GP2X Planetarium / Sky Chart Programm For Gp2x?

[drago]

Hello!
Maybe anyone knows a sky chart / planetarium programm for gp2x? i try a find one, but unlucky...
i think about programm like this:
http://edu.kde.org/kstars/
http://starryalley.twbbs.org/blog/index.ph...08-release.html
http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/
or so.
theoretically, mobilestarchart runs on mobile phones with java support, i find a java runtime binaries at
http://archive.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,14,1841
but this java is a phornography imho - it cannot run a .jar from this java shell, only via scripts, and author write in readme, as mobile phones games not launch in this version
maybe anyone can help me?

 

[rokdcasbah]

mobilestarchart is GPL, i think kstars is too. xephem is insane and without an equally insane amount of effort i doubt it'd find its way to the gp2x*.

are you saying the java runtime is porn? i'm curious now i'm reading that as "it's a tease" in which case you're right, but only if you expect it to run mobile phone games out of the box. an app has to be designed/redesigned around the java runtime since it's nowhere near as full-featured as a desktop java environment (not complaining there...there's really now way that it could be).

ps. the small amount of experience i have with loading midlets onto my iden phone is that "write once run anywhere" does not apply to the world of locked down & proprietary phones.

anyway i was going to mention the days-old stellarium thread but what you have mentioned here is some feasible-looking software. i don't have the muscle to port it myself but i will join you in saying "if someone ported it, i'd happily use it "

maybe it could be kept open in the background during ur-quan... B)

* edit: wrong again

 

[drago]

i put a link of kstars and xephem only for ilustrate, about why i telling.
i be a very happy, if i can run on gp2x a primitively sky chart, who draw a view of sky with major stars ( say, till 6 or 7m?) and planets, and moon phase an position...for astronomy on field with help of a gp2x
about java runtime for gp2x and a mobilestarchart - on gp2x not working
i say, a thiis runtime is porn, because from this java selector / browser cannot run a *.jar files, only a launcher.properties script file. this is not a wise, imho...

 

[Vimacs]

hey, looks like you are in luck, theres a zaurus version of xphem,
zaurus software tends to run without any changes inside of qtopia

edit:
I quickly packed it together for you, didnt test it thou
download
try it and report back

816a3c74df923b5d237bfd4ece6d54b3 *XEphem+qt.rar

davido2 was so nice to try it, it works!
Heres a "screenshot".

 

[drago]

hey, looks like you are in luck, theres a zaurus version of xphem,
zaurus software tends to run without any changes inside of qtopia

edit:
I quickly packed it together for you, didnt test it thou
download
try it and report back

816a3c74df923b5d237bfd4ece6d54b3 *XEphem+qt.rar



thsnks a lot, i unrar this, and copy to /App/xephem.
but when i run any of two (qtopia / qtopia2 ) - i cannot move a cursor. when i "set up" in first run ( enter a date, time zone,etc) cursor control via joystick ok, but when finished and in programm - i cannot move a cursor
and a qtopia is a very slow reaction on buttons ( runs in standart 200 mhz)...
i use gp2x with firmware 3.0.0 - maybe this is a problem, firmware version?
stop. i try again, and after a approx few minutes waiting ( clock in qtopia shows 0:10) cursor work from joystick.
in qtopia2 i vcannot find a sky chart, in qtopia i see personal sky chart, but this sky chart is little starnge imho. i cannot find zoom in / zoom out, and switch 360 grad mode / horizont mode. and "preferences" cannot run. in all others, it works, i think....

 

[Vimacs]

honestly, no idea.
Check the site of the software, they got some information on how to use it there.

 

[drago]

honestly, no idea.
Check the site of the software, they got some information on how to use it there.

ok, thank you. i used frequently xephem under linux, but xephem is more functionally and different looks than personal sky chart from this soft...
thank you again...

 

[drago]

no, personal sky chart from qtopia is very horrible, and really not usable,imho.
maybe anyone can adapt this soft: http://www.astroarts.com/products/xplns/index.html ?
xplns is small, and fast soft. runs on normal linux machines, via x-window (x11). maybe it may adapt
to gp2x x11 version easy?
sadly, for xplns dont distribute a source code...;(

 

[Vimacs]

no source? no way!

 

[drago]

no source? no way!

KStars ( http://edu.kde.org/kstars/ ),
Cartes Du Ciel ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/ )
?
sources available...

 

[Pylon_Trooper]

Please please please. I'm just a shmoe with no programming experience, but this would be great!