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# EDDN - Elite Dangerous Data Network
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## About EDDN
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Elite Dangerous Data Network is a tool that facilitates players of the game
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[Elite Dangerous](https://www.elitedangerous.com/), including its
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expansions, sharing data about the game galaxy with others.
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By pooling data in a common format, tools and analyses can be produced that add
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an even greater depth and vibrancy to the in-game universe.
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EDDN is not run by or affiliated with the developer of the game - [Frontier
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Developments](http://www.frontier.co.uk/).
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The live EDDN service itself does not store any data, and thus makes no
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archive or "current state" available to anyone. What it provides is a
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stream of live data to any interested parties. Some of those then make
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aggregated data available for general use.
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## Using EDDN
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### Game players
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It might be useful to consult the [EDCD Cmdr's Guide](https://edcd.github.io/cmdrs-guide.html)
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for a general overview of how players can contribute and use game data.
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#### Contributing data
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There are a variety of tools available to players in order for them to help
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out by contributing data, and to then utilise that data to enhance their
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gameplay experience.
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For the most part any player who wishes to share data
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will need to be playing the game on a PC, as that gives direct access to
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"Journal" files written by the game client. These are the best source of
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game data.
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There are, however, some tools that utilise an API provided by the game
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developer that can supply some data if you are playing on a console.
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So, on PC, look into installing one of the following tools:
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- [E:D Market Connector](https://github.com/EDCD/EDMarketConnector/wiki)
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- [EDDI](https://github.com/EDCD/EDDI)
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- [EDDiscovery](https://github.com/EDDiscovery/EDDiscovery)
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- [Elite Log Agent](https://github.com/DarkWanderer/Elite-Log-Agent)
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This list is not exhaustive, or intended to particular endorse any of these
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projects over another, listed here or not.
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If you are playing on console some options are:
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- The 'console updater', available in a user's 'dashboard' on
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[EDSM](https://www.edsm.net).
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- [Journal Limpet](https://journal-limpet.com/).
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#### Utilising data
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If you're looking for tools that utilise EDDN data to enhance your experience
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then you're probably looking for one of the sites listed below. NB: These are
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listed in name-alphabetical order and no particular ranking or endorsement is
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intended.
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- [EDDB](https://eddb.io/) - a website which tries to act as a database of all
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the data available in the game. In general EDDB tries to help finding
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stuff which players are looking for.
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- [EDSM](https://www.edsm.net/) - originally focused on being a 'Star Map',
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but has since expanded its functionality. Of particular interest to
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in-game explorers.
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- [Inara](https://inara.cz/) - a popular alternative to EDDB, with a lot of
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its own unique functionality.
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- [Spansh](https://www.spansh.co.uk/plotter) - originally this had one tool,
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a 'Neutron Star' route plotter, but has since expanded into offering many
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other route plotting tools and general data searching.
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There are many other third-party tools for Elite Dangerous, both for
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contributing data and utilising it, listed on
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[Elite: Dangerous Codex](https://edcodex.info/). Some of them
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interact with EDDN - check the [EDDN tag](https://edcodex.info/?m=tools&cat=9).
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### Developers
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If you are a developer of a third-party tool that could be enhanced by
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uploading data to EDDN then please consult
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[the live branch documentation](https://github.com/EDCD/EDDN/blob/live/schemas/README-EDDN-schemas.md)
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**DO NOT** assume that any code or documentation in the `master` (or
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any other) branch on GitHub truly reflects the current live service!
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Anyone planning to send data too EDDN **MUST** comply with all the advice in
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that document, and the individual schema README files as applicable. It's
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also the best resource for those listening to the EDDN data stream.
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## Misc
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### Service Status
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Consult [EDDN Status](https://eddn.edcd.io/) for some information about,
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and statistics for, the live service.
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### Hosting of the live service
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Hosting is currently provided by the
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[Elite: Dangerous Community Developers](https://edcd.github.io/).
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### Contacting the EDDN team
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* [EDCD Discord](https://discord.gg/XBsdCq9) - **Use the `#eddn` channel**.
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* [E:D forum thread](https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-data-network-eddn.585701/#post-9400060)
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