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I thought this was the real threat to the printed version: that it may be
facing extinction due to an ever smaller demand, rather than from
competition from potential imitators.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rino van Dam"
> Since Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office makes available the formulas
> needed to calculate values as they are printed in the NA (in the 'AstroNav
> PC...' book), I wouldn't worry too much about reproducing your own NA,
with
> a layout similar to the original NA.
>
> I suspect they are much more relaxed about it than some members of this
> list... :-) Within a few years the printed Almanac will be a thing of the
> past anyway, or at least a very distant second to computer based
> calculations.
>
> Rino
>
