Contains data for over 150,000 locations, with time zones from 1850 to 2000, and the complete clock setting history of every city in the U.S. large enough to have a post office. This supercedes all previous sources and has easy to follow tables, which makes The American Atlas, 5th Edition, the most comprehensive reference for daylight savings time, war time, latitudes, and longitudes.
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122 of 122 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The owners of the copyright on this work, Atrolabe, Inc. have filed a lawsuit against the maintainers of the time zone database which is used by virtually all modern software to accurately set timezones, claiming copyright violation due to this book being used as reference material. Due to this lawsuit the database has been taken offline threatening accurate timekeeping around the world. I would strongly discourage anyone from purchasing this book so as not to reward the nearsighted and greedy behavior of Atrolabe, Inc. To be clear, the maintainers of the database reference this book specifically with publisher information and full attribution as a good source to consult for some of the data contained in the database and were rewarded for the good reference by being served a lawsuit over a usage that assuming it is even copyrightable (facts are not subject to copyright) should at least be protected under the rules of fair use.
66 of 67 people found the following review helpful
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This book may be quite useful, but the current publishers are unethical, and are attempting to hold public data hostage. This is not okay -- or, actually, legal -- I'm confidant that it'll sort out in the end, but in the meantime, avoid buying this book until the ridiculousness stops.
48 of 48 people found the following review helpful
By Daniel
Format:Paperback
Do not use this book if you intend to make use of the information you read. The authors are currently litigating against those who have made reference to information in this book.
Essentially the authors are greedy, money-grabbing, selfish individuals who do not understand the legal precedent they set by attempting to sue for the copyrighted facts.
Essentially the authors are greedy, money-grabbing, selfish individuals who do not understand the legal precedent they set by attempting to sue for the copyrighted facts.
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Don't buy this
This may be a useful book but the current copyright owners, a company of eight astrologists (Astrolabe, Inc), are trying to shut down permanently the most important timezone... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Wulf Krüger
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Worthless Company
I can't believe you're suing an open source project, which uses some information from your book, which provides time-zone information for most of the worlds computing systems. Read more
Published 19 months ago by sandinak
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A must have...
American astrologers and any astrologers reviewing charts in the United States need this book. From the smallest town on the map to the largest cities, one can easily locate the... Read more
Published on May 19, 2000 by "firelily"
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