Yes. I have done this. It is not a trivial exercise. It requires a lot of complex solar geometry calculations as well as Julian calcs.
Go to http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/solcalc, pick the "Solar Calculator", extract the javascript in the web page, then translate it to LC for use in your own work. You may be some time... I was! :) Hugh Senior FLCo > Hi List People, > Does anyone know of an LC version of sunrise/sunset and twilight > calculations? > I found a couple of web based APIs, but I'd like it to work offline. > I found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunrise_equation ... but it's going > to take me a while to translate that into LC, which is why I'm asking. > - Charles > > -- > Charles E. Buchwald > CEO/Director General > Museografica Digital > http://digital.museografica.com > > Mac OSX 10.9.4, LC 6.6.2 Commercial > > LC Developer Tools: http://buchwald.ca/developer-tools/ > > Email Notice: http://wp.me/P3aT4d-33 _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
