Mapping in 10 dimensions.

[su_liam]

In math, what we do here are called charts. A map is a more generalized function.

Actually, a lot of cartography is done in more than three dimensions. Say, for example: latitude, longitude, altitude(), population density, mean temperature, annual precipitation, landuse, vegetation, slope, median income. I don't know exactly what that map would be for, but I have used all of those values in a map at some point. That's ten dimensions, right there.

My favorite method for 3-d starmapping was the one I first saw in Space Opera, x and y coordinates are shown by the position on the flat map surface with z denoted by a number superscripted to the point representing the star. This works well for discrete positions like stars, not as well for places on a continuous surface like the ground. Conversely, while I like the contour starmap idea as a novelty, I don't think it applies well. The space between stars is empty and doesn't logically have an elevation.