`GetMapType`

ESO Lua API function — used by 71 of the 3,030 addons we indexed (combined 84,248,779 downloads). Signature from the official ESOUIDocumentation.txt, API version 101050.

Official signature

GetMapType()

Returns: mapType

Real usage — from LoreBooks

local function IsCurrentMapGlobal()
  return GetMapType() > MAPTYPE_ZONE
end

Short excerpt from the shipping addon LoreBooks — its ESOUI page; the code belongs to its author. Shown because documentation without a working example is half a reference.

Most-downloaded addons using it

Addon	Total downloads
LoreBooks	13,090,355
SkyShards	12,943,031
HarvestMap	9,454,533
Destinations	8,211,449
Map Pins	8,061,548
LibMapPins	5,838,255