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| EarthWatch displays a graphical world clock with a dynamic map image of the world showing the day and night areas, a sundial, and an information panel featuring sunrise/sunset times and much more -- all in real-time or time-lapse animation. |
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Jul 20, 2004 16:24:29 |
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 219 ( -26 -11.87% ) | | Size | 3275 kb | | Licence | Shareware | | Status | Minor Update | | Languages | English | | Tags | earthwatch, world clock, chronograph, chronometer, astronomy, earth, world, map, sundial, time, clock, ephemeris, almanac, shareware, time zone, timezone, seasons, solstices, equinoxes | | OS | Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows CE | | Homepage | elanware.com | | Email | lnagyjr@netscape.net | | Author | Larry Nagy |
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Description:
EarthWatch (for Windows) displays a graphical world clock with dynamic map image of the world showing the day and night areas, a sundial, and an almanac information panel featuring sunrise/sunset times and much more -- all in real-time or time-lapse animation.
EarthWatch is informative, educational, and beautiful, and includes the following features:
* Option to choose from two map types: political or natural.
* Graphical presentation of the day and night areas of the earth.
* Selection of any date from the year -4000 to + 4000.
* Comparison of sunrise/sunset times with those of the previous day.
* Display of the lat/long coordinates and names of major cities as you move the cursor over the map.
* Sunrise and sunset times for the specified location and date.
* Current northern and southern hemisphere seasons for the date selected.
* Number of days until the beginning of the next season for the date selected.
* Option to overlay on the map the world time zone boundaries and the local hour in each for the date/time selected.
* Option to show the sun on the map where it is at the zenith.
* Option to overlay the analemma (sun's apparent annual track) on the map image.
* Option to show the moon on the map where it is at the zenith.
* Age and phase of the moon for the date selected.
* Option to overlay major lat/long, Arctic and Antarctic circle, and Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn lines on the map.
* Option to highlight the locations of some 350 major cities on the map.
* An "animation" option, displaying a "time-lapse" mode with pre-settable time step increments, ranging from any fraction of an hour to 100 years, either forward or backward in time.
* Option to show a sundial with corrections for longitude, daylight savings time, and the equation of time.
* An online help feature with index and hyperlinks.
* Any EarthWatch setup may be saved in a configuration file and later restored by opening the file. | Short tags:
earthwatch, world clock, chronograph, chronometer, astronomy, earth, world, map, sundial, time, clock, ephemeris, almanac, shareware, time zone, timezone, seasons, solstices, equinoxes | System Requirements:
Windows system 100 MHz or more. | Change Info:
Windows version. Added animation, sundial, & more. | |
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