[Savannah-hackers] savannah.gnu.org: submission of Freetrack satellite tracker

[hamish]

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Hamish Moffatt <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
Other License: 
Package: Freetrack satellite tracker
System name: freetrack
This package does NOT want to apply for inclusion in the GNU project

I intend to develop a free satellite tracker program. These are commonly
used by amateur radio operators to locate amateur satellites, and also
by weather satellite enthusiasts. The tracker program models the
orbit of a satellite and gives information about its current position
and where to point antennas or telescopes etc. It could even control
computer-controlled antenna rotators and control radio equipment to
perform Doppler frequency correction to adjust for the movement of
the satellite.

There are quite a few of these programs already (some under free licenses) 
but some of the user interfaces aren\'t very good. My favourite interface is
one called \'sattrack\' , but it\'s non-free and a bit buggy, but can\'t
really be fixed due to the license.

There are some users on the address@hidden mailing list
who will assist with the project, or with testing at least.

The project doesn\'t exist yet, I\'m just starting to think about it.

By the way I am also a Debian GNU/Linux developer.