ISSTracker 1.3.0

ISS live Tracker on a Worldmap

Short:        ISS live Tracker on a Worldmap
Author:       aminet@jaehne.tk (Marcel Jähne)
Uploader:     aminet jaehne tk (Marcel Jähne)
Type:         util/misc
Version:      1.3.0
Replaces:     util/misc/ISSTracker.lha
Requires:     util/libs/AmiTLS13.lha
Architecture: m68k-amigaos
Distribution: Aminet

ISSTracker live puts the International Space Station on your Amiga desktop. 
It displays the current ISS position on a world map, keeps a visible trail,
and adds useful context such as daylight state, terrain, nearest city, update
status and space facts. The application is built for AmigaOS 1.3, uses classic
Workbench/Intuition UI elements, and fetches ISS data directly over plain
HTTP.


 Feature List
v1.3
  - Improved land/water/coast detection by using the embedded world map bitmap
    instead of the old coarse rectangle mask.
  - Ground classification now samples the same 600x200 map projection that is
    displayed on screen.
  - Added small-area sampling around the ISS position to reduce single-pixel
    coast/aliasing errors.

v1.2.1
  - Kept Update and Info button text fixed to Topaz 8, independent from the
    selected UI font.
  - Fixed garbage characters after the font size value in the Font settings
    window.
  - Synchronized StringInfo state for numeric input fields.
  - Applied the same numeric field cleanup to color settings.
  - Removed GACT_LONGINT from small numeric string gadgets to avoid Intuition
    display side effects.
  - Updated the application version to 1.2.1.

v1.2
 - Optional HTTPS support via amitls13.library (Aminet).
 - Automatic HTTP fallback when amitls13.library is not available.
 - Extended ISS data via HTTPS: altitude, velocity, visibility, footprint, and
   solar position.
 - Day/night display uses HTTPS API data when available.
 - Terrain display uses HTTPS coordinate data when available.
 - Shows people currently in space, including spacecraft and crew names.
 - Crew data is fetched once at startup, with one retry on failure.
 - Crew list wraps across multiple lines.
 - Startup message reports detected amitls13.library.
 - Manual Update resets the automatic update timer.

Funfact: This is the first amiga program on OS1.3 ever wich is able to use
secure communication by TLS/SSL. :-)

v1.1

 - Added color settings: water, land, map border, ISS cross, ISS dot, trail,
   text and background can 
   be assigned to available pens.
 - Color settings are saved and restored on the next start.
 - Improved support for higher color depths: graphics-card setups can use
   higher pen values.
 - Added default pens: water 4, land 7, map border 1, ISS cross 2, ISS dot 3,
   trail 5, text 1, background 0.
 - Added font settings: selectable font from FONTS: and adjustable font size.
 - Font settings are saved and restored on startup.
 - Button text always uses the system font at size 8, independent from the
   selected UI font.
 - Fixed the font-size display in the settings window.
 - Reduced unnecessary map redraws when opening/closing settings windows and
   using menus.
 - Fixed quit-time crashes introduced around the color/font settings work.
 - Version bumped to 1.1.

v1.0

 - Live ISS position tracking via HTTP
 - World map display with blinking ISS marker
 - Position trail/trace
 - Status display for Online, Loading, Error and Offline
 - Day, night and twilight calculation for the ISS ground position
 - local land/water detection
 - nearest city, country and approximate distance
 - automatic updates
 - configurable update interval
 - multilingual UI: English, German, Polish
 - localized menus and status messages
 - two-line status area with rotating information
 - space fun facts in the selected language
 - Europe proximity/over-Europe notification with alert beep
 - readable UTC timestamp for last update
 - saves window size and position
 - fallback window placement if saved settings are invalid
 - supports 2 to 4 bitplane Workbench displays
 - map variant selected according to available display depth
 - classic Intuition menus and gadgets
 - AmigaOS 1.3 compatible
 - network access through bsdsocket-compatible stacks
 - no HTTPS, proxy or external helper required


(c)2026 Marcel Jähne
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