Neo Planner V2.3 - Geo settings - Explanations
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These settings are the first step in getting Neo Planner up and running.
Here you define the
Geo settings data of Neo Planner.
It is important to enter all information very carefully. And remember to set up
your own free account with IP GeoLocation.
Plausibility checks or actions are usually only carried out after leaving the cursor in the input field.
STH Stonehenge is a fictitious IAU code. Of course, no real IAU
codes or
sensitive geo-data are displayed on this explanation page.
Enter your three-digit IAU code here and place the cursor on another field.
The latitude always begins
with + or -. You can use the entry from Astrometrica's settings or enter a
correct decimal number between -90.000000 and +90.000000.
Not all decimal places have to be entered.
Please enter positive
longitudes as a decimal number without a sign, negative longitudes with a sign
-.
Longitudes west of Greenwich have a range of -0.0000000 to -179.99999 degrees,
those east of Greenwich have a longitude of 0.00000001 to 179.999999 degrees.
Not all decimal places have to be entered.
After entering the longitude, the street map is displayed on the right using API access. You can check the correct position again.
Why is the free API key
required for IP geolocation?
With the help of the key, Neo Planner can determine the necessary geodata for
your location each time it is called.
These include, for example, the times of sunset or noon or midnight of the
current day.
Together with some other individual settings, these data are required to
calculate the observation slot within the observable objects are determined.
Every Neo Planner user has to
request their own API key.
Enter your API Key of 'Free IP Lookup API and
Accurate IP Location Finder', available on
https://ipgeolocation.io/ip-location-api.html
Create an account and include your API Key:
Pressing the Login IP Geolocation button takes
you to the website
https://ipgeolocation.io/ip-location-api.html to create a free account.
This means that up to a maximum of 1000 accesses to the geodata per day are
possible free of charge, which of course is never required by the Neo Planner on
this scale.
By pressing the 'Load' button, some
geographic data such as the current local time, local sunset and in UT and
midnight UT are displayed.
The display of the data serves to
verify correct access to IP geolocation.