SOLAR MAPS v3 - Exclusive Astrology Mapping Software
Stands-alone or use directly from within Solar Fire Deluxe
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An audio/visual hands on training program with expert Lee Lehman walking you through the program step by step. Learn and practice astro-mapping and relocation astrology, the easy way.
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$225.00
If you are serious about AstroCartography, check out this software.
Powerful New Features
- New and improved maps. Zoom in to much greater precision of coastlines and lakes.
- Advanced map color options - more attractive and more readable maps.
- Zoom mouse mode now highlights nearest stored map to zoom into.
- New mouse mode cursors to make it clearer which mouse mode is active.
- New mouse mode button to allow relocation reports just by clicking on the map.
- All mouse modes now work with single click.
- Previous map views now listed by description instead of filename.
- Hurricanes/Earthquake mapping - Sample files of major earthquakes and north.
Atlantic stroms and hurricanes are included. More can be imported from the web.
- Midpoint Astro-mapping Lines.
- Planet Aspects Astro-mapping Lines.
- Parans have been extended to allow paran lines for more than one planet.
- Solar Arc directions have been added to Subsidary charts.
- Sec.Progs + Transits now available on same chart display (as in CycloCartoGraphy)
- Now you can retain the natal local space line directions when you relocate the chart.
- New copy options to save image as BMP/GIF to clipboard/file or email attachment.
- New web and email options added to help menu
- When relocating a chart now you automatically jump to the nearest city by clicking on map.
ACS Atlas is embedded in Version 3 offering more than 250,000 places from around the world!
- It is now possible to step or run a chart through time while your astro-mapping lines are displayed on any map of the world. You can animate any type of chart, either natal or subsidiary (transits to natal, secondary progressed, tertiary progressed and solar arc directed).Solar Maps v3 - Technical Feature List
Solar Maps provides tools for astro-locality mapping, relocational astrology and local space astrology. Everything is accessible through clear and simple Windows screens and menus.
Manual and Help
* Illustrated, indexed and cross-referenced manual of more than 160 pages, including introduction to astro-mapping techniques.
* Context sensitive on-line help contains entire manual text.
* Help menu options to direct user to website and patch updates download page
* Help menu items to register, obtain technical support, and submit suggestions by email
Zodiac Types
* Celestial zodiac (for normal charts)
* Geodetic zodiacs (for mundane charts) with user-definable starting longitude and direction
House Systems
* Campanus, Koch, Meridian, Morinus, Placidus, Porphyry, Regiomontanus, Topocentric, Equal
Chart Points
* Planets: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
* Asteroids: Chiron, Vesta, Pallas, Juno, Ceres, Hygeia, Astraea
* Others: Moon’s Nodes (Mean or True), Vulcan, Transneptunians, Transpluto Dark Moon Lilith (mean position)
* You may select any combination of the above points for display on maps or in chart wheels.
* You may customise the colors used for each chart point. Charts may be calculated for any date from 5400BC to 5400AD.
* Calculations by Swiss Ephemeris for state-of-the-art accuracy.
Atlas
* Contains the full ACS International and American atlas, with coordinates and timezones of over 250,000 places around the world.
Charts
* Some sample charts of famous people are supplied.
* Existing charts may be imported from Solar Fire, Nova, Blue*Star, Kepler 2.7 or
QuickCharts files
* New charts may be cast for dates ranging from 5400BC to 5400D, and overlaid on maps
* Charts may be progressed (by secondary or tertiary rates) or directed by Solar Arc, and overlaid on natal chart angles.
* Transiting Charts may be calculated and overlaid on natal chart angles.
* An AstroClock option allows the display of a chart which is automatically updated at regular intervals.
* Charts may be stepped or animated with user selectable time intervals (for both natal, transiting, progressed or directed charts).
* Charts may be viewed as overlays on any map, in a normal chart wheel, or in a local horizon wheel.
* Day/Night shading option allows you to see the Sun’s shadow across the earth, either for any natal chart, or moving in real time with the AstroClock.
* Charts may be relocated by selecting a city from the database, or just by pointing and clicking on the map.
* Planets or Midpoints on MC
* Planets or Midpoints on IC
* Planets or Midpoints rising or on Asc
* Planets or Midpoints setting or on Dsc
* Aspects to Planets on MC, IC, Asc, Dsc lines
* Paran lines for any one planet in combination with all others or for all planet combinations at once.
* Planet directions (either natal or relocated)
* Local horizon
* Local houses
* Ecliptic
* Zodiacal signs
* Total solar eclipse line
* Partial solar eclipse lines
All planet lines types may also be used for any selected fixed stars.
Eclipses
* You can select any solar eclipse (partial or total) from 1801AD to 2200AD, and display its path across the earth on any map.
* Eclipse paths may be overlaid on top of astrolines for any chart.
* Multiple eclipse paths may be plotted simultaneously.
Stars
* You can select up to 36 stars to be displayed along with, or instead of, planets
* A supplied fixed star editor allows you to enter data for any celestial objects of your choice.
Maps
* More than 100 pre-defined standard maps are supplied.
* You can create and save as many new maps as you wish for any region of the world.
* Maps may be stored in a hierarchical list organized by region.
* You can select and adjust the required map region by zooming and panning (limit of zooming in any map is down to a map width of about 12’ of longitude – typically 30kms).
* Map land and sea colors are fully customizable.
* You can select and adjust which city and country names are plotted on maps.
* Click and point to measure distances or angles on any map.
* You can view the world map in rectangular or Mercator view, or as a sphere or spheroid.
* Maps (and overlaid charts) may be printed on color or monochrome printers.
* Maps (and overlaid charts) may be copied to the clipboard or saved as graphic files (BMP, GIF) or as an attachment to an email.
Reports
VIEW SAMPLE
For any chart, the following data listings may be viewed
* Parans interspersed with city names for the current map region
* Parans interspersed with city names near the latitude of the chart location
* Cities conjunct or opposite planet lines for the current chart
* Listing of planet azimuths and aspects of azimuth sorted by orb
A one to three page formatted printable report of interpretive text may also be generated for the relocation of any chart to any location on earth. This includes the following sections:
* Planets which are near angles
* Conjunction with planet direction lines
* Paran lines around the latitude of relocation
Interpretations
May be viewed by pointing to a symbol plotted over or around the map and double-clicking, or by double-clicking on a line of any data-listing report. The following categories of interpretation are included.
* Planet on MC/IC/Asc/Dsc
* Planets in paran
* Planet direction lines
All of the supplied text is editable with an included utility program.
Tracking
Storm tracks, hurricane tracks, earthquakes and similar types of data may be plotted onto any of the
maps. Pre-supplied data consists of:
* Storm and hurricane tracks for the North Atlantic from 1851 to 2002.
* Selected major earthquakes – historical and contemporary
User may edit, add or import further such data directly from various websites, or create entirely new
tracking datasets of their own. Multiple tracks or events may be plotted simultaneously.
Solar Fire Compatibility
Solar Maps may be called directly from a menu option within Solar Fire in order to display a chart calculated in Solar Fire. Solar Maps is compatible with Solar Fire chart files of any version.
- PC or compatible computer with Pentium processor (or equivalent)
- Note - This program is not compatible with 64bit versions of Windows.
- CD ROM drive
- RAM depends on which version of Windows you have:
- Windows 95, 98, 98SE - 32 MB of RAM minimum - 64 MB of RAM or more recommended
- Windows ME, NT4 - 40 MB of RAM minimum - 80 MB of RAM or more recommended
- Windows 2000 - 72 MB of RAM minimum - 144 MB of RAM or more recommended
- Windows XP - 128 MB of RAM minimum - 256 MB of RAM or more recommended
- Windows Vista - 500MB of RAM minimum - 1GB of Ram or more recommended
- About 70 MB of disk space for a full installation
- VGA video resolution - XGA or better is recommended
- A mouse pointing device


