Shifting the sector mapping and printing on Travellermap

[MCEvans]

I don't know if this can be done or not but I would like to be able to to print poster and LBB of a sector size area that cover parts of multiple sectors.

Specifically the following subsectors:
SM - B,C,D,F,G,H,J,K,L
DEN - A,E,I
GVU - N,O,P
TUG - M

In other words shift one subsector coreward & trailing

There is probably an easy way to do this but, for the life of me I can't figure it out if it's even possible.

I have various campaign ideas that cross sector boundaries and I want a sectors area to play in.

Another print out idea is Domain maps & LBBs

 

[inexorabletash]

I don't know if this can be done or not but I would like to be able to to print poster and LBB of a sector size area that cover parts of multiple sectors.

Specifically the following subsectors:
SM - B,C,D,F,G,H,J,K,L
DEN - A,E,I
GVU - N,O,P
TUG - M

In other words shift one subsector coreward & trailing

There is probably an easy way to do this but, for the life of me I can't figure it out if it's even possible.

For the poster:

http://travellermap.com/doc/api#poster

If you mostly just want to turn off your brain (which is what I do; thinking is hard...), just start with a URL like this:

http://travellermap.com/api/poster?x1=-110&y1=-70&x2=-90&y2=-50&scale=32

And then tweak the x1, y1 (upper left), x2, y2 (lower right) coordinates (and style, scale and options) until you get what you want. Maybe this?

http://travellermap.com/api/poster?x1=-120&y1=-89&x2=-89&y2=-50&scale=64&options=41047

As far as the LBB goes... sorry. All the logic for that is very sector-centric. My best suggestion is:

* Generate LBBs for the four sectors
* "Print to PDF" all four of them
* Use a tool to rearrange pages from all four LBBs into one booklet ("Preview" on Mac OSX can do this, using the "Thumbnail" view)

I have various campaign ideas that cross sector boundaries and I want a sectors area to play in.

Another print out idea is Domain maps & LBBs

Domain posters are easy - use the above or:

http://travellermap.com/data/spin/alpha/image

That's: /data/SECTOR/QUADRANT/image

Again, tack on options/scale as appropriate (see the API page for docs)

 

[MCEvans]

Thanks

Thanks I was over thinking this

 

[Hyphen]

Can you view a Domain (e.g. Domain of Deneb-scale domain) using a built-in function, or do you need to use the incremental subsector hack shown above?

 

[inexorabletash]

Huh, I mixed up domain and quadrant above. Sorry about that. Anyway for domains:

http://travellermap.com/api/poster?domain=sylea

etc

If you want just an arbitrary four sectors not in a named domain use the hex coords.

(There are a few pseudo-domains handled by name if you poke around in the source code.)

...

Oh, do you mean booklet? Yeah, that means doing PDF editing by hand.

 

[Hyphen]

Beauty, that's what I'm after - thanks!

 

[ovka]

Awesome! I was able to generate a sector-sized image centered on a subsector.

Here is the Aramis Subsector: http://travellermap.com/api/poster?x1=-116&y1=-94&x2=-85&y2=-55&style=poster

Here is the Regina Subector: http://travellermap.com/api/poster?x1=-124&y1=-94&x2=-93&y2=-55&style=poster

Previously, I have entered my own data into the poster maker to generate maps shifted by an entire subsector. That way I could use my own MSEC file with trade and traffic routes. Is it possible to use poster maker to shift partial subsectors like my Aramis and Regina examples above? That would be the best of both worlds for me.

Cheers,

Baron Ovka

 

[inexorabletash]

Is it possible to use poster maker to shift partial subsectors like my Aramis and Regina examples above?

Unfortunately, no. It only understands whole posted sectors (and can render a subset) or the stock data (arbitrary coordinates).

It would be reasonably straightforward to support rendering a posted sector (or just a subset of it, e.g. a single subsector) with just blank space around it, but that doesn't seem very useful. (Also, I think the routes/borders would not be clipped, which would be weird.)

 

[ovka]

Fair enough, thanks. I can turn the png file into other formats when I need to, and I can ignore the jump routes. I just wanted to ask the question.

Cheers,

Baron Ovka