Locations summary

gironde · Post #1by **gironde** » 13.11.2018, 18:44

This is a preparatory file for the integration of the 64 location types.
It repeats the current configuration in Celestia 1.6.1 (excluding LUT5 / renderlocs), and the configuration that could be that of Celestia 1.7.0.
The main source is the IAU
https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/

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List of exo-Geological siting types defined by the IAU supplemented by the types added in Celestia 1.6.1
(does not account for substitutions made in LUT5)
see : getlocationflags and setlocationflags https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Celestia/Celx_Scrip ... Celx_observer#getlocationflags
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1) Albedo : Geographic area distinguished by amount of reflected light

Type in ssc location : "AL"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come albedo
Earth analogy : nothing

2) Arcus : Arc-shaped feature

Type in ssc location : "AR"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come arcus
Earth analogy : nothing

3) Astrum : Radial-patterned features on Venus

Type in ssc location : "AS"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : astrum
CELX flag 1.7.0 : astrum
Earth analogy : nothing

4) Catena : Chain of craters

Type in ssc location : "CA"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : catena
CELX flag 1.7.0 : catena
Earth analogy : nothing

5) Cavus : Hollows, irregular steep-sided depressions usually in arrays or clusters

Type in ssc location : "CB"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come cavus
Earth analogy : nothing

6) Chaos : Distinctive area of broken terrain

Type in ssc location : "CH"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : chaos
CELX flag 1.7.0 : chaos
Earth analogy : earthquake

7) Chasma : A deep, elongated, steep-sided depression

Type in ssc location : "CM"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : chasma
CELX flag 1.7.0 : chasma
Earth analogy : canyon

8) Colles, collis : Small hills or knobs

Type in ssc location : "CO"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come colles
Earth analogy : hill

9) Corona : Ovoid-shaped feature

Type in ssc location : "CR"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : corona
CELX flag 1.7.0 : corona
Earth analogy : nothing

10) Crater : A circular depression

Type in ssc location : "AA"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : crater
CELX flag 1.7.0 : crater
Earth analogy : crater of the meteorite, meteorite

11) Dorsum : Ridge

Type in ssc location : "DO"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : dorsum
CELX flag 1.7.0 : dorsum
Earth analogy : ridge, underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics.

12) Eruptive center : Active volcanic centers on Io

Type in ssc location : "ER"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : volcano
CELX flag 1.7.0 : eruptivecenter (replace volcano)
Earth analogy : volcano, magmatic chamber (ex Mt Vesuvius, Phlegraean Fields, ...)

13) Facula : Bright spot

Type in ssc location : "FA"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come facula
Earth analogy : nothing

14) Farrum : Pancake-like structure, or a row of such structures

Type in ssc location : "FR"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : farrum
CELX flag 1.7.0 : farrum
Earth analogy : nothing

15) Flexus : A very low curvilinear ridge with a scalloped pattern

Type in ssc location : "FE"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come flexus
Earth analogy : nothing

16) Fluctus : Flow terrain

Type in ssc location : "FL"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : fluctus
CELX flag 1.7.0 : fluctus
Earth analogy : river

17) Flumen : Channel on Titan that might carry liquid

Type in ssc location : "FM"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come flumen
Earth analogy : channel, artificial waterways (ex Panama Canal, Suez Canal, Corinthe Canal, ...)

18) Fossa : Long, narrow depression

Type in ssc location : "FO"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : fossa
CELX flag 1.7.0 : fossa
Earth analogy : trench, abyssal trench (ex Mariana Trench)

19) Fretum : Strait, a narrow passage of liquid connecting two larger areas of liquid

Type in ssc location : "FT"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come fretum
Earth analogy : strait (ex. Bering Strait)

20) Insula : Island (islands), an isolated land area (or group of such areas) surrounded by, or nearly surrounded by, a liquid area (sea or lake)

Type in ssc location : "IN"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : insula
CELX flag 1.7.0 : insula
Earth analogy : island, archipelago (ex Malt, Comoro Islands, ...)

21) Labes : Landslide

Type in ssc location : "LA"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come labes
Earth analogy : landslide

22) Labyrinthus : Complex of intersecting valleys or ridges.

Type in ssc location : "LB"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come labyrinthus
Earth analogy : nothing

23) Lacuna : Irregularly shaped depression on Titan having the appearance of a dry lake bed

Type in ssc location : "LU"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come lacuna
Earth analogy : nothing

24) Lacus : "Lake" or small plain; on Titan, a "lake" or small, dark plain with discrete, sharp boundaries

Type in ssc location : "LC"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come lacus
Earth analogy : lake (es Leman, Lake Garda, ...)

25) Landing site name : Lunar features at or near Apollo landing sites

Type in ssc location : "LF"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : landingsite
CELX flag 1.7.0 : landingsite
Earth analogy : landing site or crash site

26) Large ringed feature : Cryptic ringed features

Type in ssc location : "LG"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come largeringed
Earth analogy : nothing

27) Lenticula : Small dark spots on Europa

Type in ssc location : "LE"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come lenticula
Earth analogy : nothing

28) Linea : A dark or bright elongate marking, may be curved or straight

Type in ssc location : "LI"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : linea
CELX flag 1.7.0 : linea
Earth analogy : nothing

29) Lingula : Extension of plateau having rounded lobate or tongue-like boundaries

Type in ssc location : "LN"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come lingula
Earth analogy : nothing

30) Macula : Dark spot, may be irregular

Type in ssc location : "MA"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come macula
Earth analogy : nothing

31) Mare : “Sea”; on the Moon, low albedo, relatively smooth plain, generally of large extent; on Mars, dark albedo areas of no known geological significance; on Titan, large expanses of dark materials thought to be liquid hydrocarbons

Type in ssc location : "ME"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : mare
CELX flag 1.7.0 : mare
Earth analogy : sea ( ex Bering Sea, Adriatic Sea, ...)

32) Mensa : A flat-topped prominence with cliff-like edges

Type in ssc location : "MN"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : mensa
CELX flag 1.7.0 : mensa
Earth analogy : nothing

33) Mons : Mountain

Type in ssc location : "MO"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : mons
CELX flag 1.7.0 : mons
Earth analogy : mountain (ex Everest)

34) Oceanus : A very large dark area on the moon

Type in ssc location : "OC"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come oceanus
Earth analogy : ocean (Atlantic, Pacific, ...)

35) Palus : "Swamp"; small plain

Type in ssc location : "PA"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come palus
Earth analogy : small plain (also see Planitia, Vastitas)

36) Patera : An irregular crater, or a complex one with scalloped edges

Type in ssc location : "PE"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : patera
CELX flag 1.7.0 : patera
Earth analogy : nothing

37) Planitia : Low plain

Type in ssc location : "PL"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : planitia
CELX flag 1.7.0 : planitia
Earth analogy : plain (also see Palus, Vastitas)

38) Planum : Plateau or high plain

Type in ssc location : "PM"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : planum
CELX flag 1.7.0 : planum
Earth analogy : plateau

39) Plume : Cryo-volcanic features on Triton

Type in ssc location : "PU"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come plume
Earth analogy : nothing

40) Promontorium : "Cape"; headland promontoria

Type in ssc location : "PR"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come promontorium
Earth analogy : cape (ex Cape of Good Hope)

Type in ssc location : "RE"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : regio
CELX flag 1.7.0 : regio
Earth analogy : continent (ex Africa, Europa, America, ...)

42) Reticulum : reticular (netlike) pattern on Venus

Type in ssc location : "RT"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : reticulum
CELX flag 1.7.0 : reticulum
Earth analogy : nothing

43) Rima : Fissure

Type in ssc location : "RI"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : rima
CELX flag 1.7.0 : rima
Earth analogy : fault (ex San Andreas)

44) Rupes : Scarp

Type in ssc location : "RU"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : rupes
CELX flag 1.7.0 : rupes
Earth analogy : scarp

45) Satellite feature : A feature that shares the name of an associated feature. For example, on the Moon the craters referred to as "Lettered Craters" are classified in the gazetteer as "Satellite Features."

Type in ssc location : "SF"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come satellitefeature
Earth analogy : nothing

46) Saxum : Boulder or rock

Type in ssc location : "SA"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come saxum
Earth analogy : rock

47) Scopulus : Lobate or irregular scarp

Type in ssc location : "SC"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come scopulus
Earth analogy : nothing

48) Serpens : Sinuous feature with segments of positive and negative relief along its length

Type in ssc location : "SE"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come serpens
Earth analogy : nothing

49) Sinus : "Bay"; small plain; on Titan, bays within seas or lakes of liquid hydrocarbons

Type in ssc location : "SI"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come sinus
Earth analogy : bay

50) Sulcus : Subparallel furrows and ridges

Type in ssc location : "SU"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come sulcus
Earth analogy : dunes field (also see Undae)

51) Terra : Extensive land mass

Type in ssc location : "TA"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : terra
CELX flag 1.7.0 : terra
Earth analogy : country

52) Tessera : Tile-like, polygonal terrain

Type in ssc location : "TE"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : tessera
CELX flag 1.7.0 : tessera
Earth analogy : nothing

53) Tholus : Small domical mountain or hill

Type in ssc location : "TE"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : tholus
CELX flag 1.7.0 : tholus
Earth analogy : small mountain, hill

54) Undae : Dunes' field

Type in ssc location : "UN"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : undae
CELX flag 1.7.0 : undae
Earth analogy : desert ( see also Sulcus)

55) Vallis : Valley

Type in ssc location : "VA"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : vallis
CELX flag 1.7.0 : vallis
Earth analogy : valley

56) Vastitas : Extensive plain

Type in ssc location : "VS"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come vastitas
Earth analogy : great plain (also see Palus, Planitia)

57) Virga : A streak or stripe of color

Type in ssc location : "VI"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come virga
Earth analogy : nothing

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Complementary type for Earth in Celestia 1.6.1

58) City : city

Type in ssc location : "city"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : city
CELX flag 1.7.0 : city
Earth analogy : city, town

59) Observatory : observatory

Type in ssc location : "observatory"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : observatory
CELX flag 1.7.0 : observatory
Earth analogy : observatory (ex Mt Palomar Observatory)

60) Other : all other locations

Type in ssc location : "XX"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : other
CELX flag 1.7.0 : other
Earth analogy : all

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new types for Earth in 1.7.0

61) Capital : city, seat of governments

Type in ssc location : "capital"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come capital
Earth analogy : capital (ex Washington, Moscow, London, Paris, ...)

62) Tectonic plate :

Type in ssc location : "trench" (or tectonic ???)
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come trench (trench is fossa !!!)
Earth analogy :

63) Historical : historical, archaeological sites

Type in ssc location : "historical"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come historical
Earth analogy : (ex Pyramids of Gizeh)

64) Cosmodrom : launch site to space or or similar

Type in ssc location : "cosmodrom"
CELX flag 1.6.1 : no
CELX flag 1.7.0 : to come cosmodrom
Earth analogy : launch site to space (ex Baïkonour, Cap Canaveral, Kourou, …)
(added to untie from "observatory")

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all non-existent types in Celestia 1.6.1 were requested from the 1.7.0 design team.
In the future, we should hopefully have 64 types of locations.

the types in red do not exist yet in Celestia, nevertheless we can find them in Lut5 / renderlocsBox because the program substitutes the non existent types by existing types but not used on a particular planet. The module works perfectly but is very complicated to manage. The ssc files it uses are not compatible off Lut5 because the Type property "" is changed. And if someone wants to use it, he has to change it by Type "XX".

When the 64 types, above, will be integrated in Celestia 1.7.0, their management will be greatly simplified.

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Post #2by **Croc** » 14.11.2018, 08:47

Added 14.11.2018, 08:10: by gironde:

Reminder of the properties of a location file (.ssc):

Location "name site" "path"
{
LabelColor [R, G, B]
LongLat [long. Lat. alt. ]
Size x or Importance x
Type "type symbol"
}

name site and path:
the name of location and the path of the object in Solar System
ex. Location "Everest" "Sol/Earth"

Labelcolor :
R red component ( 0 to 1)
G green component ( 0 to 1)
B blue component ( 0 to 1)

LongLat :
-longitude East (0 to 360) or (0 to 180 and 0 to -180)
some objects in the base of the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature site are expressed in West coordinates 0-360. The editing parameters can be modified on the site or a calculation must be made to return them in East coordinates.
Be careful, some objects are in retrograde orbit.
-latitude North (0 to 90) and South ( 0 to -90)
-altitude : usually 0 (on the surface)
the name fits on the surface of the sphere that encompasses the mesh and may have defects for non-spherical objects like asteroids or spacecrafts. The name can appear in the space according to the orientation of the object.

Size or Importance
These 2 properties have the same effect. They represent the diameter of the place in km.
They are linked to the slider that filters the location based on their size. The slider is expressed as a percentage (1 to 100).
1 for the little ones, 100 for the bigger ones. In the location files for Lut5, Size was limited to 30km (forced) so that the smallest remain accessible by the cursor to 1.

Type :
This is the shortened name of the slot category. For example "AA" is the shortcut for 'crater'.

I do not know of any other properties that are compatible with the location files.

exemple :

Location "Abu Nuwas" "Sol/Mercury"
{
LabelColor [ 0.380 0.663 0.725 ]
LongLat [ 338.81 17.63 0 ]
Size 117
Type "AA"
}

:hi:

gironde · Post #3by **gironde** » 14.11.2018, 08:53

Thanks Croc, my last post was added after the previous one.

:hi:

gironde · Post #4by **gironde** » 17.11.2018, 08:16

The team for Celestia 1.7.0 validated the 64 possible types of locations:
https://github.com/CelestiaProject/Celestia/commi ... 07be40bb744a0f0ff8a1bc8fc114a6

They added 4 new types:
Capital = 0x0800000000000000
Cosmodrome = 0x1000000000000000
Trench = 0x2000000000000000, // Tectonical trench
Historical = 0x4000000000000000

I do not understand why choosing 'trench' for tectonical since 'fossa' already means trench. I think it would have been better to take the term 'Tectonic' (tectonic plate) and associate the locations 'trench' with 'fossa'.

Now, if we consider that the abyssal trenchs are due to subductions of tectonic plates, there was no need to create a type 'trench' since 'fossa' already existed and could be used for trenches and plates tectonic.
Another group of locations could have been created instead.

For example, Rings for the rings of the planets

:hi: