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(meteorobs) IMO-NEWS: VISDAT 4.1 published


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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 15:56:27 -0500
From: Rainer Arlt <100114.1361@compuserve.com>
Subject: VISDAT 4.1 published
To: IMO-news <imo-news@imodot net>

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From:	Janko F. Richter, INTERNET:richte-j@t-onlinedot de
TO:	(unknown), [100114,1361]
DATE:	12-11-1998 21:50

RE:	VISDAT 4.1 published

Dear friends,

VISDAT - the system for recording and evaluating data of visual meteor =

observations - is published in english and in german language.
VISDAT is especially suitable for visual observation projects. The curren=
t
version is 4.1.

Homepage: http://www.imodot net/software/visdat/index.html

 =

What can VISDAT do

 - Recording of plottings, reportings, countings =

 - Measurement of meteor positions by ruler, scanner, graphical tablet =

 - Import of X-Y coordinates from external ASCII-File =

 - Making reports of visual observations according to IMO =

 - Shower association by IMO standard =

 - Changing the shower association criteria for special analyses =

        (for instance, background noise) =

 - Converting reported observations in other formats like POSDAT/VMDB =

 - Archive observations =

 - Browse and edit databases incl. radiant, observer, and site databases =

 - Some analyses like ZHR summaries
 - Supports program RADIANT by Rainer Arlt
 - Execute some dBase compatible commands
         			          =


How to get VISDAT

You can get the system from the author:

 Astroclub Radebeul e.V.
 Public Observatory "Adolph Diesterweg"
 Auf den Ebenbergen
 D-01445 Radebeul =

 GERMANY
 Tel. +49 351 8305905 =


or, more conveniently, =


 for INTERNET-user by anonymous FTP
 =

 ftp://ftp.imodot net/pub/software/visdat


3. Requirements

VISDAT needs a 386 IBM compatible PC or higher, DOS, =

3 MB of memory, VGA.

Optional : scanner or digitizer GENIUS 1812HR


4. Installation

1.)  Create directory for VISDAT, e.g. \ASTRO\VISDAT
2.)  Copy archive file VISDAT41.EXE into this directory
3.)  Run: 'visdat41.exe' (archive will extract itself)

5. Getting started

Change into VISDAT directory and start VISDAT with the batch file
(Run 'visdat')


6. Adress of the author for hints, tips, troubles :

          Janko Richter
          Martin-Luther-Pl. 6
        D 01099 Dresden                 Tel.  : +49 351 8026040
          GERMANY                       mailto://richte-j@t-onlinedot de=

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