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ISKm3 - Free iPhone App for Ore Miners, Haulers, and Traders
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Vex Romancer
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2013-03-19 22:51:35 UTC  |  Edited by: Vex Romancer
Greetings fellow EVE players,

I've released a free iPhone app for all ore miners, haulers, and trader. This utility tells you which ore is the most profitable to mine, haul, or trade for your limited cargo space, by measuring the ISK/m3 for Jita, Amarr, Rens, Dodixie, and 5000+ other systems. It's called ISKm3. and you can download it from the iTunes App Store on your iOS device, or by clicking this link: http://bit.ly/iskm3.

Please note - I am retiring this character. My new main is Glorious Lovemaker. I will make future posts from that account in a new thread.

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Current Version: v1.5.0:

== FREE VERSION INCLUDES DATA FROM ==
- Jita
- Amarr
- Rens
- Dodixie

== IN-APP UPGRADE INCLUDES DATA FROM ==
- Hek
- Tash-Murkon Prime
- Osmon
- and 5000+ systems (pretty much all the systems in the game)

== Note ==
It may seem that the Pull-to-Refresh data is not working because the animation finishes quickly, or because the data doesn't update as often. Rest assured that the data is being re-synchronized in a super-efficient, multi-threaded manner. The ISK/m3 values depend on crowd-sourced data from the EVE community, so they may only change once every few hours.

== Future Development ==
- iPad Version Coming Soon

ISKm3 - Free iPhone app for miners, traders, and haulers. Grab it here: http://bit.ly/iskm3
Tonto Auri
Vhero' Multipurpose Corp
#2 - 2013-03-19 23:00:09 UTC
Just let a user to configure regions/systems you pull data from. And supply a number of presets. (The ones you listed are fairly sane, if you ask me.) It'll be much, much easier, than hardcoding this or that.

Two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. -- Harlan Ellison
Vex Romancer
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2013-03-19 23:03:11 UTC
Tonto Auri wrote:
Just let a user to configure regions/systems you pull data from. And supply a number of presets. (The ones you listed are fairly sane, if you ask me.) It'll be much, much easier, than hardcoding this or that.


True, this would be easier, but I'm not sure if the API I use allows me to search for Solar System IDs by partial solar system name fragments. I looked into it briefly, but didn't see a way to do it.

I'll look again.

Thanks for the feedback!

ISKm3 - Free iPhone app for miners, traders, and haulers. Grab it here: http://bit.ly/iskm3
Tonto Auri
Vhero' Multipurpose Corp
#4 - 2013-03-19 23:17:56 UTC
You can set up a simple web app for that, if none of the existing API's let you do what you want. And you can't bribe anyone of the existing service providers to help you on that matter.
Noone said that everything should be contained inside application :) Especially if it's already dependent on web services.

Two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. -- Harlan Ellison
Vex Romancer
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2013-03-20 16:03:14 UTC
This gives me an idea, one that wont need a new web service or my own little web app, since I already have access to all of the solar system IDs in a file. Just need to organize it better, and store it in an XML-like file, and I should be good to go.

ISKm3 - Free iPhone app for miners, traders, and haulers. Grab it here: http://bit.ly/iskm3
Vex Romancer
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2013-03-21 23:41:09 UTC
Tonto Auri wrote:
You can set up a simple web app for that, if none of the existing API's let you do what you want. And you can't bribe anyone of the existing service providers to help you on that matter.
Noone said that everything should be contained inside application :) Especially if it's already dependent on web services.


So, I've been able to create a CSV doc with all of the solar systems and their corresponding names. I'm going to try to convert it to an IOS style XML file, known as a Properly List. If that work,s the next version will have all of the solar systems available.

ISKm3 - Free iPhone app for miners, traders, and haulers. Grab it here: http://bit.ly/iskm3
DaveTheGreat
Last Stand Enterprises
#7 - 2013-03-22 07:30:05 UTC
I would love to have something similar to this based on Android
Chaotic Mind
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2013-03-22 09:58:14 UTC
does it only take the raw ore or does it calculates the ISK/m3 value of refined ore?

also, will it tell me what ores can be found in proximity of my position? (like 5 jumps max)

no need to list 0.0 ores when I'm sitting in Jita
Vex Romancer
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2013-03-22 13:04:07 UTC
DaveTheGreat wrote:
I would love to have something similar to this based on Android


Android is something I've been slowly picking up. It'll take some time, but I'll make it eventually.

ISKm3 - Free iPhone app for miners, traders, and haulers. Grab it here: http://bit.ly/iskm3
Vex Romancer
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2013-03-22 13:04:53 UTC
Chaotic Mind wrote:
does it only take the raw ore or does it calculates the ISK/m3 value of refined ore?

also, will it tell me what ores can be found in proximity of my position? (like 5 jumps max)

no need to list 0.0 ores when I'm sitting in Jita


It only calculates the ISK/m3 for the raw ore for a few dozen star systems. I'm working on adding in a search abr that will incorporate all star systems in the next couple weeks.

ISKm3 - Free iPhone app for miners, traders, and haulers. Grab it here: http://bit.ly/iskm3
Vex Romancer
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2013-03-27 13:52:30 UTC
Tonto Auri wrote:
You can set up a simple web app for that, if none of the existing API's let you do what you want. And you can't bribe anyone of the existing service providers to help you on that matter.
Noone said that everything should be contained inside application :) Especially if it's already dependent on web services.


It took some time, but I ended up scraping all the system names and corresponding typeIDs from a website. I converted that data to a CSV using some RegEx. Then, I converted the CSV to an Apple-formatted XML file, and as of 5 minutes ago, the app can search, filter, and display ore data for any system in EVE.

This version with this change will be released in early April.

ISKm3 - Free iPhone app for miners, traders, and haulers. Grab it here: http://bit.ly/iskm3
Vex Romancer
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#12 - 2013-04-07 20:46:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Vex Romancer
Just submitted the next version. 1.5.0 to the App Store. Assuming nothing goes wrong, it should be approved and out to the public this time next week.

This update includes
- 5000+ hubs for upgraded users
- Cleaner, gray theme
- New app icon

Here's a screenshot of the cleaner theme.

Once this version is approved, I'll begin work on the iPad version.

ISKm3 - Free iPhone app for miners, traders, and haulers. Grab it here: http://bit.ly/iskm3
Vex Romancer
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2013-04-13 23:54:53 UTC
v1.5.0 is out! Check the first post in this thread for full details!

ISKm3 - Free iPhone app for miners, traders, and haulers. Grab it here: http://bit.ly/iskm3
Vex Romancer
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#14 - 2013-04-17 02:34:56 UTC
Would people be interested in a version of this add that adds support for Gas Mining and Ice Mining?

ISKm3 - Free iPhone app for miners, traders, and haulers. Grab it here: http://bit.ly/iskm3
Ydnari
Estrale Frontiers
#15 - 2013-04-17 02:49:21 UTC
I see you've got a $0.99 in-app paid upgrade to unlock parts of it; you're on shaky ground there charging for that, you may want to check with CCP before they jump on you.

Although this is pretty clear-cut:

http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=1525221&page=1#2

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Vex Romancer
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#16 - 2013-04-17 02:57:52 UTC
Ydnari wrote:
I see you've got a $0.99 in-app paid upgrade to unlock parts of it; you're on shaky ground there charging for that, you may want to check with CCP before they jump on you.

Although this is pretty clear-cut:

http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=1525221&page=1#2


I'm not using the CCP API at all. I'm using Third-Party APIs that don't interface with the CCP API, just with cached data sent back voluntarily via python scripts to these third-party APIs.

If it comes down to it, I will modify the app such that I will charge for ads, like the other EVE-centric iOS apps are doing, rather than content-related features. All users who paid for the current app will be grandfathered in, and will not see ads.

Thanks for the heads up, I do appreciate it!

ISKm3 - Free iPhone app for miners, traders, and haulers. Grab it here: http://bit.ly/iskm3
Vex Romancer
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#17 - 2013-04-23 14:22:14 UTC
Please note - I am retiring this character. My new main is Glorious Lovemaker. I will make future posts from that account in a new thread.

ISKm3 - Free iPhone app for miners, traders, and haulers. Grab it here: http://bit.ly/iskm3