If you run the online demo for this software and compare the results for
solar bearing and (especially) solar altitude, you'll find some significant
discrepancies.
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Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 8:25
PM
Subject: New commercial product: "Wheeler
Sunpredictor"
Good morning everyone,
Members of the list may be interested in a new piece of software
displayed on Australian TV last night. Shown on the "New Inventors" program on
the government TV channel (ABC). Basically it predicts sun altitude and
azimuth for any location and date. The bloke that developed it is a film
cameraman, and needed to know sun angles to set up cameras for optimal
effects. Apparently architects can also use it to predict shadow angles from
new or proposed buildings, etc.
From what I can see, it does little more than existing software available
FREE at the moment, and worse, it is selling for $US295.
Thinking about the price, and recalling the discussion recently about
going into business making and selling dials, I wonder if Wheeler knows that
the competition is essentially free!
Cheers, John
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