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I tried building 3d grid interface in which the user would manipulate the galaxy, but it proved too time consuming. I think a stellar cartography similar to the one shown in Generations would probably be our best choice. We could build it using Macromedia Flash. Farther down the road it would be nice to develop a way to plot courses and calculate ETA based on different warp factors.
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Concur on using a "galactoc view" - possibly as the index- and use iso view for each sector. I'd use Macromedia Director instead of Flash myself - justas easy to do - and you can have Shockwave.
Could you come up with a "dummy" sector - so many stars at such and such coordinates - whattheir Types and (if any) systems are - plus any stellar features (such as nebulae).
We could start with Sector 001.
I havesome ideas regarding color schemes and layers. How do I post artwork to you?
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I've got that Okudan wallmap image for reference when you need it. There's also this, which I posted here...or in another thread. Whichever. If you're trialing with 001, you'll need that site.
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Don't forget, we need not only the primary stars within 001 - we may also need the red dwarves. We will make them on another layer - optional viewing. (Why include red dwarves? Wolf 359).
Are there any interesting astro phenomena within "our" sector?
Is Sol in the center of 001? Sure would make the math easier! Frankly, I don't know of any phenomena within 10 ly. (Although Trek may have mentioned some (Regula nebula? How far was it?).
Regarding using ly as a measurement; Starfleet is primarily run by those pesky hairless apes (us). Other species could easily utilize their own measurements by simple computer transposition. However, the urge to explore in the Federation seems to be most virulent within H. Sapiens - and he who makes the charts, decides on the units. So if we choose to employ a 3d grid system based on 20 ly - why not?
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I don't think Sol is in the center of Sector 001. TBoBW seemed to suggest that, when the E-D entered Sector 001, they were also entering the Sol system at the same time. Also, IIRC this was after they had already been at Wolf 359, meaning that that star can't be in Sector 001. So, Sol is probably on the very edge of Sector 001, an edge that also corresponds to the alpha/beta quadrant border (it would be kind of silly for that to divide a sector, anyway).
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It's better to use "galactic" coordinates. That way, your axes actually run parallel/perpendicular to the galactic plane, rather than at all funky angles.
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