In case anyone is wondering where I wandered off to, I'm still working on my Traveller site. My Activity page gives the details.
Been trying various methods to come up with a quick way to put all of the posts/articles back. I think I found one that works well for me. I'm getting there, a few hundred more to go.
I'm always impressed by people who take on big projects like this. Right now my big Traveller map project is finding a bitmap symbol for a Deep Space Station that can placed in an empty hex as a stepping stone for short legged ships to cross a rift. I did a map of the Saeghvung-Turley-Exile Run across the Lesser Rift in the Empty Quarter Sector but I had to use simple yellow circles to represent the stations. (Sadly this Jump Bridge isn't canonical since it came from a fanzine.) The white hexes are Third Imperium territory while the blue ones are in the Hegemony of Lorean. This map was centered on Turley because showed both ends of the run. (Suggestions on improving this would be gratefully accepted.)
Since I mentioned some YouTube channels for ww2, I figured I should mention one that talks about star types, odd things in our universe, asteroid oumuamua, Tabby's star etc.
I'm always impressed by people who take on big projects like this. Right now my big Traveller map project is finding a bitmap symbol for a Deep Space Station that can placed in an empty hex as a stepping stone for short legged ships to cross a rift. I did a map of the Saeghvung-Turley-Exile Run across the Lesser Rift in the Empty Quarter Sector but I had to use simple yellow circles to represent the stations. (Sadly this Jump Bridge isn't canonical since it came from a fanzine.) (Snipped map.) The white hexes are Third Imperium territory while the blue ones are in the Hegemony of Lorean. This map was centered on Turley because showed both ends of the run. (Suggestions on improving this would be gratefully accepted.)
Well I found the symbol I needed and made some other improvements I want to share. I'm thinking of reinventing the setting since I've noticed some significant anomalies and I can't contact its creator to ask about them. I may eventually map some of the worlds with FT3 if I'm feeling ambitious.
No map to show yet... but I had started work a couple of years ago on just how to show a 3D sub-sector... and I don't mean having planet maps above/below the galactic plane.
The method took 2 maps. One overhead and one side-view. Trying to visualize them together didn't do me much good... Headache City. But I'll see what I can do in a week or five.
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In case anyone is wondering where I wandered off to, I'm still working on my Traveller site. My Activity page gives the details.
Been trying various methods to come up with a quick way to put all of the posts/articles back. I think I found one that works well for me. I'm getting there, a few hundred more to go.
I finally tried a database insert as suggested elsewhere. It worked !
Now 1839 planets on my Traveller site.
Just 100,000,000,000 more to go!
Not that many I hope.
Oops. Found some duplicates, so 1822 planets and 1789 UWPs.
But I have about 150 more planet maps lined up for several sectors.
You're maps look Awesome Jim.
Thanks. The planets maps are Cosmographer exports from ft3 and ft3+.
got almost every article checked, 1851 planets no duplicates.
This is a sketch map of what I have done, in Path 02. It is the transition area between galaxy arms I am mapping.
The numbers are the planets in that sector, and the green half circle means all links have been checked, sub-sectors and sectors mapped.
Most planet maps are in the Vespucian Arm.
Columns are letters, Sectors are numbers. Sub-Sectors are letters. 16 sub-sectors in each Sector.
Oh, and the ? was me thinking about going the other direction to.
The rift is of course, no stars, no interstellar gas and no planets... unless there is a frozen rogue planet in there somewhere.
The white hexes are Third Imperium territory while the blue ones are in the Hegemony of Lorean. This map was centered on Turley because showed both ends of the run. (Suggestions on improving this would be gratefully accepted.)
Have you looked at the shapes in Traveller... don't remember the symbol set.
There are also symbols that are shapes in Cities.
There are white and vari color symbols.
On my cell. I'll switch to my desktop.
Ah, I had already suggested that one.
There are dome symbols in CA144. Several colors, plus vari colors. How about those ?
Vespucian Arm and a solar system map.
The 611 planets is the location of Breloss Star Cluster. Column G, Sector 6.
Some system maps I named everything, others I just named the mapped planet and let the referee come up with the rest. The system maps are Annual 80.
I think I need a break on mapping. I tried to start one today, and I couldn't think of anything to map !
I'll likely be mapping again before March, but I'll be offline the first week of March. Although I'll be able to login here via my cell phone.
And, to the best of my ability, my Traveller site is all good now.
Some of the older sectors there just had planets hither and yon, some sub-sectors were empty. So I will eventually fix that.
Since I mentioned some YouTube channels for ww2, I figured I should mention one that talks about star types, odd things in our universe, asteroid oumuamua, Tabby's star etc.
John Michael Godier has such a channel.
I'm thinking of reinventing the setting since I've noticed some significant anomalies and I can't contact its creator to ask about them. I may eventually map some of the worlds with FT3 if I'm feeling ambitious.
Just keep mapping and the desire to map won't haunt you so much.
No map to show yet... but I had started work a couple of years ago on just how to show a 3D sub-sector... and I don't mean having planet maps above/below the galactic plane.
The method took 2 maps. One overhead and one side-view. Trying to visualize them together didn't do me much good... Headache City. But I'll see what I can do in a week or five.
A thousand likes. Thanks folks !
Congratulations, well done.
Well done Jim; greatly deserved!
Congratulations Jim :)
Thank you.
Oh dear... the next will be 2k ? Well, onward then !
Ack. I still haven't fixed that. And besides, even I was getting tired of seeing my The Bleakness post at the top of the working maps.
Here is the sector map 'plan' for the Breloss Star cluster.
Path 02, a connection between the two arms of my alternate galaxy arms.
A different part of Path 02. Eventually I'll get this area across the stars to connect the two galaxy arms.
Edited above so it made more sense.
Most of the new Path 02 maps aren't on my site yet, you get first look.
Another new one.
the sector map
I think I'll work on my Traveller site next.