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Sorry if there is already a way to do this - but I searched a couple of times and was unable to find anything.

I was wondering if there were a way to add a code to the saved information on each character that shows what type of zone he was in. So with each full census it would record the time taken once, the other information currently recorded, and the zone or a code based on zone.

By code I mean:

city - city zone (Ironforge, Stormwind, Darnasuss)
word - world zone
inst - 5 man instance
larg - 10 man instance
medi - 20 man instance
raid - 40 man instance

I suggest a code because it is more compact and could be easier, but the actual zone each person was in would work just as well.

So a sample character would look like:

["Dannil"] = {
[1] = 55,
[2] = "Bennevolent Thuggery",
[3] = "2006-04-15",
[4] = "city",
}

I was thinking about modifying census to do this on my own, but would then be unable to upload any data. I think it would be interesting to track the number of people in certain types of zones at certain times. It would also allow you to get a feel for the number of people raiding, doing certain instances, or in certain zones.

For my purposes, I am very interested in tracking the number of people raiding vs. non-raiding and the number of people in certain zones that are well known for farming (like DM). I think this would be valuable information in addition to the current statistics.

The minor problem with that is that I think that the distribution of players varies greatly by time of day, and the current census information only tracks that type of data per day.

It does provide some interesting 'curiosity' information. I'll mull it over and see what I can come up with =)

I'm hoping that your add-on can give us some details as to which zones/cities are very populated. I'd like to RP on the blackwater raiders, but I don't know which cities are heavily populated around my time. I think that information would be so valuable to all RPers. Can this be done?