Re: Nautical Almanac Method Reduction
Subject: Re: Nautical Almanac Method Reduction
From: Richard B. Emerson (navsys@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri Nov 03 2000 - 19:46:34 EST
Dan Allen writes:
[...]
> The datafiles must be processed by programs before they are useful. The
> source code to these programs are on the CD. However, the programs provided
> are written in FORTRAN. You must have a FORTRAN compiler on your machine in
> order to use DE200. There are some versions that have been translated into
> C as well, but they are not definitive. If you are not a programmer fluent
> in these languages, then use of DE200 or DE405 directly is IMPOSSIBLE!
Although FORTRAN is not for the faint of heart (we could, I suppose,
discuss the joys of COBOL, PL/1, or that paragon of
incomprehensibility, APL) there is a pre-compiler for FORTRAN included
in Linux systems. While setting up a Linux system solely access the
ephemerides strikes me as building a steel mill to get a paper clip,
there is that option for those so inclined.
Rick
S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35
