The Galactic Mapping Project & Historical Archive of Exploration

Hi CMDRs,

I was at Sagittarius A* before the beginning of the August Exodus. So I've decided to join it, even if I'm not starting from the bubble.
I've chosen to reach the station by the most direct itinerary, that is to say a distance of 11k LY. This itinerary is likely to be chosen by many from the future new bubble to reach Sagittarius A*. However there is an exploration hazard at around 3k LY from the black hole : a big pocket of unscoopable stars. Explorers are likely to encounter 4 unscoopable stars in a row in this area.

- Here are the coords : -2740:-25:23.920
- The name of a system right in the middle of the pocket :ZUNOAE PV-X C14-6370.
- A link showing where is the hazard : http://imgur.com/QsyY58L

N.B : I have to precise that there is an other difficulty : itineraries are hard to plot because of the location which is near the core. These two hazards combined make the place even more dangerous, hence my post in this thread.

There is a layer of unscoops over about the entire galaxy, just below the 0 plane. It's well known ;) Just fly a little above or belower.
 
I've noticed the Region maps are missing from EDSM. What happened to that?
It became too time consuming to mark their borders as each reference system acting as a border marker needed trilateration, and there were hundreds of references needed to define the borders.

So the regions are now marked in text on the actual maps instead.. plus it looks better :)
 
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I've noticed the Region maps are missing from EDSM. What happened to that?


As Erimus said + we aim to add the regions as single markers you can turn on and off (just like the other POIs). The region markers will then open to a description of each region, just like POI markers currently open to a description of the POI.

And I for one are very much in favor of the more "organic feel" to the map when it has regions loosely defined by curved text as compared to the region overlay that makes everything very geometric. I think it is a nice feature that it is a little undefined exactly where the "Sidereal Wall" or "Orion-Perseus Conflux" regions has their borders.
 
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Name :Altera's eye
Game map search ref. :IC 1805 SECTOR DQ-Y E3
Description :A solitary Black Hole sat deep within it's own planetary nebula of hot blue gas.
Screenshot Ref. Post :See below


From the Galactic Map
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System map
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Image from in the system
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Added :)

It uses the same reference as the IC 1805 Cluster, so to see your entry on the map you need to click once on the cluster icon, and then the Altera's Eye icon will appear next to it [up]
 
Ah alright. I guess I liked the geometric regions because I personally like knowing how to describe where I am to someone.

that said, I like both.

Trilaterating hundreds of systems is indeed tedious to do.

Speaking of trilateration, was wondering if we could have an EDSM day. a day where everyone who has benefited from the use of EDSM could volunteer to submit distances to 10 systems that have yet to be trilaterated in the EDSM database. maybe it could be a yearly (or anniversary) thing.
 
Speaking of trilateration, was wondering if we could have an EDSM day. a day where everyone who has benefited from the use of EDSM could volunteer to submit distances to 10 systems that have yet to be trilaterated in the EDSM database. maybe it could be a yearly (or anniversary) thing.

That is a good idea!
 
Ah alright. I guess I liked the geometric regions because I personally like knowing how to describe where I am to someone.

that said, I like both.

Trilaterating hundreds of systems is indeed tedious to do.

Speaking of trilateration, was wondering if we could have an EDSM day. a day where everyone who has benefited from the use of EDSM could volunteer to submit distances to 10 systems that have yet to be trilaterated in the EDSM database. maybe it could be a yearly (or anniversary) thing.

Perhaps I am wrong but won't this be a non issue once we get the Player Journal? If I am understanding this correctly the Star Position coordinates will be written to the Journal (and therefore able to be captured and uploaded by third party tools). That should mean that from that point onward every system will have its absolute position recorded when it's uploaded.

Not sure how they will handle systems already in the EDSM (perhaps have it overwrite old data with the latest, since if it's coming from the Journal (and therefore directly from the game) it'll be guaranteed to be correct.

Isn't this coming with the next major update?
 
Name :"The Viewpoint" Planetary Nebula
Game map search ref. :DRYAEA AOB IH-V E2-250
Description :A Planetary Nebula with a Black Hole, and several planets orbiting an A class star 147K Ls away.
The only remarkable feature is the number of Nebulae visible from here, hence the name.






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Name :"The Viewpoint" Planetary Nebula
Game map search ref. :DRYAEA AOB IH-V E2-250
Description :A Planetary Nebula with a Black Hole, and several planets orbiting an A class star 147K Ls away.
The only remarkable feature is the number of Nebulae visible from here, hence the name.






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Nice! It almost looks like an aquarium with fish and jellyfish floating about in the blue water...
 
Should we name it "The Aquarium" or something else inspired by this, or would you like to stay with the name "The Viewpoint"?
Yes I think we should change it please, I think "The Aquarium" is a fine suggestion.

After all, most named Nebulae are named after things we can relate to (Jellyfish nebula, Pelican nebula), so it would be more fitting.
 
I've added the entry to EDSM and asked for it to be trilaterated by EDSM users. Once it is, it'll appear on the the map :)
Thank you very much! I didn't actually realise how it worked, but it is clear now.

The system isn't Trilaterated.

@thundernuns are you perhaps using EDSM?

If by 'using EDSM' you mean more than just fiddling around and discovering what a 'meridian' is,...eer no. I shall register soon
 
Thank you very much! I didn't actually realise how it worked, but it is clear now.



If by 'using EDSM' you mean more than just fiddling around and discovering what a 'meridian' is,...eer no. I shall register soon

Cool! you're going to need one more thing to make it easier to upload flight logs. EDDiscovery, Captain's Log or EDMC. Your choice.

They'll automate the process to send logs to edsm at a click of a button.
 
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