Re: [Gpredict-discussion] extending trsp format

[Alexandru C. <oz...@go...>]

Reopening an old thread...

2009/6/1 Stephane Fillod <f4...@fr...>:
> Alexandru Csete skribis:
>> > What do you think of adding a new special section in the trsp format
>> > which would not declare a new transponder but give general information
>> > about the satellite (showing up in sat-info window):
>> >
>> > * schedule URL
>> >  for example AO-51: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php
>>
>> Yeah, that would be great but we need a way to read that automatically.
>
> That job can be done by hand at first.
> The important task is to agree upon the trsp file format.
> What would be the name of the special section in trsp? [General] ?
>
> I would propose SCHED_URL as the key in the section.

There is a good site where satellite users provide their observations
for amateur satellites:
http://oscar.dcarr.org/
I'm thinking Gpredict could fetch this status page and convert the
HTML to something presentable - or render the html directly.

Alex