From: Bob Officer Date: 2005-07-19T03:56:00+09:00 Subject: Re: Earthquake Forecasting Program July 11, 2005 On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:39:46 GMT, in sci.geo.earthquakes, "Hank Oredson" wrote: >"edgrsprj" wrote in message >news:2OeBe.2928$oZ.770@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net... >> "Hank Oredson" wrote in message >> news:1vYAe.2575$dU3.2553@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... >>> "edgrsprj" wrote in message >>> news:pmXAe.9096$aY6.3897@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net... >>> > "Hank Oredson" wrote in message >>> > news:7%UAe.4148$BK1.174@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... >>> >> "edgrsprj" wrote in message >>> >> news:upBAe.1915$oZ.930@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net... >>> >> > "edgrsprj" wrote in message >>> >> > news:D7qAe.21003$eM6.9503@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net... >>> >> >> PROPOSED EARTHQUAKE FORECASTING >>> >> >> COMPUTER PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT EFFORT >> >>> I guess my question was not specific enough. >>> What I wanted was the exact sources, so I could access the data. >>> The exact data sets you used. >> >> July 13, 2005 >> >> Thanks again for the comments and interest. >> >> The original report in this thread should have contained pointers to >> all of the information you are requesting. But once again, here are some >> of >> the important URLs. >> >> http://www.freewebz.com/eq-forecasting/301.html >> >> That Web page contains information regarding the details of how the >> forecasting program works. Also stored there are copies of an early >> Zipped .txt version of the Perl program I am using along with Zip file >> versions of earlier versions of the .txt format database files that I am >> using. I had to Zip them because of their size and the limited bandwidth >> of >> that Web site. If you would prefer to receive them as regular text files >> then you can try contacting me by e-mail and I will try to send them >> along. >> >> Perl users who downloaded and ran that .pl program some time ago >> said >> that they had no trouble getting it to run on a Window's XP system. Other >> operating system users might encounter a few formatting problems etc. >> >> http://www.freewebz.com/eq-forecasting/90-05.html >> http://www.freewebz.com/eq-forecasting/128.html >> >> Those Web pages discuss the theories involved with this forecasting >> method. Some of the most important information is at the end of that >> 128.html Web page. > >I found no equations there, nor any links to the original data sources. > >> http://www.freewebz.com/eq-forecasting/Data.html >> >> That Web page contains several types of forecast data along with >> some >> information regarding how to interpret them. > >Did not find any information on the source of the data. > >> http://www.freewebz.com/eq-forecasting/151.html >> >> That Web page contains some "Help" information with details >> regarding >> things such as the U.S. Navy's MICA computer program which I use to >> generate >> data for things such as the locations of the Earth, sun, and moon relative >> to the J2000 reference system. >> >> You should not expect to be able to instantly absorb all of that >> information though it sounds like understanding it should not be a problem >> for you. I have been working on the project for about 15 years. And >> unfortunately, every improvement seems to take days, weeks, months, ... > >Everything looked fairly obvious, except that there did not seem >to be any reference to the source of the datasets. > >> Additionally, as I said in my first report in this thread, the >> multiple participants part of the project is not yet operational. For one >> thing, a suitable Web site has to be found. Right now I am simply >> trying to determine what the interest level there might be in such a >> project. And positive feedback that I have been getting by e-mail etc. >> has been encouraging. > >Perhaps I was not clear enough in my previous posts. > >I am looking for the SOURCE of the data, that is, where did >YOU get the data from, so that I may obtain my own datasets. > >In particular I am interested in the EM dataset. There isn't any "data set" There are no "formula"... There is only EGD Crackpot. http://www.crank.net/geology.html Look down to the middle of the page E.D.G. Listed as "Cranky" -- Ak'toh'di