Forum:Galactic map

Galactic map forum
In light of all of the classification going on in SporeWiki, including the taxonomy project, it is probably a good idea to start with a universal galactic map, under the following criteria: [Galaxy]->[Arm]->[Sector]->[Division] Names should not conflict, because it is quite likely that, if this gets serious, it may turn into something like the Taxonomy project. The size of the galaxy is obvious and invariant. THe size of an arm is also visually distinct. However, things like sectors and divisions are hard to explain in size, though a sector should encompass a couple thousand parsecs and a division one or two hundred.
 * The galactic map will NOT recognize names of planets or star systems, because these vary throughout games. However, it will recognize sectors of a galaxy; such sectors should be visually distinct and rather large.
 * The intent of this project is to allow the specification of a location between all content and creature pages, such that anyone who wishes to compare their creature's location in the galaxy with another's may do so accurately.
 * The names of sectors, subdivisions, or anything of that matter should NOT be spore generated, otherwise naming conflicts can occur. If such a conflict does occur, the section will be renamed, although a careful name should avoid this anyway. This does not mean names will be meaningless strings of characters like "Sector5652", "PLT-28849", or "|:-)>". A good suggestion is latin.
 * "Formal" definitions of such locations can be done using "Angle: XXX Distance: XXX" specification, since the galaxy map for all spore distros is the same, and hopefully will remain that way. However, definitions like "past the break in the Androsa arm near the Chironian Sector" are also allowed.
 * Subdivisions are to be argued, though it is thought that they should be in this hierarchy:
 * There should be a formal map showing the divisions, probably a subpage to the project page. It will show a giant Spore galaxy, with the position at Angle 00.00 degrees pointing up (as does North on Earth). The map itself will likely be gleaned from the main menu.
 * Anything alse will have basis on the Taxonomy project.

What is the public consensus for this, then? Please use subheaders (3 equal signs) to discuss this. Grissess 02:40, 1 March 2009 (UTC)