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+ | The stellar cartography database utilizes a hierarchical arrangement of interactive maps to assist the user in finding a specific locale in known space. Depending upon what scale a user wishes to look at, the map interface can guide you from one scale to another through simple point-and-click, | ||
+ | <tabbox Coordinate System> | ||
+ | Due to Starfleet' | ||
- | ===== Galactic Coordinate System ===== | + | The galaxy is divided into four different quadrants: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta. In turn, each quadrant is divided up into nine smaller " |
- | ===== The Galactic Map ===== | + | The border between the Alpha and Beta quadrants occurs at the interface between subquadrants 1 and 0. This interface is composed of a line that extends from the exact center of the galaxy through the sector that contains Earth' |
- | ===== Local Map Interface ===== | + | There are 36 subquadrants designated with a single number or letter starting from the alpha/beta quadrant interface, and moving around the galaxy in a clockwise fashion as seen looking down from above the galactic plane. |
- | ===== Sector Map Interface ===== | + | In addition to subquadrants, |
- | ===== System Map Interface ===== | + | The perpendicular intersections of sector zones and sector subquadrants comprise the corners of semi-cubical blocks of space known as sector grids. The galaxy is theoretically divided into 360 sector grids. |
+ | Like navigation on earth, where directional references such as north, east, south, and west are required to determine a location in the surface, the galaxy too has similar such references. However, instead of using the Earth' | ||
+ | The Earth sector is located at the crux of four galactic sector grids: 05, 06, 15, and 16. The Earth sector is also located at the intersection of eight sector quads within those grids, that being 99, 95, 79, and 75 above the galactic plane, and 24, 20, 04, and 00 below the galactic plane. | ||
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+ | <tabbox Galactic Map> | ||
+ | The Galactic Map provides an overview of the entire galaxy by breaking it down into quadrants, and overlays the sector quads. Since most of the galaxy is unexplored, further detail of most sector quads are not available. However, there are five locations in the galaxy that can access the Local Map Interface, and these areas are outlined in the Galactic Map. Simply move the cursor over these outlines areas for further information (found in the upper left corner), and click to zoom to the local map. Note: Not all local maps are currently available. | ||
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+ | <tabbox Local Map> | ||
+ | The Local Map Interface utilizes a specific set of stellar charts from a particular galaxy exploration database. Usually, the local maps will indicate the borders of each of the major sovereign political governments known to exist in the area. These maps can range from a few hundred to a few thousand light years in size depending on the database. Because the maps show only the top two-dimensional view of the local area (the " | ||
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+ | <tabbox Sector Map> | ||
+ | The Sector Map Interface provides a detailed overlay of a chosen sector block (approximately 100 cubic light-years in size within Federation space). The number of major star systems in each sector block will vary greatly, but each will contain exactly one hundred sectors from a top-down point of view. Due to this point of view, only a 25-sector grid is visible, though there are 4 layers of sectors underneath one another. The numbering scheme for each sector is from left to right, and top to bottom for each layer. Thus, sectors 1 through 25 comprise the top layer, sectors 26 through 50 the second layer, sectors 51 through 75 the third layer, and sectors 76 through 00 are the bottom layer. To see the sector number of a star system, as well as the name, simply move your cursor over the yellow icon (dot). You may then click on that icon to switch to the more detailed Planetary System Map of that star. Note: The sector map interface displays charted star systems only, and of those systems, only main sequence stars and larger are displayed. Unless otherwise indicated, dwarf stars and other minor astronomical phenomena are considered outside the scope of this map interface. | ||
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+ | <tabbox System Map> | ||
+ | The System Map Interface shows detailed information of the planets and star within a particular star system. Normally, the name of a star will also indicate the name of the system, but this is not always the case, especially if intelligent, | ||
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