Newcomer / Intro Map Of What Has Been Explored?

andylegate

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Just curious: is there a map of the galaxy out there showing areas that have been explored and areas that have not?

I've tried using the EDSM web site, and while a great site, I can't find a map that shows something like that. EDSM claims that only 0.004% of the galaxy has been explored. To me that means that there should be huge areas of the galaxy that no one has been before, or they've been, but not scanned it and/or turned that information in.

So I'm trying to plan out some exploration, but would really like to head to parts unknown. Just don't know where unknown is, heh.
 

Para Handy

Para Handy
5 Puppis said:
This may contain what you want. https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/6y1sa4/the_discovered_galaxy_raw_data_from_eddbio/

Though even if you take a moderately traveled route you'll run into undiscovered systems after a few thousand Lys.
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The actual image, if you download or expand it, will show you that although there appear to be tracks everywhere there is lots of empty (undiscovered) space in between - also that is a plan view so all the "layers" of depth are "squished" flat.

Image here:

https://imgur.com/puMdpIK


[where is it]
 

Moadeeb

Moadeeb
I was surprised that there were first time discoveries so close to the start of the game. I went to the NGC 822 Nebula and back and got 19 first time discoveries. That is relatively short trip about 110 jumps at 34 LY per jump.
 

Valorin

Valorin
Moadeeb said:
I was surprised that there were first time discoveries so close to the start of the game. I went to the NGC 822 Nebula and back and got 19 first time discoveries. That is relatively short trip about 110 jumps at 34 LY per jump.
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There are about 400 billions star systems out there (or was it 600 billions?), of course you will have first time discoveries even on shorter routes. Some are so regularly travelled that the standard plotted routes are often completely discovered, but sooner or later you'll hit an undiscovered system anyway.
 

aRJay

aRJay
Moadeeb said:
I was surprised that there were first time discoveries so close to the start of the game. I went to the NGC 822 Nebula and back and got 19 first time discoveries. That is relatively short trip about 110 jumps at 34 LY per jump.
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Apart from absolute size of the galaxy keep in mind that less than 2% (IIRC) has been explored.

At 34ly per jump you were jumping past 4-5 stars each time so it isn't surprising that there are still a lot to claim, and while it is only about a sixth of the distance to Colonia it is not all that short a trip it has taken me about 12 months to raise my maximum distance from 1,000 to 5,000 light years.
 

andylegate

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I had been exploring systems just outside of the bubble based on a list of systems that have lots of water worlds, it's easy money, but not quite as thrilling as heading into something completely unknown, or to be able to scan something that no one else has.

I really want to head to M42, Orion Nebula, but that entire area is off limits and requires "Unknown Permit", so I headed to the California Nebula instead. Entire way every system I jumped to had been scanned already. This didn't really surprise me as I figured most routes to POIs are going to have been scanned by previous players.

From there I picked a completely random star going towards the outer arm of the galaxy, about another 1,500 ly out and over 50 jumps away from where I was.

Once again, every system I jumped to had already been scanned by other players. I was starting to wonder about the accuracy of EDSM as I was in areas rather dark on their map, or if I was just having bad luck, when about half way through those jumps I started coming across systems that players had been, but just didn't bother to scan the whole system. Nothing to get too excited about, just some icy and/or rocky planets not worth much for discovering, but worth the time if you want to be the first to have turned it in.

I stopped about there for last night (was late and needed to get some sleep). I plan on continuing on today. Hopefully I'll start finding systems that no one has been to yet, or have not bothered to scan and turn in.
 

5 Puppis

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You'll get there. I traveled to Veil West a few weeks ago. It's a fairly popular nebular for site seeing about 1500Ly from sol and a lot of the of the systems on the way were already tagged. I kept going along the Orion–Cygnus Arm, past where the tourists turned back to the bubble, and almost after a just couple hundred Ly almost every system was completely unexplored. Just keep pushing out. You'll have your name on brand new ELWs before you know it.
 

andylegate

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yah, finally happened.

Last 2 systems I jumped into had not been tagged by anyone.

They were not that big of a deal, a few brown dwarfs orbiting a red dwarf and some icy bodies, but it's showing I'm finally off the beaten path.
 

andylegate

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Yah, I thought about that.

I'm actually headed back, different route, might find something interesting, as I have a friend that I play with who will be back online and will want me back to play.

So, only 1,722 ly to go, heh.
 

aRJay

aRJay
Heading in myself, about 34 jumps to the California Nebula not where I was intending to fly to to sell data but the route plotter wasn't working on my intended destination probably some locked systems in the way.

The next trick will be to remember to note some of my systems for the record.
 

andylegate

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Well I made it back and turned my stuff in. Made about 10 million off of it, but the cool thing was I got about 35 bonuses for being the first to turn in stuff, woo hoo!
 

c3shooter

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when leaving the bubble, you can find a load more very close to bubble if you first go in a Z direction (up or down from galactic plain) then outwards , otherwise about 3ish K ly out, unless you use a nebula as an endpoint, because everyone does that, I did a 500LY straight up (z) and found 50 or so original systems (fully scanned everything), and came back and turned in data within 8 hours one night.
 

Para Handy

Para Handy
I just brought one of my pilots back to the bubble yesterday, there were many completely untagged systems (not a single name) even within 900ly of home. No earth-likes like our Mr Lizard found but lots of places to "get your name up".

BTW - not impressed that over 100M Cr exploration data only moved 40% towards elite - looks like that pilot is going to be a ranger for a long time yet! :(
 
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