Re: [amsat-bb] Online Satellite Pass Predictions

[Emily Clarke <emily@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's not hard to do and I could certainly provide a page that would 
fit - however since I don't use a cellphone like that I would like to 
have the following information:

1) How do you want to request the information?  Right now the system 
requests a position (lat, lng, ele) and satellite name in order to 
know where to predict the passes.  In addition, it probably would be 
helpful to know the screen width.  Alternatively it would be possible 
to "pre-register" meaning we could have a "signup" page and you could 
store that information in the database and just send your 
callsign.  However I think this defeats the purpose - it would then 
mean it would be difficult to change your stored information if you are mobile.

2) What columns do you want?  With a limited screen width, the number 
of columns would have to be limited to a size that would fit. Would 
start time, start az, end time, end az be enough (and would it fit 
your screen?)

3) How many passes (rows)?  Can you easily scroll down?

The other question this raises is whether or not this should this be 
part of a members-only service?

73,

Emily


At 04:01 PM 5/17/2006, Greg Wycoff wrote:
>is there any online Satellite Pass Prediction sites that would work well for
>displaying on a cellphone screen like the motorola razr v3c or others,
>
>thanks, Greg N0ZHE
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