Hello Hristo,

I’m thinking to write a small tool for exporting several events at the same time to Google Earth from OccultWatcher (desktop).

The idea is to find the best mobile location for several events in one night.

Until today, I do the following:
- Inspect the list of the events in Occult Watcher and find several events in one night
- Export each event to Google Earth with a kml file
- In Google Earth look at the intersection of the traces

My idea is the generation of one kml file for all the events of one night.

So … is the code for the kml file complicated ? Can you distribute it ?

Alternative is first to have a quick check in a separate window with all the traces together.
Sometimes 4 or 5 events have only “single” intersections (where only 2 traces cross together).


Best regards,
Jean-Francois

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Hello Dave,

Thanks for the answer.
I tried in OWC to find the menu item "File... Save all paths ..." but I did not find it.


Hello Hristo,

Yes, I can use the search functionality on OWC. It works fine. It lists the potential events. I'm still more the user of OccultWatcher (desktop version).
What I wish is a little more. See the following pictures with an example for the 06.03.2025 where 3 events do not intersect.
As alternative an example where 3 events have a common intersection on the 23.03.2023 ... but with bad weather at that time or I was too lazy.

I select (in Occult Watcher desktop) one event, then click "Google Earth'kmt file". It saves a file and open Google Earth with one trace.
When I select the second event and click again on "Google Earth'kml file", it adds a new trace on the view in Google Earth.
That is fine, but it is a lot of click between 2 software.

The first check is to see quickly if 2, 3 or more traces are near my home location, so that I can consider to travel with my mobile equipment.

Imagine 2 events very near my home (in the 1 sigma zone). If the traces intersect at 90° to each other, then I can find a location to observe both events near my home.
Now if the trace are nearly parallel to each other... then it will be a very long distance to travel to the intersection point.
Now with 3 or more events in the same night, you can combine several traces.

Concerning my skills :
I code a mix of Python and C# (.net). I found a lot of example in C# for the programming of SharpCap script in the IronPython console.
My skills in C#, C++ or C are basic. It was sufficient to code my Addin for OccultWatcher in 2023 for the event preparation for my SharpCap script.
But with long time and a lot of try and errors (most of the time with errors), I can program something see the Occultation script in SharpCap or the UCAC4 stars view in SharpCap.


Best regards,
Jean-Francois

Hello Hristo,

I ask again ... is the code for the (generation) of the kml file complicated ? Can you distribute it ?
Or is Occult Watcher already open source ?

Regards,
Jean-Francois