[Kstars-devel] Fwd: [kde-edu]: GSoC ideas

[Prakash Mohan]

Hey,

Pardon me for the delayed response, I was very busy with my exams.

Now, there are a lot of changes in the idea proposed for the community
integration project. This is what me and Akarsh have come up with.

Project Community Integration:

Brief explanation: This feature is expected to be of use to amateur
(hobby) astronomers. The idea is that there are aspects of amateur
astronomy which are collaborative. For instance, one might want to
view observations by other amateur astronomers around the world before
making an observation of an object. Again, one would like to share
their own observations with everyone else. There are more
possibilities, and the student is encouraged to come up with them.

1) KStars produces observation logs in an XML format that is expected
to adhere to the OAL 2.0 schema. The project will involve extending
the existing implementation of the OAL 2.x schema and ensuring that it
is fully compatible with the schema.

2) A very user friendly GUI has to be implemented for viewing imported
logs [ And a good SQL backend for accessing the information from them
efficiently ]

3) Ability to handle objects in the logs which are not there in the
current KStars database.

4) Retrieval of logs from the internet (and other sources) on a filter
based query. [ Filter could be anything like, Object name or location
or observer name ]

Comments/suggestions are welcome.

Regards,
Prakash Mohan
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Prakash Mohan
Undergraduate Student
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras