Editing Traveller Map

[[File: Traveller-Map-Keith-Art-MWM 18-July-2019a.jpg|right|400px|thumb|
 [[Marc Miller]]: This is a detail from the (1986) Traveller Aliens piece by [[Bill Keith]]. That's my [[handcomp]] in front, with [[TravellerMap]] by [[Joshua Bell]] loaded. I think Bill Keith did a pretty good job predicting the future there.]]
[[Traveller Map]] is a premier support site for the [[Traveller]] RPG. The site is run by [[Joshua Bell]] and many fans, who support him.
 
== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
[https://travellermap.com/ Traveller Map] is a [[canon]] source of [[Traveller]] data and is both used by and endorsed by [[Marc Miller]]. Joshua and Marc coordinate data sources and work with the [[T5 Second Survey]] study group. The [[T5 Second Survey]] study group maintains a discussion group and works to update and modernize existing data sources and integrate fan contributions.

== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
The site is run by [[Joshua Bell]] and many fans, who support him.

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''[[Joshua Bell]]:'' This site was inspired by many sources, most prominently some of the treasured possessions from my childhood: the Imperium Map poster which provided an overview of [[Charted Space]] in the [[Classic Traveller]] era; the Spinward Marches poster included with [[Deluxe Traveller]]; and the [[Atlas of the Imperium]], which provided cursory maps of all [[sector]]s of the [[Third Imperium]]. In the early 1980's, using these and the classic Alien Modules, I carefully pieced together a map of [[known space]] on paper. I also dutifully entered the Sector Generator BASIC program into my Apple II and spent endless hours trying to coax a decent map from a dot-matrix printer. 

In early 2005, after a hiatus from [[Traveller]] of nearly 20 years, I purchased a copy of the [[GURPS Traveller]] rulebook, which includes a map of [[charted space]] within the frame of an imaginary computer-based map viewer. I first saw this within weeks of Google Maps appearing, and was inspired to create a functional version of the map viewer using contemporary Web technologies. I was also inspired by the many other online Traveller map resources and desktop applications such as [[Jim Vassilakos]]' venerable [[Galactic]]. 

Starting in 2013, this site began hosting the official data files of the [[T5 Second Survey|Traveller 5 Second Survey effort]], as well as older published data and unofficial fan submissions.

== See also ==
''[[Traveller RPG:Community Portal|Traveller Core Support Sites]]:''
# [http://www.farfuture.net/ FFE Homepage]
# [[Traveller RPG Wiki]]
# [[Traveller Map]]
# [[Traveller5 World Builder]]

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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
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