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correction for altitudes based on takeoff altitude #161

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nice addition. hereby some pointer for (minor) improvements. also: could you add an entry in the CHANGES.md file?

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
settings = Settings()


def run(url, source, download_progress=None, analysis_progress=None, on_success=None, on_failure=None):
def run(url, source, to_elevation, download_progress=None, analysis_progress=None, on_success=None, on_failure=None):
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i think it helps to explicitly show the optional behavior of to_elevation:

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def run(url, source, to_elevation, download_progress=None, analysis_progress=None, on_success=None, on_failure=None):
def run(url, source, to_elevation=None, download_progress=None, analysis_progress=None, on_success=None, on_failure=None):

args = (url, get_url_source(url), self.set_download_status, self.set_analyse_status,
try:
to_elevation = int(self.to_elevation_input.GetValue())
except:
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When using a bare except clause, this also catches a KeyboardInterrupt or other signal.
https://docs.python.org/3/library/exceptions.html#exception-hierarchy

i prefer to only catch the instances of Exception

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except:
except Exception:

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def determine_performance_dictionary(self):
self.set_performance_entry("t_start", "Start time", "text", "neutral", "[local time]", True, True, True, True)
self.set_performance_entry("t_finish", "Finish time", "text", "neutral", "[local time]", True, False, True, True)
self.set_performance_entry("h_start", "Start height", "number", "high", "[m]", True, True, True, True)
self.set_performance_entry("h_finish", "Finish height", "number", "high", "[m]", True, False, True, False)
self.set_performance_entry("h_finish", "Finish height", "number", "low", "[m]", True, False, True, True)
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is it really umambiguous that a lower finish height is always better? i guess it makes sense for the last leg, but for others along the task this really depends? (for instance if you round a turnpoint downwind).
i think the original code was also wrong, so maybe "neutral" would be best here?

now that i think of this, the same goes for the start height...

def init_all(self, trip, gps_altitude):
start_h = trip.fixes[0]['gps_alt'] if gps_altitude else trip.fixes[0]['pressure_alt']
start_t = trip.refined_start_time
def get_height(self, trip_index):
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nice improvement

def get_height(self, trip_index):
if (self.gps_altitude):
# return gps altitude corrected for start elevation
return self.trip.fixes[trip_index]['gps_alt'] - self.elevation_correction
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i think it is clearer if the elevation correction is simply added here and that the value can be both negative and positive. if this is changed, the calculation should be changed too. also there might be other places where this is used.

@@ -71,15 +71,23 @@ def __init__(self, current_version, latest_version):
self.url_input = wx.TextCtrl(panel)
my_sizer.Add(self.url_input, 0, wx.ALL | wx.EXPAND, 5)

to_elevation_sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)

text = wx.StaticText(panel, label="Field elevation:")
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Maybe nice to add a unit:

is this above MSL?

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text = wx.StaticText(panel, label="Field elevation:")
text = wx.StaticText(panel, label="Field elevation [m]:")

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