The quickest solution to web-based star charting is to put a link on your club's web site to the Sky and Telescope web site. S & T has a web-based interactive star chart anyone can sign up to use.
Bud On Wed, 9 Jul 2008, Tony wrote: > Hi Sander, > > Thanks for the information. You're right, had I any significant experiance, > I would have known that. It was a thought, though. Mostly due to some of > the club members asking for 'something like CDC' on the website. Again > thanks for the quick answer. > > Tony > > -------- > The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession.--Mark > Twain > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 22:40, Sander Pool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Hi Tony, >> >> I think if you had spent some time writing significant web applications >> you'd know you're asking an impossible thing. So that's why I wanted to >> know your level of experience. CdC is a desktop application. These can >> not be shown in a web browser without enormous effort, if at all. >> >> The best I can suggest is that CdC 3 can run in server mode, presumably >> on Linux (haven't tried that myself) and your web code can then send >> commands to CdC. As output CdC can generate starcharts which can then be >> shown in a browser. This sounds terribly cumbersome to replace software >> that's already free and easy to install. >> >> Sander >> >> Tony wrote: >>> >>> Hi Sander, >>> >>> I basicly bumble my way through things, and when neccesary, teach myself >> a >>> new trick. I have used perl, and java before, and have toyed with ruby on >>> rails. I am hoping someone else has made a script or two for just such an >>> occasion, but if not, I can be led down the path. I have no idea where to >>> start though. >>> >>> Tony >>> >>> -------- >>> The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession.--Mark >>> Twain >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
