(meteorobs) Meteor Observation Tracking Tool Beta

[Al Degutis]

On 8/7/05, Luc Bastiaens wrote:
> Maybe you should also check Ivan Goethals' Meteor Companion (
> http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/~igoethal/metcomp.htm ).  It's not an
> online tool, but works great to process observations into e.g. the IMO
> summary reports.

Thanks, Luc. I'll check it out.
 
> Furthermore, there actually is a lot moving on this subject.  Geert
> Barentsen is doing a _lot_ of work on getting a so-called 'Unified Meteor
> Database' on the tracks.  I didn't follow very closely, but as far as I
> know, most work was put into the design of the database backend (with
> support for different kind of observations (e.g. visual summary reports,
> visual detailed reports (e.g. plottings), telescopic observations, even
> photo or video observations) and the interfaces around it.  It uses a SOAP
> server where XML-formatted observations can be submitted from basically
> anywhere on the web (e.g. also Al's personal interface).  

Great news. I'll have to try and keep track of its development and so
I can look into XML-formatted output from my online tracking tool.

Thanks again for the info.
Al Degutis
http://www.skyinsight.net