Re: How wrong is your time zone: Map shows how far world clocks are from solar time

2015-10-25 Thread Michael Ossipoff
Minor correction to what I just posted: The Aitoff projection *isn'*t equal-area (but it's nearly so). Aitoff, was introduced in the late 1880s. Hammer was introduced just a few years later. Hammer acknowledged that his map is just an equal-area version using Aitoff's construction-principle, and

Re: How wrong is your time zone: Map shows how far world clocks are from solar time

2015-10-25 Thread Michael Ossipoff
Here is the comment (with a few clarifications added) that I posted to Stefano's article: Stefano— I like the idea of that smart-clock dawn-based time. In the Roman and medieval world, “dawn” referred to the beginning of Civil Twilight, not to Sunrise, and that’s what I’d suggest. But I don’

Re: How wrong is your time zone: Map shows how far world clocks are from solar time

2015-10-25 Thread Fabio nonvedolora
hi, I applied the same map on the globe. ciao Fabio PS on request I can send other views with more pixels Fabio Savian fabio.sav...@nonvedolora.it www.nonvedolora.eu Paderno Dugnano, Milano, Italy 45° 34' 10'' N, 9° 10' 9'' E, GMT+1 (DST +2)--- ht

Re: How wrong is your time zone: Map shows how far world clocks are from solar time

2015-10-25 Thread Dan-George Uza
Here is the updated version from February 2015. http://blog.poormansmath.net/the-time-it-takes-to-change-the-time/ Dan Uza Pe 25.10.2015 03:10, "Donald Christensen" a scris: > I love that time zone map! does anyone know where I can download the jpeg > file? > > > Cheers > Donald Christensen > 0