Feature request & implemention

[useris]

Hello,

I have feature request: display ship's position, course & speed near ship icon:

Add in ChartCanvas::ShipIndicatorsDraw function (chcanv.cpp file):

wxFont font;

wxFont* chart = FontMgr::Get().GetFont( _("Dialog"), 10 );
int font_size = wxMax(8, chart->GetPointSize());
font_size += chart->GetPointSize() - 10;

font_size = wxMin( font_size, 10 );
font_size = wxMax( font_size, 5 );

dc.SetFont( *chart );

wxString Name;
Name = wxString::Format(_T(""));
if( !wxIsNaN(gCog) && !wxIsNaN(gSog) ) {
Name << wxString::Format(_T(" LAT: ")) << toSDMM( 1, gLat )
<< wxString::Format(_T("\n LON: ")) << toSDMM( 2, gLon ) << wxString::Format(_T("\n"))
<< wxString::Format(_T(" COG: %03d° \n"), (int) gCog )
<< wxString::Format(_T(" SOG: %3.1f \n"), gSog );
} else { Name = wxString::Format(_T("NO DATA")); }


if ((gCog> 0) && (gCog < 100)) {
dc.DrawText(Name , lGPSPoint.x-15, lGPSPoint.y+20); }
else {
if ((gCog> 100) && (gCog < 120)) {
dc.DrawText(Name , lGPSPoint.x-10, lGPSPoint.y+15); }
else {
if ((gCog> 120) && (gCog < 230)) {
dc.DrawText(Name , lGPSPoint.x+15, lGPSPoint.y-25); }
else {
dc.DrawText(Name , lGPSPoint.x-10, lGPSPoint.y+25); } } }

[rgleason]

useris,
Nice. You could put that OpenCPN "Feature Request" into Tracker (along with the code) and ask for a Checkbox "Own Ship Data Shown" under Options > Ships > Own Ship or under Options > User Interface. You register here OpenCPN::Tracker Register new user and create a new Task under Project dropdown (to the left) with "Opencpn Feature Requests"

Have you tried Sean's Statusbar_pi Plugin, it puts any data you want along the bottom, size large enough to see.

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ml#post1474705

Also
https://github.com/seandepagnier/statusbar_pi

[useris]

Originally Posted by rgleason

useris,
Nice. You could put that OpenCPN "Feature Request" into Tracker (along with the code) and ask for a Checkbox "Own Ship Data Shown" under Options > Ships > Own Ship or under Options > User Interface. You register here OpenCPN::Tracker Register new user and create a new Task under Project dropdown (to the left) with "Opencpn Feature Requests"

Have you tried Sean's Statusbar_pi Plugin, it puts any data you want along the bottom, size large enough to see.

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ml#post1474705

Also
https://github.com/seandepagnier/statusbar_pi

ok thank's

[RhythmDoctor]

Originally Posted by useris

Hey, I immediately recognized your screenshot as being in the Delaware River, a couple miles from where i keep my boat. Is that your home port, or were you just passing through?

During the season I am at Anchorage Marina in Essington. Right now I'm on the hard at West End Boat Club.

[rgleason]

useris, Thanks for posting in Tracker!

[useris]

Originally Posted by RhythmDoctor

Hey, I immediately recognized your screenshot as being in the Delaware River, a couple miles from where i keep my boat. Is that your home port, or were you just passing through?

During the season I am at Anchorage Marina in Essington. Right now I'm on the hard at West End Boat Club.

Sorry, i just find file with ais strings in this forum as example...

[useris]

Originally Posted by rgleason

useris, Thanks for posting in Tracker!

Your welcome, i have made more snippets like viewing ship's pictures in OpenCPN. So post it directly into tracker? Or here for revising

[nohal]

useris...
The best is of course creating pull requests against current master on github. If not that, the tracker. Here they get inevitably lost.

Pavel

[seandepagnier]

This is a good feature to implement in a plugin.