Dear Daniel,
Thank you very much for your excellent explanation. This is exactly what I
was hoping for! Your answer also shows just how useful the Sundial Mailing
List is; we must always thank you for setting it up and for running it.
I enjoy WOZ(G) where G is for Görlitz and this would translate into
LAT(G) in English where G is for Greenwich!
For world-wide use G has its limitations and I prefer:
WOZ(15°) / WOZ(15° ö.L.)
There are many variants that make this a little more international, such as
WOZ(+15°) or WOZ(15°E ) because, of course, one could write WOZ(-15°)
or WOZ(15°W).
As you say, for daylight saving, one can simply change +15° to +30° and so
on.
> As Görlitz is a city in Germany, people from Austria and Switzerland
> would not be so happy with it to see it for their sundials.
Yes. We must always be sensitive to diplomatic considerations! There was
a really big problem after the International Meridian Conference in October
1884 when most of the world agreed to use Greenwich as the Prime Meridian
and to use Greenwich Mean Time as Universal Time. It took 27 years before
the French adopted Greenwich Mean Time but they described it as "Paris Mean
Time retarded by 9 minutes and 21 seconds".
Very best wishes
Frank
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