Analemmatic sundials and DeltaCad

2003-09-01 Thread Clarkkr
Hi Everyone, The Banff Conference was great and has renewed my interest in analemmatic sundials with four examples on the Saturday bus tour. I like the appropriateness of using seasonal markers on analemmatic sundials and demonstrated by Roger Bailey. I wanted to compare the results

Re: vertical pole

2003-09-01 Thread Frans W. Maes
Hi Vince, How about a 'spider sundial' ? See an example at Karl Schwarzinger's website: http://members.aon.at/sundials/bild44_e.htm Regards, Frans Maes - Original Message - From: vince and darcy winskunas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003

Re: Intihuatana rock

2003-09-01 Thread John Carmichael
All I know about it is that is was sadly damaged recently during the filming of a beer commercial when it was struck by heavy machinery. I think it has been restored since then. John L. Carmichael Jr. 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson Arizona, USA Tel: 520-696-1709 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sundial

Re: vertical pole

2003-09-01 Thread Mac Oglesby
I have a vertical pole in an open area of my back yard. Is it possible to layout a sundial with its shadow? Is there a program to do this or would it have to be done by marking points over a years time? Also what would the lines look like--the classic analemma or something else? Thanks

Re: Sundials in Greece

2003-09-01 Thread Papadakis Nikos
Hi, I know of two sundials in Greece. One is at the YMCA square in Thessaloniki but it doesn't have the gnomon. The other is inside the university in Sindos. Vossinakis Andreas - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Sent: Sunday,

RE: Analemmatic sundials and DeltaCad

2003-09-01 Thread Robert Terwilliger
Ken, How do you output the text file of the x, y coordinates in DeltaCad for layout? All three of the NASS DeltaCad analemmatic macros automatically output text files of the x, y coordinates. The name of the file is given after the macro executes and can be found in the same directory as the

Intihuatana rock

2003-09-01 Thread Ronit Maoz
Dear list members, I am interested to learn about Intihuatana, the carved rock in Machu Picchu, Peru , that may have been used to measure movements of the sun . Pictures or photos explaining how it worked would be especially welcome. Sincerely, Ronit Maoz -

Re: Cardinal Direction Software

2003-09-01 Thread Stephen Madden
When I enter my lat and long, 42.0667 and 70.15, I get a message Your longitude is more than 15 degrees from your time zone. Are you sure this is correct? I have chosen Eastern Daylight Time and indicated the longitude is west. Also, the date format mm/dd/ does not agree with what

vertical pole

2003-09-01 Thread vince and darcy winskunas
Dear list members, I have a vertical pole in an open area of my back yard. Is it possible to layout a sundial with its shadow? Is there a program to do this or would it have to be done by marking points over a years time? Also what would the lines look like--the classicanalemma or something