Posted by KosherJava on April 17, 2008 - י"ב ניסן תשס"ח | Tagged as: Zmanim, Software Dev
A release candidate (RC1) of the Zmanim API 1.1 is now available on the download page. Changes in this release include a slight clean up of the recently released NOAACalculator code (does not change calculated times), as well as fixes to the date (but not time) of calculations for locations near the arctic circle. […]
Posted by KosherJava on April 13, 2008 - ט' ניסן תשס"ח | Tagged as: Zmanim, Software Dev
The Zmanim API was developed from the ground up as an API which allows for easy plugging in of different algorithms. The Zmanim API ships with 3 “Calculator” implementations. Two calculators implement the US Naval Observatory’s algorithm, the SunTimesCalculator and the ZmanimCalculator. Both produce identical zmanim using slightly different code and are included […]
Posted by KosherJava on April 7, 2008 - ג' ניסן תשס"ח | Tagged as: Zmanim, Software Dev
I have been asked a number of questions recently about the directional accuracy of the Bearing to Yerushalayim and Zmanim Map calculations. The rhumb line calculations are very straight forward and I will not spend much time on it in this article. As a side note, for those interested in the subject, I would like […]