[Kstars-devel] Some TODO items on my list

[Rafal Kulaga]

Hi Akarsh,

A few of the mentioned TODOs are also in my queue, so here are my
comments/thoughts on them:

> 1. KStars standalone Windows installer -- use the NullSoft scriptable...

Indeed, providing an standalone installer for Windows might be a good
idea. But on the other hand, shouldn't we rather try to make sure that
the version of KStars in KDE for Windows Installer is always good and
stable? Also, creating our own installer will burden us with making
sure it's always up-to-date. We'll also need to provide binary
versions of required libraries.

> 3. Image Overlay on Sky Map -- there are a number of sources for
> 4. Use astrobin for searches in preference to Google -- KStars

Images from astrobin have different licenses, so we'll need to make
sure we only use 'correct' ones. BTW, how it's now with data from
Google?

> 5. Integrate ClearDarkSky.com's observing sites. Possibly add the ability to bring in the clear sky charts into KStars.

I've also though about adding those charts to KStars and (optionally)
for the printouts as they might be handy.

> 7. Texture map a real Milky Way photograph on the sky in OpenGL mode

Do you already have appropriate photograph?

Cheers,
Rafal



2012/5/28 Akarsh Simha <akarshsimha at gmail.com>:
> Hi
>
> I'm just jotting down some things I've been wanting to do, and putting
> it on the list to get everyone's opinions and so that there is a
> record of it.
>
> 1. KStars standalone Windows installer -- use the NullSoft scriptable
>   install system to create a standalone installer for KStars on
>   Windows.
>
> 2. Polish and Fix the "Execute" feature -- the Execute feature is used
>   to execute an observing session by going through each object in
>   succession. It has the ability to slew your telescope as well.
>
> 3. Image Overlay on Sky Map -- there are a number of sources for
>   plate-solved images, which can be overlayed on the map. Firstly,
>   there's DSS and SDSS. There's also astrobin.com whose API is now
>   public.
>
> 4. Use astrobin for searches in preference to Google -- KStars
>   google-searches for images at a lot of places. Astrobin is a
>   dedicated "pastebin" for astronomy and has garnered some very good
>   images. They have an API that we can use to search and return
>   results.
>
> 5. Integrate ClearDarkSky.com's observing sites. Possibly add the
>   ability to bring in the clear sky charts into KStars. [I've
>   obtained permission from Antilla Danko, who runs the site]
>
> 6. Integrate the SAC (Saguaro Astronomy Club) catalog into KStars. [We
>   have permission from Steve Coe, who owns the copyrights]. We
>   already use their NGC/IC data whenever our catalog was
>   unreliable. SAC has more objects than just NGC/IC. I guess this
>   must wait till Rishab's GSoC is over.
>
> 7. Texture map a real Milky Way photograph on the sky in OpenGL mode
>   ;-)
>
> 8. Polish the star-hopper feature and build a UI for it. (Samikshan
>   might do this if he finishes his other objectives early)
>
> There's many more, I'm sure, that I can't remember right now.
>
> Regards
> Akarsh
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