hobknob Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Graphviz is great for creating a new map, but for a new position I would suggest Excel maps as they are a lot more useful to use for a single empire. Spreadsheets are the way to go, but ask around before you reinvent the wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roguekitty Posted April 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Graphviz is great for creating a new map, but for a new position I would suggest Excel maps as they are a lot more useful to use for a single empire. Spreadsheets are the way to go, but ask around before you reinvent the wheel. I know how to do a few things with Excel... but making a map with it? How's that work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Deependra Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Graphviz is great for creating a new map, but for a new position I would suggest Excel maps as they are a lot more useful to use for a single empire. Spreadsheets are the way to go, but ask around before you reinvent the wheel. I know how to do a few things with Excel... but making a map with it? How's that work? Personally, I place a circle for each system (with the name and some basic details therein) and then put a small box with the warp class for each warp point for that system. Then I add lines from the warp class box to the system and to the warp point at the other end. It lets you drag systems around without losing the links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roguekitty Posted April 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Personally, I place a circle for each system (with the name and some basic details therein) and then put a small box with the warp class for each warp point for that system. Then I add lines from the warp class box to the system and to the warp point at the other end. It lets you drag systems around without losing the links. Ahh, many thanks. I've tried something like this out and it produces reasonably pleasing results. I've taken to colour-coding the warp point ID numbers so I know which have been surveyed and which have not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krelnett_of_Kraan Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 We use the 'Record' nodetype in Graphviz. Lets us encode all the warp point information right there on the map and the arrows actually run to the correct places. Also, for those of you using GoogleDocs to run your spreadsheets, there's a very low cap on the zie of document they'll accept. We forget exactly how low, but let's just say that it's less than our 2.5MB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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