[APBeta] APBeta Digest, Vol 15, Issue 1

[Paul Rodman]

On Jul 3, 2009, at 2:10 AM, Peter B wrote:

> Thanks Paul - now I get it.  AP adjusts the location data based on  
> the GPS info but can only use the computer clock time.
>
> Have you considered making it work like EQMOD where it looks at the  
> difference between the GPS time and the computer time and sets an  
> offset to correct the time in AP?

I could set the clock offset for the site, but I don't see this as of  
major importance. If your time is off by a few seconds, or even  
minutes, it makes very little difference to anything. Not even the  
moon travels very far in the sky in that time. Perhaps if you're  
timing occultations then time setting is important, but then AP  
doesn't (currently) support that. Also, unless you have a special kind  
of GPS unit, the times you can get from it via its serial port are  
only accurate to a few seconds anyway.

Paul R.

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