Vanikoro
Project Vanikoro provides a
software called Astrolabe,
written
in Java and multi-platform. Astrolabe is a new kind of interface, based
on graph navigation, which
allows to navigate in any relationnal system such as Web pages, file
system ...
Why Vanikoro ?
Vanikoro is the place where you will find Astrolabe.
The Captain came up to me, put his
finger on one spot on the chart, and said this single word : "Vanikoro."
The effect was magical! It was the
name of the islands on which La Perouse had been lost! I rose suddenly.
"The Nautilus has brought us to
Vanikoro?" I asked.
"Yes, Professor," said the Captain.
"And I can visit the celebrated
islands where the Boussole and the Astrolabe struck?"
"If you like, Professor."
In Twenty Thousand Leagues By Jules Verne
© 2005 Cyber Studios Inc.
For more information :
http://www.mairie-albi.fr/arthisto/gens/expeditionhistoire.htm (in
French)
Why Vanikoro and not Astrolabe ? Because the name Astrolabe was yet
used by another project at
sourceforge.
When will Astrolabe be available ?
As soon as possible. I hope to be able to provide the first
version
before the end of May.
