Obligatory - I don't know if this has been suggested before (At least I haven't found anything directly related to my idea). Mare Tranquilitatis Oceanus Procellarum Fra Mauro Hadley Rille Descartes Highlands Taurus Littrow .... most space enthusiasts know what those names represent and probably have some emotional response to them. At the very least they're much more recognizable than, say the coordinates of the manned moon landings or vague descriptions of the landing locations. I'd like to suggest that we also start naming certain geological formations on celestial bodies in the Kerbol System. Not only because it would make identifying and relating landing locations much easier, but also to help flesh out the landscapes with some life and backstory. I'm not sure if the current state of planetary/munar topography in KSP would allow to identify distinct gelogical formations like Craters, Highlands, Marinas, Mountains, Rilles, Valleys and so on, so it would be nice if someone with a background in geology/geography/cartography could weigh in on that. Squad could act as the head of the Commission for Planetary Cartography and use the forum as tool to collect naming proposals for a geological formation of the week and put it up for a vote. The naming could be used to honor distinguished KSP community members (think Manley Crater, Ferram Rille etc...), but also more Kerbal like vocabulary like Snackus Mons could be used. The idea is that finally we would have some sort of map that could be used ingame which would allow for mission/contract description like this: "Fly to the Mun, land at northeastern quadrant of Manley Crater and conduct impact seismology experiments" What do you think ? I know there have already been countless suggestions to name things in KSP and they all ended with a lot of proposals starting with the letter K, but I really believe having relateable locations that have real names might help with immersion. http://www.infohow.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Moon-World-Map.jpg TL;DR - I think we should start naming mountains and valleys on planets and moons. EDIT for real moon map
Obligatory - I don't know if this has been suggested before (At least I haven't found anything directly related to my idea). Mare Tranquilitatis Oceanus Procellarum Fra Mauro Hadley Rille Descartes Highlands Taurus Littrow .... most space enthusiasts know what those names represent and probably have some emotional response to them. At the very least they're much more recognizable than, say the coordinates of the manned moon landings or vague descriptions of the landing locations. I'd like to suggest that we also start naming certain geological formations on celestial bodies in the Kerbol System. Not only because it would make identifying and relating landing locations much easier, but also to help flesh out the landscapes with some life and backstory. I'm not sure if the current state of planetary/munar topography in KSP would allow to identify distinct gelogical formations like Craters, Highlands, Marinas, Mountains, Rilles, Valleys and so on, so it would be nice if someone with a background in geology/geography/cartography could weigh in on that. Squad could act as the head of the Commission for Planetary Cartography and use the forum as tool to collect naming proposals for a geological formation of the week and put it up for a vote. The naming could be used to honor distinguished KSP community members (think Manley Crater, Ferram Rille etc...), but also more Kerbal like vocabulary like Snackus Mons could be used. The idea is that finally we would have some sort of map that could be used ingame which would allow for mission/contract description like this: "Fly to the Mun, land at northeastern quadrant of Manley Crater and conduct impact seismology experiments" What do you think ? I know there have already been countless suggestions to name things in KSP and they all ended with a lot of proposals starting with the letter K, but I really believe having relateable locations that have real names might help with immersion. http://www.infohow.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Moon-World-Map.jpg TL;DR - I think we should start naming mountains and valleys on planets and moons. EDIT for real moon map