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Instruguey (13)

Posted 9 years ago.

Was thinking at work today (yes it was a slow day) that maybe it would be nice if your star map could be used to see distances to the different nearby stars.

At the moment it looks like you do something like X = x, Y = z, where X and Y are your map coords and x, y, z are the relative ones from ED.

How about projecting it something like this
X = x * sqrt((x*x)+(y*y)+(z*z)) / sqrt((x*x)+(y*y))
Y = y * sqrt((x*x)+(y*y)+(z*z)) / sqrt((x*x)+(y*y))

If you then drew concentric circles on the map (and if I've got my maths right), you could clearly see the distance to each star from the one you have selected.

Just a thought!

Roguey

Trueguey (22)

Posted 9 years ago.

Ah, so basically flatten the 3D map into a full 2D map? This is why I didnt put distance markers on them, as it was drawn with 3D coordinates. It looks like it working okay (rare / universe maps now use the coordinate system you suggested). If it all checks out, then ill replace the grid with a circular distance marker. thanks!

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