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Dread Griffin
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2016-06-08 18:20:47 UTC  |  Edited by: Dread Griffin
I've done some searching and found that the Dotlan map layout was handmade. Does anyone know of a resource that might have x,y coords for each system in a region?

I want to make a standalone app that uses a similar layout so it can be easily recognizable to people used to dotlan.

EDIT: I should mention I'm already well aware how to use the SDE to create the 3D eve map.
Kossaw
Body Count Inc.
Mercenary Coalition
#2 - 2016-06-09 05:58:47 UTC
As you said, dotlan is laid out by hand and the map layout bears no relation at all to the X,Y,Z coordinates in the SDE.

The standard eve map 2-D layout is (AFAIK) just the Y and Z coords.

You can use a Force Directed map to automatically make an optimized 2-D layout of any structure consisting of nodes and edges ( ie systems and jumps)

https://github.com/d3/d3/wiki/Force-Layout

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