WIP - Space Archaeology Mission Map

[Abu Lafia]

I like what you got going here, and having a story to go with is even better, so I hope you take a little English lesson in the way that it is intended: helpful c&c. When you put "late" before a persons name, it generally means that that person is dead.

Thank you Korash, this is really helpful! I know that it is normally used "in retrospect" but thought it might work on living persons too... But yeah, Bohrenheimer is still very lively in testing the nerves of the other crew-members on the long flight to the Malinowski Sector...^^ (a typical quote while "arguing" with some crew members: "... all of the sudden there seems to be another person in this §$%! spaceship who recieved a honorary doctorate from Gagarin University on Mars!?!...").

I am trying to get a decent workflow to create some planets of my own so I am really interested in your progress. I do have a thought about the clouds, If there is an atmosphere and rotation, there could very well be some sand storms, and quite big ones at that, that could soften up/obscure some of the features on the planet.

You have a good point here. I tried to add some clouds/sand storms, but wasn't too happy with the result so far. I wanted to label some sites on the planet so i need at least some parts of the surface free from clouds that should be clearly distinct in grade of detail. I'l try to figure this out soon.

Edit:

Nice improvements! The labels are perfectly legible now.

Thanks Ilanthar, seems you posted while i was writing my post. I wanted some "retro-sci-fi" look and i'm quite happy with the results and think the colours fit somehow.

[Korash]

You have a good point here. I tried to add some clouds/sand storms, but wasn't too happy with the result so far. I wanted to label some sites on the planet so i need at least some parts of the surface free from clouds that should be clearly distinct in grade of detail. I'l try to figure this out soon.

In which case, don't bother with the clouds at all. Even now we have the tech to look through cloud cover as if it wasn't there, so I am quite sure that the future tech will be able to pierce sandstorms and such. It also explains why the features are so clean. Thanks for the info, it helps put a bit more polish on the story.