The stellar cartography project begin soon!
Manage your own sector with a special tool (sector creation tool) avalaible soon.
you can reserve your sector at this adress:
http://www.simsherbrooke.com/strpg/sc/
oh yes ...it's free of course. :D
Theko
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The stellar cartography project begin soon!
Manage your own sector with a special tool (sector creation tool) avalaible soon.
you can reserve your sector at this adress:
http://www.simsherbrooke.com/strpg/sc/
oh yes ...it's free of course. :D
Theko
Will the Stellar Cartography Tool be Java-based, or platform-dependent?
Looks great. As a loyal Romulan I already claimed a sector. I did not take Romulas, will the capital sectors be reserved for skilled creators. Would be a good idea.
Why would I want my own sector when I own the known universe? :D
I'm sorry, did I say that out loud? :D
I hereby nominate Theko for Lord-High Admiral of All Truly Nifty Electronic Widgets for Star Trek!
:D
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Originally posted by Ramage
I hereby nominate Theko for Lord-High Admiral of All Truly Nifty Electronic Widgets for Star Trek!
:D
I second that nomination!
Theko...you are a Frelling Genius!!!:D
You make me blush!!!
I accept this title with honor, pleasure and humility.Quote:
Lord-High Admiral of All Truly Nifty Electronic Widgets for Star Trek!
I would like to thank my mother for having raised me, my friends for their supports and Xhlitifrtx an Alien friend who ask me to make the map of this galaxy so that he can return home...
Theko :D
Three questions, two related and one not:
First, are the sectors named after actual stars positioned accurately relative to Sol? Second, what is the presumed distance from one edge of a sector to its opposite? These will be important for those of us working with such sectors, especially those close to Sol.
Finally, shouldn't the Cestus Sector be along the Federation border with the Gorn, rather than the Tholians? After all, Kirk's battle with the Gorn captain in TOS took place on Cestus III: a world which was presumably the third human colony in Cestus Sector.
the actual disposition were taken according to a map appeared in Startrek's encyclopedia. Don't forget that in the episodes the distances was not important, only the story...
However, without wanting to create a debate, I agree to change name of sectors to accomodate you ... Sector are 20ly x 20ly
Just email me your suggestions
Theko
startrek@simsherbrooke.com
I don't think the Ferengi have that much terroritory...They are not a conquering Empire like the Klingons, Romulans or Cardassians, nor are the a conglomeration of species such as the Federation.
They dont conquer they make pacts of exclusivity with the other systems. They have no real territory but defends their investments (in this territory).
What do you think of it?
Theko
Wow. I guess Sol is not at the exact center of its sector. If it were, Alpha Centauri would be in Sector 001 as well, rather than having a sector of its own. I guess those working on those sectors near Sol will have to coordinate, so we do not end up with three different Barnard's Star write-ups.Quote:
Originally posted by Theko
Sectors are 20ly x 20ly...
By the way, it might be easier to depict map grids by parsec rather than light-year. A sector becomes a grid roughly 6 x 6, which keeps the clutter to a minimum. A positioning system like that used by the Allies during World War II might be handy for exact placement of worlds relative to the others in a given sector, rather than trying to wrangle an entire traditional xyz grid using Sol as the zero-point on all axes.
Sector borders are thus contiguous, with variations said to be X or Y grid points (i.e., parsecs) up or down relative to its neighbors. That way our galaxy can undulate a trifle, rather than appearing flat. As for how thick a sector might be, I shan't venture for now. Mapping three dimensions in a two-dimensional medium is more work than I've a stomach for. :)
I don't want to create a perfect map (too complicated) but a simple, easy to use tool. After several years of game I noticed a lack of resources in information about the position of the major planets.
By example: how long, at warp 7, the journey lasts among Q' onos and Vulcan?
with de "Q" drive maybe 4 hours, but in fact it can take several month!!!
I choose to use 2D only for simplicity. The sector method was choose Because Decipher explain it in the narrator guide.
As soon as my programming is ended(at least the v1.0), I am going to send e-mail to the sector manager so that they know of e-mail of its neighbours. And I am going to insist on the communication. A section of my message board is reserved to this. Four persons are in charge of analizing sector, before it was put on-line, to seek for errors, doubled info or exaggeration.
But no despair, I intend to put mesure tools in the software. By example: to calculate the distance between two points (in LY or in parsec), the journey time according to the warp speed. Etc.
:) Theko
ETA before "Sector creation tool" is 8 days...
Stay alert
Theko
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THEKO
While a very cool/flashy setup you've done. I can't help but find faults from a MapMaking perspective in the locations of various stars and sectors.
eg. From your maps perspective and using Galactic cordinates for real stars and the 'commonly acknowledged locations of Trek important stars' the following would be closer to the point.
And also taking in Sol relative position at say direct centre of Sector 001.
Wolf 359: Sector 001 or 004
Tellar: 001 or 008
Sirus: 001, 005, 006
Vulcan: 005 or 006
Tau Ceti: 001
etc. Perhaps if you can clarify your stellar sources we can understand why you choose these locations other then as you said a simplified sector locator
The base of my starchart is from this mapQuote:
etc. Perhaps if you can clarify your stellar sources we can understand why you choose these locations other then as you said a simplified sector locator >
http://www.simsherbrooke.com/strpg/document/map01.gif
From Simon & Schuster Interactive STARTREK ENCYCLOPEDIA (CD version)
This map was first view from a Startrek TNG episode in a viewscreen just behind an Admiral (During a conversation).
Furthermore I used CHview a 3D space cartography software. I put the perspective TOP vision. I preserve (the most possible) the relative distance between each systems near SOL.
If you want, you can submit me a 2D map of your "'commonly acknowledged locations of Trek important stars" and then the modifications could be made.
(or in the worst case a compromise among both maps)
Theko
Okay that link explains that then.
The map was made simply as 'eye candy' and has very little grounding in real stellar locations among other things.
Chview is a good program on the other hand :)
Now, for the more stupid among us... Could you shoot out a copy of the user's manual? :D I don't really know what I am doing, and don't want to make a mistake!
I like the layout, and it looks sooooooooooo seeeeexy!:D
User manual coming soon!
The sector creation software is nearly done!
1 or 2 days of programmations, 1 day off and 1 day for testing...
Theko
The software near finished! I'm now in the testing/debugging.
Sorry for the delay
Theko
Yes SIR SIG... But it was VER pleasant Eye Candy... So much so that the map used by Remec in conspiracy (where it first showed up)... Was once again used on the wall of Kiekos school on the promenade...Quote:
Originally posted by SIR SIG
Okay that link explains that then.
The map was made simply as 'eye candy' and has very little grounding in real stellar locations among other things.
Chview is a good program on the other hand :)
As you say eye candy with no bearing on reality... But surely the key here is how much bearing it had on the writers and episode planning???
After all, I know that I am no amateur astrologer, and find it very difficult to even vaguely get a clue as to what you talk about when you get technical... ;) No really... If you want technically accurate information, I discovered long ago, that I should not get involved, I'll write whats imaginative and sounds good. But whenever I try to 'tech it' am usually told 'Cant be done...'
So for the 'dullards' in the audience a nice, non-technical, map which is easy to see and use... And better yet is also in 3D perspective... Is a good thing, and bypasses the parts of our (my) brain that tell me that those sector squares couldn't possibly be 1 light year a side... or that Bajor and Cardassia were never exected to be that way around???
Looking forward to the Design tool, Theko.