Mapping

A page to describe how the Alliance handles surveying, mapping, and updating astrographic charts.

History

How was this done in the past and how does it affect existing charts.

Alliance Procedure

The galaxy is a big place, and the Pelted are dedicated to exploring it. This section discusses how the Alliance handles its mapping activities. I should probably consider whether I want to talk about how other alien races handle this. Maybe a separate section.

Remote Data Gathering

• Observatories
• Orbital telescopes
• Remotes and drones

In-person Data Gathering

• Survey ships
• Mapping stations
• Fleet activities
• Private or corporate activities

Administrative

• Updates of charts
• Naming of features (sectors, planets, etc)
• Promulgation of data
• Planetary assessments: habitability, terraforming potential, Mediger Scale measurements
• Planetary assessment: flora (useful? toxic?)
• Planetary assessment: fauna (potentially sapient?)
  • If there might be native races, then procedure for how to handle that based on their technology level

Interface with Alien Powers

• Data sharing agreements
• Naming rights
• Claims of habitable worlds and disputation resolution

Agencies

The various entities that use this data, or contribute to it.

• Colony Bureau
• Fleet

Dependencies

Don't have a better name for this section yet, it's 'these are other pages that are affected by this.'

• Known Space
• Alliance

Trivia

Not sure whether I'll fold this section into the rest of it once it's filled out more, but this would be where I put the cultural habit of doing fine art renditions of star maps, like the ones in Alon Levy's office on the border.

Meta

According to the author's notes, the galaxy doesn't map directly to ours.