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Posted By: Stephen L. (SoundEffect) <soundeffect@hotmail.com> | Date: 2/11/12 9:01 a.m. |
In Response To: An alternative presentation... (OldNick) : Sad to hear that they've messed up the starmap so badly. Makes me wish I'd : completed my own multi-universe mapping project… : Without wishing to steal Stephen's well-deserved thunder (how could I
: The first picture shows the view from the solar system looking in the general
: : The second image is the reciprocal of the first, with the viewpoint at
: : It's a C++ application using GLUT (which just goes to show how out of date I
: I'd intended to develop it as a commercial product which would allow SF fans
: The images have turned out a little smaller than full size. I'm afraid I'm a
That's a pretty neat idea. The display looks busy but it might not be as bad in motion. I often use an astronomical app called Celestia which is free to download and it's great for gallivanting around the stars. Space is necessarily a 3D affair and I like the look of my map in 2D just as I liked the Star Trek: Star Charts book some of my map is based upon. I love the 2D look but I fully understand its limitations as well.
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teaser Galaxy Map underway | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 2/8/12 8:27 p.m. |
O.O | ZackDark | 2/8/12 8:57 p.m. |
Re: O.O | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 2/8/12 9:10 p.m. |
No GPU? | ZackDark | 2/8/12 9:16 p.m. |
Re: No GPU? | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 2/8/12 9:50 p.m. |
Re: No GPU? | ZackDark | 2/9/12 10:02 a.m. |
Re: No GPU? | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 2/9/12 11:42 a.m. |
Re: No GPU? | ZackDark | 2/9/12 12:05 p.m. |
Re: No GPU? | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 2/9/12 1:54 p.m. |
Re: teaser Galaxy Map underway | Seraph XXVII | 2/8/12 10:21 p.m. |
Re: teaser Galaxy Map underway | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 2/9/12 5:40 a.m. |
Re: teaser Galaxy Map underway | DEEP NNN | 2/9/12 6:31 a.m. |
Re: teaser Galaxy Map underway | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 2/9/12 6:50 a.m. |
Re: teaser Galaxy Map underway | DEEP NNN | 2/9/12 7:02 a.m. |
Re: teaser Galaxy Map underway | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 2/9/12 8:01 a.m. |
Re: teaser Galaxy Map underway | Dragonclaws | 2/9/12 6:25 p.m. |
Re: teaser Galaxy Map underway | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 2/10/12 6:35 a.m. |
Re: teaser Galaxy Map underway | Paused | 2/10/12 3:23 p.m. |
Re: teaser Galaxy Map underway | ZackDark | 2/10/12 5:09 p.m. |
Re: teaser Galaxy Map underway | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 2/10/12 5:14 p.m. |
Re: teaser Galaxy Map underway | Paused | 2/10/12 5:39 p.m. |
Re: teaser Galaxy Map underway | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 2/10/12 6:44 p.m. |
Re: teaser Galaxy Map underway | Paused | 2/10/12 7:55 p.m. |
Re: teaser Galaxy Map underway | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 2/10/12 9:45 p.m. |
An alternative presentation... | OldNick | 2/10/12 10:49 p.m. |
Re: An alternative presentation... | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 2/11/12 9:01 a.m. |
Re: An alternative presentation... | OldNick | 2/11/12 11:52 a.m. |
Re: An alternative presentation... | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 2/11/12 12:24 p.m. |
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