Posted by KosherJava on March 7, 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 [...]
Posted by KosherJava on January 24, 2010 - ט' שבט תש"ע | Filed under: Site News, Software Dev, Zmanim
The Zmanim API 1.2 was released today. The only change in this release is the removal of elevation as a factor in the calculation of all zmanim besides sunrise and sunset. Updated JavaDocs now reflect these changes. Please see the Elevation Now Only Impacts Sunrise and Sunset Calculations in the Zmanim API post for additional [...]
Posted by KosherJava on January 24, 2010 - ט' שבט תש"ע | Filed under: Software Dev, Zmanim
I have received a few emails over the past year or so about the use of elevation as part of the calculation of various zmanim in the API. All releases of the zmanim API up to the current 1.1 release, use elevation to affect the calculation of all sunrise/sunset based zmanim. While my footnote on [...]