Re: Started A "Macintosh Software" Site

From: Robert W. Fisher via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 20:50:52 -0400
You might want to add xephem to the list.  it’s been awhile since i’ve played with it, but it accepts TLE and has very nice visualization options.  I believe it’s still available from MacPorts...


> On Jul 21, 2017, at 12:49, Charles Phillips via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote:
> 
> Fellow Enthusiasts -
> 
> As a long time Mac user I was disappointed by the information available about software for the Mac. There are plenty of Mac people out there, they should be able to use their chosen platform.
> 
> So I created a site https://sites.google.com/site/macsatellitesoftware/ that (so far) tells people how to run Gpredict and a bit about JSatTrak. As I have time I will add to the site. It is linked from SeeSat, the Members page. 
> 
> With the assistance of some people who are far better at coding than I am, I have gotten some of Dave Vallado's code to run on my Macs and I will try to add that over time. I also run some C++ written by a guy named Tim DeBenedictus that propagates TLEs, again as a Unix application, and will try to share some of that. 
> 
> Comments are always welcome. 
> 
> Charles Phillips
> Spaceflight Research, LLC
> Houston, Texas
> 713-882-4578 
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