töff needs another project like a pig needs-- Jack Vance's "Ports Of Call" & "Lurulu"

[Steel General]

Does it matter where on the planet the dot is?

If not, just spread them out in an appropriate gometrical pattern.

[töff]

Does it matter where on the planet the dot is?

I am not planning to go into that level of detail, mapping routes from site to site on a planet. I suppose I could, but I have not envisioned the overall style of the map that way. It'd be cool, though, dammit. But no. I cannot afford the time to go into that level of detail. Furthermore, at least one planet as has sites on opposite sides of the globe, and that would require a way to show planet backsides. I just can't go that far.

If not, just spread them out in an appropriate gometrical pattern.

Yeh, that was the idea. But I still have a lot of elements based around each planet: its name, its star (also with a name), its sites (1-5) (also with names), and the route lines in & out. I think the route lines, though, can go underneath, so the site names overlap. The routes will be visible, and color-coded, between planets, so some overlap at the planets themselves will not obscure meaningful data.