
    Gulf Coastal Software

 Sunrise Sunset Calculator v3.0

   Sunrise/Sunset Calculator  was designed for
Professional Truck Drivers and companies that
haul oversize and wide loads.  Oversize loads
are usually only permitted to be hauled during
daylight hours.  This calculator can be used to
quickly look up the sunrise/sunset times of any
town within the United States by clicking on a
state's button and then on a town name.  A
special  'USER' button can be programmed with
other locations in addition to those already
listed in the individual states.  Sunrise/Sunset
times should be correct within +/- 3 minutes.  A
massive US town/coordinates database is included
with the program.

I.  N°, S°, E°, and W° coordinates can be directly
entered into the -W°'/ E°' and N°'/ -S°' coordinate
boxes.  The state buttons can also be used to look
up the coordinates of a town.  Click on the
appropriate state and then simply begin to type the
name of the town.  The town list will automatically
scroll as the town name is typed.  Click on the town
name to place the coordinates into the coordinate
boxes.  (If the town name scrolls to the top of the
list, you can simply hit enter to place the
coordinates into the coordinate boxes.)

II.  Next, enter the date of the desired sunrise/sunset
times. The program always starts with the current
computer date.

III.  Enter the 'GMT Offset'. The 'Offset List' can
be used to select an offset.  (Professional Drivers
usually keep their watches on their home time for
logging purposes.  By selecting the GMT Offset
for home time, the rise and set times for any
town will be calculated to a driver's home time.)

Other Options:

Lock GMT Offset:  This keep the GMT Offset from being
                  cleared after each calculation.
Display Military Time:  Sunrise/Sunset times are
                        displayed in military time.
Home:   A home sunrise/sunset time can be quickly
        calculated via this button.
USER:  USER town/coordinates can be accessed via this
       button.
Add to USER:  Add the currently selected town to the
              USER list.
LED:    When checked, an LED will flash if the GMT List
        offset is set to standard time during daylight
        time or set to daylight time during standard time.
Moon:  The phase of the moon is displayed when checked.
Routes:  Display Sunrise/Sunset times for entire
         interstate highway(s).

NOTE: The data used in this program must be downloaded
      from the website.  'Download individual states needed'
      and 'Download Interstate highway data only' as
      required.  This data must be unzipped into the same
      folder as the 'RiseSet.exe'.

      You can create you own highway / interstate data by
      using the same format that is in an interstate or
      highway txt file.  After creating the txt file, place
      the first part of the file name (without the .txt) in
      the Highways.txt file so that the program can find it.


  New in version 3.0
  1. Mississippi was missing a record delimiter.
     This did not affect the program function.

  New in version 2.9
  1. Williams truck stops are now Pilots.

  New in version 2.8
  1. Data corrected for I10 - Breaux Bridge, La.

  New in version 2.7
  1. The wrong date was being posted in the route list.  The
     times were correctly posted for the date entered into
     the main interface, however.
  2. The date being calculated on routes is now displayed on
     the 'Process' button.

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