ISA MapSat

ISA MapSat (Innsewerants Space Agency) is a open source built add-on for Kerbal Space Program. It is an extremely informative add-on, giving you mapping capabilities of the planets and moon, showing you your current position, including an informative Kerbalpedia (with information on all the planetary bodies) and showing points of interest.

Parts

ISA MapSat contains one part, a satellite dish with which you have access to the map data.

The ISA MapSat dish cost 750, has minimal weight (0.1) and no drag so it wont effect the abilities of your spacecraft significantly.

How to install

Download the zip file here[1].

Continue by unzipping the file. You will see three files: Parts, Plugin, PluginData; and a Read Me file.

Open a second screen and go to your KSP file. Copy the contents of the ISA MapSat files into the KSP files of the same name (e.g. ISA Parts contents -> KSP Parts File, etc.).

Start KSP, build a rocket, slap a ISA dish onto it and light your roman candle.

Mapping Tips

If you are planning to map a planet/moon, follow these tips.

- While taking of, what until you get into the end of the stratosphere (the second layer) and then start making your turn north (or south, but north is easier to see on the navball). try to put the dot right next to the North/South line, this should give you enough distance to be 15° of at the north and south pole (see next tip for reason).

- Fly polar, but not too polar. Try to aim 15° left or right of polar. This way you can cover as much ground in as little of time. Your polar resolution (how much you see the poles on your map) will be low, but by continually passing but it will get better.

- Aim for a height between 300,000 and 350,000 meters. This gives you the greatest range for the best resolution so you can complete your mapping in a timely fashion.

- Keep your screen open. If you go to another spacecraft, it will stop mapping.

- ccelerate to 4x speed. You don't want to wait that long, it can take a few Kerbal Days to finish the mapping of a planet. But don't be zealous and speed up 5x. Your mapping will automatically stop then.