Reddit reviews Star Trek: Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library Maps from the Star Trek Universe

Nope, we just both pulled from the same sources.

Namely:

https://smile.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Charts-Complete-Atlas/dp/0743437705?sa-no-redirect=1

And

https://smile.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Cartography-Starfleet-Reference/dp/0760363811/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527580161&sr=1-1&keywords=Stellar+Cartography&dpID=51dos%252BtBNOL&preST=_SX218_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch

(Which is also based on Star Charts)

Should be noted that while there are some canonical issues with what has been said the Star Charts have been used as a reference for Discovery.

So who knows but I've often wondered about this as well. I recently posted about how Unification 1&2 makes no sense when you consider the star charts. Even without them it's problematic because Vulcan is a core planet 16 light years from Earth.

The problem is writers weren't driven by stellar cartography, rather just trying to write provocative stories. DS9 being at the crossroads of all those powers worked better from a story standpoint, especially when the Dominion War started heating up.

Edit - By the way, the updated star charts are being released next month, so well see if they address some issues.

https://trekcore.com/blog/2018/08/updated-star-trek-stellar-cartography-maps-coming-to-print-in-october/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0760363811

One of the Star Trek Online game artists recently commented on Star Trek Discovery's map which had similar sectors and names as the STO map.

he confirmed they used the same sources to design their maps.

https://www.reddit.com/r/sto/comments/8mx7p4/discovery_star_maps_pulling_from_sto/dzr4d7h/
> Nope, we just both pulled from the same sources.
>
> Namely:
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> https://smile.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Charts-Complete-Atlas/dp/0743437705?sa-no-redirect=1
>
> And
>
> https://smile.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Cartography-Starfleet-Reference/dp/0760363811/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527580161&sr=1-1&keywords=Stellar+Cartography&dpID=51dos%252BtBNOL&preST=_SX218_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch
>
> (Which is also based on Star Charts)

so really, the discovery and star trek online maps are the closest to canon as we have I think.

Dr. Trek, Larr Nemecek has a book that came out last year that may help https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Cartography-Starfleet-Reference/dp/0760363811/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=stellar+cartography&qid=1563603792&s=gateway&sprefix=steallar+ca&sr=8-1