* the site * the developer

The site depends on following tools

• bootstrap (probaby something you have already recognized)
• jquery
• google charts
• NOAA GMD

This mini-site is an exercise to learn Bootstrap, javascript, Google Charts. I have used the NOAA ESRL Solar Calculator JavaScript libraries in my calculations only to learn more about the Jean Meeus astronomical calculations. They have solved an interesting challenge for writing JavaScript and smashing together the various tools mentioned above.

The site borrows heavily from National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) authored formulas

I am taking advantage of the NOAA GMD public service mission and I do NOT recommend this as an alternative to a commercial product.

TRY IT BUT DON'T RELY ON IT.

It may not be suitable for the reliability and accuracy you require for navigation, timekeeping, etc.

• I didn't write the calculations, I can not claim thank as my own, so I won't ask any usage fees
• I am not affiliated in any way with NOAA, my only association is as a US citizen
• the calculations and the presentation are my own usage of other people's work
• this site and it's contents are not copyrighted

Data provided by NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, Colorado, USA (http://esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/).

• clock w/ outer dial
• geo chart ?
• line chart of available sunshine
• sundial depiction ?
• google maps w/ shadow/sunlight overlay
• multidial ?
• sand dial ?
• moons ?
• helio view ?
• eclipse calculations
  • solar and lunar?
• find the historical references for all these (ptolemy, copernicus, heliocentric etc.)
• attribute the resoruces used; NOAA, google charts, bootstrap, html5rocks, etc.
  Developer related stuff
  • link to linkedin
  • throw in some other stuff - like links to arsenal, cubs, alistapart, signalvsnoise, infoq, android development, smashingmagazine, wiredtwitter feed, pocket