[APBeta] 2.0b41

[RPEHLM]

Give the user some controls for rotating and flipping?  Too confusing 
and/or complicated for users?

Paul Rodman wrote:
>
> 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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