Re: [Orekit Developers] Thinking in SOCIS2011

[MAISONOBE Luc <luc.maisonobe@c-s.fr>]

David Martín Nieto <david.martin.nieto@gmail.com> a écrit :

> Hello,

Hi David,

> I am a Spanish student of computer science and after seeing the  
> announcement of Socis I've been reviewing the ideas propopes by  
> Orekit. I'm especially interested in one of them called "Space  
> flight dynamics Create a pocket calculator application for android  
> mobile devices". I'm learning more about your project and the scope  
> of it and I hope that within a few days I may perform a  
> well-formulated proposal to develop this idea.

Thank you for your interest in our project.

> In advance I can tell you that I have experience in development in  
> different languages (especially Java) and also I've developed some  
> applications for Android within the scope of the university.

This is a good background for the subject we proposed.

> According to point in the summary of the idea which I mean these  
> would be the six main points:
>
>  * set up a development environment for Android devices,
>  * check if Apache Commons Math can be used on such devices,
>  * check if Orekit can be used on such devices,
>  * build a simple application for touch-screen devices that computes
>    spacecraft visibility from ground station,
>  * add orbit conversions features
>  * add impulse maneuvers handling

Yes, these are the main points. They may be adapted if needed. If you  
feel some points are missing, feel free to add them. It is also  
possible some part may be harder than others to perform and take  
longer time, so it is also possible to adjust the goal as we monitor  
the progress.

> On the first point of them I have my own development environment for  
> applications on Android based on Eclipse wiht virtual machines of  
> Android.

This is good. Can this development environment be installed also on a  
Linux machine ? Does it rely only on free software ? This are  
important questions that must be addressed too.

> On the second one I am researching the issue but I think if it would  
> be possible to use the Apache Commons package Maths, I will try to  
> make a quick test to check in the nexts days.

Very good. I hope porting the libraries will be mainly simply  
recompiling, but before it is done, we cannot be sure.

> Also I downloaded and installed the sources and I have thought  
> Orekit review to get an idea of the project.

Do not hesitate to ask on this list if need some more information.

> Thanks!!

Best regards,
Luc

> David Martín Nieto
> Parla - Madrid - Spain



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