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Jun 10, 2015 at 19:17	comment	added	Pharap		It changes size because I accidentally messed up the scale when creating them. They're actually orphographic renders of a 3D scene because I trust a 3D renderer to product more realistic representations than I could manage The second image was accidentally taken with persective projection I think. The problem with the Battleship idea is that the boats are aligned to a grid. Real planets aren't grid-aligned.
Jun 10, 2015 at 17:27	comment	added	Tristan Klassen		It does point out how hard it is to read - I struggle to visualize it. I'm not saying your map is bad, just that two maps are hard to read at once unless they're oriented like Battleship. I notice the blue star changes in size. Is this intentional, to reflect that it's closer to the viewer in the XZ map? I wasn't thinking of incorporating such perspective.
Jun 9, 2015 at 15:53	comment	added	Pharap		I just realised somebody else had already given this answer. I should probably delete mine for being a duplicate. Before I do though, would you like to use the image from my answer as it helps to illustrate what you described (using the exacte same Axes ironically).
Jun 8, 2015 at 20:30	history	answered	Tristan Klassen	CC BY-SA 3.0