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(meteorobs) IMO-NEWS: VISDAT 4.2 has been released
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From: "Janko F. Richter" <ai11rich@ux-01.dd.bibdot de>
Subject: VISDAT 4.2 has been released
To: imo-news@imodot net
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 15:11:41 METDST
Hello meteor freaks,
The new VISDAT version 4.2 has been published and is availible via
http://www.imodot net/software/visdat .
What you can achieve with VISDAT
- Recording of plottings,reportings, countings
- Measurement of meteor positions by ruler, scanner,
graphical tablet
- Import of X-Y-Coordinates from external ASCII-File
- Reporting of visual observations orientated by IMO
- Shower association by IMO standard
- Changing the shower association criterias for special analyses
(for instance determination of background noise)
- Converting reported observations in other formats
like POSDAT/VMDB
- Archive observations
- Browse and edit databases incl. radiant-, observer-
and site- databases
- Some evaluations like summarize ZHRs
- Direct access to databases via dBase commands
- Support of program RADIANT by Rainer Arlt
What is new in version 4.2 ?
* VISDAT is a little bit userfriendly now - I hope so ;-)
* New input screen for observational session data
(including limiting magnitude calculator and data
check)
* Displaying of measured meteors (positions)
* Database check enabled in this version
* Check of countings is possible (e.g. "Shower above
horizon ?")
* Faster data processing (in shower association,
generating VMDB report, databases, calculating total rates)
* A program for installation
* Bugs in version 4.1 has been removed (e.g. year 2000
bug)
How to install VISDAT
Please follow this steps consecutively:
1.Create a directory for VISDAT program files, e.g. C:\ASTRO\VISDAT
2.Create a directory for VISDAT data files, e.g. C:\DATA\VISDAT
3.Create a temporary directory, e.g. C:\VTEMP
4.Copy the files INSTALL.BAT, VISDAT.LIB and VISDAT42.ENG
(or VISDAT42dot deU for german version) into the temporary directory
5.Run: INSTALL.BAT and follow the instructions
6.Run: VISDAT (program will start)
7.Run menu path /DATABASES/SITES and check,
whether your observational site is included in site database
8.Run menu path /DATABASES/OBSERVERS and check,
whether you or other observers are included in observer database
For additional help, please consult the VISDAT help system.
Support
We offer support for your questions for instance about installation,
using or evaluation.
A registration is possible too. That means you will get the latest
news about VISDAT via e-mail. Send me a brief e-mail after that i will
regular inform you about the latest news.
And here the address for support or registration:
Janko F. Richter
richte-j@t-onlinedot de
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