1. Is SUNBEAR III a fully compliant Windows program ?
Earlier versions of SUNBEAR were written for the DOS evironment and ran in a DOS-window under Windows. SUNBEAR III is a full Windows compliant program with a mouse driven Graphical User Interface commonly found in most Windows programs. SUNBEAR III runs under Win95, Win 98, WinME, WinNT, Win2000 and WinXP. Minumum CPU requirement is a 90 MHz Pentium®. 32 MB of RAM and 17 MB of free disc space are needed. An 800 x 600 pixel display is the minimum required, 1024 x 768 is strongly recommended. The display works with 16 color minimum, 256 color recommended, true color is supported.
2. Will the program run over a network?
SUNBEAR III is intended to be a single user application, and it is sold as a single user license. If SUNBEAR III is needed to run in an enterprise-wide environment, please contact Sunbear Associates. sunbear@pacbell.net
3. Will SUNBEAR III print to a network printer?
SUNBEAR III will print to any printer (monochrome or color) attached and configured to work with your current windows environment. That includes directly connected local printers as well as networked printers.
4. I must know the location of my Event. What if I don't have a GPS?
In addition to the date and time of the event for which you are gathering data, you need to know the position, or longitude and latitude, of that event. For users without separate access to GPS devices, SUNBEAR III includes a database containing the longitude and latitude of the geographic center of over 32,000 U.S.P.S. Zip Codes as well as many Canadian Postal Codes. If you know the Postal Code where the event occurred, SUNBEAR III will look up the longitude and latitude with an accuracy of a millionth degree. You may also enter the longitude and latitude manually, in several formats. You may also add personalized locations to the database, to aid repetitive lookups.
5. If I only know an approximate time for the Event, how will SUNBEAR III help me?
Once you enter a target date and time and location for your Event, SUNBEAR III presents the option of generating Sun and Moon bearing data for intervals around that time. You can therefore start with you approximate date and time, and then examine the results before and after that time using the intervals. The step size for the interval time can range from 1 minute, to 1 year.
6. I currently use an astronomy program to chart the Sun and Moon. It's results always reference TRUE North. How can SUNBEAR III help me if I have only a compass to make these readings?
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SUNBEAR III calculates the Magnetic Declination, or the difference between TRUE North and MAGNETIC North, for the exact longitude and latitude of your event. SUNBEAR III results are then presented referenced to both. It is then an easy matter to take site measurements against a compass and compare to the SUNBEAR III results referenced to Magnetic North. |