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Re: Computer generated Almanac
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2003 Sep 10, 16:15 +1000
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2003 Sep 10, 16:15 +1000
I thought this was the real threat to the printed version: that it may be facing extinction due to an ever smaller demand, rather than from competition from potential imitators. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rino van Dam" > Since Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office makes available the formulas > needed to calculate values as they are printed in the NA (in the 'AstroNav > PC...' book), I wouldn't worry too much about reproducing your own NA, with > a layout similar to the original NA. > > I suspect they are much more relaxed about it than some members of this > list... :-) Within a few years the printed Almanac will be a thing of the > past anyway, or at least a very distant second to computer based > calculations. > > Rino >
