Option: Dim Unofficial Data

I just tossed another feature up under the settings (gear) menu. You can now "Dim Unofficial Data" - anything that hasn't gotten the "final" T5SS seal of approval is slightly grayed out.

It's not on by default. This feature has been on the "to do" list for a while but I was overthinking the problem - this is a quick hack, but I think it's kinda pretty.

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T5SS Data Update - April/May 2014

The new data is now live!

Summary of changes:

• T5SS sectors now have 4-character allegiances; these are visible on the map and in tab-delimited and column-delimited data files. The new allegiance codes are mapped to 2-character codes when "SEC" files are output or at low scales. Codes are documented at http://travellermap.com/doc/secondsurvey
• T5SS sectors now have 1- or 2-character base codes, e.g. NS for Naval Base and Scout Base, when shown in tab-delimited and column-delimited files. They are mapped to 1-character codes when "SEC" files are output. Codes are documented at http://travellermap.com/doc/secondsurvey
• Booklet and World Data Sheets now use the newfangled allegiance and base codes
• The following sectors are under review as part of the T5SS. The data is updated to conform to T5SS formats, but the data is still subject to heavy change.
• Aktifao
• Dark Nebula - as seen in GDW's Atlas of the Imperium and DGP's Solomani & Aslan
• Ealiyasiyw - as seen in GDW's Atlas of the Imperium and DGP's Travellers Digest #18
• Hlakhoi - as seen in GDW's Atlas of the Imperium
• Iwahfuah - as seen in GDW's Atlas of the Imperium
• Riftspan Reaches - as seen in GDW's Atlas of the Imperium and DGP's Travellers Digest #19
• Staihaia'yo - as seen in GDW's Atlas of the Imperium
• Uistilrao
• Ustral Quadrant
• Tab-delimited files are now assumed to be UTF-8 (previously, was Windows-1252)
• And, of course, nearly all of the sectors covered by the T5SS have had some tweaks.

This will doubtless have introduced issues visible on the site (e.g. borders and routes that need tweaking) and due to the extensive code changes it's likely bugs have crept in that will affect booklet/poster creation. Let me know here or via email and I'll try and get them fixed ASAP.

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Status Update

Reference (Core 0140) - 127-2014

Not much new has appeared on the site lately - I've been busy behind the scenes. I've gotten updated Traveller 5 Sector Survey data drops from Don McKinney. In addition to the usual tweaks and fixes - such as replacing very small polities with owned worlds - two big changes are coming:

• Base codes are no longer constrained to single characters, allowing us to drop 'A' as a shortcut for Naval Base and Scout Base and can just write 'NS'. 
• Allegiance codes are expanded to four characters and include (where appropriate) sub-polity data. The Zhodani Consulate is now 'ZhCo', and the Third Imperium worlds in the Domain of Deneb are 'ImDd'. These new codes are guaranteed unique across charted space. Codes are only defined for worlds in T5SS regions, though - no clue yet what the Two Thousand Worlds or Hive Federation codes will be.

This is tricky since the site lets you ask for a T5SS sector in legacy SEC format, or request an unreviewed/unofficial sector in a T5 format. All the APIs need to do the right thing, translating the data as appropriate, as do the world data sheet and sector booklet. And the poster/booklet generators need to handle your old or new data correctly, which I can't test completely ahead of time.

I think I've gotten everything right in my local version, but since I'll be headed out of town for a conference next week I don't want to push up something to the site that will leave things broken while I'm gone. So... stuff will continue to be on hold until I'm back.

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