Sunrise/Sunset software?

[jp316]

Is there any good software out there to let me find the sunrise/sunset time for the current day? Moon phase is a bonus. I did find an old freeware application called Sunrise that almost doeswhat I want, but it's old and setting the location is a pain.

What I want:
1. Touch friendly would be nice.
2. Set the current location preferably by name.
3. Not only sunset but twlilight times would be preferable.
4. Showing this information in the Today page. Bonus if it does it on the TF3d (or SPB3) homepage.

[beefcakeb0]

couldn't find any but i to am interested, and would even pay a little bit for this

[santod]

Maybe this would suit your needs?


http://www.handster.com/product.php?id=829








Kai's - Today Sun, Moon, Stars 3.2

by Kaisoft / Pocketkai | Support
Summary: Sunrise, Sunset, Length of daylight, Moonphase, Sign of the Zodiac, Summer time (DST)
Get Windows Mobile Softwre Delivery: Software available for download immediately after the payment.
Requirements: Windows Mobile for Pocket PC 2003

Updated: 2008-01-20
Price: $6.00

Refundable within
30 days
after purchase.

Average customer rating:4.5/5 (6 ratings)

Application description

Sunrise, Sunset, Length of daylight, Moonphase, Sign of the Zodiac, Summer time (DST)

Today Plugin
Sunrise, Sunset selectable out of 472 Cities worldwide
Length of daylight in hours, Information and considering of summer time (DST)
next Moonphase in actual Week
actual Sign of the Zodiac
DST: period of summer time (Date) showing with +1h
all four lines can be enabled/disabled separately
all Information is calculated exactly
needs little Ressources

System requirements:

System: Windows Mobile for Pocket PC 2003, 2003 SE, WM 5, WM 6
Screen: 240x320 Pixel or higher
Processors: Samsung, Intel� PXA XScale, StrongARM, OMAP
Newest technology: Program developed in Visual Studio.Net.
Which Pocket PC do I have? Help ?

[Trident]

I just got an app that kind of does the sunset portion for my Palm Pre. It only does Friday & Saturday, but you can easily extrapolate the reset of the week. And it does it using GPS position. It's called Shabbat Shalom.

[santod]

Here's one more for ya'.

PocketWeather (Pocket PC) description

Get weather reports to your Pocket PC device!

PocketWeather is a weather tracking solution for Windows Mobile devices! Featuring a robust weather engine wrapped with a stylish and easy to use interface. Including a customizable Today plug-in that helps you view the weather in multiple locations and the powerful WeatherConsole for advanced weather information with details such as: humidity, wind details, cloud layers, METAR stations information, earthquake details and much more!

Today Screen Plugin

* NEW! - Feature rich customizable Today plug-in that puts weather forecast in multiple locations world-wide directly on your Today Screen
* NEW! - Custom-Layout technology. Create endless different display layouts for your weather display! The Custom Layouts Manual is available at our Support Page
* NEW! - New professional weather icons that brings great look and feel experience! Skins are also supported for different weather icons
* Choose your Today plugin display mode from pre-defined layouts such as: Tabs layout, Multiline showing several locations at the same time and much more!
* Current temperature display and low/high temperature forecast display for upcoming days along with weather icons
* Fully customizable Today screen display; Define font attributes, display/hide current conditions, skin-able icons and much more!

The WeatherConsole

* The WeatherConsole is an advanced weather tracking solution at the palm of your hands!
* Including separate views for: Summary, METAR, Forecast, Radar Images, Locations Compare and Earthquake tracking!
* Define unlimited weather maps and radar images for each of the weather locations
* Up-to-date current condition METAR feeds as used by the aviation industry
* View extended daily forecast including visibility, humidity, dew point, Sunrise and Sunset times and much more
* Easily launch the WeatherConsole by clicking the Today plugin

Advanced Weather Information

* World wide earthquake tracking and reports. View quakes on world map or recent quakes list
* View METAR stations map srrounding current location. Click METAR station for detailed METAR data, including raw METAR and TAF details for aviation information
* Advanced compare view. Compare locations by: Temperature, Precipitation, Humidity, Winds, Trendings and more!

NEW! - Custom Layouts and Weather Source Templates

* New Custom Layout technology allowing to create endless advanced or simple weather display layouts for use with your Today plug-in or as new WeatherConsole Summary views!
* Lots of additional free Custom Layouts are available for download at the PocketWeather Resources forum. Click here to visit the PocketWeather Resources forum
* Users can easily create new Custom Layouts! Click here to download the PocketWeather Custom Layouts manual from our support page
* New Weather Source Templates support. Define alternative data sources using advanced templates for more accurate weather data aggregation!

NEW! - PocketBreeze Integration

* Using the new PocketWeather 2 and PocketBreeze you will enjoy new exciting integration features!

View weather forecast icon and temperature details for upcoming days directly within the PocketBreeze display placed on each of your PocketBreeze grouping titles!

NEW! - VGA, Windows Mobile 6 Support and General Features

* NEW! - Supports all screen resolutions and orientations. Including VGA/QVGA resolutions, portraite, landscape and square screen orientations.
* Compatible with: Pocket PC 2003, Windows Mobile 5 and the latest new Windows Mobile 6 Professional/Classic operating systems.
* Supports PNG files with alpha-blending for better display on any Today screen background theme
* Complete D-Pad one handed navigation support for both the Today plugin and WeatherConsole
Requirements:

· Windows Mobile 2003/5/6

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Fixed icon #39 handling for WeatherConsole Forecast View
· Added "Automatically Add Default Images" to PW Options/Images - default is enabled - automatically adds compulsory images, and images automatically provided by the custom data feed
· Data loading optimisation
· PW Updater stack size increased to overcome lockup issue
· Fixed WeatherConsole maps/image navigation/panning issue caused by disabling of images
· Fixed PW Options current/image expiry combo box min-values - was 5 minutes - minimum should have been 15 minutes.
· PW Options - Added option for user to control static (unchanging) image configuration
· PW Updater - alerts generated by weather templates were using wrong time for event expiry, resulting with anywhere to the West of GMT failing to have any alerts.
· Fixed HTTPS bad certificate handling issue




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[VW]

Also consider pocket stars if you are into astronomy at all

[TREmp77]

Weather Panel is by far the best.

[jp316]

Sorry for the delay thanking/replying. It's been a heavy week at work.

Originally Posted by santod

Maybe this would suit your needs?


http://www.handster.com/product.php?id=829

Kai's - Today Sun, Moon, Stars 3.2

by Kaisoft / Pocketkai | Support

Yeah, that look promising. Still not twilight times, but close to what I was looking for. I'll try it, thanks!

Originally Posted by santod

Here's one more for ya'.

PocketWeather (Pocket PC) description

I had found this one, but had trouble getting it to display the times on the today screen. It was my best fallback if no one came up with better.

Originally Posted by TREmp77

Weather Panel is by far the best.

That looks promising too, like PocketWeather but (perhaps?) it seems to display tie times on the today screen at least. I'll try it, thank you!



Thank you everyone who replied, no exact match (still no twilight times, wah! ) But some promising things to try. I was starting to think I was the only one who liked to plan out doing things during daylight/nighttime. Or cared maybe.

[jp316]

Originally Posted by Trident

I just got an app that kind of does the sunset portion for my Palm Pre. It only does Friday & Saturday, but you can easily extrapolate the reset of the week. And it does it using GPS position. It's called Shabbat Shalom.

I agree, for Sunrise/Sunset a week is probably close enough. I couldn't find this app though, link? (I did find out what the phrase meant, which is useful. )

[santod]

This will provide twilight times, as well as some other useful info. No today integration, as it's a Java application.







Compass for J2ME


by Dana Peters


Features

Use your cell phone as a compass. By rotating the phone so that the sun and/or moon icons match their location in the sky, the top of the phone will indicate true north.
Compatibility

Any cell phone or other mobile device with J2ME (Java 2 mobile edition).
Download

Version 4.1

• compass.jar (91K)
• compass.jad
• via WAP: http://qcontinuum.org/compass/compass.wml
• source code: CompassSource.zip

Version 3.0

This older version can be useful for phones with limited memory.

• compass30.jar (59K)
• compass30.jad
• via WAP: http://qcontinuum.org/compass/compass30.wml

Credits

Compass uses henson.midp.Float by Nikolay Klimchuk.
Change Log

Version 4.1

• Fixed failure to load world map on Nokia 3rd edition phones.
• Improved format of info on Nokia phones.
• Reduced size of JAR by compressing world map images.
• Enlarged list of valid time zones for a given location.
• Improved "Please Wait" form with cancel option.
• Restored "Color" display option. Restored display of GTM. New icon.

Version 4.0

• User interface reorganized.
• Select location and destination using world map or airport code.
• Automatic daylight saving time adjustment.
• Load and save favorite locations or destinations.
• Display heading, distance, and local time of destination.
• Set arbitrary date and time.
• 12 hour or 24 hour time display option.
• "Prayer Focus" feature deprecated (replaced by "Destination").
• "Color" display option deprecated.

Version 3.0

• Displays times of sunrise, sunset, sun transit, moonrise, moonset, civil twilight, nautical twilight, and astronomical twilight.
• Phase of moon indicated by crescent shaped icon.
• Improved calculation accuracy.

Version 2.0

• Enter 3 or 4 letter airport code to indicate position instead of latitude and longitude. Airport database contains over 3000 airports, but consumes only 21K.
• Latitude / longitude entry is still permitted, and the problem with negative number entry is avoided by selecting North / South and West / East.
• Shows the great circle heading towards locations of religious significance. This feature provides the appropriate direction to face while praying for people of various faiths.
• Orientation options allow the screen to face down rather than up, and the top of the phone can point toward the sun or moon rather than North.
• Display options allow the color of the display to be selected. Different colors are available for day and night.
• Menu provides "Help" option to describe each selection.
• Display is automatically updated every 10 minutes.
• Displays "No Sun or Moon" if neither is present in the sky.
• Source code organization significantly improved.

FAQ

Q: How does it work?
A: Compass computes the sun and moon position using your latitude and longitude, and the time.
Q: Why do I need to select my time zone?
A: Compass knows your local time from your phone's real time clock, but astronomical computations need GTM (Greenwich Mean Time). By selecting the time zone, Compass can compute GTM from your local time.
Q: How can I find my airport code?
A: Use the World Airport Codes web site.
Q: How do I know if my phone supports J2ME?
A: Consult the phone manufacturer's web site for specifications on your phone. Or start a game on your phone, and look for a "Java Powered" splash screen.
Q: How do I load this software on my phone?
A: Here are 4 possibilities:

1. Start your WAP browser and enter the address qcontinuum.org/compass/compass.wml
2. Start your WAP browser and enter wap.getjar.com, select "Quick Download", enter code 12347.
3. If you have a cable to connect the phone to your PC, then use your phone vendor's software to copy compass.jar to the phone.
4. If your phone is Bluetooth capable and supports OBEX file transfer, you may be able to use OBEX to copy compass.jar to your phone.

Q: How does Compass translate an airport code to the associated latitude / longitude?
A: Compass contains a database of 3000 global airports. The database is stored in a very efficient manner which requires only 21K of memory. The data was derived from the Global Airport Database. See a world map of the airport database.
Q: What algorithms does Compass use to perform astronomical calculations?
A: The calculations are based on algorithms from the book "Astronomy on the Personal Computer".
Q: Thanks for the source code. Can I use it in my own application?
A: Yes, if you follow the terms of the GNU General Public License.
No Warranty

Because this software is free of charge, there is no warranty. It is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied.