WORLD MAP SHOWING LIGHT AND DARK...
Transcript of WORLD MAP SHOWING LIGHT AND DARK...
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SUMMARY• A real-time world map that shows
light, dark, and twilight areas can be
handy if you have to communicate
with folks in other parts of the world.
These "geoclocks" are available in
two formats:
As a free-standing software program
and
as a Web page.
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TOPICS
• "Geoclock"--The Original World
Clock Map
• More Up-To-Date World Clock
Programs
• Web Sites that Provide a World
Clock
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"GEOCLOCK"--THE ORIGINAL
WORLD CLOCK MAP• Works in "Windows 7 32-bit" and
earlier computers
• Will not run in 64-bit editions of any
version of "Windows.."
• If you try to run it in a "Windows 8"
or "Windows 10" computer:
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WORLD CLOCK MAP (continued)
• To install it into a Windows 7 32-bit
or earlier computer, go to
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Intern
et/Other-Internet-Related/J-R-
Ahlgren-GeoClock.shtml#download
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"GEOCLOCK"--THE ORIGINAL
WORLD CLOCK MAP (continued)
• Then click on one of the "Softpedia
Secure Download.." buttons:
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WORLD CLOCK MAP (continued)
• Locate the
gckwin32.zip
file that you have just downloaded:
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"GEOCLOCK"--THE ORIGINAL
WORLD CLOCK MAP (continued)
• Double-click on the
gckwin32.zip
file to open it up
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"GEOCLOCK"--THE ORIGINAL
WORLD CLOCK MAP (continued)
• Click on the "Extract all" button:
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WORLD CLOCK MAP (continued)
• Click on the "Extract" button:
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WORLD CLOCK MAP (continued)
• Locate the newly-created "gkwin32"
folder:
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WORLD CLOCK MAP (continued)
• Double-click on the newly-created
"gkwin32" folder:
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"GEOCLOCK"--THE ORIGINAL
WORLD CLOCK MAP (continued)
• Double-click on geockwin.exe:
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WORLD CLOCK MAP (continued)
• Click on the "Continue" botton:
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"GEOCLOCK"--THE ORIGINAL
WORLD CLOCK MAP (continued)
• Click on the "Cancel" button:
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WORLD CLOCK MAP (continued)
• The map will fill your computer
monitor:
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"GEOCLOCK"--THE ORIGINAL
WORLD CLOCK MAP (continued)
• Double-click anywhere on the map
to get it into a controllable size:
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MORE UP-TO-DATE WORLD CLOCK
PROGRAMS
• If you absolutely have to run
"GeoClock 2" in a "Windows 8.0" or
newer computer, you can run it
inside a "Windows 7 32-bit" virtual
machine running inside your
"Windows 8.0", "Windows 8.1" or
"Windows 10" computer:
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MORE UP-TO-DATE WORLD CLOCK
PROGRAMS
• If you run your computer runs
"Windows 8.1" or "Windows 10" as
its operating system, you can use
various up-to-date world clock
programs (instead of "GeoClock 2"
which only runs in "Windows 7" and
earlier computers):
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MORE UP-TO-DATE WORLD CLOCK
PROGRAMS (continued)
• "Day / Night Map" by
Volker Voecking Software Engineering
costs $1.99 but it can be installed for
free for a 6-day free trial. It can be
downloaded from the "Windows Store"
at
https://www.microsoft.com/en-
us/store/p/day-night-
map/9wzdncrdc2pt
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MORE UP-TO-DATE WORLD CLOCK
PROGRAMS (continued)• "Day / Night Map" by
Volker Voecking Software Engineering
is the only "geoclock" that is a
"Universal Windows Platform" app.
The other two "geoclocks" ("GeoClock
2" and "Day/Night Map") in this
presentation are legacy software
application programs
("desktop apps" in Microsoft
parlance).
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MORE UP-TO-DATE WORLD CLOCK
PROGRAMS (continued)
• More information about "Universal
Windows Platform apps" can be found
at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal
_Windows_Platform_apps
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MORE UP-TO-DATE WORLD CLOCK
PROGRAMS (continued)
• Most "UWP apps" tend to have
simpler, less-cluttered user interfaces
with hidden vertical and/or horizontal
scroll bars, if any vertical and/or
horizontal scroll bars exist at all
• Most "UWP apps" do not have a menu
bar at the top of the application
window
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MORE UP-TO-DATE WORLD CLOCK
PROGRAMS (continued)
• "UWP apps" are designed to look the
same in "Windows 10", "Windows
phones" and "Windows" tablets
See
http://www.vvse.com/products/en/day
nightmap.html
• "Revo Uninstaller Portable" and other
"uninstaller" programs cannot remove
"UWP apps"
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MORE UP-TO-DATE WORLD CLOCK
PROGRAMS (continued)
• "UWP apps" do not show up in
"Programs and Features" in the
"Control Panel"
• "UWP apps" are uninstalled from
either a Start Menu sub-menu option
or, in some cases, they are uninstalled
from the pop-up menu that is
displayed when you right-click on the
tile of the "UWP app"
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MORE UP-TO-DATE WORLD CLOCK
PROGRAMS (continued)
• "Sun Clock 7" by
"Map Maker" in England has both
free and not-free editions and it can
be downloaded from the "Windows
Store" at
http://www.mapmaker.com/v4/Other
%20software.Sun%20clock.Downlo
ad.htm
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MORE UP-TO-DATE WORLD CLOCK
PROGRAMS (continued)
• "Sun Clock 7" is a "desktop app", a
traditional Windows.. "Desktop App"
• "Sun Clock 7" can be uninstalled by
means of "Revo Uninstaller
Portable"
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MORE UP-TO-DATE WORLD CLOCK
PROGRAMS (continued)
• If you wish to uninstall "Sun Clock
7" and you do not mind leaving a lot
of unneeded junk on the C: hard
drive and in the "Windows.."
Registry, you can go to the
Windows "Control Panel". Then go
to "Programs and Features to
uninstall "Sun Clock 7".
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MORE UP-TO-DATE WORLD CLOCK
PROGRAMS (continued)
• When you click on the download link
at
http://www.mapmaker.com/v4/Other
%20software.Sun%20clock.Downloa
d.htm
a file called
"Install Map Maker Sun Clock 7.exe"
will download into your computer.
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WEB SITES THAT PROVIDE A
WORLD CLOCK
• Web sites that provide a world clock
are accessed by a Web browser
inside an Internet-connected
computer
• Here are 6 Web sites that provide a
world clock that shows dark and
light areas in real time:
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WEB SITES THAT PROVIDE A
WORLD CLOCK
• A good Web-based world clock in
located at
http://www.worldtimezone.com/datet
ime.html
They fund themselves by selling
beach towels with world maps
printed on them:
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WEB SITES THAT PROVIDE A
WORLD CLOCK
• A second Web-based world clock in
located at
https://www.timeanddate.com/world
clock/sunearth.html
• This world clock shows the three
twilight-zone areas as they move
around the earth:
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WEB SITES THAT PROVIDE A
WORLD CLOCK
• A third Web-based world clock in
located at
http://www.world-
timezone.com/daylight-map/
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WEB SITES THAT PROVIDE A
WORLD CLOCK
• A fourth Web-based world clock in
located at
http://www.skymarvels.com/infopag
es/earthinfo.htm
Click on the map to enlarge it:
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WORLD CLOCK
• A fifth Web-based world clock in
located at
https://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-
bin/uncgi/Earth/action?opt=-p
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WEB SITES THAT PROVIDE A
WORLD CLOCK
• This fifth Web-based world clock
lets you look at the exact photo that
is being sent out by specific
satellites by clicking on "Choose
satellite"
Both the fourth and fifth Web sites
appear to be using the same
images from NASA
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WEB SITES THAT PROVIDE A
WORLD CLOCK
• A sixth Web-based world clock is
located at
https://in-the-
sky.org/twilightmap.php
• This world clock also shows the
three twight-light zone areas as
they move around the earth:
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