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Author Topic: This may just revolutionize Trek cartography Fabrux Epic Member Member # 71 posted                       I'm sure lots of you have already seen this from Wil Wheaton, but check it out if you haven't (Chrome required) http://workshop.chromeexperiments.com/stars/ -------------------- I haul cardboard and cardboard accessories Registered: Mar 1999  |  IP: Logged Guardian 2000 Senior Member Member # 743 posted                       Firefox works, too . . . it's WebGL. I don't see how it would revolutionize Trek cartography, though, any more than Celestia and its similar brethren. -------------------- . . . ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam. G2k's ST v. SW Tech Assessment Registered: Nov 2001  |  IP: Logged Fabrux Epic Member Member # 71 posted                       Well, never having played with those programs before I guess you can say I'm a little behind the times. -------------------- I haul cardboard and cardboard accessories Registered: Mar 1999  |  IP: Logged MinutiaeMan Living the Geeky Dream Member # 444 posted                       Well, in theory WebGL would make it a bit more accessible for creation. Celestia and the like are handy reference programs, but I don't think you can create your own maps. With this sort of foundation in the demo, you could make your own map of local space with all sorts of custom names, boundaries for territory, and more. I've been slowly working on something similar in a 3D video/animation program I've been learning, but it's not quite like this... -------------------- “Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.” — Isaac Asimov Star Trek Minutiae | Memory Alpha Registered: Nov 2000  |  IP: Logged Guardian 2000 Senior Member Member # 743 posted                       Ah, got it. It never occurred to me to try to create a map for Celestia. Fabrux, better to be behind the times than never have the idea at all! -------------------- . . . ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam. G2k's ST v. SW Tech Assessment Registered: Nov 2001  |  IP: Logged

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