httpwebwitch
msg:4418884 | 5:51 pm on Feb 17, 2012 (gmt 0) |
I do have a very-high resolution black and white image with outlines of the time zones. As a last resort, I might end up tracing that in PhotoShop... it'll take hours I'm sure. drat I was hoping this would be a quick little project done in an afternoon
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tangor
msg:4418906 | 6:41 pm on Feb 17, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Have you checked out Nasa or CIA websites? Maps galore, all free to use.
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g1smd
msg:4418907 | 6:46 pm on Feb 17, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Have you got all the DST issues nailed? I see millions of sites with clocks that appear to be an hour off for half of the year.
Time Zones are some of the most complex things to program.
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lucy24
msg:4418997 | 10:49 pm on Feb 17, 2012 (gmt 0) |
:: sitting on hands to avoid reaction prompted by words "simple Mercator" ::
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httpwebwitch
msg:4419275 | 7:17 am on Feb 19, 2012 (gmt 0) |
oh lucy24 I just mean a simple green-and-blue world map that fits in a rectangle. I don't care if it's Mercator or some other projection.
btw, [xkcd.com...]
what would be better than a flat map would be a rendered 3d globe with the time zone area extruded, yadda yadda.
I just want to get this done and move on... Besides looking for map images, I haven't started yet and it's sitting on my TODO pile taunting me
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lucy24
msg:4419283 | 9:30 am on Feb 19, 2012 (gmt 0) |
I bet you thought tangor was kidding about the cia. But they're a great information source. When, ahem, they choose to be.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/graphics/ref_maps/pdf/time_zones.pdf
Watch out for Nepal. It's even weirder than India and Newfoundland.
:: noting with relief that Nunavut is back up to three ::
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