List of places and biomes in KSP (planetary geology & geography) - UPDATING FOR v1.0.x.

[AllenM3]

I've landed a probe on Moho. Its near orbit starts at exactly 80 km, not 50.

I'm going to take a pause with this fast probe exploration because I'd like to start sending Kerbals to Mün, so if anyone is going to Dres and beyond, please take notes.

Ill check out Dres tonight.

I like these kind of goals

[Aragosnat]

Sorry. Them greens are hard to tell apart. For those of you that can see better in gray scale or in the color of Kerbin.. Here is this with a nice starting postion for the tundra biosphere:

[boomerdog2000]

Jool near/ high space boundary is 4000 km.

Pol near/ high space boundary is 21 km.

Vall near/ high space boundary is near 80 km.

Edited October 24, 2013 by boomerdog2000

[liweih]

Yesterday I sent a probe to the deep space (escaping the Kerbol system). I was hoping it to find another gold mine of science but the result said no.

[Defektro]

Upper value for space near Duna is 140km

[OrtwinS]

Well guys, I delved into the KSP API and managed to write a little partmodule which extracts all available biome maps. So far it's only Kerbin and the Mun. I might take another look at it tomorrow and read out the color->description data. But here's what I got so far:

EDIT: Had some extra time and added the info to the pics:

Enjoy

CHACHING!!!!!

At least that settles the biome surface places issue.

Now I need a plugin that shows me this ingame, with an indicator of where I am...

[Mokmo]

Ok i'm not sure this has been answered:

Duna, what are its height levels ?

[boomerdog2000]

On the front page of the thread there are height values or at least fairly good estimates.

[Mokmo]

First post was seeking clarifications, that's why i asked.

But another question: Space near Gilly (6km) is right under most of the high points of the asteroid, are there any others like this ?

[boomerdog2000]

Ah ok sorry. Not that I've seen but I think my Gilly in map view and my actually Gilly were pretty messed up. It showed me a few hundred meters or so off the surface in map view, when I was landed on the ground in normal view. It may just be since Gilly is so small. most of the others seem to have reasonable values.

[immelman]

Information for Jool:

Heights for Jool

-flight 2793m - 107700m

-upper atmosphere None! or that I could find

-space near Jool (107700 - 4000 km)

-space high above Jool (4000 km - SOI limit)

Obligatory "Oh my God it's full of stars quote"

[Eric S]

-upper atmosphere None! or that I could find

I've noticed that upper atmosphere is fidgity on all planets. On kerbin, for example, I've found upper atmosphere as high as 68 km, but near space as low as 32 km.

I've never missed upper atmosphere on Jool, but you need to come in almost circularly, otherwise you're "flying" before you know it. I've hit upper atmosphere on Jool as high as 135 km, but only when I came in very slowly and gently and aerobraked into an almost circular orbit at that height.

[deadshot462]

All these biomes should show up on the "info" tab in Map view when you find them, so you can keep track of which areas are left to explore.

[lajoswinkler]

Information for Jool:

Heights for Jool

-flight 2793m - 107700m

-upper atmosphere None! or that I could find

-space near Jool (107700 - 4000 km)

-space high above Jool (4000 km - SOI limit)

Obligatory "Oh my God it's full of stars quote"

http://i.imgur.com/pOa2Br0.png

Are you sure about these figures? Flight at 107700 m? Lower limit of space near Jool higher than the upper limit? That can't be right.

I've noticed that upper atmosphere is fidgity on all planets. On kerbin, for example, I've found upper atmosphere as high as 68 km, but near space as low as 32 km.

I've never missed upper atmosphere on Jool, but you need to come in almost circularly, otherwise you're "flying" before you know it. I've hit upper atmosphere on Jool as high as 135 km, but only when I came in very slowly and gently and aerobraked into an almost circular orbit at that height.

When I sent a probe to Duna, I came in a very shallow trajectory and made at least half the circumference of the planet before serious drag occured. Still, no upper atmosphere. It's buggy.

[immelman]

Are you sure about these figures? Flight at 107700 m? Lower limit of space near Jool higher than the upper limit? That can't be right.

When I sent a probe to Duna, I came in a very shallow trajectory and made at least half the circumference of the planet before serious drag occured. Still, no upper atmosphere. It's buggy.

It does vary, I have retried a descent from 148k circular orbit to 128k periapse:

Revised for Jool:

Heights for Jool

-flight 250 m - 119500 m

-upper atmosphere 119500 m - 137300 m

-space near Jool 137300 m - 4000 km

-space high above Jool 4000 km - SOI limit

[Mokmo]

Upper atmosphere is so short, no wonder I missed it on my way down...

Edit: seems I couldn't do a gravity scan while at flying level over Jool.

Edited October 26, 2013 by Mokmo

[boomerdog2000]

Laythe near/high space boundary seems to be 200 km.

[Morden96]

Just verified: Space near BOP goes up to 25km.....

[Aragosnat]

Found Tundra right very close to KSC:

Yes. I need to re-rover back over there. But, still was shocked to see it. Was expecting Grass lands. Also found an intresting glitch. Just near the waters edge after the runway. I got I was in water but you can clearly see I was not: http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/1045126531502477803/B51919585DAB79E11D0B24A7B6C598E11C05362D/

[RedKosmos]

Does anyone have a screenshot of Mun's polar lowlands? I can't seem to land there......everytime I try I end up on the poles

[boomerdog2000]

Found Tundra right very close to KSC:

Yes. I need to re-rover back over there. But, still was shocked to see it. Was expecting Grass lands. Also found an intresting glitch. Just near the waters edge after the runway. I got I was in water but you can clearly see I was not:

I think there are a few glitches in the biome system in a few areas. I got an EVA report from above the Mun's poles when I was above the equator with almost zero degrees inclination.

[Smidge204]

Filled these in:

UPDATE

DUNA

* Flying (0-12k)

* Upper Atmosphere (12k-42k)

* Space near Duna (42k-140k)

* Space high above Duna (140k-SOI)

Right now the Ice caps don't register as a separate biome. I'm busy the rest of the weekend, so someone else should update for Eve, Jool and moons.

Skipping through the thread I didn't find anyone else commenting on this, so I'll throw my own observations in:

Slowly spiraling in to Duna, I was forced into physical time warp at ~41,500m, however my instrumentation (thermometer, barometer) would not function until I got down around 31,000 or so. My persistence file has the following log in it:

		Science
		{
			id = temperatureScan@DunaFlyingHigh
			title = Temperature Scan from Duna's upper atmosphere
			dsc = 1
			scv = 0.01977059
			sbv = 5
			sci = 49.01147
			cap = 50
		}

I don't know what all those variables mean but unfortunately there's no apparent altitude included But at least "Upper Atmosphere" starts somewhere between 41,500 and ~30,000 meters!

=Smidge=

[Cydonian Monk]

Aside from (obviously) being on the Mun biome map, does anyone know what qualifies a crater as a Midlands, etc crater? Does it have to be one of the pre-.21 craters? Or are some of the procedurally-generated craters counted, too? I dropped Jeb a kilometer down into a crater on the Midlands, expecting to get a bit more science, and was dissapointed that it wasn't cratered enough.

Found Tundra right very close to KSC....

I found that too, just didn't get as nice of a screenshot. Unless equatorial Kerbin is home to some freakishly cold weather (thanks no doubt to the insane density of the planet), then I think one if the Devs forgot to pull out their test biomes.

[johnsonwax]

does anyone know what qualifies a crater as a Midlands, etc crater? Does it have to be one of the pre-.21 craters?

It seems that way to me.

[Vector]

heights for Jool

-flight (250 m - 119.5 km)

-upper atmosphere (119.5 km - 137.3 km)

-space near Jool (137.3 km - 4000 km)

-space high above Jool (4000 km - SOI limit)

137.3 is not low enough to sample the upper atmosphere of Jool. I don't know what the height is, but I could not sample the atmosphere during an aerobraking maneuver that was at approx 130km, it was telling me "near Jool" instead.

Needs verification.

Also, I confirmed Morden96's measurement, 25km is low enough to be near Bop.

Edited October 27, 2013 by Vector