Comments on: Sunrise & Sunset in iCal

By: Fredrik

Fredrik — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:51:17 +0000

Here you go, sunrise & sunset times, visualized for Phoenix: http://sunrisehour.com/sunrise-sunset/united_states/phoenix_az

By: Maria Langer

Maria Langer — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:01:13 +0000

No, I don't know of any other way. I might put together a solution for this; I've already made some major changes to the CCiCalFilter file. Until then, there's a chance I'll be offering the custom ICS files to those who request them; you might want to check in on my blog, An Ecelctic Mind, for updates on this. I'm still undecided.

By: Albert Kiefer

Albert Kiefer — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:20:55 +0000

Hi Maria,

Best wishes for the new year and thanks for your comment. Unfortunately what I meant in my last coment was that exactly this CCiCalFilter is no longer available from Seedcode. That’s why I can’t recreate your steps…

Would there be an alternative way to do this that you know of?

Albert

By: Maria Langer

Maria Langer — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:56:52 +0000

Albert,

I just ran through this exercise again for 2009 using a FileMaker Pro file called CCiCalFilter, which I tracked down last year. It still works fine with FileMaker Pro 8 (the version I’m still using). This year, I modified both FileMaker Pro files to speed up and automate the process, as well as add moonrise and moonset dates/times. I can now get a whole year’s worth of data imported into iCal in about 10 minutes.

Each year I improve my solution. Next year, I’m likely to combine both database files into one. The goal is to be able to create the 12 raw data files (one for each month) and use a single FileMaker Pro command in a single file to spit out all four (sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset) files with one script.

By: Albert Kiefer

Albert Kiefer — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:57:57 +0000

Hi Maria,

As a photographer and fellow Mac user I am very interested in Sunrise/ Sunset data in iCal. However at the time of this writing (december 2008) it seems your workflow with Seedcode is no longer available?

How could I get this going in this day and time?

I’t be great if you could hand me some pointers…

Albert

By: Jan Garcia

Jan Garcia — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:11:56 +0000

Thanks for the cool info! Just what I was looking for.

By: Maria Langer

Maria Langer — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 19:13:16 +0000

There are actually quite a few Web sites with that info. For example, the U.S. Naval Observatory has one, too: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html

TimePalette is the program I use to get the data. It’s incredibly detailed, with all kinds of time-related information for specific places on earth. It really came in handy when a photographer wanted sunrise and sunset photo flights over Lake Powell, which is quite a distance from here. It has a huge built-in database, but you can also enter lat/lon info to create your own locations. My Sunrise/Sunset info is for Wickenburg Airport, which is about 3 miles from my house. But if I wanted to get really geeky about it, I could enter the exact lat/lon for my house and have it calculate the information for that location.

I like having the data in iCal where each sunrise and sunset is an actual event. No need to access the Internet and it’s right in my calendar program, which is usually open when I make appointments for flying. Because I use .Mac to synchronize iCal on all my Macs, the info’s available on all my computers.

By: Miraz Jordan

Miraz Jordan — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:59:40 +0000

Unfortunately it doesn’t create iCal files, but the http://timeanddate.com/ website is very interesting and useful. It provides a heap of information related to dates and times, customisable in many ways.

Here’s the info for Phoenix, for example: http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=197

It’s worth exploring.