Rare Commodities Star Chart

[GregMalcolm]

I just put together a little 2D star chart for negotiating those Rare Commodity runs:

http://gregmalcolm.github.io/rares-star-chart/

Most of the data came from the rare commodities wiki page. There were a few I couldn't locate the system for, but oh well. The chart should be easy to update as new Rare's get known. The chart is flattened to the X/Y axis, so take not of the 'elevation' between systems. I've included this value in the labels to make life easy.

Don't like the chart? Need a different screen size? Hate the colors? Well its on github, so it's pretty easy to fork the page and make your own changes. Hope it helps!

CMDR Marlon Blake

[Edit: Changed the link to the new github site. No longer using jsfiddle]

 

[Britannkic]

Pretty cool have some +1

 

[zj951]

Excellent. On my favorites.
Also noticed it didnt have the infamous Momus Bog Spaniel, from System "Momus Reach" - I currently have 7 (tons!) of them running around in my hold........... down Shep*

*for those of certain age, of the UK who watched Blue Peter.

 

[Raf von Thorn]

Awesome, have some rep!

But did you know, there are currently 87 "rare systems" known to players ?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...qBrZvFFzcA-uXB4pTfW4/htmlview?pli=1&sle=true#

 

[Phosphora]

Very well done, a great start.

 

[plumdog]

Here is a 3D model of the rare systems I threw together, it's pretty handy for getting a feel for which systems are close to one another

details in this post;
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=63119&p=1304064&viewfull=1#post1304064

 

[GregMalcolm]

Excellent. On my favorites.
Also noticed it didnt have the infamous Momus Bog Spaniel, from System "Momus Reach" - I currently have 7 (tons!) of them running around in my hold........... down Shep*

*for those of certain age, of the UK who watched Blue Peter.

Star Map... Spanielfied

Does now!

 

[Ericlas]

Another 3d Map of rares

https://www.elitedangeroustrader.co.uk/rares-systems-3d-map/

Edit: Awesome work still!

 

[GregMalcolm]

Awesome, have some rep!

But did you know, there are currently 87 "rare systems" known to players ?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...qBrZvFFzcA-uXB4pTfW4/htmlview?pli=1&sle=true#

I did not. Guess I've got more work to do

 

[General Specific]

check out Thrudds, they have loads more rares listed.

Good job though.

 

[GregMalcolm]

Another 3d Map of rares

https://www.elitedangeroustrader.co.uk/rares-systems-3d-map/

Edit: Awesome work still!

Oh wow, that's so much better than my puny 2D map.

 

[Aewarin Jameson]

Excellent. On my favorites.
Also noticed it didnt have the infamous Momus Bog Spaniel, from System "Momus Reach" - I currently have 7 (tons!) of them running around in my hold........... down Shep*

*for those of certain age, of the UK who watched Blue Peter.

LOL

If that is the same Momus Reach as I think it is then I named that system and gave it the following description:

"A disgraced ex-judge's retirement nest egg where he breeds the rare Bog Spaniel. Famed for its inability to hunt through water, it makes such lifelike duck calls that some interesting cross breeds are now being researched."
​

Guess I owe a thanks to FD for having a sense of humour, and Bloocheeze for coming up with the description.

 

[Raf von Thorn]

Oh wow, that's so much better than my puny 2D map.

In this case i prefer you work. Simplicity is the key.

 

[Jackie Silver]

I stuck all the (rough!) coordinates of the rare producing systems into Python and told it to find me groups and routes...

Appallingly badly written, and out of date, but just for fun:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/73669549/TR%20distance%20calc%20plus.py

 

[GregMalcolm]

UPDATED!

Now has all the systems from spreadsheet. Because it's more cluttered now I've added panning and scrolling:

http://jsfiddle.net/gregmalcolm/j1bb5v1v/embedded/result/

In case anyone prefered the "lite" version, it's still accessible here:
http://jsfiddle.net/gregmalcolm/j1bb5v1v/51/embedded/result/

 

[Raf von Thorn]

Now thats great!

Im preparing an article about rare trading, it will be published on the forum and Elite News blog, i assume you dont mind us publishing a link to your work? It will be up early next year.

 

[GregMalcolm]

Now thats great!

Im preparing an article about rare trading, it will be published on the forum and Elite News blog, i assume you dont mind us publishing a link to your work? It will be up early next year.

Please do!

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New update!

Improved it some more:

More systems, system listing is now sorted and you now only see easily systems with easily reachable stations unless you choose to see everything.

Also moved the page to github:
http://gregmalcolm.github.io/rares-star-chart/