Subject: OutLander's Starchart and Near Star List...
Hello All:
Well, just one more problem with having a REAL 3d game of traveller. I
have been fiddling with the idea of running Traveller (Or my Home-brew mix of
stuff) in what I call the Terran Confederation (No ties to any Traveller
meaning). This involves the use of the "Near Stars within 25pc of Earth" list
thing that I found at explorer.arc.nasa.gov (Thanks to some person on the TML
whose name elludes me...).
I wrote a little C program that changed the format of the data into that of
Starchart and decided to display all 2150 stars at once... What a muddle! So
those that said it would be hell to organize the data in 3D... Hats off!
At least, if we were to do it, we'd need better mapping software.
Anyhow, I hadn't heard if anyone else had tried it and just wanted to let
you all know someone did. If anyone wants the package and the star data file,
let me know and I'll arrange for it to be sent ;-) .
Anthony