UWP/UPP decoder

[IanBruntlett]

Hi

For the life of me, I cannot remember the meanings of all the components of a UWP/UPP codes.

So, today, I wrote a small (just over 300 lines long) C program, create-datasheet, written in what I think is portable standard C. I run it on a Linux (x86_64) system but it should compile and run OK on other systems and architectures.

It takes input files like this (abbreviated)..
Name,Location,Statistics,Trade Codes
567-908,1031,E532000-0,Ba Po
Asteltine,931,B7A7402-A,Fl Ni
Avastan,1037,C433520-A,Ni Po


And generates output such as this:-

Name: 567-908, Location: 1031 UWP: E532000-0 Trade Codes : Ba Po

StarPort : E. Frontier. No facilities.
Size: 8000km
Atmosphere: Very Thin
Hydrographic: 16%-25% A few small seas
Population: None
Government: None
Law-Level: No weapon or armour restrictions
Tech-Level: 0 - Primitive - Stone Age

Name: Asteltine, Location: 931 UWP: B7A7402-A Trade Codes : Fl Ni

StarPort : B. Good. Shipyard (spacecraft). Repair. Refined fuel
Size: 11200km
Atmosphere: Exotic
Hydrographic: 66%-75% Earth-like world
Population: Tens of Thousands
Government: None
Law-Level: Banned: Portable energy and laser weapons and Combat armour
Tech-Level: A - Early Stellar - Nearby systems reachable. Orbital habitats and factories common. Colonies viable. Economic boom

Name: Avastan, Location: 1037 UWP: C433520-A Trade Codes : Ni Po

StarPort : C. Routine. Shipyard (smallcraft). Repair. Unrefined fuel
Size: 6400km
Atmosphere: Very Thin
Hydrographic: 26%-35% Small seas and oceans
Population: Hundreds of Thousands
Government: Participating Democracy
Law-Level: No weapon or armour restrictions
Tech-Level: A - Early Stellar - Nearby systems reachable. Orbital habitats and factories common. Colonies viable. Economic boom


I'd like to point out that the program, while it works, I haven't proofread it fully (yet). That will happen over the coming days.

I took the data from Behind the Claw - in particular, District 268.

Basically, I intend to use it to take a subsector's worth of UWP/UPP codes and produce a simple document of the worlds within it - with the intent to expanding the document with material written by myself (I hope).

I was wondering... has anyone else done this already?

TIA,


Ian

 

[Bill Sheil]

Travellermap does this, allowing the raw UWP format data to be displayed in expanded world description boxes.

As well as dispaying the "Official" traveller universe data you can also define and view you own sectors: https://travellermap.com/doc/custom.

 

[CordwainerFish]

I still haven't gotten around to adding this to my generate-a-subsector system... but as a goof I did write code to print an ASCII subsector map. When run on a terminal set to green text on black background, it is delightfully Eighties.