Marc Miller has just posted the original draft of the Spinward Marches map on the FFE website. 
Now we have to examine it to see how well it matches the original version. 
What differences have You found, and what is your theories about that? 
Using the post-tool that can be found at Traveller Map it is now possible to make your own pdf-maps. 
To help the participants of the 76 Patrons Contest I have created a pdf-map of Foreven Sector.
To help the participants of the 76 Patrons Contest with ideas, I have decided to list a number of writeups for planets in the Foreven Sector here. Most of these writeups are for the TNE era, but personally I hope your entries are written for the classic era. It is usually possible to extract some information about the planet in the classic era from these TNE writeups.
For more information about the Foreven Sector (and classic data) go here.
I have looked at four more subsectors (one quadrant) of Galaxy One. In the Xexedi cluster, the planet of Xexedi is important since it is a TL-14 industrial planet. There are also many amber zones in this subsector.
@SUB-SECTOR: Xexedi Cluster SECTOR: Oolite1 #--------1---------2---------3---------4---------5---------6--- #PlanetName Loc. UPP Code B Notes Z PBG Al LRX * #---------- ---- --------- - --------------- - --- -- --- - Lerelace 0912 A466843-C N Ri 525 Hc Laenin 0914 E6537BD-4 Po R 200 Hc Xexedi 0915 A476977-E N Hi In Cp A 513 Gf Tibionis 0917 B655743-8 Ag A 311 Fr Terea 0918 B7677A7-6 Ag Ri A 333 Hc Uscela 0919 A666777-8 Ag Ri 322 Bl Xeoner 1013 C4577AA-6 Ag 311 Sl Esbeus 1015 C677778-6 Ag A 222 Ff Maregeis 1019 C777954-7 Hi In 212 Hc Usle 1116 B677976-9 Hi In 411 Hc Enonla 1317 A4439CE-D Hi In Po R 510 Hc Biorle 1318 B643976-A Hi In Po 400 Hc Diquer 1411 C86679C-5 Ag Ri 234 Hc Socelage 1414 C665742-6 Ag Ri 313 Fr Maxeedso 1418 B767777-7 Ag Ri 323 Fi Anarlaqu 1420 D753755-5 Po 210 Hc Razaar 1515 E5538AC-3 Po 100 Gi Zadies 1618 B577978-9 Hi In A 334 Hc
All maps in this post made using Traveller Map Post Function.
HexGIMP is a GIMP tool by Isomage that will help You make pretty maps.
I have used it to replace the abstact map in my Trading on PYLKAH adventure. This map might be more fun for the players, since they now have the option of taking alternative routes (which their guides will not recommend).
I thought I should try a variation on the big hex style. This time for an important star system in the Spinward Marches.
All planets (except Cipango) was made with GIMP plug-ins. The Cipango ring system was made with the planet rings GIMP plug-in. The planet Cipango was made from an old texture that I have used for other maps of Cipango.
The distances for the planets from their “sun” Cipango-Taiyoo is calculated using a modified Titius-Bode law. Using the formula below for the Cipango system:
For our solar system the formula is:
Where a is the distance in AU, and m is the orbit number. (Where m is 1 for Earth.) The modification of the Titius-Bode law was needed to fit two planet orbits into the habitable zone. This gives the Cipango system a total of 3 garden worlds.
With the suggestion for a new hex style, I need a way to produce images of gas giants. I can do this (for free) with the gas giant plugin for GIMP.
Travelling between different places in a solar system takes time. Sometimes it will even be faster to make a micro (in-system) jump than using the M-drive.
When jumping to a system, it might be important to know where to get free fuel. If you have a cargo or passengers for the main planet, then it might not be economical to go to a gas giant (to get free fuel) in the outer system as well. Even if the main planet has oceans, you might not be allowed to refuel in these. If you don’t have any cargo or passengers or any other business to the main planet, then you might want to jump directly to the gas giant instead. There you can refuel and jump to the next destination.
How can you plot all the relevant information for a system in a hex on the subsector map? My idea is to divide the hex in six triangles, and show the most important planets with the important moons in each triangle. If there aren’t enough important planets, just leave some triangles empty. But as a minimum 2-3 triangles should have planets. I have put the gas giants in the right part of the hex, just like where the gas giant icon is usually placed.
This is my example for the Terra system. What do you think?
There was some very sad news about JR Mapes, (a contributor to the Zhodani Base). 
At his traveller blog You can find his cleaned up Spinward Marches data and some other goodies.
His posts at the Zhodani Base:
For his big contribution to the traveller community, the planet at position 1234 in Foreven Sector is now called Mapes. I selected this planet since it is a peaceful place. When we visit it, we will think of him. New version of Harem Subsector below.
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