Tag Archive 'JavaScript'

Calculating the Bearing/Direction to Har Habayis Using the Zmanim API

Posted by KosherJava on November 29, 2009 - י"ב כסלו תש"ע | Filed under: Software Dev, Zmanim

An earlier “Bearing to Yerushalayim and Zmanim Map” post demonstrated the use of JavaScript to render the bearing to Har Habayis on a Google Map. A more detailed follow-up post “Technical Information about the Bearing to Yerushalayim Map” dealt with detailed technical information on these calculations. The main Bearing to Yerushalayim and Zmanim Map page [...]

Zmanim Calendar Generator TODO List

Posted by KosherJava on July 27, 2005 - כ' תמוז תשס"ה | Filed under: Site News, Software Dev, Zmanim

I slightly updated the Zmanim Calendar Generator to add some user input validation.
Looking at the logs, I noticed that someone generated a calendar with the longitude and latitude of Lakewood, NJ (the default), with just the location label changed to Minneapolis, MN. I don’t know if the user was just testing, or just assumed that [...]