0.001 T. R. Wyant
Initial release
0.002 T. R. Wyant
bin/satpass -
Behave better when no Clipboard module.
Do not use Clipboard module under darwin.
Require Astro::SpaceTrack 0.016 (if any).
Default star distance now 10000 parsecs (was 1 parsec).
Add 'sky lookup', using Astro::SIMBAD::Query.
Modified 'sky' listing format to look like 'sky add' commands.
Astro::Coord::ECI -
Add NAD83 ellipsoid.
Astro::Coord::ECI::Utils -
Corrected documentation.
0.003 T. R. Wyant
bin/satpass -
Remove all uses of Clipboard, to try to get built under
ActiveState's ActivePerl.
Correct version number in Astro::SpaceTrack load.
Accumulate Iridium operational statuses.
Add status command to display satellite operational status.
Astro::Coord::ECI
Increment version, as a lazy way to increment the distribution
version.
Tweak documentation.
Astro::Coord::ECI::Utils
Make subclass of Exporter, since ActiveState's build
seems to have a problem with 'use Exporter qw{import}'
(except under darwin, strangely enough).
Increment version.
0.004
bin/satpass -
Rewrite command parsing so that we can retain quotes and
be POSIXly correct in option processing for the system
command.
Give tle command a -verbose qualifier, to produce a formatted
listing of the orbital parameters.
Provide HTML =item targets consistent with links.
ECI.pm
Clean up docs.
TLE.pm
Clean up docs, wrap some really long lines.
Replace _fmod2p with mod2pi from Utils module.
0.005
ECI.pm
Add 'inertial' read-only attribute.
Add equatorial coordinates relative to observer.
Fix negative right ascension - should be mod 2 pi.
Tweak docs, including fuller synopsis.
bin/satpass
Add local_coord parameter to determine local coordinate system
(azel or equatorial).
Modify pass and position output to use local_coord.
TLE.pm
Tweak synopsis, to show that setting time runs model.
0.006
ECI.pm
Cache some calculations for re-use.
ECI/Star.pm
Tweak docs.
ECI/Utils.pm
Add intensity_to_magnitude(), atmospheric_extinction().
bin/satpass
Correct check for whether location has been set. Old check
did not recognize 0 latitude, longitude, or height.
Special-case code to 'unset' tz when it is set to undef or ''.
Make 'position' iterate over time, in real time with -realtime.
Add -time global command option to time execution.
Add 'country' parameter. Break out 'geocode' and 'height' to
country-specific versions, and make the original command
dispatch based on 'country' parameter or explicit argument.
Allow formatting of local coordinates without range information.
Round pass times to the nearest second (since strftime truncates).
Add 'almanac' command options -horizon, -quarters, -transit, and
-twilight to restrict the output.
Make height_us() work with revised USGS SOAP calling sequence.
0.007
ECI.pm
Optimize, mostly by being smarter about when to clear cached
coordinates.
Correct spelling in POD.
ECI/Moon.pm
Change die to confess on programming error.
Correct spelling in POD.
ECI/Star.pm
Correct spelling in POD.
ECI/Sun.pm
Correct spelling in POD.
ECI/TLE.pm
Modify internals for easier cache clearing.
Better documentation of 'mean anomaly'.
Correct spelling in POD.
Trap invalid effective eccentricity in sgp4. The underlying cause
of the problem is probably either an invalid TLE or using the TLE
past its 'good until' date.
ECI/Utils.pm
Change die to confess on programming error.
Correct spelling in POD.
Makefile.PL
Get rid of wrong-headed attempt to configure optional modules.
bin/satpass
Various documentation corrections.
Correct spelling in POD.
Add store() and retrieve() as interface to Storable.
Centralize tilde expansion, and do it on cd(), load(), retrieve (),
source(), store ().
Preprocess -start and -end options of st(), to make dates
consistent with the rest of satpass.
Add -initialization_file command option.
Add -optional option on source().
Add localize(), and macro/source call frames to support this.
Add localize subcommand to st().
Make 'st show' a synonym for 'st get', and make 'st get' without
arguments show all settings.
Add test hooks, and a test to exercise the more arcane functions
of the script.
Add -source_layer and -retry_on_zero options to height_us().
Add a separate height_ca() method that makes use of the above
options when delegating to height_us(), in response to anomalous
responses to height queries.
Fix problem displaying appulses in pass().
Make the position() display positions for a range of times. Add
-realtime option to position() to display positions in
near-real-time.
Add drop().
Fix formatting of error messages from the local coordinate
formatters.
Have position() display epoch and illumination when displaying
objects from the observing list.
0.008
ECI.pm 0.008
Support the use of Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Set objects in the
angle() method.
Add method attribute().
ECI/TLE.pm 0.005
Add the null model.
ECI/TLE/Set.pm 0.001 New container object.
ECI/Utils.pm 0.006
Add dynamical_delta() method (was private method in ECI.pm).
bin/satpass 0.008
Use Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Set objects to represent satellites
when we have more than one set of orbital elements.
Add help for Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Set.
Add and document 'singleton' parameter. Use it in pass() and
position().
Default end times relative to start times, rather than relative
to the last explicit time.
Fix interaction between clipboard functionality and test hook.
Thanks to IMACAT for help diagnosing and verifying.
Add acknowledgments.
0.009
ECI.pm 0.009
Add represents() method.
ECI/Sun.pm 0.003
Remove redundant definition of ASTRONOMICAL_UNIT; use AU from
Astro::Coord::ECI::Utils
ECI/TLE.pm 0.006
Add is_model_attribute(), is_valid_model().
ECI/TLE/Set.pm 0.002
Allow Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Set objects as arguments of add().
Take advantage of is_model_attribuite(), is_valid_model().
bin/satpass 0.009
Fix defaulting of second argument of quarters().
Allow macros to override core commands. Macros can no longer
call themselves, and core commands can be accessed explicitly
by the syntax core.command.
Relative times for the second and subsequent arguments of a
command are relative to previous time argument of the same
command, whether absolute or relative.
Build.PL 0.001
Initial version.
0.010
ECI.pm 0.010
Check for null arguments on most calls, so we die now rather
than later.
Fix undefined value when calling set() with no arguments.
ECI/Moon.pm 0.003
Make singleton object by default.
ECI/Sun.pm 0.004
Make singleton object by default.
bin/satpass 0.010
Add qualifiers -brief, -list, and -delete to macro command.
Parameter explicit_macro_delete controls what the macro
command does when given a name but no definition.
Make -time work on macros and source commands.
Add ability to abort macros and source scripts on error,
controlled by parameter error_out.
Build.PL
Correct add_to_cleanup() call.
Add omitted ECI/Sun.pm.
Makefile.PL
Add explicit PL_FILES => {}, to prevent old versions from
trying to execute 'perl Build.PL Build'.
0.011
ECI.pm 0.011
Add horizon attribute.
ECI/TLE.pm
Add pass() method and supporting attributes.
bin/satpass
Add check_version()
Defer loading of optional modules to speed startup.
Rewrite XML parsing to use either XML::Parser or XML::Parser::Lite,
with XML::Parser being preferred.
Fix fatal error when running off the end of the top-level command
script.
Support ~user in filenames.
Convert pass() to use Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE->pass(). Old code
remains as pass_old(), strongly deprecated.
Use Time::HiRes for timing, if that is available.
Document status of pass_old, 'timing' parameter (strongly
deprecated) and the SIMBAD situation.
eg/iss
New example to demonstrate Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE->pass().
0.012
ECI.pm 0.012
Localized $Data::Dumper::Terse
Fixed divide-by-zero in azel() when the points coincide.
Convert angle() to use law of haversines rather than law of cosines,
for better performance on small angles.
ECI/Sun.pm 0.005
Add magnitude() method.
ECI/TLE.pm 0.008
Add {body} and {station} to hash returned by pass().
Add support for reblessing to Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Iridium if
appropriate. This includes rebless(), before_reblessing(),
after_reblessing(), alias(), can_flare(), status(), and the {reblessable}
attribute.
ECI/TLE/Iridium.pm 0.001
Initial release.
ECI/Utils.pm 0.007
Confess on invalid acos() argument.
Add find_first_true() to support finding Iridium flares.
bin/satpass 0.012
If a source file ends with a continued line, warn and abandon the
line.
Set the time on the appulsing body before obtaining its coordinates.
Fix error in end time parser in position().
Throw error if doing 'sky lookup' on a body that is already in the
sky.
Have pass() round the displayed time for the appulsing body.
Add flare() to calculate Iridium flares.
Modify position() to report flare potential for Iridium satellites.
Added -choose option to pass(), position(), tle().
Removed pass_old() and the timing parameter, strongly deprecated in
version 0.011.
Added {simbad_version} parameter to select SIMBAD software to use.
eg/iridium 0.001
New example calculating Iridium flares.
0.013
Astro::Coord::ECI 0.013
No code changes, but updated version to be visible to CPAN 'r'.
Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE 0.009
Updated canned Iridium status table for failure of Iridium 36 and
its replacement by Iridium 97.
Astro::Coord::ECI::TLE::Iridium 0.002
Fixed occasional borderline-case spurious flare prediction.
bin/satpass 0.013
Added -version command option, to display preamble and exit.
Wrap probe for clipboard helpers in eval{}. Among other things, this
allows the script to run in taint mode.
Add -choose option to list().
Allow extra arguments to status show, to do selective status display.
t/moon.t
Fixed cosmetic undefined value error when Scalar::Util does not
implement refaddr().
t/sun.t
Fixed cosmetic undefined value error when Scalar::Util does not
implement refaddr().