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Add direction arrows to ground tracks

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c
Domain
desktop

Research direction

The payload names no source files. Start by finding where the multi-satellite view draws ground tracks, then check how the current track is rendered and whether a direction marker already exists. Add optional arrows on future track segments only, using the proposed count and spacing settings. Done means the arrows show travel direction for each satellite and the settings can change them. Settle the setting names and defaults with the maintainer first, since the issue proposes them without a decision.

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Description

When displaying the ground tracks in the multi-satellite view, it would be helpful to having arrows on at least the first ground track indicating the direction of travel of each satellite.

I suggest settings for "number of arrows" (scalar) and "distance between arrows" (degrees/radians) to allow for customization. Arrows can be only on future tracks and do not have to be on the past track.

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