Yes that could be done and is a good idea. Best wishes,
Calvin On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 8:15 PM Frank M. Howell <frankmhow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Calvin, > > I downloaded and installed it in Win 10 x64…will install on Linux Mint > 20.2 this weekend. > > If this feature is already implemented, forgive my not yet noticing it. > Would it be possible to take the earth et al data and write it to the > attribute table at the date/time for each location in a table? > > For instance, I use RF beacon observations for Maidenhead Grid Squares > using the centroid of each grid square. It would be very useful to use the > date/time field from the attribute table to have the plugin retrieve the > Sun’s location and save that back to the table in a new field, for each > location in the table. > > Is this possible? > > Thanks, > > Frank > > On Jul 1, 2021, at 6:36 PM, Tim Sutton <t...@kartoza.com> wrote: > > > Hey Calvin > > Testing here (after pip installing skyfield) on Fedora 34 and it works > great! The only comment I would make is that it would be nice if the > Sun/Lunar Info dock panel docked itself on start up rather than floating > (which looks a bit messy). > > Looking forward to being able to animate this stuff with temporal > controller one day! > > How did you make the day / night / twilight shadow layers you shared in a > previous email? > > Regards > > Tim > > > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 6:50 PM C Hamilton <adenacult...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I thought I would give you an alpha version of the QGIS Earth, Sun, Moon >> & Planets plugin I am developing. This plugin requires QGIS 3.14 or more >> recent. It is also rather large because it contains all the data needed to >> run. If you are on windows and want to download a self contained windows >> plugin use this link to download: >> >> >> earthsunmoon-alpha-windows.zip >> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pld4yIxBTTHA0FBwPbaUw_qfrIhHTawA/view?usp=drive_web> >> >> If you are using some other OS, use this link, but before you install it >> open up your OSGeo4W console and run "pip install skyfield'. If this is not >> the proper command for your OS then adjust it to how you install a python >> package. In the OSGeo4W shell you may need to run py3_env first. If py3_env >> gives an error then it is not needed. >> >> >> earthsunmoon-alpha.zip >> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kJammSDWRTk7659Ncp3qAnNMQLggZ4Ks/view?usp=drive_web> >> >> There are 3 processing routines that can be used to display the 1) sun, >> 2) moon, 3) planets showing their position directly overhead at a >> particular date and time and will look something like this: >> >> <image.png> >> >> >> There is also another window that displays all kinds of earth and moon >> data for a particular location when you click on the "Solar/lunar >> information" dialog box that can be found in "Plugins->Earth, sun, moon, & >> plants." There is a green plus sign in the dialog box. Click on it and then >> click anywhere on the map to capture the coordinate to display solar and >> lunar information. >> >> If you need help to manually install this plugin let me know. >> >> I have not included the day/night terminator algorithm yet because there >> is a bug in it. Let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Calvin >> > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Tim Sutton > Visit http://kartoza.com to find out about open source: > * Desktop GIS programming services > * Geospatial web development > * GIS Training > * Consulting Services > Tim is a member of the QGIS Project Steering Committee > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >
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