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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Which way to Mecca?


Credits to DirectionsMag from their "Off the Beaten Path" section - this is an interesting mash up highlighting the distance and prayer times to Mecca.

The green box details provide geo-speciific data. for example:

Current Location

LAT: 33.063924198120645
LONG : 44.560546875

Location Data

Nearest Populated (NP):=Shaykh Muţlaq al Ghuḑayb
Distance From NP=0.6467

Time Zone Data

Time Offset: 2 Hours
Summer Time Offset:3 Hours
Time Zone=Europe/Simferopol
Countrycode=UA
Country name=Ukraine
Governorate=Wāsiţ

Weather Data
Temperature: 31
Humidity: 20
Clouds:overcast
Wind Speed: 08
Wind Direction: 110
Measuring Date/Time:2008-10-22 15:38:00

Elevation Data

Height(USGS):=25
Height(NASA):=34


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