[nbos] [AS] possible new features? From new guy David Gordon.

[David Gordon]

Ed

Thanks for your reply, see mail below.

For all - I have included the links to the sites where I downloaded the flat
maps for all the planets and moons in our solar system.


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From: "NBOS Support" <support2 at nbos.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [nbos] [AS] possible new features? From new guy David Gordon.


> Hi David,
>
>  >First of all, how can I become a beta tester for you?
>
> I usually post an announcement to this list when its time for a wide beta
test.

Ok - I look forward to the next beta test.

>
>  >AS1 -Is there an export function where we can export the data from a
.sector
>
> No, there's export in v1.  Best that can be done is hacking at the HTML
> based report, or reading the file directly with an external program.


Not v 1.10d I take it?  Are you referring to the Export as a Graphic?  OK -
no worries.  I'll work with the HTML sector reports - copying and pasting
the details.  It would be great to export data about a star map with planets
included and other information to a CSV so it could be used with some db
software to present material on the web.  Unless you can produce a web
enabled version of AstroSynthesis which will run from a db on a server?
Probably too far in the future for that level of complication.

>
>  >AS2 -Is there a way of preventing stars from being moved?  I locked down
the
>
> No, just the 'lock systems' option.

OK - I do this but even with this I find that the stars can be moved with
the cursor keys on the keyboard (unless I make sure that I select the hand
icon in the Tools menu) - I did this with Sol - which wasn't too much a
problem as I could move it back to the cross hairs of the sphere grid I'd
set up for the sector, but I had to scratch the work if I made this mistake
with another star.  I like to slide to a particular star then swivel around
viewing the star map from that vantage point.  I can see any duplications
that I need to clear up.

>
>  >AS3 - I suppose there's no way of making a starmap display like the
>  >following?
>  >http://anzwers.org/free/universe/50lys.html  This type of display would
be
>  >very useful to print out or provide for illustration and gaming.
>
> You know, thats something I'd like to be able to create, but dont know if
> I'll have the time to do that in this version.  I've seen maps like that
in
> the past, and you're right, they're good for prints.

Ok - It's a nice to have.  Won't expect this any time soon.  With the export
function I mentioned above one could create such star map with another
application.  The map I gave the link for - doesn't have the X,Y,Z coords
that Astro Synthesis uses.

>
>  >Regarding FWE - is there a way that we can get some of the functionality
of
>  >ProFantasy's Fractal Terrain Pro?  I'd prefer not to have to shell out
for
>
> I really wasnt planning on adding much more major functionality FWE.  If I
> was going to get into the projections or some of the other advanced things
> that FT does, I'd probably have to make it into it's own seperate product
> as well.

I'd be happy to buy that.  I suppose you can bundel 1.5a with AS as you do
already and if people want a better version they can buy version 2.  I would
prefer to use a product that was fully compatible with AS which profantasy's
product isn't really, for example, I would assume that the new cloud feature
for planets, that you will implement for Astro 2, wouldn't work with PF's
FTP.  Would version 2 of FWE cost as much as FTP?  I find that a bit pricey
for what it is.

>
>  >Database of Solar System Flat maps.  I've searched the web for flat maps
for
>  >all of the planet pictures for Solar system planets (such as Jupitor,
etc).
>  >Do you already have this or would you like me to provide this for
download?
>
> If you'd like to.  For copyright reasons, I dont want to get into
> distributing such images.  But there's a lot of those types of planet maps
> available online.

Agreed - if I provide the sites where I copied them all from -
For Saturn and its moons:
http://www.planetary.org/saturn/images.html
For Jupiter and its moons:
http://www.space.com/reference/jupiter/maps.html
http://planetscapes.com/maps/jupiter.html
http://maps.jpl.nasa.gov/jupiter.html

and one site for all the major planets.
http://gw.marketingden.com/planets/planets.html

Another place to get a picture of the moon
http://www.skyhighgallery.com/how-to-planets.htm
For those of you interested in icosahedral maps for these planets (why you'd
want them - apart from Mars and Earth - I don't know).
http://planetscapes.com/maps/ico.html

>
> Ed
>
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