<div dir="ltr">Ok, so I added the Altitude vs. Time improvements as a junior job here:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Edu/KStars/JuniorJobs">https://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Edu/KStars/JuniorJobs</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>So prospective GSoC 2016 students, here is your chance to work on some KStars jobs at the meantime. I'll work more on refining the GSoC 2016 ideas.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Jasem</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Jasem Mutlaq <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mutlaqja@ikarustech.com" target="_blank">mutlaqja@ikarustech.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>That's certainly a good idea, but not big enough for GSoC! So I'll try to add it to KStars "Junior" jobs. I also use the Altitude vs. Time tool all the time, so I appreciate its importance on daily basis.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Jasem</div><div><br></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 12:19 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:julien@obs-besancon.fr" target="_blank">julien@obs-besancon.fr</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
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Just an idea I wish to suggest. The most useful thing to me in Kstars is the Altitude vs. Time tool (but maybe I am the only one in this situation). One thing that would improve a lot this tool is to enable some tuning of the plotting ranges.<br>
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For example, a possibility could be that a right clic on the time or altitude axis could open a menu where one could change the range.<br>
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Another possibility would be to directly interact with the curves, in a similar way as with gnuplot: a right clic in the plot starts a rectangle whose size is tuned by moving the mouse. When one releases the right button, the figure zooms to the region defined by the rectangle.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Quoting Jasem Mutlaq <<a href="mailto:mutlaqja@ikarustech.com" target="_blank">mutlaqja@ikarustech.com</a>>:<br>
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Hello folks,<br>
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So it's about time we start discussing ideas for KStars in Google Summer of<br>
Code 2016. Last year, we had two projects:<br>
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1. Constellation Art<br>
2. Ekos Scheduler<br>
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I'm glad that both projects are in master now, but not without problems.<br>
The constellation art is marked as "beta" because the rotation and scaling<br>
issues are NOT yet fixed, and I am too busy as it is to even ponder a fix,<br>
so I might make fixing it as a "junior job". I completely re-wrote Ekos<br>
scheduler since I wanted to support more complex automation, BUT the basic<br>
ideas and skeleton in GSoC 2015 was very helpful in shaping the scheduler,<br>
so no wasted effort here either.<br>
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For 2016, I have the following ideas:<br>
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1. KStars Tablet/Mobile version: Make a QML/QtQuick2 frontend for KStars<br>
with basic functions:<br>
1.1 Sky map: Pan, zoom...etc<br>
1.2 Search<br>
1.3 Color schemes<br>
1.4 Simulation time<br>
1.5 Projection Systems?<br>
1.6 FOV Symbols<br>
1.7 Location/Time from mobile/phone or by user<br>
1.8 ??<br>
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2. KStars on Windows/OSX: Still needs to research it, but we should aspire<br>
to support as many platforms as possible.<br>
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3. Qt3D backend: Develop a Qt3D backend in addition to the QtPainter<br>
backend. We already have OpenGL backend but it is disabled now, so it might<br>
serve as a starting point.<br>
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4. 3D Mount Modeler: Use Qt3D to model a telescope mount. Include wizard<br>
for user equipment such as OTA type, CCDs, filters, spacers, draw tubes,<br>
adaptive optics, mount, pier/tripod<br>
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5. Improve KStars<br>
5.1 Improve star catalog import procedure (text --> binary format)<br>
5.2 Support complete (or as much as possible) Henry Draper catalog.<br>
5.3 Simulate day/night transitions<br>
5.4 Light pollution filter (Maybe using Bortle scale?).<br>
5.5 Migrate What's Interesting Tonight to latest QML/QtQuick<br>
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These are just rough ideas and I welcome any new ideas and discussion!<br>
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Regards,<br>
Jasem<br>
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Jasem Mutlaq<br>
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