Comments on: Zmanim widget 0.4 http://kosherdev.com/2009/12/zmanim-widget-0-4/ Blog about kosher programming Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:08:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Moishe Beshkin http://kosherdev.com/2009/12/zmanim-widget-0-4/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Moishe Beshkin Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://kosherdev.com/?p=235#comment-167 I haven't check Google maps API for a half a year, but before that, there was no possibility to get latitude and longitude by place name from Google maps API. I use Geonames APi for that purpose. UTC detection from OS's seetings, seems to me a little bit irrelevant for this plugin. Server's UTC offset might differ much from local settings on administrator computer I haven’t check Google maps API for a half a year, but before that, there was no possibility to get latitude and longitude by place name from Google maps API.
I use Geonames APi for that purpose.

UTC detection from OS’s seetings, seems to me a little bit irrelevant for this plugin. Server’s UTC offset might differ much from local settings on administrator computer

]]> By: KosherJava http://kosherdev.com/2009/12/zmanim-widget-0-4/comment-page-1/#comment-166 KosherJava Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://kosherdev.com/?p=235#comment-166 Google Maps do not currently supply elevation data. There is an <a href="http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=494" rel="nofollow">open enhancement request</a> at Google for this. As for timezones, Operating systems and Java have an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoneinfo" rel="nofollow">Olson database</a> for this, but I do not think that PHP offers this. Neither do, C++, C# and most others. Google Maps do not currently supply elevation data. There is an open enhancement request at Google for this. As for timezones, Operating systems and Java have an Olson database for this, but I do not think that PHP offers this. Neither do, C++, C# and most others.

]]> By: Ira http://kosherdev.com/2009/12/zmanim-widget-0-4/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Ira Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://kosherdev.com/?p=235#comment-165 Long/lat is easy to find with Google maps (and maybe there's a way to ask it for height, which also makes a bit of a difference regarding the sunrise/set times, Google Earth has that for sure) As for UTC offset, that's where the standard timezone data comes into play, all modern operating systems have that feature, though the Israeli one is a bit whacky, and Microsoft didn't want to handle their issues with it properly before XP-SP3 and Vista. But these days it should be fixed as well, with standard APIs. Long/lat is easy to find with Google maps (and maybe there’s a way to ask it for height, which also makes a bit of a difference regarding the sunrise/set times, Google Earth has that for sure)

As for UTC offset, that’s where the standard timezone data comes into play, all modern operating systems have that feature, though the Israeli one is a bit whacky, and Microsoft didn’t want to handle their issues with it properly before XP-SP3 and Vista. But these days it should be fixed as well, with standard APIs.

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