The idea
In 2016 I was reading the latest book in the Horus Heresy series, struggling to work out where each group was in the galaxy. From this I had an idea to create a map that would show the passage of time and the movements of these groups.
I envisioned a timeline at the bottom of my computer screen that as you scrolled along it, events popped up with arrows that indicated movement of particular characters or groups across the galaxy to new events. Each planet, character or group was represented by a dot and hovering over these dots would give information on that location or person at that particular moment in time.
Since then the map has evolved and six years later, although it has deviated from my original idea, it is complete.
How it was made
The blog posts below describe the progress of the project.
- Final version of the 40k mapThere’s a new version of the 40k map up. This version includes changes to the interface, and a few more… Read more: Final version of the 40k map
- Over 6500 locationsI’ve just uploaded a new version of the 40k map with around 800 more locations, taking the total to over… Read more: Over 6500 locations
- Small Map UpdateI’ve just published a small change to the Warhammer map project. Performance These changes should hopefully improve its performance slightly.… Read more: Small Map Update
- Warhammer Map Update – TimelineI’ve updated my Warhammer 40k map to finally fulfil the purpose I created it for: to display a timeline of… Read more: Warhammer Map Update – Timeline
- Small Map UpdateI’ve just published two small changes to my interactive map project. The changes came from an email I received from… Read more: Small Map Update
- Warhammer 40K Map UpdateA large amount of time has passed since my last update, but I have an update to my interactive Warhammer… Read more: Warhammer 40K Map Update
- Warhammer 40K Map ProgressAfter a long period with little change, over this past week I’ve made much more progress on the design and… Read more: Warhammer 40K Map Progress
- Tiny map updateIt’s been a while since I posted any progress with my interactive map. I’ve been adjusting it every now and… Read more: Tiny map update
- Warhammer 40,000 Map using LeafletFor the past two weeks or so I’ve been working on a new version of my interactive Warhammer 40,000 map.… Read more: Warhammer 40,000 Map using Leaflet
- Interactive Map Project – A Working Stage 1 PrototypeWell, I have no idea what I was doing half of the time, but I have a working prototype of… Read more: Interactive Map Project – A Working Stage 1 Prototype
- Interactive Map Project – Planet ListSo, from last week I’ve managed to do naff all coding other than minor tweaks to what I already have.… Read more: Interactive Map Project – Planet List
- Interactive Map Project – ExperimentsSo I started Googling for interactive maps and how to code them today. I think within about 4 links I’d… Read more: Interactive Map Project – Experiments
- Interactive Map Project – IdeaIn one of my frequent failing to sleep moments the other night, I revisited an idea I’d had a while… Read more: Interactive Map Project – Idea
Previous Incarnations
To see the progress I’ve made over the years and how the map has changed, please review the version 1, version 2, version 2.1, version 3, version 4, version 5, version 5.1, version 5.2 and version 6 directories.
The search is broken. It won’t find Calixis sector. I did a screen recording of the Calixis sector being selected, and yet the search won’t find it. https://youtu.be/bgdZblZyoeE