Also I have been thinking for some time about packaging jnos and
am about to start on that after I complete some computer upgrades. I'd
like to reorganize it a bit to strip out the non-Linux stuff, hopefully
without violating Debian policy. It's non-free unfortunately.
mtrack might be a better project for a first packaging attempt. As far
as I know there is only one Debian developer in town and I need to get
with him for key-signing before the university semester is over and he
leaves.
Bob
On Tue, May 04, 1999 at 09:27:31PM +0200, Joop Stakenborg wrote:
> Anyone of the satellite experts have time to take a look at this?
> It would be a nice program for our hamradio section:
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> This is to announce the availability of mtrack version 0.2 beta. Mtrack is an
> X window based satellite tracking program, it is available under the GPL
> and of course comes with full source. The program provides a window which
> contains a map along with the sub-satellite point and footprint, as well as
> the users home location. Information about the satellite is provided below
> the map.
>
> The program can also display a table showing future visibility, the visibilty
> at a large number of other locations, and updated keplerian elements. A full
> data editor is built in to allow for the addition, deletion and modification
> of the satelite data, location data and user preferences. The program can also
> import NASA two line elements directly. There is a choice of maps, and the
> colours of the map, footprint, satellite and user can all be changed.
>
> It is available from ftp://ftp.sgbt.com/ you will find two new files,
> mtrack-0.2.tar.gz and mtrack-0.2.tar.bz2. The new mtrack program has the
> following updates:
>
> - Uses the free GTK+ widget set (http://www.gtk.org/)instead of Motif. This
> means that it is buildable by anyone. I think it looks a lot nicer too.
>
> - Year 2000 compliant, it too would suffer from the Year 2000 appearing as 100.
>
> - Increased the maximum number of satellites from 200 to 500.
>
> - Included updated keplerian elements.
>
> The majority of the work I have done has involved the first point, the basic
> satellite tracking algorithms and functionality have not changed compared to
> the original Motif version.
>
> The program as released is considered Beta, and I have thought of a few things
> I would like to modify slightly before I make the final 0.2 version. All of the
> changes I can think of are cosmetic and I will probably issue a small patch set
> as
> well as new tar files when it becomes available.
>
> Please download the program and give it a go. The TODO file included within the
> tar file details additions I would like to make. One of the items is to add
> help texts, this does not require any programming expertise, if you would like
> to help with that, drop me a line. My time is going to become limited in the
> next few weeks (buying a house in the UK) so don't expect much development for
> a little while.
>
> Jonathan HB9/G4KLX in sunny Zurich
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>
> Joop
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> Linux Hamradio Applications and Utilities Homepage
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>
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