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PHP and Python PyEphem Astronomy Helper Star Tutorial

Yes, today we have a “Star Tutorial”? Thank you, thank you very much, well you shouldn’t have. Ohhh, so you didn’t. No, you’re not. Well, that … sure … was … embarrassing. Anyway, further to yesterday’s PHP and Python PyEphem Astronomy Helper Observer Tutorial work, today, we … allow for Stars to be “objects” allowable within the (Python) PyEphem calculations add some emojis (mainly for decorative purposes … but have a small internationalization advantage, we think) interface it to the … Continue reading →

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PHP Sun Information Software Integration Tutorial

We left off the project of PHP Sun Information TimeZone Tutorial recently adding in that fourth (time) dimension link via the use of TimeZones, and today, that … Sun Information is integrated into … Sun Angle project … and vice versa making a “win win” scenario, we hope, for both. The PHP date/time sun information method we use does not calculate a sun elevation (Α) at “noon” exactly, but we are going to settle for this as a sun elevation … Continue reading →

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PHP Sun Information TimeZone Tutorial

What links time and place? … Give up? What links time and place when you are programming, a lot? … Give up? What links time and place when you are PHP programming, heaps? … Give up? TimeZones … and PHP is soooooooo good at it in terms of its DateTimeZone class. So it seems logical that to involve TimeZones in (amongst the logic of) our recent PHP Sun Information Primer Tutorial could help it. My oath it can! Don’t worry, … Continue reading →

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PHP Sun Information Primer Tutorial

PHP has some great code features built into versions as early as PHP 4, even earlier perhaps, though today’s work needs PHP 5. Today, we’ve built a pretty simple web application around PHP’s date/time sun information function … date_sun_info (PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7) date_sun_info — Returns an array with information about sunset/sunrise and twilight begin/end It’s here at this live run link that uses the PHP sun_information.php source code you can download, and try yourself, if you like. … Continue reading →

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Other Side of the World Google Chart Tutorial

Google Charts provides great chart tools for various purposes. We already use the Map Chart heavily with our “Other Side of the World” recent web application we last talked about below with Other Side of the World Continents and Countries Tutorial. This is no surprise given the geolocation and positioning and mapping aspects to the project. But also apt is the … Geo Chart which displays nominated countries and/or regions on a world map … and we also thought it … Continue reading →

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Other Side of the World Continents and Countries Tutorial

Today we came across a scenario where there was a tiny advantage being Australian, in that our “Continent Name” equals our “Country Name” … which I suppose you could argue for Antarctica, maybe?! We were amused by this at school, and now have the first real world “application” of this in that today’s task, much harder than we thought it would be, was, with our “Other Side of the World” web application (we last talked about with Other Side of … Continue reading →

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Other Side of the World Timezone Tutorial

We’ve got a lot of “where” functionality mixed in with “when” functionality with our “Other Side of the World” web application. To us, the easiest way to link “where” and “when” in the world is the concept of Earth’s timezones. We spent a lot of time looking into this with the blog thread ending with TimeZone Country Places Data Tutorial and then it went through another makeover when we tackled its integration into the Weather Underground API inspired blog postings … Continue reading →

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Other Side of the World Map Chart Styling Tutorial

You’ll have noticed with our “Other Side of the World” web application of recent days … or maybe not, if you were dozing off … how much use we make of the Google Charts Map Chart functionality. Can’t do without it … thanks, Google. Now if you go to read about the Google Chart Map Chart you may end up at this very interesting webpage, and even if it was some time back you were last there, it is always … Continue reading →

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