Planet UPP's and software

I've been outside reality (at school) for the last 3 years
so I know nothing about new things in Traveller.  To remedy
that, I started to read through the archives of this mailing
list.  I'm still back in 1987 but one topic that seems popular
(and just came up in Sunday's topics) is programs for generating
worlds, systems, etc.  I'd like to know if anything has come of
those efforts I'm reading about back in 1987.  What software
is available commercially?  What software have you guys written?
Would it be legal to post such programs on this list?

I was planning on writing something up this summer, but if
someone's already done it...

Has anyone thought of saving those isocahedral planetary maps
as graphics files on computer?  I think it'd be awfully neat
to flip through them as if you were really flipping through
Imperial survey data on your ship's computer :-)  Or how about
a program that takes a planet's UPP, orbit, star type, albedo,
axis tilt and generates a map, weather patterns, ocean currents...

Come to think of it, has GDW ever published planetary maps of
some major worlds (like Regina) for general use, not as part
of an adventure?

I've got a million more questions but since most of them are
bound to answer themselves as I read on, I'll let them simmer
for now.  (Is Striker still around?  Are there deckplans for any
of those starships you guys posted?  Has anyone written a program
for making such deckplans?  Ugh, mgph, ha, get back in that pot...)
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John H. Kim
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