Re: Reverse Engineer Oldest SGS

2004-04-07 Thread Fer J. de Vries
Hi Dave, The angles indeed are the angles between the noonline and the hourlines on the dial. I think the signs aren't important because at the start all is ^2. And there is symmetry between a west and east declining dial. Best wishes, Fer. Fer J. de Vries De Zonnewijzerkring mailto:[EMAIL PRO

Re: Reverse Engineer Oldest SGS

2004-04-07 Thread Dave Bell
On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Fer J. de Vries wrote: > Assuming the sundial is vertical (because the XII hourline is vertical) > and assuming the sundial is well made, just measure two angles in the > pattern and it is possible to recalculate the latitude and declination > of the dial. > > The angles you n

Re: Reverse Engineer Oldest SGS

2004-04-07 Thread Fer J. de Vries
Hi John,   Assuming the sundial is vertical (because the XII hourline is vertical) and assuming the sundial is well made, just measure two angles in the pattern and it is possible to recalculate the latitude and declination of the dial.   The angles you need are the hourlineangles for hour 6

Re: Software SONNE

2004-04-07 Thread Helmut Sonderegger
Hello to all,   first of all I wish to thank all who gave me feedback about the the new version 2.01a (I am very sorry I mixed the numbers and wrote 2.10a).   After this feedback I made some improvements (also in the fotos of the the help file). Now version 2.02 is on my homepage. This versi