[APBeta] 2.0b41

[Paul Rodman]

On Jun 9, 2009, at 01:11 PM, Jeff Young wrote:

> Paul --
>
> Ahh... hadn't realized it was all of them.  Might be best just to  
> exclude user images for now, then, with more user-control in V3.
>
> -- Jeff.

or: analyse the image and use astrometry techniques to figure it all  
out automagically.

Paul R.

>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net 
>> ] On Behalf Of
>> Paul Rodman
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 8:57 PM
>> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
>> Subject: Re: [APBeta] 2.0b41
>>
>>
>> On Jun 9, 2009, at 12:35 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
>>
>>> Oh oh, it's a bit worse than that.  Going back to the Objects tab
>>> and selecting a different DSS image does not make that the one the
>>> FoV tab uses.  There doesn't seem to be a way to select the DSS
>>> image used by the FoV tab.
>>
>> No, they are all plotted - smallest first.
>>
>>> If the issues below are fixed, it'd be nice if the FoV tab used the
>>> image selected in the Objects tab.  If those issues are not fixed,
>>> then it's probably sufficient to just select the first DSS (ie: non-
>>> user) image.
>>
>> That's a possibility. However, there might be several objects with
>> images showing in the FoV, so this is a bit challenging. However, I
>> can make it an option for the selected object.
>>
>> There are some other gotchas that I intend to address:
>>
>> a. Inverting the images for printing (black stars on white  
>> background).
>> b. Currently the images assume north is always straight up, which is
>> true for the central image, but not necessarily for off-centre  
>> images,
>> esp. near the poles or for larger FoVs. Those images will need  
>> rotating.
>>
>> Paul R.
>>
>>>
>>> -- Jeff.
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net
>>>> ] On Behalf Of
>>>> Jeff Young
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 8:32 PM
>>>> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
>>>> Subject: Re: [APBeta] 2.0b41
>>>>
>>>> Paul --
>>>>
>>>> I've uncovered an interesting issue.  I happened to select an
>>>> object which had a user image (a sketch)
>>>> entered, and AP drew it in the background of my FoV.  That's pretty
>>>> cool, except that it uncovers a wasps'
>>>> nest:
>>>>
>>>> 1) The sketch is already flipped, so flipping it again messes
>>>> things up.
>>>> 2) The sketch isn't necessarily rotated with N up, so to match the
>>>> FoV to the sketch I need to be able to
>>>> rotate the FoV but have the sketch stay put.
>>>>
>>>> Neither of these are issues with DSS images, so I don't know how
>>>> much trouble it's worth to fix them.  The
>>>> one thing that comes to mind is a flag on a user image which states
>>>> whether or not it should be
>>>> flipped/rotated.
>>>>
>>>> Which reminds me, there's also a flag on a user image which states
>>>> whether or not it is in color, but I
>>>> don't see any way to edit that flag.
>>>>
>>>> Cheres,
>>>> -- Jeff.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net
>>>>> ] On Behalf Of
>>>>> Paul Rodman
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 7:20 PM
>>>>> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
>>>>> Subject: [APBeta] 2.0b41
>>>>>
>>>>> ... is arriving early in order fix that pesky FoV rotation crash
>>>>> problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul R.
>>>>>
>>>>> P.S. I now have Win 7 64-bit up and running. Sure seems to be an
>>>>> improvement on Vista, which just sits and thrashes its VM at me  
>>>>> with
>>>>> anything less than several GB of available RAM.
>>>>>
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