Re: software tool for mapping a 3D galaxy?

From: Tomas Aronsson <etxtoar@aom.ericsson.se>

Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Hi,

I don't have any direct solutions for you, but I've been working with a 2D-tool
in Tcl/Tk for displaying information/calculating distances for a generic X-Y map.

Probably can the source be modified to handle a view of a 3D map too, I haven't
look at the details. I'll release some version with additional Blind galaxy report
reading functionality quite soon (should only remove Sybase/Linux dependencies).
You can have the source code if you want to hack on it by yourself.

/Tomas

Ed Davies wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone out there know a good software package that can be used for
> mapping a galaxy of stars?  I'm playing in a space opera type PBEM game that
> in which the playing area (galaxy, quadrant, whatever) is mapped in three
> dimensions, X, Y, and Z.  I've been maintaing a star map in Excel
> spreadsheets, but I know there has to be something out there better suited
> to the task.  Is there any software that has been specifically designed for
> this?
>
> Thanks in advance!

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References

software tool for mapping a 3D galaxy?
"Ed Davies" <e_davies@earthlink.net>
Wed, 31 Mar 1999 00:00:00 +0000