Re: [PATCH] Support of non-western constellations

Hello,

This new patch uses HD catalog number instead of Bayer designation. This 
works for almost all stars, but not for the following stars :

  HIP    Bayer     HD   
 1599   zet Tuc   1581  
 2021   bet Hyi   2151  
 2762    13 Cet   3196  
 8102   Tau Cet   10700 
 10777     -      14164 
 15510   e Eri    20794 
 17467     -      23204 
 19849  omi2 Eri  26965 
 26221 the1 Ori C 37022 
 28171     -      40086 
 37279  alp CMi   61421 
 55203   xi UMa   98230 
 59872     -     106775 
 60900     -     108643 
 61542     -     109685 
 71683  alp1 Cen 128620 
 78072  gam Ser  142860 
 79545     -     145937 
 80016     -     147082 
 80862     -     148804 
 85112  rho Her  157779 
 91812     -     174123 
 99240  del Pav  190248 
103512     -     199631 

KDE/kdeedu/kstars/kstars

SVN commit 882014 by mutlaqja:

Locate drivers in the INDI drivers directory and build the device tree
accordingly. Default devices shipped with INDI will be included in
drivers.xml file, while each additional driver will be installed as
indi_drivername.xml in the same directory.

CCMAIL:kstars-devel <at> kde.org

 M  +55 -79    indidriver.cpp  
 M  +2 -1      indidriver.h  

--- trunk/KDE/kdeedu/kstars/kstars/indidriver.cpp #882013:882014
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@

 #include <QRadioButton>
 #include <QFile>
+#include <QDir>
 #include <QTextStream>
 #include <QTreeWidget>
 #include <QIcon>
@@ -68,8 +69,6 @@

     runningPix = KIcon( "system-run" );
     stopPix    = KIcon( "dialog-cancel" );
-    // jpetso: I don't know what the above icon does, depending on the usage
-    // it might also be "process-stop". please check back.
     localMode  = KIcon( "computer" );
     serverMode = KIcon( "network-server" );

Re: [PATCH] Support of non-western constellations

Hi Jérôme,

I realised that I hadn't uploaded the index a few days ago. I'll fix
it as soon as I find some time. I'll be putting Henry-Draper.idx on
GHNS, but till then, you could use:

http://members.bas.org.in/kstar/Henry-Draper.idx

Just put it in your ~/.kde4/share/apps/kstars/ directory.

Will test and commit the patch when I'm free.

Regards
Akarsh

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www/sites/edu/kstars/downloads

SVN commit 882123 by asimha:

+ Adding the Henry Draper search index as a GHNS download

+ Fixing a grammatical mistake in the descriptions of the Tycho-2
  add-on.

CCMAIL: kstars-devel <at> kde.org

 AM            henry-draper-1.0.tar.bz2  
 M  +15 -1     knewstuff.xml  

** trunk/www/sites/edu/kstars/downloads/henry-draper-1.0.tar.bz2 #property svn:mime-type
   + application/octet-stream
--- trunk/www/sites/edu/kstars/downloads/knewstuff.xml #882122:882123
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <type>kstars/data</type>
     <author email="kstars-devel <at> kde.org">Akarsh Simha, Jason Harris</author>
     <licence>GPL</licence>
-    <summary lang="en">Stars from magnitude 8.0 to magnitude 12.5.  File is 31MB.  Only usable by KStars
versions &gt;= 1.4</summary>
+    <summary lang="en">Stars from magnitude 8.0 to magnitude 12.5.  File is 31MB.  Usable only with KStars
versions &gt;= 1.4</summary>
     <version>1.1</version>
     <release>1</release>
     <releasedate>2008-07-28</releasedate>
@@ -44,6 +44,20 @@
     <downloads>0</downloads>
   </stuff>
   <stuff>

KDE/kdeedu/kstars/kstars/skycomponents

SVN commit 883746 by asimha:

Removing some irrelevant comments, debug code and implementing
byteswapping in one more place.

CCMAIL: kstars-devel <at> kde.org

 M  +3 -13     starcomponent.cpp  

--- trunk/KDE/kdeedu/kstars/kstars/skycomponents/starcomponent.cpp #883745:883746
@@ -260,12 +260,10 @@
     //Loop for drawing star images

     MeshIterator region(m_skyMesh, DRAW_BUF);
-    // TODO: Debug code. May not be useful in production. Remove if required.
     magLim = maglim;

     m_StarBlockFactory->drawID = m_skyMesh->drawID();

-    QTime t;
     int nTrixels = 0;

     /*
@@ -277,7 +275,6 @@

     visibleStarCount = 0;

-    t.start();
     // Old formula:
     //    float sizeMagLim = ( 2.000 + 2.444 * Options::memUsage() / 10.0 ) * ( lgz - lgmin ) + 5.8;

Re: [PATCH] Support of non-western constellations

> Here are the only informations I found about data I use :
> - Polynesian constellations are based on diagrams from the Polynesian 
> Voyaging Society
> - Chinese constellations are based on diagrams from the Hong Kong Space 
> Museum
> - Egyptian constellations are based on the work of Juan Antonio 
> Belmonte, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
> 
> I find no informations about how those data are licenced.

Hi

Where was this data obtained? Can we contact someone and find this
out? I think it is important that we find this out before this is
commited to trunk.

Would it be possible for someone to do this ASAP? The hard freeze is
just 4 days away!

Regards
Akarsh

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Re: [PATCH] Support of non-western constellations

Hi,

I have just test the patch with Henry-Draper.idx file. Here is what I 
can say :

Now, StarComponent::findByHDIndex() finds the following stars :

HIP	Bayer	HD
28171    -      40086
91812    -      174123
103512   -      199631
114622   -      219134

For the following stars, findByHDIndex() search in Henry-Draper.idx but 
return 0 because offset <= 0 :

HIP     Bayer	  HD
1599    zet Tuc   1581
2021    bet Hyi   2151
2762    13_Cet    3196
8102    Tau Cet   10700
15510   e_Eri     20794
19849   omi2_Eri  26965
26221   e1_Ori_C  37022
37279   alp_CMi   61421
55203   xi_UMa    98230
71683   alp1_Cen  128620
78072   gam_Ser   142860
85112   rho_Her   157779
99240   del Pav   190248

Re: [PATCH] Support of non-western constellations

Hi,

Le Thursday 13 November 2008 08:50:54 Akarsh Simha, vous avez écrit :
> Where was this data obtained? Can we contact someone and find this
> out? I think it is important that we find this out before this is
> commited to trunk.

AFAIK the data was taken from Stellarium. Stellarium is under the GPL but 
there is no specified license for the constellation files. It should be safe to 
assume they are under the GPL too but it does not hurt to ask the Stellarium 
people.

> Would it be possible for someone to do this ASAP? The hard freeze is
> just 4 days away!

In case this is not sorted out by the freeze we could still offer the 
additional constellation thought GHNS. Though i would prefer them to be 
shipped with kstars. I think the patch should be merged ASAP, the remaining 
problems are really just bugfixes i think.

Regards,

Médéric
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Re: [PATCH] Support of non-western constellations

Le vendredi 14 novembre 2008, Médéric Boquien a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> Le Thursday 13 November 2008 08:50:54 Akarsh Simha, vous avez écrit :
> > Where was this data obtained? Can we contact someone and find this
> > out? I think it is important that we find this out before this is
> > commited to trunk.
>
> AFAIK the data was taken from Stellarium. Stellarium is under the GPL
> but there is no specified license for the constellation files. It
> should be safe to assume they are under the GPL too but it does not
> hurt to ask the Stellarium people.

I just send a mail to Fabien Chéreau (Project coordinator of Stellarium) 
to ask him if we can use those data.

I also found all authors of Stellarium data files :

Chinese sky culture was contributed by Karrie Berglund of Digitalis 
Education Solutions, Inc. based on Hong Kong Space Museum star maps 
(http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/StarShine/HKSkyMap/e_starshine_hkskymap.htm).

Egyptian sky culture was contributed by Karrie Berglund of Digitalis 
Education Solutions, Inc. based on the paper "A Map of the Ancient 
Egyptian Firmament” by Juan Antonio Belmonte.

Inuit sky culture was contributed by Karrie Berglund of Digitalis 
Education Solutions, Inc. based primarily on the book "The Arctic Sky: 
Inuit Astronomy, Star Lore and Legend" by John MacDonald.

Re: [PATCH] Support of non-western constellations

Hi

I'll merge the patch in about 10 hours' time. I think the hard feature
freeze was postponed to 17th - at least that's what Allen's mail said.

Thanks for the patch and the license information. I'll also check the
offset <= 0 problem.

Regards
Akarsh

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