GatherMap — resource content, coordinate data and art provenance
Data content categories
The addon supports six typed saved-resource families:
Internal kind |
Learned object or source | Requirement basis | Visual asset |
|---|---|---|---|
herb |
Herb node / recognized herb loot | Known Herbalism thresholds or tooltip | 29 bundled herb TGA icons |
mineral |
Veins/deposits or ore-loot fallback | Known Mining thresholds or tooltip | WoW ore icons / fallback |
wood |
Survival/Woodcutting trees | Known tree requirements or tooltip | Wood/tree client icons and fallback |
skin |
Looted leather/hide/scale/etc. | Derived from skinned creature level | Known native item icon or looted icon |
lock |
Lockpicking-required chest | Lockpicking requirement | Chest/key fallback texture |
treasure |
Regular named treasure chest | Known chest level tier, else unknown | Chest fallback texture |
An account-wide record contains name, normalized x, y, resource kind, required level/skill when known, a remembered icon texture when available, an occurrence count, zoneName and areaName. It is grouped under the continent:zone key in GatherMapDB.nodes.
The addon retains observations rather than current-spawn truth. Mining loot can be ambiguous (e.g. Thorium Ore doesn't reveal whether a vein was Small or Rich). For skinning the saved record is tied to actual looted material and a position where a creature was skinned; the creature can move.
Supported tree families
The custom Survival collection includes Simple, Bright, Shade, Tropical, Dead and Star Wood Trees. They depend on the custom client's Woodcutting/Survival behavior; standard Vanilla 1.12 cannot be assumed to have all of them.
Map area content
The custom area dimension table includes Hyjal, Scarlet Enclave, Lapidis Isle, Gillijim's Isle, Tel'Abim, Alah'Thalas, Gilneas, Icepoint Rock, Blackstone Island, Thalassian Highlands, Winter Veil Vale, Grim Reaches, Balor, Northwind, Moonwhisper Coast.
Additional aliases translate a few old/current displayed names, including Mount Hyjal and Island of Lapidis. Other standard Vanilla maps use zone-name scaling and per-continent zoom metrics. The configured dimensions should be tested on the intended map clients before calling them accurate.
Bundled images and screenshots
The repository contains 29 Icons/Herb*.tga files and four Screenshots/*.png files used for documentation:
- Herbalism on Tanaris world map
- Minimap Firebloom label
- Overlapping same-resource marker groups
- Custom Grim Reaches map
The icon textures and coordinate constants are not solely original Babuni.dev art/data:
- Gatherer is credited for original Vanilla herb artwork and minimap scaling.
- MetaHunt is credited for Grim Reaches dimensions.
- Interact is an optional integration API, not a bundled source asset.
The attribution distinction matters for Babuni.dev's portfolio: the creative accomplishment includes the data capture, normalization, skill-aware display, merging and interaction integration, while third-party artwork and measurements must retain their own credit.
Source files and player privacy
Actual GatherMapDB saved records live in the user's WoW SavedVariables files, not in this repository. A public portfolio must not upload the creator's actual account data, private gameplay route history or other players' details without review.
The repository contains no LICENSE as of the October 26 audit. Resolve first-party and upstream licenses/redistribution terms before declaring assets free to reuse.
Document information
Creative author / project maintainer: Babuni.dev.
Source: Committed Lua lookup tables, icon directory, screenshots and README.