Archive for ‍‍March, 2010 - אדר / ניסן תש״ע

Bearing to Yerushalayim and Zmanim Map 2.0

Posted by KosherJava on ‍‍14 Mar 2010 - כ״ח אדר תש״ע | Filed under: Site News, Software Dev, Zmanim

The availability of the Bearing to Yerushalayim and Zmanim Map was originally announced on December 30, 2007. At the time there were a number of bugs related to the Google Map API. These bugs were reported to Google and eventually fixed. Since that time, the only change was a minor JavaScript fix for IE. The [...]

FAQ: How Much Earlier is Sunrise on Mount Everest Due to Elevation?

Posted by KosherJava on ‍‍07 Mar 2010 - כ״א אדר תש״ע | Filed under: Zmanim

Question:How Much Earlier is Sunrise on Mount Everest Due to Elevation?Answer:The greatest sunrise and sunset elevation effect on Earth is on Mount Everest (at 27.988056 N, 86.925278 E as seen on the Direction to Yerushalayim Map). With an elevation of 8,848 Meters (29, 029 feet), sunrise would be up to 15 minutes and 31 seconds [...]

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