Erik Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Brandon Craig Rhodes wrote:
>> Many FlightGear constellations have the wrong shapes ... whoever
>> built your star database (the data/Astro/stars file in CVS) made
>> the error of applying a negative sign only to the units, and not
>> the fractions, of the degrees field.
> If you are positive the shapes are wrong it would be great to have
> an updated star database. You have to make sure the modified data
> could be licensed under the GPL though.
In response to a private request from another developer, I went ahead
and generated a new star catalogue. I built it from exactly the same
source as it seems to have been built from before - the YBS.edb file
in the xephem distribution - which I hope leaves our stars file in the
same legal position it was before.
I provided the developer with a URL to the new star database Tuesday
night, but have not yet seen it appear in CVS. Any other developers
who might be inclined to throw it in, feel welcome:
http://ten22.rhodesmill.org/stars
> But it might (just might) have something to do with the way they are
> drawn. Are you sure that is not the problem?
I am positive; the coordinates in the stars file were simply wrong,
and fixing them repaired the constellations. Orion before:
http://www.rhodesmill.org/tmp/orion-before.png
Orion after:
http://www.rhodesmill.org/tmp/orion-after.png
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