https://github.com/kellpossible/celestialnavigator
Celestial Navigator for x-plane
https://github.com/kellpossible/celestialnavigator
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Celestial Navigator for x-plane
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/kellpossible/celestialnavigator
- Owner: kellpossible
- License: gpl-2.0
- Created: 2016-06-06T15:38:18.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2016-06-06T16:09:55.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-29T10:15:43.152Z (over 1 year ago)
- Language: Python
- Size: 33.2 KB
- Stars: 3
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Celestial Navigator for X-Plane
The aim of this project is to wholeheartedly bring celestial navigation into x-plane.
It aims to do this a number of ways:
1. provide an automatic connection between [x-plane](http://www.x-plane.com/desktop/home/) and [Stellarium](http://www.stellarium.org/)
+ provide plugin for Stellarium to do this
+ provide plugin for x-plane to do this
2. provide a sextant like tool as a plugin for Stellarium
3. provide an automated navigator for x-plane, who can take sights, dead reckon, and is affected by the weather conditions.
Idea is very much based on the [fantastic real navigation mod](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ8pHSRxCl8) for Silent Hunter 5
4. provide weather effects for stellarium
5. provide a java libgdx application with:
+ map plotting tools
+ navaids from x-plane database
+ an easily accesible almanac
+ automatic connection with Stellarium's sextant plugin
The basis for network communication with stellarium is a protocol buffer, and udp sockets.
This should allow other simulators such as fsx, p3d, silent hunter or any other game
or simulator to easily implement their own input into stellarium.
## Project Status
### Done:
+ Basic Plugin for x-plane
+ Basic Static Plugin for stellarium
+ Communication is working, and x-plane can successfully update Stellarium position and times
### Partial:
+ Libgdx application, have basic map working
### Todo:
+ automatic periodic position/time updates
+ Configuration files for x-plane
+ Configuration files for stellarium
+ Configuration ui for stellarium
+ make dynamic version of plugin and provide windows and mac builds
+ Sextant plugin for stellarium
+ automated navigator for x-plane
+ weather effects for stellarium
+ java application
## Credits
+ Heavily based on Joan Perez's Ground Services plugin.
+ Thanks to Sandy Barbour for his fantastic python interface for x-plane