Author: hamish-guest Date: 2011-04-22 00:34:31 +0000 (Fri, 22 Apr 2011) New Revision: 2983
Added: packages/opencpn/trunk/debian/README.harmonics Log: notes on harmonics data Added: packages/opencpn/trunk/debian/README.harmonics =================================================================== --- packages/opencpn/trunk/debian/README.harmonics (rev 0) +++ packages/opencpn/trunk/debian/README.harmonics 2011-04-22 00:34:31 UTC (rev 2983) @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +The opencpn-data package currently ships the ASCII version of xtide's +tidal harmonics tables, while the xtide-data package ships a binary- +blob version. + + +On 21 Apr 2011, Dave (bdbcat) wrote: +""" +Comment on xtide data: +The harmonic data currently shipping in sourceforge git have been +tweaked (by me and others) to work nicely in the US, especially +fixing current direction reporting. We are also soon adding +Scandinavian tide staion support. Using a generic xtide harmonic +file will be less useful for many users. I think we need to continue +to package our own harmonic files. +... +Related point: I tested some code to incorporate the newer binary +xtide data sets. This could be made to work, but I have no immediate +motivation to pursue. +""" + _______________________________________________ Pkg-grass-devel mailing list Pkg-grass-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grass-devel