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JavaScript planetarium engine
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Permission to use Stellarium web engine in my project #186

Closed wykhuh closed 1 year ago

wykhuh commented 1 year ago

I’m a software developer interested in using Stellarium web engine in a project. I own a Dwarf II smart telescope https://dwarflab.com/products/dwarf-2-smart-telescope. Dwarf II has an API that let people control the scope, so I thought it would be a fun side project to build an open source app to control the scope. I would like to include the Stellarium web engine in the app.

The app is open source and free, and people will be able to access the site online or run it locally. Here is the repo. I don't work for Dwarf Lab, I just own their telescope. Would it be ok if use the Stellarium web engine in my app? If I have permission to use the app, what is the proper way to credit your project in the repo and in the app?

gzotti commented 1 year ago

I am somewhat confused. The Repo you link uses Stellarium (desktop version), which you can of course use like this. Are you asking because you want to change this repo to use stellarium-web, or add support for both?

wykhuh commented 1 year ago

@gzotti My web app currently connects to Stellarium desktop with the remote control plugin. I want to add Stellarium-web to my web app so people don't have to switch between the browser and Stellarium desktop. Plus, I want to give users on mobile devices the ability to have a planetarium program when they don't have access to a desktop computer. I haven't decide whether to include only Stellarium-web or use both.

wykhuh commented 1 year ago

I emailed the folks at Stellarium web, and Fabien said I can use Stellarium web engine for my project.

Thanks!

gzotti commented 1 year ago

Good!

But please keep a mode with the desktop edition, just got mine (for my club...) :-)

wykhuh commented 1 year ago

@gzotti I will keep the desktop edition for those who want the full functionality of Stellarium desktop. :-)

I also just started another project where people can use Stellarium desktop Telescope Control to control Dwarf II. The project starts a tcp server in Python, and then users use Stellarium desktop Telescope Control plugin to send slew commands to the tcp server, and the tcp server sends goto messages to the Dwarf II. I haven't tested the accuracy of the goto yet because it's been cloudy, but hopefully I can get it working when the weather is better. https://github.com/DwarfTelescopeUsers/dwarf_tcp_server