Adding the local view to the SkyMap

Hy Murveit murveit at gmail.com
Thu Mar 4 08:17:41 GMT 2021


They are icons. Ignore them. I did not include a photosphere, though I gave
a drive link for one to play with.

On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 10:08 PM Robert Lancaster <rlancaste at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Oh are those icons ?  I assumed since they said terrain that they were
> your panorama files.  I do notice that they are in a qml folder for
> kstarslite.  Or am I misreading that?  Are they needed for your patch or
> are they unrelated?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 4, 2021, at 12:53 AM, Hy Murveit <murveit at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> Rob,
>
> You don't need any of those icons anyway, can you get the rest of the
> files?
> In fact, I can't get the icons to work on my system.
>
> If you can get it patched without those, no problem.
> If not, let me know and I can remove them from the MR.
>
> Hy
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 9:45 PM Robert Lancaster <rlancaste at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I just tried your patch and it seems in order to apply the patch, it
>> needs some binary data.  Now I understand that I would need to add my own
>> terrain images, but the way the terrain files are included the patch, it
>> won’t apply the patch properly.
>>
>> error: missing binary patch data for
>> 'kstars/kstarslite/qml/images/kstars_terrain.png'
>> error: binary patch does not apply to
>> 'kstars/kstarslite/qml/images/kstars_terrain.png'
>> error: kstars/kstarslite/qml/images/kstars_terrain.png: patch does not
>> apply
>> error: missing binary patch data for
>> 'kstars/kstarslite/qml/images/kstars_terrain at 2x.png'
>> error: binary patch does not apply to
>> 'kstars/kstarslite/qml/images/kstars_terrain at 2x.png'
>> error: kstars/kstarslite/qml/images/kstars_terrain at 2x.png: patch does
>> not apply
>> error: missing binary patch data for
>> 'kstars/kstarslite/qml/images/kstars_terrain at 3x.png'
>> error: binary patch does not apply to
>> 'kstars/kstarslite/qml/images/kstars_terrain at 3x.png'
>> error: kstars/kstarslite/qml/images/kstars_terrain at 3x.png: patch does
>> not apply
>> error: missing binary patch data for
>> 'kstars/kstarslite/qml/images/kstars_terrain at 4x.png'
>> error: binary patch does not apply to
>> 'kstars/kstarslite/qml/images/kstars_terrain at 4x.png'
>> error: kstars/kstarslite/qml/images/kstars_terrain at 4x.png: patch does
>> not apply
>>
>> On Mar 4, 2021, at 12:11 AM, Hy Murveit <murveit at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I encourage you to check out the following MR, and if you like download,
>> compile and test.
>> https://invent.kde.org/education/kstars/-/merge_requests/230
>>
>> It's something I've always wanted in KStars--a way to see obstructions
>> from the trees and buildings nearby on the SkyMap. It also will facilitate
>> future changes like having the scheduler know when an object falls below an
>> obstruction, or rises above it. (I know you can do it now to with entry of
>> line segments, but I believe that's pretty tedious.)
>>
>> Here's a screenshot of the KStars SkyMap, with the view from my backyard
>> telescope:
>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/PqkF2mjczoD1QZon9
>>
>> This MR is still WIP, and has some rough edges, but I believe it is ready
>> for adventurous testers.
>>
>> Hy
>>
>>
>>
>>
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