I am continuing to make improvements to indi-allsky.

I was able to implement an interesting enhancement. Since indi drives the underlying camera, I decided to integrate [virtual] telescope and GPS functionality from the respective servers. I used the Telescope Simulator and the GPSd servers to get information about where the camera is located as well as where it is pointed. The telescope simulator is [virtually] slewed to the zenith of the current location which is detected by GPS.

Since the Telescope Simulator is used, if the FITS files are exported, they are properly tagged with time, site latitude/longitude, and RA/dec of the sky for each image.

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