Hi all,
I accidentally submitted a wrong set of distances for NGC 1514 Sector GR-W d1-14. It now has the same coordinates of NGC 1514 Sector HH-V c2-2. I've submitted a correct set of distances for NGC 1514 Sector GR-W d1-14, but can't remove the old ones. Am I missing something or is it something only an EDSM admin can correct?
I accidentally submitted a wrong set of distances for NGC 1514 Sector GR-W d1-14. It now has the same coordinates of NGC 1514 Sector HH-V c2-2. I've submitted a correct set of distances for NGC 1514 Sector GR-W d1-14, but can't remove the old ones. Am I missing something or is it something only an EDSM admin can correct?
Yup, but I accidentally b0rked those as well... I'm feeling like such a n00b today; almost 3000 distances submitted and this is the first time this happens to me.
i might found a bug on your site. out of bordom I scrolled with the mouseover over the submission graph on the frontpage a couple of times. And then the site was shutting down.
(I can't look at the javascript code since the site is down so now I guess what happend)
How it looked every call where I get the field that shows the data on the position in the graph (the one with how many flightlogs, distances, systems, coordinates where submitted) seems to be its own request to the server. So when scrolling through it very often you get more requestcalls then the server could handle.
Hopefully I could help.
And besides the bug, is it possible to get a link to the private profile (if it's activated) in the navbar or the user dropdown menu.
(I can't look at the javascript code since the site is down so now I guess what happend)
How it looked every call where I get the field that shows the data on the position in the graph (the one with how many flightlogs, distances, systems, coordinates where submitted) seems to be its own request to the server. So when scrolling through it very often you get more requestcalls then the server could handle.
Hopefully I could help.
And besides the bug, is it possible to get a link to the private profile (if it's activated) in the navbar or the user dropdown menu.
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Site is down again?
Looks like it.
Hi muthan,
The graph only takes one call to the server, plus it is cached in memory to speed up things.
As for the link, are you talking public profile ?
You have the link, on the homepage, right under you're commander name.
But I can add a link under the dropdown.
As for the server, I am aware of the situation, but SSH and MySQL are both done, so I can't do anything without Inhumierer.
If MySQL would have been still up I could have migrated to the new server, but for now, we just have to wait
Yea, new day, new trouble...
Last night, app. 11 PM CET, the server got halted - last message I saw was something about "slab unreclaimable". Unsure if this is a hardware or kernel issue. This didn't happen before. And the server is a few years old now, and the CMOS battery is low - BIOS asks for pressing "F2" to load default values and continue booting. This didn't happen 6 months ago, when I updated and rebooted the system last time.
It's running now, but something is still messing, starts with "ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0xffff SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen"
Last night, app. 11 PM CET, the server got halted - last message I saw was something about "slab unreclaimable". Unsure if this is a hardware or kernel issue. This didn't happen before. And the server is a few years old now, and the CMOS battery is low - BIOS asks for pressing "F2" to load default values and continue booting. This didn't happen 6 months ago, when I updated and rebooted the system last time.
It's running now, but something is still messing, starts with "ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0xffff SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen"
After some more investigations, to keep you updated: The CMOS battery is a minor problem - once the server is up, it's not needed.
The more severe problem: the first harddisk is faulty. Actually the harddisks are resyncing, this will take up some hours. 42% done ATM. After that, I'll initiate a backup of some part of the data, and then I'll shut it down to have my hoster swap the faulty harddisk and the battery. I expect the server to be down for (hopefully) 30 minutes later today.
The more severe problem: the first harddisk is faulty. Actually the harddisks are resyncing, this will take up some hours. 42% done ATM. After that, I'll initiate a backup of some part of the data, and then I'll shut it down to have my hoster swap the faulty harddisk and the battery. I expect the server to be down for (hopefully) 30 minutes later today.
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Thanks for the hard work and keeping us updated. Long live raid arrays, eh?
Yep. RAID is one of the most exciting inventions, right after sliced bread.
74% ATM, and my hoster confirmed they have a 24/7 support, even if it's a low budget server. Harddsik swap will be in app. 3 hours.
74% ATM, and my hoster confirmed they have a 24/7 support, even if it's a low budget server. Harddsik swap will be in app. 3 hours.
Then it was just bad timing with the graph. keep up the good work.
yeah I am talking about the public profile. The link in the drop down would be nice. It would be much more accessible.
yeah I am talking about the public profile. The link in the drop down would be nice. It would be much more accessible.
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I currently pushing a tutorial/tour on the site but it is not finish yet
It will teach you how to submit distances and what you can do with EDSM
You don't have to submit coordinates we take care of the calculation.
Do not be hesitant, we can always correct errors
OK, that sounds good. Thanks and I'll watch for the tutorial to arrive.
Hello there,
I just registered to this site and I have watched this thread before months ago but thought it was a WIP....anyways, today I realized I might be missing the point altogether...
What does the site exactly do again?
-I tried to look up distances between two systems....couldn't do so...
-I tried to look for a map showing systems...couldn't find it...
-I tried to see what others have submitted, someone's log, to have an idea if probably my lack of data was the problem...couldn't find an example...
SO...all these distances submitted, are being used for???
Honest question!! I feel like I just misunderstood the site or didn't used it correctly and would like to help and add my data, as long as I understand what are we trying to do here!
Thanks!
I just registered to this site and I have watched this thread before months ago but thought it was a WIP....anyways, today I realized I might be missing the point altogether...
What does the site exactly do again?
-I tried to look up distances between two systems....couldn't do so...
-I tried to look for a map showing systems...couldn't find it...
-I tried to see what others have submitted, someone's log, to have an idea if probably my lack of data was the problem...couldn't find an example...
SO...all these distances submitted, are being used for???
Honest question!! I feel like I just misunderstood the site or didn't used it correctly and would like to help and add my data, as long as I understand what are we trying to do here!
Thanks!
So is the code for this out on github somewhere similar? I'd be interesting in throwing pull requests your way at some point if the project is an open one.
Right now: EDSM server got a new hard disk - still syncing and fixing, but everything should work.
Since there is no way in the game to know the real coordinates in the map the only way to find them is to calculate through distances from systems with already known coordinates. Since it is a 3D map you need at best 4 of them.
Right now the amount of systems with known coordinates is "small" but the bubble is pretty well covered.
Once you know such coordinates you can calculate routes without the game among other things.
Ask commanders to enter distances from one system to another, to calculate or verify the coordiantes of systems.
This is not the main purpose of the EDSM web site. Anyway you can check the coordinates of every system (if coordiantes are known) and calculate the distance on your own. It would be a trivial task to enter two system names and calculate the distance, but primaly this would be the task of some route planning software, not EDSM.
Look at your travel map, there you can see your journey in 3D. But I suppose this is not what you're looking for. Can you describe a bit more?
Look at my profile, maybe take a look at my Travel Map.
I still don't know what you're looking for.
Either confirm the position/coordinates of a known system or calculate the position of a system with unknown coordinates. Not more, and not less. FD gave us the coordinates of a bit less than 20k systems at the beginning, and we're collecting distances to unknown systems, to calculate the coordinates.
Basically: If you arrive in a system with unknown coordinates - displayed with blue system name in EDDiscovery, or EDSM web site says "No coordinates known, please enter some reference distances." - check distances to known reference systems in the galaxy map and enter/submit them, until the coordinates can be calculated.
If you are in a system with known coordinates - EDDiscovery system name black, EDSM web site says "That system has known coordinates! It is located at 123.45..." you may check the "Check suspicious distances" or the "Needed distances" tabs. First is to show suspicious and probably wrong distances submitted from some CMDR before. These are distances between systems with known coordinates, but the calculated distance doesn't match the submitted distance. And there are different distances submitted from system A to B, but only one of them is correct.
The "Needed distances" tab asks you to confirm distances from system A to B, where both positions are known. If we get 8 distances from angles more than 15 deg (AFAIR) we consider the coordinates as "good", and no more distances are requested.
And it asks to enter distances from A to B, where the position of B is unknown, to calculate the position of B.
I'm unsure if my explanation was understandable, because from time to time I sink into formulas and mathematics, and algorithms... Feel free to ask...
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Without registering - probably not that much, I haven't tried it yet. From my point of view, it serves as a backend for e.g. EDDiscovery, which will act as (one possibility of) a CMDR's log. And that one will show you 2D and 3D maps.