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Sun Clock 6 can be
configured in three versions:
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The free “Map Maker Edition” in which
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The world's surface
is represented with satellite imagery from the NASA Goddard Spaces Flight
Centre enhanced with 3D terrain data to give a colourful portrayal of the
physical geography of the planet.
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The area of the
globe where it is night-time is shown in shadow. The darkness of the
shadow can be set by the user. Where the sun and the moon are both below
the horizon, the night time shadow is darker still.
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As
an area moves into the night-time shadow, town and city lights are turned on.
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To help you plan international phone calls,
a "fast forward" dial allows you to advance the time shown on
the Sun Clock.
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The yellow and white boxes on the map show
the time at these locations. Before noon the boxes are white, after noon
they become yellow.
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You may
choose the cities you wish to display
with their times from a database of more than 2,700 cities, or enter your
own additional locations.
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The world map, which uses the familiar
Mercator projection, is automatically centred on your chosen location.
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The centre of
the analogue clock shows the current phase
of the moon.
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Sun Clock can be configured for different
screen sizes including wide format screens. In wide-format mode, the
world map fills most of the screen, a design well suited for use as a
wall clock. A computer with a graphics card that supports two
monitors allows Sun Clock can be configured to display on the second monitor
as a wall clock while the primary monitor is being used as usual.
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Sun Clock is a stand-alone Windows
application which can be configured as a screensaver.
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The display of Sun Clock 6 can be
translated into languages other than English.
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The clean look
of the program in "wall clock mode" is achieved by hiding
the set up button, the "advance
time" control, the caption bar and the Windows task bar. The striking
image of the Sun Clock world map fills the entire screen.
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2.
The “Personal Edition” includes all of the above
plus facilities to:
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add
your personal caption above the place name and remove the Map Maker
name and logo
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display
your
latitude and longitude
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show
astronomical
information, including the Julian date, GMT, the phase of the
moon, the distance to the sun, the time of the next moon rise or set.
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display
a
separate, interactive, night and day Sky View. The controls allow you
to view the transformations of the sky dome above you as it appears
from any angle, at any time during the next twenty four hours. While
the sun is above the horizon, the lines indicate the sun's path though out the
year and the positions of the sun and
moon. As the sun sets, the constellations appear drawn from a database of
more than 9,000 stars. The movement of the the major planets, the
“plane of the ecliptic”, the galactic equator and the “shadow of
the earth” are shown.
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display
Sky View as screen saver instead of the world map.
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Detail of the night sky
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A
single-user licence for the Personal Edition of Sun Clock 6 costs 25 UK pounds
(plus VAT within the EU).
This is a one-off payment.
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3.
The “Corporate Edition”
include the
features of the Personal edition plus the following features:
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The
Map Maker logo and name are replaced with your company or
institutional logo, name,
and a link to your web site.
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The
background colour is set to your corporate colour.
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The
set of locations, such as office locations, you wish to show on the
map can be pre-configured.
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You
may distribute this program freely to your customers and colleagues.
An
annual licence for the customized Sun Clock costs 1,500 UK pounds (plus
VAT in the EU). Contact us.

If
you have any other customisation needs we will be happy to discuss
them.
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The Sun
Clock software is by Map Maker Ltd
in Scotland.
The world map makes use of the
"Blue
Marble" data from the NASA Goddard Spaces Flight
Centre (author Reto Stöckli) and the "TerrainBase"
Worldwide Digital Terrain Data of the US National
Geophysical Data Center, Boulder Colorado.
System requirements
Sun Clock is designed for Microsoft
Windows. There is no version for Macs. It will run on Windows 98 or ME,
though we strongly recommend Windows 2000 or XP. It has been successfully tested on
computers with 96Mb but we recommend 256Mb or more. The best depth
of colour is achieved using a good quality LCD or Plasma screen. Sun Clock
6 can be used on an 800 x 600 pixel display but we recommend
higher resolutions.
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To buy a licence for the Personal
Edition of Sun Clock 6 click here.
The Personal Edition of Sun
Clock 6 can only be licensed to an individual. It cannot be licensed in
the name of a company or other organization.
Note: all computers
are different. We recommend that you download the program and try it on your system to ensure
that it works satisfactorily before purchasing it. |
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