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Re: Working Analemma
From: James R. Van Zandt
Date: 2006 Nov 12, 16:29 -0500
From: James R. Van Zandt
Date: 2006 Nov 12, 16:29 -0500
> James R. Van Zandt wrote: > > > > I assume that it works at solar noon each day. I wouldn't be > > surprised if they need to post a conversion table between solar time > > and what the clocks are set to. > > By playing with a wonderful web site that maps locations given by > latitude and longitude into most common mapping web sites, I > reckon the L/Lo of the analemma to be N 47d 15.82m, W 122d 29.01m. The Google site http://www.google.com/maps actually needs no help. You can type something like 47.263403,-122.48271 into the search field and bring up a map and/or satellite photo of that location. And "link to this page" will give you a string that includes the latitude and longitude. > Yes, the sun would rise a bit between zone noon and local noon, > but I not sure it's significant enough to require recalibration of > the analemma. > > The obvious thing to be concerned about is the hour's correction > for Daylight Time (Summer Time to Europeans). Come to think of it, they could just adjust the mirror twice a year. - Jim Van Zandt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---