DB/AreaPOI

Points of Interest (POI) on the overhead map (including battleground map). Including text, icons, positioning and other misc things.

Structure

Column	Field	Type	Notes
1	ID	Integer
2	importance	Integer
3	NormalIcon	Integer	This is getting displayed normally.
4	NormalIcon50%	Integer	Destructible building being neutral at 50%.
5	NormalIcon0%	Integer	Destroyed neutral building.
6	HordeIcon	Integer	Building at 100% captured by the horde.
7	HordeIcon50%	Integer	Destructible building being neutral at 50%.
8	HordeIcon0%	Integer	Destroyed horde building.
9	AllianceIcon	Integer	Building at 100% captured by the alliance.
10	AllianceIcon50%	Integer	Destructible building being neutral at 50%.
11	AllianceIcon0%	Integer	Destroyed alliance building.
12	factionID	Integer	This being an icon would make no sense. Walls for cities? Oo
13	X	Float	Coordinates of the POI. Global ones.
14	Y	Float
15	Z	Float
16	continentID	iRefID	And on which map that POI is.
17	flags	Integer	Flags defining, where this icon is shown. &4: Zone, &128: BG, &512: showInBattle(mini)Map
18	Area	iRefID
19	Name	Loc
36	Description	Loc	The alert triggered on the zone (World Event/PvP states mostly).
53	worldState	Integer	Most likely the value defines the icon.
54	worldMapLink	Null	(WotLK)

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struct AreaPOIRec {
  uint32_t m_ID;
  uint32_t m_importance;
  uint32_t m_icon[9];
  uint32_t m_factionID;
  float m_pos[2];
  uint32_t m_continentID;
  uint32_t m_flags;
  uint32_t m_areaID;
  stringrefⁱ m_name_lang;
  stringrefⁱ m_description_lang;
  uint32_t m_worldStateID;
  uint32_t m_playerConditionID;
  uint32_t m_worldMapLink;
  uint32_t m_portLocID;
};

Icons

The icons are not referenced somewhere but are in the Interface\Minimap\POIICONS file which is a 256*256 file with 16*16 pixel icons.

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none

av - mine - N

av - mine - H

av - mine - A

graveyard - N / A

city

tower

! Flag

graveyard normal

tower - N / A

tower - H

tower - A

tower - N / H

graveyard - H

graveyard - N / H

graveyard - A

16

ab - gold mine - N

ab - gold mine - N / A

ab - gold mine - A

ab - gold mine - N / H

ab - gold mine - H

ab - lumber mill - N

ab - lumber mill - N / A

ab - lumber mill - A

ab - lumber mill - N / H

ab - lumber mill - H

ab - blacksmith - N

ab - blacksmith - N / A

ab - blacksmith - A

ab - blacksmith - N / H

ab - blacksmith - H

ab - farm - N

32

ab - farm - N / A

ab - farm - A

ab - farm - N / H

ab - farm - H

ab - stables - N

ab - stables - N / A

ab - stables - A

ab - stables - N / H

ab - stables - H

Naxxramas invasion

sandworm

flag - A

flag - H

flag - N

medal - A

medal - N / A

48

medal - H

medal - N / H

tower - destr. 50% - A

tower - destr. - A

tower - destr. 50% - H

tower - destr. - H

tower - destr. 50% - N

tower - destr. - N

bridge? - 100% - gray

bridge? - 50% - gray

bridge? - 0% - gray

bridge? - 100% - red

bridge? - 50% - red

bridge? - 0% - red

bridge? - 100% - blue

bridge? - 50% - blue

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bridge? - 0% - blue

building - 100% - gray

building - 50% - gray

building - 0% - gray

building - 100% - red

building - 50% - red

building - 0% - red

building - 100% - blue

building - 50% - blue

building - 0% - blue

gate - 100% - gray

gate - 50% - gray

gate - 0% - gray

gate - 100% - red

gate - 50% - red

gate - 0% - red

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gate - 100% - blue

gate - 50% - blue

gate - 0% - blue

wall_ho - 100% - gray

wall_ho - 50% - gray

wall_ho - 0% - gray

wall_ho - 100% - red

wall_ho - 50% - red

wall_ho - 0% - red

wall_ho - 100% - blue

wall_ho - 50% - blue

wall_ho - 0% - blue

wall_vert - 100% - gray

wall_vert - 50% - gray

wall_vert - 0% - gray

wall_vert - 100% - red

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wall_vert - 50% - red

wall_vert - 0% - red

wall_vert - 100% - blue

wall_vert - 50% - blue

wall_vert - 0% - blue

crossed swords

gate - 100% - yellow

gate - 50% - yellow

gate - 0% - yellow

gate - 100% - violet

gate - 50% - violet

gate - 0% - violet

gate - 100% - green

gate - 50% - green

gate - 0% - green

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The remaining icons are unused.