STEREO application for Android phones, 3D views of Earth's aurora and the ultraviolet Sun |
STEREO application for Android phones, 3D views of Earth's aurora and the ultraviolet Sun |
May 6 2010, 05:13 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 13-February 10 Member No.: 5222 |
I've just released a free application called "Solaris" for Android phones. Solaris enables 3D "live" interactive astronomy of Earth's aurora, extreme ultraviolet solar flares and sun spots - downloaded from space and retrieved to your phone. Uses NASA STEREO and NOAA polar orbiter spacecraft data. Phone vibrates when geomagnetic storm level increases.
Android 1.6+ required. You can freely download Solaris from the Android Market. |
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May 7 2010, 04:11 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 8-November 05 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 548 |
Good job -- love it! A pinch-to-zoom feature for both the Earth and Sun would be a great addition for version 2.
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May 7 2010, 06:53 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 656 Joined: 20-April 05 From: League City, Texas Member No.: 285 |
Very nifty -- one more cool thing to show-off to my friends with iPhones
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May 23 2010, 04:32 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 13-February 10 Member No.: 5222 |
Very nifty -- one more cool thing to show-off to my friends with iPhones Good job -- love it! A pinch-to-zoom feature for both the Earth and Sun would be a great addition for version 2. Thanks very much for your feedback guys. Pinch-zoom is a recent addition to Android, and there are still a lot of phones out there that do not support it - but that is changing, and I hope to implement it soon. I'd also like the app to automatically annotate the STEREO images with the location of solar flares, filaments, sun spots, etc. Can anyone recommend a good website with feature annotations, including feature coordinates? This site looks promising: http://sdowww.lmsal.com/suntoday.html?sunt...date=2010-05-22 I've also had a few requests to integrate SDO data into the app somehow. In the meantime I've just released Solaris v 1.8 - new features include a real-time sunlight/clouds aurora basemap, and vibrational notification when the aurora may be overhead at your location (based on power-flux at your GPS location). |
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May 23 2010, 06:54 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 56 Joined: 6-September 05 From: Paderborn, Germany Member No.: 484 |
... and vibrational notification when the aurora may be overhead at your location (based on power-flux at your GPS location). Now that's a cool feature! Can't wait to test your little app on my next trip to Norway ;-). -------------------- --- Under Construction ---
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May 23 2010, 07:23 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 13-February 10 Member No.: 5222 |
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