Kids Cube/4_History.iso/ewatch35/readme.doc

Text File | 1994-03-20 | 6KB | 136 lines

              W E L C O M E   T O   E A R T H W A T C H !

The EARTHWATCH 3.5 program will graphically display for you in color
the majestic march through time of the earth-moon system showing the 24
hour night/day cycle due to the earth's rotation, the monthly phases of
the moon, and the earth's annual trip around the sun, with the passing
of the four seasons.

Two separate programs are included: EWC (CGA graphics), and EWV
(VGA graphics).

A map of the world (Mercator projection) will slowly scroll eastward
across the screen as the continents in turn move daily from pre-dawn
darkness through sunrise and daylight, then through sunset back to night.
Choose from three map types: elevation, natural, or national boundaries.

Watch the shape of the daylight zone change almost imperceptably from
day to day as the seasons progress, with the days shorter in winter and
longer in summer for the Northern Hemisphere and vice-versa in the
Southern Hemisphere.

Sunrise and sunset times along with percentage of daylight for your
city or anywhere you designate are calculated and displayed for the
present date or a date that you choose.  The phase and position of
the moon will also be displayed numerically and graphically.

The VGA version allows the tracking and display of latitude and
longitude coordinates and major cities as you move a mouse-driven
cursor over the map display.  This version also offers the option
of selecting between two map types, elevation and natural.

A special Almanac screen can be called up to display additional
information such as a comparison of sunrise & sunset times with those
of the previous day, the number of days remaining until the beginning
of the next season (solstices & equinoxes), and more.

Follow the sun's progress along its annual trek around the Analemma,
the figure 8 pattern found frequently on globes that shows the sun's
declination (apparent north-south excursions in the sky) and the
"equation of time."

See at a glance the local time anywhere on the populated earth and
observe whether that location is experiencing night, day, dawn, dusk,
or anywhere between.

Up to ten locations around the world may be highlighted on the display
to help you monitor the status of various cities, etc.

All of this may be done accurately and in real time while it is
actually happening!  Or, if you wish, reset the date and/or time to monitor
the earth in the past or future.

Replace your ordinary calendar or menu graphic program with EARTHWATCH
when your PC is in "standby" mode for an informative and fascinating
earth monitoring clock.

The EARTHWATCH program will run on any IBM compatible PC equipped with
CGA or VGA graphics support.  A Microsoft compatible mouse is required
to use the latitude/longitude tracking & display option.

It is strongly recommended thet EARTHWATCH be run from a fixed (hard)
disk, particularly EWV, to aviod some fairly long waiting periods when
accessing images.  Also, EWV builds temporary bit-map image files requiring
310K bytes of free disk space.

EARTHWATCH consists of a total of 34 files, 28 of which are required for
the VGA version and 9 for the CGA (3 are shared by both).  They may all
be copied onto one directory on your fixed disk, from which either program
may be run, or split into two separate directories.

The VGA files are:

        BRUN45.EXE      EWV35.EXE       MAP1.INT        MAP3.GRN
        COLKEY.EXE      GAZ35.DAT       MAP1.RED        MAP3.INT
        COPYM1.BAT      HELPSC.EXE      MAP2.BLU        MAP3.RED
        COPYM2.BAT      HELPV35.DAT     MAP2.GRN        MSLOOKUP.DAT
        COPYM3.BAT      HLITEV35.DAT    MAP2.INT        README.DOC
        EWV.BAT         MAP1.BLU        MAP2.RED        V35TZDET.DAT
        EWV35.DAT       MAP1.GRN        MAP3.BLU        V35TZDR.DAT

The CGA files are:

        BRUN45.EXE      EWC35.EXE       HELPC35.DAT     MAPC35.DAT
        EWC.BAT         GAZ35.DAT       HLITEC35.DAT    README.DOC
        EWC35.DAT

To run, change to the directory chosen and type:

        EWC (followed by ENTER key) to run the CGA version.
        EWV (followed by ENTER key) to run the VGA version.




Copyright 1994 -- ELANWARE, INC.  Not to be used for commercial purposes
without permission.  You are granted permission and are encouraged to copy
and share this program free of charge with others.  If you enjoy using
EARTHWATCH, please send a payment of $25 to:

                             ELANWARE, INC.
                            134 NORMANDY DR.
                         BRUNSWICK, OHIO  44212

In return you will be registered for future upgrades and sent a detailed
userguide for EARTHWATCH.

Enjoy EARTHWATCH!

Thank you.
Larry Nagy



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