{"id":67831,"date":"2015-06-04T10:56:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T10:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/tour-the-star-wars-galaxy\/"},"modified":"2018-05-24T22:05:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T22:05:07","slug":"tour-the-star-wars-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/3d-gis\/3d-gis\/tour-the-star-wars-galaxy","title":{"rendered":"Tour the Star Wars Galaxy"},"author":4551,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23771,22941],"tags":[25781],"industry":[],"product":[36781],"class_list":["post-67831","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-gis","category-mapping","tag-3d","product-city-engine"],"acf":{"short_description":"A long time ago. . .\r\n\r\nOn May 25, 1977, the greatest movie ever made was released. On May 19, 1999, the adventure started all over again. ...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tiefighterplanets_sm1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-49901\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tiefighterplanets_sm1-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>A long time ago. . .<\/p>\n<p>On May 25, 1977, the <strong>greatest movie ever made<\/strong><em> <\/em>was released. On May 19, 1999, the adventure started all over again. On December 18, 2015, the journey continues. Naturally, I am talking about <strong>Star Wars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Have you ever wanted to tour the <strong>Star Wars<\/strong> galaxy? Or, have you ever wondered exactly where Tatooine was when Luke said, \u201cIf there\u2019s a bright center to the universe, you\u2019re on the planet that it\u2019s farthest from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If so, this is the map for you.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Star Wars Galaxy\" href=\"http:\/\/carto.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/CEWebViewer\/viewer.html?3dWebScene=e87eb53174ab4ba09026e90e1d7c6557\" target=\"_blank\">Welcome to a tour of the <strong>Star Wars<\/strong> galaxy<\/a>. (Best viewed in Google Chrome or any browser that supports WebGL. Recommend on a desktop machine.)<\/p>\n<p>To create this 3D visualization, this universe was sketched out in ArcMap and finalized using Esri CityEngine. With this map, you can tour the <strong>Star Wars<\/strong> galaxy in a three-dimensional space. The tour showcases the planets and moons of note that were mentioned or seen in the movies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Tatooine_sm2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49911\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Tatooine_sm2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The map is comprised of four elements: a grid, stars, regions, and planets\/moons.<\/p>\n<p>Grid<\/p>\n<p>The grid was added to give a chart-like feel to the map.<\/p>\n<p>Stars<\/p>\n<p>The stars are randomly placed points within the universe, with a greater height and density applied to those points closer to the center.<\/p>\n<p>Regions<\/p>\n<p>The regions in <strong>Star Wars<\/strong> have been fairly well established, so they roughly follow what has been described according to where both <strong>Star Wars<\/strong> canon and noncanonical sources show them (much of the information used in this map came from sites like Wookieepedia).<\/p>\n<p>Planets\/Moons<\/p>\n<p>Like the regions, the locations of the planets\/moons were approximated in accordance with many online <strong>Star Wars<\/strong> enthusiasts and source literature. The planet textures were created in Photoshop and\u00a0then applied to UV spheres in Blender before they were consumed in Esri CityEngine. Since the <strong>Star Wars<\/strong> galaxy varies with each new comic, game, or movie, the look of the planets were given arbitrary characteristics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Cato1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Cato1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There you have it. Are you ready for December 18?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Star Wars Galaxy\" href=\"http:\/\/carto.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/CEWebViewer\/viewer.html?3dWebScene=e87eb53174ab4ba09026e90e1d7c6557\" target=\"_blank\">Click here\u00a0to tour the map<\/a>. (Best viewed in Google Chrome or any browser that supports WebGL. 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