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Autumnal Equinox 2009 in Catfood Desktate

The Autumnal Equinox for 2009 was at 21:18 GMT today. The image below captures the equinox in Catfood Desktate:



It's the start of Autumn/Fall in the northern hemisphere, Spring for the southern.

With a fair wind I'll post the Winter Equinox Solstice using Catfood Earth, which will replace Desktate.

Posted by Rob on 9/22/2009, 0 comments. (Bookmark & Share)

US Weather Radar in Catfood Earth Beta

The Catfood Earth Beta now supports displaying weather radar images from over 160 sites around the Unites States. Just select the site closest to you and choose from Reflectivity, 1 Hour Precipitation, Storm Total Precipitation, Velocity, Storm Relative Motion and Long Range Reflectivity images.

The screen shot below shows 1 Hour Precipitation for San Francisco:



I'm currently offering a free license to anyone who provides feedback on the beta. See the Catfood Earth Beta for full details.

Posted by Rob on 9/13/2009, 0 comments. (Bookmark & Share)

Catfood Tracker 1.30

Tracker generates Google Earth KML files from GPS equipped Windows Mobile devices. You can also use the KML files in Google Maps.

1.30 adds a few commonly requested options to Tracker.

Sample Interval - you can now configure how frequently Tracker records a position sample, from once a second to as long as you like. The default is twenty seconds.

GPS Power - if you're recording samples infrequently you can choose to power down the GPS between readings. The default is to keep the GPS powered up and in most cases this means that location samples will be more accurate.

Store elevation in KML - it's now possible to log your altitude above sea level to the KML file. The default is to not record elevation. Google Earth will automatically fit the KML track to it's internal elevation and in most cases this is what you want. If you're a pilot recording a flight then set this option to show the GPS altitude rather than fitting the track to Google Earth's data.

Download Tracker 1.30 from the original Tracker post, or on your Windows Mobile device from http://www.catfood.net/m/.

Labels: WindowsMobile

Posted by Rob on 9/07/2009, 0 comments. (Bookmark & Share)