Best astronomy mapping software

"Stephen Paul" wrote in message ws.com...
Hi Pieter,
Good to hear from you! Hope all is well.

Yeah, I'm very fine, thanks!

I'll try Cartes du Ciel as everyone says, thanks for the quick help!!!

Pieter

The downside is that nobody is going to put in a great effort to create new
software when the competition is free. Look how development has slowed down
on TheSky. I would rather pay and get a great product.

Del Johnson



"Jax" wrote in message
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excellent product! the best money you won't spend g

peace,
jon

The downside is that nobody is going to put in a great effort to create new
software when the competition is free. Look how development has slowed down
on TheSky. I would rather pay and get a great product.

Del Johnson



"Jax" wrote in message
...
excellent product! the best money you won't spend g

peace,
jon

Del Johnson wrote:
The downside is that nobody is going to put in a great effort to create new
software when the competition is free. Look how development has slowed down
on TheSky. I would rather pay and get a great product.

Are you sure the development has slowed down for that reason, and not
something else--such as that TheSky has matured sufficiently?

TheSky (Level IV, or whatever the highest level is) is sufficiently
expensive that I doubt that Cartes du Ciel is much competition. If
you are the sort that waited this long, and is only now downloading
CdC, I don't think you'd have bought TheSky, anyway. (Obviously, I
don't mean you personally, Del!)

I originally set up my $10 registration for PleiadAtlas for precisely
this reason--because I did not want to undercut other astronomy
software writers for the Palm. I never did it for the money; if I had,
I'd be sorely disappointed. If I had it all to do over again, I
probably would just make it freeware. I don't think that doing so
would affect Planetarium or 2Sky very much at all.

Brian Tung
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt

Del Johnson wrote:
The downside is that nobody is going to put in a great effort to create new
software when the competition is free. Look how development has slowed down
on TheSky. I would rather pay and get a great product.

Are you sure the development has slowed down for that reason, and not
something else--such as that TheSky has matured sufficiently?

TheSky (Level IV, or whatever the highest level is) is sufficiently
expensive that I doubt that Cartes du Ciel is much competition. If
you are the sort that waited this long, and is only now downloading
CdC, I don't think you'd have bought TheSky, anyway. (Obviously, I
don't mean you personally, Del!)

I originally set up my $10 registration for PleiadAtlas for precisely
this reason--because I did not want to undercut other astronomy
software writers for the Palm. I never did it for the money; if I had,
I'd be sorely disappointed. If I had it all to do over again, I
probably would just make it freeware. I don't think that doing so
would affect Planetarium or 2Sky very much at all.

Brian Tung
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt

Yes, I am sure. Software Bisque hasn't released a major upgrade to TheSky
in years and the previous (very) minor upgrade was last August. The pocket
PC edition has been at version 1.10 for about a year.

TheSky could be 10 times what it is now if the Bisque brothers earned a
decent return for their efforts. Everybody wants their software for free
but at the same time expect to paid when they go to work. The fact that
freeware has caught up to TheSky is more a shame than a reason to celebrate.

Del Johnson





"Brian Tung" wrote in message
...
Del Johnson wrote:
The downside is that nobody is going to put in a great effort to create
new
software when the competition is free. Look how development has slowed
down
on TheSky. I would rather pay and get a great product.

Are you sure the development has slowed down for that reason, and not
something else--such as that TheSky has matured sufficiently?

TheSky (Level IV, or whatever the highest level is) is sufficiently
expensive that I doubt that Cartes du Ciel is much competition. If
you are the sort that waited this long, and is only now downloading
CdC, I don't think you'd have bought TheSky, anyway. (Obviously, I
don't mean you personally, Del!)


Brian Tung

Yes, I am sure. Software Bisque hasn't released a major upgrade to TheSky
in years and the previous (very) minor upgrade was last August. The pocket
PC edition has been at version 1.10 for about a year.

TheSky could be 10 times what it is now if the Bisque brothers earned a
decent return for their efforts. Everybody wants their software for free
but at the same time expect to paid when they go to work. The fact that
freeware has caught up to TheSky is more a shame than a reason to celebrate.

Del Johnson





"Brian Tung" wrote in message
...
Del Johnson wrote:
The downside is that nobody is going to put in a great effort to create
new
software when the competition is free. Look how development has slowed
down
on TheSky. I would rather pay and get a great product.

Are you sure the development has slowed down for that reason, and not
something else--such as that TheSky has matured sufficiently?

TheSky (Level IV, or whatever the highest level is) is sufficiently
expensive that I doubt that Cartes du Ciel is much competition. If
you are the sort that waited this long, and is only now downloading
CdC, I don't think you'd have bought TheSky, anyway. (Obviously, I
don't mean you personally, Del!)


Brian Tung

Del Johnson wrote:

Yes, I am sure.

Unless they've told you this is the reason you are just speculating and
calling it fact... No matter how "sure" you are.

--
Greg Crinklaw
Astronomical Software Developer
Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m)

SkyTools Software for the Observer:
http://www.skyhound.com/cs.html

Skyhound Observing Pages:
http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html

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Del Johnson wrote:

Yes, I am sure.

Unless they've told you this is the reason you are just speculating and
calling it fact... No matter how "sure" you are.

--
Greg Crinklaw
Astronomical Software Developer
Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m)

SkyTools Software for the Observer:
http://www.skyhound.com/cs.html

Skyhound Observing Pages:
http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html

To reply remove spleen

Del Johnson wrote:
Yes, I am sure. Software Bisque hasn't released a major upgrade to TheSky
in years and the previous (very) minor upgrade was last August. The pocket
PC edition has been at version 1.10 for about a year.

Your contention is that V6 is a very minor upgrade? I wasn't aware of
that.

Brian Tung
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt