Organization Type
Individual Developer
Organization Name (Optional)
Astrea
Primary Domain/Industry
Aerospace/Aviation
Other Domain (if selected above)
No response
Project Stage
Production/Deployed
Development Team Size
Just me (1)
Use Case Description
I have used the mp-units library as the foundation for open-source astrodynamics library, Astrea. I use it for compile-time checks, unit conversions, unit consistency, and basically every other use the library was designed for. It handles normal orbital and dynamics calculations well enough and can handle the more complex stuff with some massaging. It fits perfectly into my custom Julian date std::chrono clock, and it's taught me a significant amount about some of the unit assumptions I've taken for granted in my calculations. Unit conversion issues are rife in aerospace projects and my tool would not be nearly as capable without mp-units underneath it.
Features Used
Key Benefits Experienced
- Eliminated unit conversion errors
- Easy, library-wide unit consistency to avoid hidden conversions and scaling errors
- Clean, legible code that easier to debug
- No more implicit units in variables
- Compile-time safety for quantities
- No-overhead abstractions and many constexpr operations and unit conversions
- Seamless integration with std::chrono
- This library has taught me a lot about how powerful C++ compile-time abstractions can be
Impact on Your Project
Game-changing - Solved major problems
Usage Permissions
Organization Type
Individual Developer
Organization Name (Optional)
Astrea
Primary Domain/Industry
Aerospace/Aviation
Other Domain (if selected above)
No response
Project Stage
Production/Deployed
Development Team Size
Just me (1)
Use Case Description
I have used the mp-units library as the foundation for open-source astrodynamics library, Astrea. I use it for compile-time checks, unit conversions, unit consistency, and basically every other use the library was designed for. It handles normal orbital and dynamics calculations well enough and can handle the more complex stuff with some massaging. It fits perfectly into my custom Julian date std::chrono clock, and it's taught me a significant amount about some of the unit assumptions I've taken for granted in my calculations. Unit conversion issues are rife in aerospace projects and my tool would not be nearly as capable without mp-units underneath it.
Features Used
Key Benefits Experienced
Impact on Your Project
Game-changing - Solved major problems
Usage Permissions