your spawn might change.

It's been this way for a while.

Only that now you can do it more easily.

~SN

floatingislands - Creates a few floating islands.

Notch - Spawns you in a foresty place that is half desert and half grasslands many hills.

Nether - Just like notch, but without the hills.

Sandstorm- Spawns u near water with fairly large hills and sand

Grassland- Spawns you near water with hills and ALOT of trees

Hellhole- Spawns you near mountains and on a fairly large beach

Waterhole- Spawns you at a fairly large beach and a fairly large ocean

snowbeast - spawn in fairly large snow biome

404 - Go hit the gravel. <object class="emojione" data="https://resources.enjin.com/1489581540/themes/core/images/emojione/svg/1f600.svg?0" type="image/svg+xml" standby=":d">:d</object>

pic fail

ahh sawine you beat me to trying out nether. I was hoping it would be the nether smashed with the normal world, mainly netherrack but spots and hills made of dirt with trees growing on them <object class="emojione" data="https://resources.enjin.com/1489581540/themes/core/images/emojione/svg/1f61b.svg?0" type="image/svg+xml" standby=":p">:p</object>

Ah... This reminds me of my old Infdev days.....

I don't get it <object class="emojione" data="https://resources.enjin.com/1489581540/themes/core/images/emojione/svg/1f913.svg?0" type="image/svg+xml" standby=":geek:">:geek:</object>

http://mojang.com/2011/02/23/a-short-demystification-of-the-map-seed/

Denial fail.

~SN