Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-26 Thread Lie
On Aug 23, 6:12 am, W. eWatson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The other night I surveyed a site for astronomical use by measuring the altitude (0-90 degrees above the horizon) and az (azimuth, 0 degrees north clockwise around the site to 360 degrees, almost north again) of obstacles, trees. My

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-25 Thread Gerard flanagan
W. eWatson wrote: The other night I surveyed a site for astronomical use by measuring the altitude (0-90 degrees above the horizon) and az (azimuth, 0 degrees north clockwise around the site to 360 degrees, almost north again) of obstacles, trees. My purpose was to feed this profile of

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-24 Thread Roel Schroeven
W. eWatson schreef: I completed a Win Python program and it has generated the necessary data, which I have in turn used successfully with the telescope software. Is there some way to turn this into an executable program for people who do not have Python? Yes, you can use py2exe

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-24 Thread David
What modules do I need to use pylab? I've installed scipy and numpy. http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ -- Have Fun, David A. Powered by Gentoo GNU/LINUX http://www.linuxcrazy.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-24 Thread W. eWatson
David wrote: What modules do I need to use pylab? I've installed scipy and numpy. http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ I'm using Python 2.4. The install looks pretty complicated for Windows. It doesn't seem like matplotlib is a module. -- Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop.,

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-24 Thread tom
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ I'm using Python 2.4. The install looks pretty complicated for Windows. It doesn't seem like matplotlib is a module. Maybe going with the enthought edition would be easiest for you as it is a very complete set of tools all in one package. It's at

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Aug 23, 10:11 am, Scott David Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: W. eWatson wrote: ... I'm working on this now, but my knowledge of python needs refreshing. Right now I have a file of all the az,el data I've collected, and I'd like to open it with Python for XP. However, Python doesn't

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-23 Thread W. eWatson
Maric Michaud wrote: Le Saturday 23 August 2008 01:12:48 W. eWatson, vous avez écrit : The other night I surveyed a site for astronomical use by measuring the altitude (0-90 degrees above the horizon) and az (azimuth, 0 degrees north clockwise around the site to 360 degrees, almost north again)

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-23 Thread W. eWatson
Carl Banks wrote: On Aug 22, 7:12 pm, W. eWatson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some simple operational device in Python that would allow me to create an array (vector) of 360 points from my data by interpolating between azimuth points when necessary? All my data I rounded to the nearest

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-23 Thread Scott David Daniels
W. eWatson wrote: ... I'm working on this now, but my knowledge of python needs refreshing. Right now I have a file of all the az,el data I've collected, and I'd like to open it with Python for XP. However, Python doesn't like this: junkfile = open('c:\tmp\junkpythonfile','w') I get

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-23 Thread W. eWatson
Scott David Daniels wrote: W. eWatson wrote: ... I'm working on this now, but my knowledge of python needs refreshing. Right now I have a file of all the az,el data I've collected, and I'd like to open it with Python for XP. However, Python doesn't like this: junkfile =

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-23 Thread tom
W. eWatson wrote: The other night I surveyed a site for astronomical use by measuring the altitude (0-90 degrees above the horizon) and az (azimuth, 0 degrees north clockwise around the site to 360 degrees, almost north again) of obstacles, trees. My purpose was to feed this profile of

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-23 Thread W. eWatson
I completed a Win Python program and it has generated the necessary data, which I have in turn used successfully with the telescope software. Is there some way to turn this into an executable program for people who do not have Python? -- Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop.,

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-23 Thread W. eWatson
tom wrote: W. eWatson wrote: The other night I surveyed a site for astronomical use by measuring the altitude (0-90 degrees above the horizon) and az (azimuth, 0 degrees north clockwise around the site to 360 degrees, almost north again) of obstacles, trees. My purpose was to feed this

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-23 Thread W. eWatson
Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:18:17 -0700, W. eWatson [EMAIL PROTECTED] declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: I'll take a look. I just posted above yours with a more insightful set of data than the first three pointer. Yes, some way of bisecting, or chopping is the

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-23 Thread tom
W. eWatson wrote: tom wrote: W. eWatson wrote: The other night I surveyed a site for astronomical use by measuring the altitude (0-90 degrees above the horizon) and az (azimuth, 0 degrees north clockwise around the site to 360 degrees, almost north again) of obstacles, trees. My purpose was

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-23 Thread Ken Starks
tom wrote: Both scipy and matplotlib are not part of the standard Python distribution so they would need to be installed separately. Scipy is useful for scientific data analysis, and matplotlib is useful for making plots. For a review of a really nice looking wrapper around lots of

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-23 Thread W. eWatson
tom wrote: W. eWatson wrote: tom wrote: W. eWatson wrote: The other night I surveyed a site for astronomical use by measuring the altitude (0-90 degrees above the horizon) and az (azimuth, 0 degrees north clockwise around the site to 360 degrees, almost north again) of obstacles, trees. My

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-22 Thread Mensanator
On Aug 22, 6:12 pm, W. eWatson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The other night I surveyed a site for astronomical use by measuring the altitude (0-90 degrees above the horizon) and az (azimuth, 0 degrees north clockwise around the site to 360 degrees, almost north again) of obstacles, trees. My

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-22 Thread W. eWatson
Mensanator wrote: On Aug 22, 6:12 pm, W. eWatson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The other night I surveyed a site for astronomical use by measuring the altitude (0-90 degrees above the horizon) and az (azimuth, 0 degrees north clockwise around the site to 360 degrees, almost north again) of

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-22 Thread Maric Michaud
Le Saturday 23 August 2008 01:12:48 W. eWatson, vous avez écrit : The other night I surveyed a site for astronomical use by measuring the altitude (0-90 degrees above the horizon) and az (azimuth, 0 degrees north clockwise around the site to 360 degrees, almost north again) of obstacles,

Re: Filling in Degrees in a Circle (Astronomy)

2008-08-22 Thread Carl Banks
On Aug 22, 7:12 pm, W. eWatson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some simple operational device in Python that would allow me to create an array (vector) of 360 points from my data by interpolating between azimuth points when necessary? All my data I rounded to the nearest integer. Maybe