Question (and apologies if this has already been asked, potentially many times) ... is there any data that could be used to support a search for systems or stations that are player colonised? (i.e. which have an associated system architect)?
Hi Spansh!
I used the galaxy dumps and surprisingly found that bodyCount is undefined for some systems. For example, in 200LY distance from 0,0,0 I've found 25 systems where bodyCount is undefined (of them 8 systems where bodyCount is undefined while bodies is not empty). What are conditions when this happens? How could system get into DB without even a main star body?
bodyCount is a particular field which is returned in the FSSDiscoveryScan event from the journal. If that event hasn't been sent to EDDN for a particular system then we don't have the games version of the count. That's why a system with bodies might not have it, the bodies may not be complete (for older systems pre Horizons/Odyssey where the whole system wasn't always sent on jump in).
Wasn't all the systems in the bubble re-scanned and updated many times? Are new scans merged into the old data? IIRC, some of them had quite recent "date". Does it make sense to jump into such system and re-scan, will it be auto-updated? (given EDD is running, of course)
It provides exploration data for people who don't want to go exploring outside the bubble, that's probably the main reason. And yes sometimes things do change in a system that have been scanned recently like megaships arriving and leaving, these are kept track of on Inara for instance so that people know where they are.
I update the site and dumps with new data constantly, in realtime. Not everyone FSS scans every system (especially ones which aren't worth it) and submits it to EDDN. As such we don't get bodycount for those systems.
It appears that some fleet carriers may not be searchable. I have tried to use the search feature to look up my fleet carrier, ID digit is: QHL-16Z. It does not come up in the results. However I can search for the system it is in and see it in the stations tab. I am trying to use Raven Colonial and SrvSurvey to coordinate some colony builds. Raven Colonial uses Spansh for linking fleet carriers to commanders. It will search for the fleet carriers name and or ID. So I am thinking that since the fleet carrier will not come up as a result in the search function on Spansh, it will not show up on Raven Colonial as well in the "Enter Fleet Carrier Name" search bar. Is there something I need to do to make the my fleet carrier come up on the search results?
I posted a similar query as a new thread, but maybe this thread is more relevant?
The Spansh “Landmarks” on bodies that are useful for finding Biology - My initial exobiology journey has been greatly aided by these, but how to I make sure I’m giving back to the community by uploading or adding to these landmarks?
I’ve got EDMC with the Canonn plugin, Bioscan plugin, and also using EDCopilot. Do any of these send the landmark location data to Spansh?
Bioscan seems to keep its own list of waypoints but as far as I can see doesn’t upload. The Canonn plugin does have what I think are locations (#1, #2 etc) - they update in the plugin when I scan, but it’s not clear if this info is uploaded. I’ve even looked at the EDDN schemas to try and work out what data goes where, but it’s not easy to work out.
The Spansh “Landmarks” on bodies that are useful for finding Biology - My initial exobiology journey has been greatly aided by these, but how to I make sure I’m giving back to the community by uploading or adding to these landmarks?
I’ve got EDMC with the Canonn plugin, Bioscan plugin, and also using EDCopilot. Do any of these send the landmark location data to Spansh?
Bioscan seems to keep its own list of waypoints but as far as I can see doesn’t upload. The Canonn plugin does have what I think are locations (#1, #2 etc) - they update in the plugin when I scan, but it’s not clear if this info is uploaded. I’ve even looked at the EDDN schemas to try and work out what data goes where, but it’s not easy to work out.
I source my data from Cannon, so if you're using their plugin to contribute to them it'll get onto my site.
You're doing the right thing, EDDN did get the Docked entry at about 5am this morning. Your fleet carrier was available on the site straight after that. However it will not appear on the search for up to 48 hours, as the index which powers that is only updated from the galaxy dumps I generate once a day. It will be in tonights galaxy dump, and thast will be imported tomorrow.
If you view the individual system/station page once not via the search, then you will see that fleet carrier instantly with all it's details which you can see here https://spansh.co.uk/station/3707315712
That’s great, and exactly what I needed, TVM. So many different upload tools, plugins, databases and so on it’s difficult to make sense of what goes where.