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

2015-10-31 Thread Fabio nonvedolora
Hi all, as last step, according with Stefano Maggiolo, I applied the time-zone map to a truncated icosahedron (fullerene) as already done with the paper sundial n. 41 of Sundial Atlas. I just activate the paper sundial n. 45 with this map. May be curious to watch the analemmas overprinted on

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

2015-10-31 Thread Gent, R.H. van (Rob)
: donderdag 29 oktober 2015 19:43 To: sundial list Subject: Re: How wrong is your time zone: Map shows how far world clocks are from solar time hi Rob   I did 2 steps:   - I added a white band at the bottom to rebuild the whole Miller projection. I placed side by side a Miller map (from wikipedia

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

2015-10-29 Thread Fabio nonvedolora
www.nonvedolora.eu Paderno Dugnano, Milano, Italy 45° 34' 10'' N, 9° 10' 9'' E, GMT+1 (DST +2) From: Michael Ossipoff Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 5:38 PM To: Fabio nonvedolora ; sundial list Subject: Re: How wrong is your time zone: Map shows how far world clocks are from solar time Minor

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

2015-10-29 Thread Gent, R.H. van (Rob)
nonvedolora Sent: donderdag 29 oktober 2015 12:54 To: sundial list Subject: Re: How wrong is your time zone: Map shows how far world clocks are from solar time I wrote to Stefano Maggiolo the author of the map, he answered his map is a Miller, moreover it hasn’t the southern polar band, so I added

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

2015-10-29 Thread Fabio nonvedolora
) From: Gent, R.H. van (Rob) Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 2:52 PM To: sundial list Subject: RE: How wrong is your time zone: Map shows how far world clocks are from solar time Hi, What kind of software did you use for converting the Miller cylindrical projection into an equirectangular

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? > > >

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)---

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

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

2015-10-24 Thread Donald Christensen
I love that time zone map! does anyone know where I can download the jpeg file? Cheers Donald Christensen 0423 102 090 www.fotoresumes.com This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the

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

2015-10-24 Thread Dan-George Uza
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2014/02/21/how_wrong_is_your_time_zone_map_shows_how_far_ahead_or_behind_the_world.html Are you aware of any territories following official solar time? Dan Uza ---

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

2015-10-24 Thread Steve Lelievre
On 24/10/2015 15:22, Dan-George Uza wrote: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2014/02/21/how_wrong_is_your_time_zone_map_shows_how_far_ahead_or_behind_the_world.html Are you aware of any territories following official solar time? Interesting question for which I do not know a definite