What to do after the closure of Midnight Mars Browser? |
What to do after the closure of Midnight Mars Browser? |
Nov 30 2019, 04:59 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 112 Joined: 20-August 12 From: Spain Member No.: 6597 |
I've been a heavy user of Midnight Mars Browser for several years and I'm incredibly grateful for the work that Michael has done.
Now I ask myself, should we create again an alternative way to look and search for images coming from Mars? In the last several months I developed a way to ingest InSight images in order to have a small database and a telegram bot that tells me when a new image is uploaded to the InSight web site and I can try to do the same with the MSL imagery. But, I have several questions: What is the better way to show the data in the web page? Which is the best way to order the images? I'd love to hear some suggestions for that. Greetings. |
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Jun 9 2020, 11:51 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 95 Joined: 11-January 07 From: Amsterdam Member No.: 1584 |
Hey everyone, you are welcome to visit the latest version of the Mars rover navcam viewer.
It is available at marslife.org and should work on every device that supports WebGL. New features are: - display of the rover traverse path. - clickable sol/site positions for easy navigation. - menu option to select and view image products from pds (when available). - site-updates occur automatically when new mission data becomes available. - initial support for viewing the MER missions. Usage: - Tab key (or upper right circle) for menu/sol list. - Left/Right arrow keys (or the lower right buttons) to view the previous or next site. - L key to show/hide site locations. - P key to toggle path display. - S key to toggle the simulated sky on/off. - C key to toggle image brightness corrections. The interface needs work and the path accuracy is flawed (especially with MER) but the clickable sol/site buttons make it real easy to get acquainted to the Martian territory. Feel free to post comments and suggestions. Have fun wandering on Mars! Rob -------------------- |
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Jun 9 2020, 12:20 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 913 Joined: 15-June 09 From: Lisbon, Portugal Member No.: 4824 |
Rob,
This is excellent! I haven't yet tried the MER paths but why do you say MSL's path is flawed? Congratulations. Fernando |
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Jun 9 2020, 01:57 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 95 Joined: 11-January 07 From: Amsterdam Member No.: 1584 |
but why do you say MSL's path is flawed? Thanks Fernando! I meant to say that the paths are not very precise and do not cover every individual rover movement. And while the path matches nicely in most panorama’s there are certain areas earlier in the mission where the path is way off. -------------------- |
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