User talk:Volt

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--Scaletail 02:10, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Y coordinates

Hi Volt,

it's great that you have taken up the thankless task of fixing the system coordinates. That's one of the glaring problems on BTW that few people find the time to improve so your work on this is particularly welcome.

However, please don't triangulate if you can help it - that will produce inaccurate results. For most core systems, the correct coordinates are put down in the old housebooks on the last pages; unfortunately, the free PDF scans don't include that data. Personally, I only own the Kurita housebook in paper format. Next best source would be the IS Atlas, though it is only a meta-source. It should be right most of the time. Just don't cite it as a source.

If you absolutely need to triangulate a coordinate or otherwise guess the coordinates by reading them from a map, please indicate clearly in the coordinates section that the coordinates are an approximation and may be inaccurate. Frabby 08:52, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi Frabby,

Yeah, sorry about the triangulation thing, it's the most accessible scientific procedure I know of because I don't have access to any of the old source books except Warriors of Kerensky. I checked with IS Atlas and thankfully the data I put in matched to the 2nd decimal. I didn't change any data outright because I was unsure of the veracity of the data.

Also, are you familiar with Comstar Historical Archives Website? I combined the list of planets from there to what we have here and what's on IS Atlas, and I've gotten a total of 2,249 worlds! That doesn't count those listed under the CBT forum listing "Unmapped, Lost or Misnamed planets". I don't know if I'll have enough free time for listing them all down, then mapping those that already have confirmed coordinates, but I'll see how far I can go with this work.

-Volt 15:00, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Hy Volt, iam very interested on your planets map project, can you tell me what a programm you use, to create new maps, and who is the procedure, thanks.--Doneve 16:05, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Hey Doneve, I use AutoCAD to manually plot all the planets. I take the coordinates and draw a 1-unit diameter circle to represent each planet, 3-diameter one for a regional capital and 5-diameter one for the national capitals (thinking about resizing them once I get a better feel for the overall scale of the map). Am currently at 274 out of 2,249 (identified so far) planets. After mapping the planets I intend to apply solid colored hatches to represent ownership per era. Still a long way to go but it's the best I can come up with since the usual cartography sites have not been updated in years. -Volt 00:54, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

CBT Interstellar Map Viewer

Hy Volt, i copy this post from Rev. What your are think, is the programm usefull.--Doneve 01:09, 2 July 2011 (UTC) copyed from Rev talk page

Take a look at the thread on CBT forums (specifically this post). Bad_Syntax is working on a planetary mapping program that does a whole slew of things, including mapping jump routes. For us, what jumped out at me was the program will link directly to a planet's BTW article. I'd love to see a real move to formalize the articles, ala BattleMechs. I know Frabby prefers not to align himself with any one project, but I nominate him as Planetary Head Honcho. --Revanche ^(talk|

hey Doneve, i tried clicking the link but i get "The topic or board you are looking for appears to be either missing or off limits to you" message. Also couldn't find anything on the forums from Bad_Syntax about the mapping program, i think i read about that message from Revanche on the Projects Planets page so I decided to finally start plotting the planets manually myself -Volt 05:17, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

The old CBT forum was archived after a hacking earlier this year. I have changed the link above to the archived thread, it should work now. Frabby 11:35, 3 July 2011 (UTC)