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AtlasBarfed ◴[05 Sep 25 22:55 UTC] No.45144652[source]▶

I swear there used to be a 3d map that you could navigate, rotate zoom in zoom out of local space, but I can't find it anymore.

Does anyone else remember that or am I imagining it? I think it was like 10 years ago

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1. bbor ◴[06 Sep 25 00:46 UTC] No.45145465[source]▶

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There are attempts, but they all suck IMHO :( Someday I'll get around to doing this in Three.js for real, if no one beats me to it. It's shocking that we have a million 3D sites to visualize LEO satellites and plenty to visualize the solar system, but our stellar (much less galactic!) neighborhood is all super outdated stuff only.

I guess the sad reality is that these tools aren't that useful for anything but diagramming the odd interstellar rock.

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