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Helioviewer-Project / hvorgobjects

Simple code to create files that describe the position of solar system and other objects for use with hvorg
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What to do about showing the path of a planet? #11

Open wafels opened 6 years ago

wafels commented 6 years ago

What is the best way to show the path of a planet in the FOV? Perhaps we should always show the entire path we have calculated every time we show a planetary path.

Helioviewer-Kirill commented 6 years ago

Are you referring to showing a planet trajectory that spans from one side of the FOV to the other, any time an observation date is selected that contains a planet?

Helioviewer-Kirill commented 6 years ago

We want to limit maximum amount of data sent to the client, as some planets are moving slower through the FOV and their trajectories are more data dense which may result in a large payload size.

In order to accomplish this, I will have to create a system to adjust the temporal cadence based on how many points are possible in a trajectory to send less data to the client. This would be a move away from the fixed cadence of the current trajectory display system.

However, this dynamic cadence may cause a side effect of being less clear how quickly planets are moving across the FOV like we currently have in the fixed cadence system.