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[[Image:VoyagerAstroLabMilkyWay.jpg|thumb|A depiction of the [[Milky Way Galaxy]] as seen in the [[astrometrics]] lab aboard [[USS Voyager|''Voyager'']]]]
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[[File:VoyagerAstroLabMilkyWay.jpg|thumb|A depiction of the [[Milky Way Galaxy]] as seen in the [[astrometrics]] lab aboard {{USS|Voyager}}]]
:''If you are looking for information about the area that is used for stellar cartography, see [[stellar cartography department]]''
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:''If you are looking for information about the area of a ship that is used for stellar cartography, see [[stellar cartography department]]''.
'''Stellar cartography''' is the [[science]] and practice of making maps and projections of [[space]]. The [[United Federation of Planets]] and other starfaring [[cultures]] have various different systems to organize and catalogue space and objects in space.
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'''Stellar cartography''' was the [[science]] and practice of making maps and projections of [[space]]. The [[United Federation of Planets]] and other spacefaring [[cultures]] had various different systems to organize and catalog space and objects in space. One who specialized in this science was known as a [[stellar cartographer]].
   
 
==United Federation of Planets, ''et al.''==
In [[2370]], [[Alsia]], an [[alien]] patron of [[Quark's]], told [[Martus Mazur]] that her father had been a stellar cartographer. Alsia's father had conducted a full spectrum mineralogical analysis of the [[Vlugta asteroid belt]] in [[2350]], although he didn't have the resources available to produce a profit from his research. Alsia told the [[El Aurian]] that she planned to finish her father's work. ([[DS9]]: "[[Rivals]]")
 
 
The most widely used cartographic system was based on older [[Earth]] and [[Vulcan]] systems, and perhaps ones even older than those. It divided the [[Milky Way Galaxy|galaxy]] into [[quadrant]]s, [[sector]]s, and [[star system|systems]], and used [[coordinates]] to describe specific points in space.
 
 
==United Federation of Planets et al.==
 
The most widely used cartography system is based on older [[Earth]] and [[Vulcan]] systems, and perhaps even older. It divides the [[Milky Way Galaxy|galaxy]] into '''[[quadrant]]s''' and '''[[sectors]]''', and also uses '''coordinates''' to describe specific points in space.
 
 
===Quadrants===
 
The galaxy is divided into four equally sized, cubic '''quadrants''', defined by one meridian passing through the [[galactic core]] and the [[Sol System]] and a second one perpendicular to the first, that also passes through the galactic core.
 
*[[Alpha Quadrant]]
 
*[[Beta Quadrant]]
 
*[[Gamma Quadrant]]
 
*[[Delta Quadrant]]
 
 
The [[United Federation of Planets]] and its neighboring powers are located in the ''Alpha'' and ''Beta'' Quadrants.
 
 
Some smaller sections of the galaxy are historically referred to as a '''quadrant''' as well. Examples of these smaller quadrants are:
 
* [[Quadrant 448]]
 
* [[Quadrant 904]]
 
* [[Morgana Quadrant]]
 
 
===Sectors===
 
[[Image:Sector 22757.jpg|thumb|A sector map]]
 
A '''sector''' is a much smaller volume of space. Sectors typically contain several [[stars]]. Most sectors are numbered, and some have been named after an important star system in that sector.
 
 
* [[:Category:Sectors|List of sectors]]
 
 
:''According to the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual]]'' and the ''[[Star Trek Star Charts]]'', a sector is about 20x20x20 [[light year]]s in size (it depends on how close it is to the Galactic Core). This, however, is not entirely consistent with all on screen data.''
 
   
 
==Borg Collective==
 
==Borg Collective==
The [[Borg Collective]] implements a strictly numerical system to designate regions of space.
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The [[Borg Collective]] implemented a strictly numerical system to designate regions of space.
 
The largest known [[Borg]] spatial subdivision is the '''matrix'''. A matrix is subdivided into '''grids'''. One grid can be further divided into several '''octants''', which are numbered and sometimes given an alphabetical suffix (such as [[Grid 124, Octant 22-theta|octant 22-theta]]). Specific objects like [[galactic cluster]]s are also numbered by the Borg.
 
   
 
The largest known [[Borg]] spatial subdivision was the '''matrix'''. A matrix was subdivided into '''grids'''. One grid could be further divided into several '''octants''', which were numbered and sometimes given an alphabetical suffix (such as [[Grid 124, Octant 22-theta|octant 22-theta]]). Specific objects like [[galactic cluster]]s were also numbered by the Borg.
:''It is possible that the term '''unimatrix''' is a spatial subdivision that is even larger than a matrix''
 
   
* [[Borg spatial designations]]
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* '''See''': [[Borg spatial designations]]
   
==Stellar Charts==
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==Stellar charts==
 
===General===
 
===General===
*[[:Category:Clusters|List of clusters]] ''(category)''
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*[[:Category:Clusters|List of clusters]] (category)
*[[:Category:Planets|List of planets]] ''(category)''
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*[[:Category:Planets|List of planets]] (category)
*[[:Category:Nebulae|List of nebulae]] ''(category)''
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*[[:Category:Nebulae|List of nebulae]] (category)
 
*[[Inhabited planets]]
 
*[[Inhabited planets]]
 
*[[Uninhabited planets]]
 
*[[Uninhabited planets]]
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===Romulan space===
 
===Romulan space===
 
*[[Romulan planets]]
 
*[[Romulan planets]]
*[[Romulan Neutral Zone]]
 
   
 
===Cardassian space===
 
===Cardassian space===
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===Various locations===
 
===Various locations===
 
*[[Romulan Neutral Zone]]
*[[Planets in the Delphic Expanse]]
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*[[Delphic Expanse planets]]
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[[Category:Academic disciplines]]
 
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[[Category:Starfleet Academy courses]]
 
[[Category:Cartography]]
 
[[Category:Cartography]]
   
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[[es:Cartografía estelar]]
 
[[fr:Cartographie stellaire]]
 
[[fr:Cartographie stellaire]]
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Revision as of 17:52, 1 April 2015

File:VoyagerAstroLabMilkyWay.jpg

A depiction of the Milky Way Galaxy as seen in the astrometrics lab aboard USS Voyager

If you are looking for information about the area of a ship that is used for stellar cartography, see stellar cartography department.

Stellar cartography was the science and practice of making maps and projections of space. The United Federation of Planets and other spacefaring cultures had various different systems to organize and catalog space and objects in space. One who specialized in this science was known as a stellar cartographer.

United Federation of Planets, et al.

The most widely used cartographic system was based on older Earth and Vulcan systems, and perhaps ones even older than those. It divided the galaxy into quadrants, sectors, and systems, and used coordinates to describe specific points in space.

Borg Collective

The Borg Collective implemented a strictly numerical system to designate regions of space.

The largest known Borg spatial subdivision was the matrix. A matrix was subdivided into grids. One grid could be further divided into several octants, which were numbered and sometimes given an alphabetical suffix (such as octant 22-theta). Specific objects like galactic clusters were also numbered by the Borg.

Stellar charts

General

Federation space

Klingon space

Romulan space

Cardassian space

Dominion space

Various locations