Milky Way Map 2.0 [FT]
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 6:28 pmNew from the makers of the Milky Way Map, the Milky Way Map 2.0! Now with many more pixels and 50% more grids!
The Map
If you want to get put onto the map, post in this thread with the grid coordinates and system name and I can add it to the official version. Make sure to mention what alliance you're in. Failure to do the coordinates correctly will result in not getting added to the map.
Do note, however, that I won't be adding dozens of systems or drawing arbitrary borders in space. I'm also going to have to ask that people try to stay inside the galaxy.
The grid system works as follows: Primary grids are marked with letters and represent an area 5000ly across. Each primary grid contains 25 secondary grid squares that represent an area 1000ly across. Each secondary grid contains 25 tertiary grids which represent an area 200ly across.
To determine coordinates, you first go across the top or bottom to find the first letter of the primary grid. For example, to find Halcyon's coordinates, you would go across to the letter D on the top or bottom. From there we go down the side to the letter N. By doing this, we discover that Halcyon is located in primary grid DN.
The secondary and tertiary grids work much the same way, but with the numbers 1 through 5 instead of letters. For example, Halcyon is in the first secondary grid across and the first secondary grid. That would be grid DN11. Now that we know the secondary grid, we repeat the previous process to determine the tertiary grid. In this case, four across and four down. This gives us our final six digit grid location of DN1144. The Havenic Baltic system, on the other hand, would be located in grid DN1454, while Gisela is in grid CM5312.
Remember, X, then Y. Primary, then secondary, then tertiary.
HHTC Hyperspace Gate Network: Systems on the Hermes gate network are marked with a blue asterisk (*).
"Dominion" Hyperspace Gate Network: Systems on Dbrought's cheap imitation gate network are marked with a pinku asterisk (*).
[TL Note: Pinku is Japanese for pink.]
The Map
If you want to get put onto the map, post in this thread with the grid coordinates and system name and I can add it to the official version. Make sure to mention what alliance you're in. Failure to do the coordinates correctly will result in not getting added to the map.
Do note, however, that I won't be adding dozens of systems or drawing arbitrary borders in space. I'm also going to have to ask that people try to stay inside the galaxy.
The grid system works as follows: Primary grids are marked with letters and represent an area 5000ly across. Each primary grid contains 25 secondary grid squares that represent an area 1000ly across. Each secondary grid contains 25 tertiary grids which represent an area 200ly across.
To determine coordinates, you first go across the top or bottom to find the first letter of the primary grid. For example, to find Halcyon's coordinates, you would go across to the letter D on the top or bottom. From there we go down the side to the letter N. By doing this, we discover that Halcyon is located in primary grid DN.
The secondary and tertiary grids work much the same way, but with the numbers 1 through 5 instead of letters. For example, Halcyon is in the first secondary grid across and the first secondary grid. That would be grid DN11. Now that we know the secondary grid, we repeat the previous process to determine the tertiary grid. In this case, four across and four down. This gives us our final six digit grid location of DN1144. The Havenic Baltic system, on the other hand, would be located in grid DN1454, while Gisela is in grid CM5312.
Remember, X, then Y. Primary, then secondary, then tertiary.
HHTC Hyperspace Gate Network: Systems on the Hermes gate network are marked with a blue asterisk (*).
"Dominion" Hyperspace Gate Network: Systems on Dbrought's cheap imitation gate network are marked with a pinku asterisk (*).
[TL Note: Pinku is Japanese for pink.]
The map looks great... but... uhhh... I think you might need to make the letters a tad bigger in the map. I honestly could not read the names of the systems, they were in such tiny print. Which is kinda counter-productive to the idea of having a map in the first place, if you don't mind me saying so.