This thread really spiraled out in all sorts of directions! Anyhow, I have developed both OSS and commercial software. All I will say is you don't have to look very far to find utter crap or really good stuff in both worlds.
Dave Marhous' - What's your objective? Do you want a library to do your own thing? If so, it may be worth taking a stab at some of these. I have a little bit of experience with all of them, so if you have any questions, fire away! - If you're interested in writing your own tracking app in C, check out xephem (OSS) - If you're interested in doing some tracking-scripting, there's a python wrapper called PyEphem, it's great and also OSS. See a brief blog post I did on it: http://libjoe.blogspot.com/2009/10/where-is-my-satellite-in-python.html - If you're interested in writing your own tracking app in JAVA, check out JSatTrack (OSS). Ganos library is very easy to use! I am using it in an Android app I am writing. If you (or anyone else) has questions, feel free to fire them off. I hope this helps! Joseph Armbruster KJ4JIO On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Michael Schulz <msch...@creative-chaos.com>wrote: > > On Sep 29, 2011, at 6:26 AM, Gary Joe Mayfield wrote: > > > What's so wrong with Simon making a buck as the result of his hard > work??? > > > > 73, > > Joe kk0sd > > Nothing, but that's not what the discussion is about ... > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
