What to do about showing the path of a planet?

[wafels]

What is the best way to show the path of a planet in the FOV? Perhaps we should always show the entire path we have calculated every time we show a planetary path.

[Helioviewer-Kirill]

Are you referring to showing a planet trajectory that spans from one side of the FOV to the other, any time an observation date is selected that contains a planet?

[Helioviewer-Kirill]

We want to limit maximum amount of data sent to the client, as some planets are moving slower through the FOV and their trajectories are more data dense which may result in a large payload size.

In order to accomplish this, I will have to create a system to adjust the temporal cadence based on how many points are possible in a trajectory to send less data to the client.
This would be a move away from the fixed cadence of the current trajectory display system.

However, this dynamic cadence may cause a side effect of being less clear how quickly planets are moving across the FOV like we currently have in the fixed cadence system.