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Subject: Re: online nautical almanac
From: Joe Shields (jshields@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Apr 01 2002 - 10:23:47 EST
Vic,
Been there, done that...
but the guy at:
http://www.tecepe.com.br/scripts/AlmanacPagesISAPI.isa
has done such a wonderful job, and since he makes his registered Visual
Basic version available for only $20, I threw my home-made one away and now
have his loaded on my laptop. It has every feature I could ever want.
Write your own if you are looking for a challenge (I must confess I enjoyed
the programming challenge myself), but if you just want to produce the same
output on your computer, pay the $20. You won't be disappointed. If you're
into Celestial Nav. and have a computer, his program is great fun. It's
wonderfully layed out. Beside the almanac features, it does sight reduction
(even doing it backwards yielding an expected instrument reading which is
great when you are just doing some instrument testing) and plotting on
charts you can add (or even make with his chart maker program that comes
with it), a sky chart you can animate (backwards and forward) at any speed,
plus a GPS interface that allows you to see your position (via a litle boat
icon) realtime.
-- Joe Shields (not associated with the tecepe programmer in any way, just a
satisfied customer)
-----Original Message-----
From: Vic Fraenckel [mailto:vfraenc1@XXX.XXX]
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 5:47 AM
Subject: Re: online nautical almanac
Peter,
Thanks for the link. My real goal is to be able to produce the same output
on my own computer. I am a fairly good programmer and would like to have an
nautical almanac in my computer on my sailboat.
Vic
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Victor Fraenckel - The Windman vfraenc1@XXX.XXX
KC2GUI www.windsway.com
Home of the WindReader Electronic Theodolite
Read the WIND
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Fogg" <ffive@XXX.XXX>
To: <NAVIGATION-L@XXX.XXX>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 10:50 PM
Subject: online nautical almanac
| In answer to an earlier query, here is a link for an online nautical
| almanac:
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| http://www.tecepe.com.br/scripts/AlmanacPagesISAPI.isa
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