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There has GOT to be an engineer on the boards here somewhere. Someone's gotta make a CAD version of the map, which we can all then enjoy with a free DXF viewer, or something.
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I'm an engineer, but that doesn't necessarily make me the right person with the right tools. You're looking for a 3D version of the map, right? I could easily make one, but since my CAD program is an *exact* modeler, the exported poly count could end up being off the scale, if you used spheres for the stars. I'm wondering what the most accessible format would be, maybe DXF or VRML?
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For typical data viewing, a VRML script would be better as you can see it on the net freely enough. I also wouldn't use spheres as the star objects due to the poly count, but close enough approximations could be useful. This would a fairly large undertaking regardless...
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If you go to Winchell Chung's site, his has a lot of links to websites people who are working on various mapping projects. I'm sure someone must be working on some kind of 3-D map. After all, Winchell generates 2-D maps from his data set, so generating 3-D maps would be possible.
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Hmmm.....a 3D versin of Masao's and the Star Charts maps would be incredible.
Mabye an interactive website....(dreaming, I know)
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Hmmm...go with pick-up-sticks nad crunchberries. That way, you can always pull a "Galactus" and eath any offending system.
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Truthfully, I have thought about building a physical model of local space using metal rods and beads. But I could get around the problem of each star having to be supported by its own rod, which would be unsightly, even if very thin or painted black. However, if the rods are used instead to show connections between nearby stars, the rods would be designed to be visible and could be pretty thick and strong. Chemists already use ball and stick kits of this type to build physical models of molecules. Hmm...
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quote:Originally posted by B.J.: What, the marshmallows aren't edible in Miami?
Well, I dont really know what a marshmallow is. ...then there are the little rock-hard things called marshmallows in cereals (like Luckey Charms).
Crunch berries- puffed corn meal, sugar, food coloring. The perfect planet in a Willy Wonka universe.
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Jason: What kind of godless communist nation do you live in without marshmallows? I demand to know so that I may invade, bringing with me freedom and marshmallows.
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Been digging through old threads, Jesus? Boy, that sounds weird.
I live the the great surreal state of South Florida (yes, it's it's own litttle sub-state) where we care not for marshmallow dreck and the smore is an urban legend of Northern states (like forests, snow and animals not on leashes).
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That it was, over all, a big disapointment.
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