At this point this Moontracker Applet "moontrak_0197.class" is an experimental
applet and forms the core for a more expanded Scheduling and Information
WEB Program under construction.
This applet is a begin and will need a lot more work. As far as I can
determine it is save to run the Applet on systems with JAVA enabled
Browsers such as Netscape2.0 or higher and the Microsoft Internet Explorer.
It has been tested with Win95, Mac System 7 and above, Sun Work Station wirh X-Windows.
I like to receive feedback about Run or Installation Difficulties.
You are invited to run the applet on your site. This will provide visitors
of your pages with moon positions from your QTH in
real time.
As JAVA programs run on the visitor's computer, it is this computer's clock
that is used in the program. There will an enhancement allowing to correct for offset
from UTC.
The following HTML Applet [TAG] needs to be placed in the HTML file to install
the APPLET on a given WEB page.
NO changes except for ACTUAL parameter values are allowed.
To obtain the
CORRECT data it is a requirement that the visitors have their computer clock
running on UTC
at present.
********************************************************************************** *
* (<) CENTER> *
* (<) APPLET Code ="moontrak_0197.class" WIDTH ="100" HEIGHT ="100" ALIGN="MIDDLE"> *
* (<) PARAM NAME = "latitude" VALUE = "your_lat in dec. form"> *
* (<) PARAM NAME = "longitude" VALUE = "your long in dec. form"> *
* (<) PARAM NAME = "time_offset" VALUE = "0"> *
* (<) PARAM NAME ="CALL" VALUE="your_call"> *
* (<) /APPLET> *
* (<) /CENTER> *
***********************************************************************************
Paste the HTML code into your File
****** REPLACE (<) BY < ******
Important Note:
Example:
You want the window size to be 150 pixels wide -> WIDTH ="150"
150 .. high -> HEIGHT="150"
You want the window at the left side of the screen -> ALIGN="LEFT"
Suppose you are on a ship in the Atlantic:
Your latitude = 10.56 W ( on a ship in the Atlantic ) -> VALUE="+10.56"
Your longitude = 30.00 N ( on the same ship ) -> VALUE="+30.00"
Etc etc.
The APPLET is like a "HTML TAG" and is sensitive to the correct statements.
Example:
Location Lat: Long:
==================================================
Rotterdam, Holland +51.8 -4.5
Glasgow, Scotland +55.6 +4.3
Cape Town, South Africa -32.5 -18.4
Sydney, Australia -34.1 -151.2
Seattle, WA +48.7 +124.3
New York NY +41.05 +68.3
=================================================
A = position in degrees:minutes:seconds.. B degrees:C minutes: D seconds
A = B + C / 60 + D / 3600
A = pos for West / North
A = neg for East / South
The program has been tested on Sun workstations, Mac's and PC's all with 32 bit systems.
The Applet can be downloaded via anonymous FTP from ( preferred way ):
nitehawk.com/pub/upload/rasmit/
The file name is:
moontrak_0197.class
1) This is a binary file, so use "bin" transfers in your FTP program
2) Be sure the file appears in your server directory as:
moontrak_0197.class
3) Be certain to check the extention .class ( 5 chrs )
3) If you like to run the applet locally, not via the WEB, but
just from your hard drive, then be sure that the moontrak_0197.class
file is in the SAME directory as the file (.htm[l]) that is calling
the .class file ( with .class [5] chrs as extension )
The Applet can also be downloaded and placed in your server directory or on
the hard drive for local use.
To down load the moontrack_0197.class file, click on "APPLET" and use
from "FILE", "SAVE FRAME" to place class file on your harddrive. Then
put this file in your server directory. Make sure the filename
is moontrak_0197.class.
For file transfers of .class files use binary mode.
As a third method you can upload the Applet via the WEB when used, from:
Direct your browser to one of the above URL's and then FILE / SAVE / this .class file.
In this case change to CODE="http://www.nitehawk.com........
Contact me if you experience problems with these procedure.