Thank you for your comments.
I submitted my proposal this morning.
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Georg: I have already helped to fix the inner-planet phases bug and I'm
definitely planning to fix some other bugs while getting used to the code.
Regards,
Rimas Trumpa
On 26 March 2012 21:02, Georg Zotti <georg.zo...@univie.ac.at> wrote:
> Hmm, if you are good in astronomy, maybe you could help fixing some real
> astronomical issues before going into games? It takes quite some time to
> find your way through the code until you understand how things work
> together. Not every enthusiastic programmer is knowledgable about
> astronomy, and tracking down errors in the astronomical model takes some
> time and knowledge. Things I immediately recall are the DeltaT, fixed
> ecliptic, lunar rotation, inner-planet phases and the bug about not being
> able to observe from the north pole. One extension useful for prehistory
> could be to replace VSOP by DE408 or maybe still something else. On
> usability, it would be great to have a tool that goes e.g. from sunrise to
> sunrise or moonrise to moonrise (keep moon on same altitude in east or
> west, resp., or even better, take the current landscape image into
> account), or a tool to find and display heliacal rising/setting of stars
> or/and planets.
>
> On the graphical side, extinction for meshes is still open, or better
> methods to match constellation figure textures.
>
> Just a few ideas.
>
> Kind regards,
> Georg
>
> On Mo, 26.03.2012, 15:10, Reaves, Timothy wrote:
> > What is the communities response to this proposal? Anyone have an
> > opinion
> > they care to share?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Rimas Trumpa
> > <rimas.tru...@gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I am interested in taking part in the Google Summer of Code 2012.
> >> I have an idea of my own but I'm not sure if it's attractive enough or
> >> if
> >> it isn't being implemented at the moment by someone else.
> >> The idea is on a very early stage but I would be very glad to hear your
> >> opinion on it.
> >> It's "Sky Quiz" - a Stellarium plugin (or a built-in feature) which
> >> allows
> >> users to take various quizzes on the objects of the night sky. It could
> >> be
> >> anything - from planets and constellations to Messier objects and
> >> brightest
> >> stars.
> >> The quizzes would be highly customizable. User could choose if the quiz
> >> is
> >> timed, if it's "identify the object" (MCQ) or "find the object" type (or
> >> maybe even mixed), the list of objects (or their types) and so on...
> >> It would be possible to create your own quizzes and to share them with
> >> other users.
> >> Alexander thinks that this idea is very hard to implement. Yes, I agree,
> >> it's definitely more than a few hours of programming, but Google Summer
> >> of
> >> Code is a 3 month long project so I expect to spend 400-500 hours on
> >> this
> >> during summer and I believe it is possible to complete it in time.
> >> I made some very rough drafts of the Sky Quiz in action:
> >> http://www.laisva.lt/stellarium/planet.png
> >> http://www.laisva.lt/stellarium/orion.png
> >>
> >> "Sky Quiz" would be useful for teachers (easy and interesting way to
> >> test
> >> the performance of the class), students ("practice-mode" to improve
> >> their
> >> knowledge) and all the enthusiasts of astronomy.
> >> I have participated in quite a few astronomy competitions myself and I
> >> didn't manage to find any decent software to help me to prepare for the
> >> observation part (which usually requires some identification of the sky
> >> objects).
> >>
> >> A few words about me:
> >> I'm a 20-year-old undergraduate student of Software Engineering with
> >> Management (BSc) at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
> >> I have represented my home country (Lithuania) in a several
> >> international
> >> Olympiads. I should probably mention the 4th International Olympiad on
> >> Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2010, Beijing, China, where I won a Gold
> >> medal.
> >> It would be really nice to spend my summer improving a software that I
> >> like very much (and to get paid for doing so). :)
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Rimas Trumpa
> >>
> >> -----------------------------
> >> RimasT on irc.freenode.net
> >> rimas.trumpa on Skype
> >>
> >>
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