[Ham-Linux] Linux equivilant to GeoClock

[Jim]

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:52:58 -0500
"Harv Nelson" <ai9nl at arrl.net> wrote:

> there is KDE Worldclock which makes a nice sort of wallpaper display
> thats hows areas of light and darkness and may be helpful to you in
> determining things like gray line skeds, etc.  the program allows you
> to set several colored "map pins" with editable info available with a
> right clik. you'll also have a choice of several geographical or
> political maps. an additional KDE artwork lib is probably required.
> while not a partof  the amateur Radio section of the archive, I've had
> fun with it.  the KDE desktop clock applet allows you to set up for
> tim in several different time zones ... so you can have clocks going
> for local and UTC tim at a click of the mouse.
> 
> hereis the packager's description
> =====
> earth watcher for KDE
> Displays where in the world it is light and dark depending on time, as
> well as offering the time in all of the major cities of the world.
> This can be run standalone, as an applet in the KDE panel or as a
> desktop background.
> ==============
> 
> Additional kworldclock themes are available in the kdeartwork-misc
> package.
> 
> This package is part of KDE, and a component of the KDE toys module.
> See the 'kde' and 'kdetoys' packages for more information.
> try  "Apt-getinstall worldclock" on debian based systems.  that will
> unstall any needed dependancies as well. i don't know the equivalent
> command for rpm based systems like red hat or mandriva.
> 
> HTH
> Harv, N9AI-AI9NL


Maybe xearth can do what you want?  I have it set up to display North
America, certain cities, and the grayline as it passes.  It's great for
knowing where the grayline will be for 160m [hence only NA, rather than
the world for me.

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72, N0OCT