[bldg-sim] request for city locations and time zones

Thu Jan 27 01:58:00 PST 2005

Sorry for any cross-postings.

I am compiling a list of the attributes of places which is extending
published information from ASHRAE and EnergyPlus sources.  It differs
in that sites are grouped by state/region/provinces and there are
additional fields for the time zone difference with GMT and whether 
there is an existing EPW climate file for the place.

The reason for this how easy it is to get such information wrong. How 
many of us remember that China is one timezone but has weather 
stations from 75E to 129E so noon clock time and noon solar time 
can be seriously different? There are literally dozens of variants of 
time offsets to be found so Lat & Long is not always a reliable guide.

Hopefully the contents of this list is a step to an evolving standard
tool data repository that Dru Crawley, Michael Donn and I are 
planning (details to be published in the upcoming IBPSA conference).

A sample of the file is included below just to get you oriented:

#place listings
*version,1.0
# comma separated data. Tags are
# *country, name/phrase
# *region, name/phrase
# *place,name,WMO,latN/S,longE/W,+-GMT,elev(m),Station KPa,EPW
*country,USA
*region,ALABAMA
*place,Anniston,722287,33.58N,85.85W,-6,186,99.11,-
*place,Birmingham,722280,33.57N,86.75W,-6,192,99.04,E
*place,Dothan,722268,31.32N,85.45W,-6,122,99.87,-
*place,Huntsville,723230,34.65N,86.77W,-6,196,98.99,E
*place,Mobile,722230,30.68N,88.25W,-6,67,100.52,E
*place,Montgomery,722260,32.30N,86.40W,-6,62,100.58,E
*place,Muscle Shoals,723235,34.75N,87.62W,-6,168,99.32,-
*place,Ozark. Fort Rucker,722269,31.28N,85.72W,-6,91,100.24,-
*place,Tuscaloosa,722286,33.22N,87.62W,-6,52,100.70,-

*region,ALASKA
*place,Adak,704540,51.88N,176.65W,-10,4,101.28,E
*place,Anchorage (Elemendorf),702720,61.25N,149.80W,-9,65,100.55,-
 ....

For places like Brazil and the collection of countries in and around 
Russia it is not clear to an outsider, the time zone & province of the 
place (which often is named after some airport or lighthouse).

If anyone knows about provinces and timezones in the following entries
I would welcome the information. The missing bits are marked with an x. 

If anyone knows of state/region/provinces then you could also insert a
*region,xx
where appropriate and shuffle the *place entries. If anyone wants to
proof other countries data I would be happy to email the relevant portions
of the file. 

Email any corrections/contributions/discussion to jon at esru.strath.ac.uk

Many thanks, 
Jon Hand, IBPSA-Scotland

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*country,BRAZIL
*place,Arch De Femando,824000,3.85S,32.42W,-5,56,100.65,-
*place,Belem,821930,1.38S,48.48W,-3,16,101.13,E
*place,Brasilia,833780,15.87S,47.93W,-2,1061,89.21,E
*place,Campinas,837210,23.00S,47.13W,x,661,93.63,-
*place,Campo Grande,836120,20.47S,54.67W,x,556,94.82,-
*place,Caravelas,834970,17.63S,39.25W,x,4,101.28,-
*place,Curiliba,838400,25.52S,49.17W,x,908,90.88,-
*place,Fortaleza,823980,3.78S,38.53W,x,25,101.03,-
*place,Goiania,834240,16.63S,49.22W,x,747,92.67,-
*place,Maceio,829930,9.52S,35.78W,x,115,99.95,-
*place,Manaus (E.Gomes),821110,3.03S,60.05W,-4,2,101.30,-
*place,Manaus (Ponta Pelada),823320,3.15S,59.98W,-4,84,100.32,-
*place,Natal,825990,5.92S,35.25W,x,52,100.70,-
*place,Porto Alegre,839710,30.00S,51.18W,-2,3,101.29,-
*place,Recife,828990,8.07S,34.85W,-3,19,101.10,E
*place,Rio De Janeiro (Galeao),837460,22.82S,43.25W,-2,6,101.25,-
*place,Salvador,832480,12.90S,38.33W,-3,6,101.25,-
*place,Santarem,822440,2.43S,54.72W,x,72,100.46,-
*place,San Paulo,837800,23.62S,46.65W,-2,803,92.04,E
*place,Vitoria,836490,20.27S,40.28W,x,4,101.28,-

*country,CANARY ISLANDS
*place,Las Palmas,600300,27.93N,15.38W,x,25,101.03,-
*place,Santa Cruz De Tenerife,600250,28.05N,16.57W,x,72,100.46

*country,FAEROE ISLANDS
*place,Torshavn,60110,62.02N,6.77W,x,39,100.86,-

*country,INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS
*place,Diego Garcia Is1.,619670,7.30S,72.40E,x,3,101.29,-

*country,KAZAKHSTAN 
*place,Almaty (Alma Ata),368700,43.23N,76.93E,x,847,91.56,- 
*place,Aqmola (Tselinograd),351880,51.13N,71.37E,x,348,97.21,-
*place,Aqtobe (Aktyubinsk),352290,50.30N,57.23E,x,227,98.63,- 
*place,Atyrau (Guryev),357000,47.02N,51.85E,x,-15,101.51,- 
*place,Oral (Uralsk) Pavlodar,351080,51.25N,51.40E,x,36,100.89,-
*place,Qaraghandy (Karaganda),353940,49.80N,73.13E,x,555,94.83,- 
*place,Qostanay (Kustanay),289520,53.22N,63.62E,x,156,99.46,- 
*place,Semey (Semipalatinsk),361770,50.35N,80.25E,x,196,98.99,- 
*place,Zhambyl (Dzhambul),383410,42.85N,71.38E,x,653,93.72,-

*country,KENYA
*place,Arissa,637230,0.47S,39.63E,x,147,99.57,-
*place,Kisumu,637080,0.10S,34.75E,x,1146,88.29,-
*place,Lodwar,636120,3.12N,35.62E,x,515,95.29,-
*place,Nairobi,637400,1.32S,36.92E,x,1624,83.28,-

*country,MADEIRA ISLANDS
*place,Funchal,85210,32.68N,16.77W,x,55,100.67,-

*country,MARSHALL lSLANDS
*place,Kwajalein Atoll,913660,8.73N,167.73E,x12,8,101.23,E

*country,MAURITANIA
*place,Nouadhibou,614150,20.93N,17.03W,x,3,101.29,-
*place,Nouakchotl,614420,18.10N,15.95W,x,3,101.29,-

*country,MEXICO
*place,Puerto Vallarta,766014,20.68N,105.25W,x,6,101.25,-

*country,NEW CALEDONIA
*place,Noumea,915920,22.27S,166.45E,x,72,100.46,-

*country,RUSSIA
*place,Abakan,298650,53.75N,91.40E,x,245,98.42,-
*place,Aldan,310040,58.62N,125.37E,x,682,93.40,-
*place,Aleksandrovsk-Sahal,320610,50.90N,142.17E,x,31,100.95,-
*place,Anadyr,255630,64.78N,177.57E,x,62,100.58,-
*place,Apuka,259560,60.45N,169.58E,x,8,101.23,-
*place,Arkhangel sk,225500,64.53N,40.47E,4,13,101.17,E
*place,Armavir,370310,44.98N,41.12E,x,160,99.42,-
*place,Astrakhan,348800,46.27N,48.03E,x,18,101.11,-
*place,Barnaul,298380,53.40N,83.70E,x,252,98.33,-
*place,Blagoveshchensk,315100,50.25N,127.50E,x,137,99.69,-
*place,Borzya,309650,50.38N,116.52E,x,684,93.37,-
*place,Bratsk,303090,56.07N,101.83E,x,489,95.59,-
*place,Bryansk,268980,53.33N,34.23E,x,217,98.75,-
*place,Chelyabinsk,286420,55.30N,61.53E,5,227,98.63,-
*place,Cherepovets,271130,59.l2N,37.93E,x,131,99.76,-
*place,Chita,307580,52.02N,113.33E,9,685,93.36,E
*place,Oudinka,230740,69.40N,86.17E,x,19,101.10,-
*place,Egvekinot,253780,66.35N,179.12W,x,26,101.01,-
*place,Groznyy,372350,43.35N,45.68E,x,162,99.39,-
*place,Habarovsk/Novy,317350,48.52N,135.17E,x,72,100.46,-
*place,Irkutsk,307100,52.27N,104.35E,x,513,95.31,E
*place,Izhevsk,284110,56.82N,53.27E,x,158,99.44,-
*place,Juzno-Kurilsk,321650,44.02N,145.87E,x,40,100.85,-
*place,Juzno-Sahalinsk,321500,46.92N,142.73E,x,31,100.95,-
*place,Kaliningrad,267020,54.70N,20.62E,2,27,101.00,- 
*place,Kaluga,277030,54.57N,36.37E,x,201,98.93,-
*place,Kazan,275950,55.78N,49.18E,3,116,99.94,-
*place,Kirov,271960,58.65N,49.62E,x,147,99.57,-
*place,Kolpashevo,292310,58.30N,82.88E,x,76,100.42,-
*place,Krasnodar,349290,45.03N,39.15E,x,33,100.93,-
*place,Krasnoyarsk,295740,56.00N,92.88E,7,277,98.04,-
*place,Kurgan,286610,55.47N,65.40E,x,79,100.38,-
*place,Kursk,340090,51.73N,36.27E,x,210,98.83,-
*place,Kyakhta,309250,50.37N,106.45E,x,801,92.07,-
*place,Magadan,259130,59.58N,150.78E,x,118,99.92,-
*place,Magnitogorsk,288380,53.35N,59.08E,x,382,96.82,-
*place,Markovo,255510,64.68N,170.42E,3,33,100.93,-
*place,Moscow,276120,55.75N,37.63E,3,156,99.46,-
*place,Moscow Vnukovo,275185,55.65N,37.27E,3,203,98.91,E
*place,Murmansk,221130,68.97N,33.05E,3,51,100.71,-
*place,Nikolayevsk,313690,53.15N,140.70E,x,68,100.51,-
*place,Nikolskoe/Beringa,326180,55.20N,165.98E,x,6,101.25,-
*place,Nizhniy Novgorod,275530,56.22N,43.82E,x,82,100.34,-
*place,Nizhniy Tagil,282400,57.88N,60.07E,x,258,98.26,-
*place,Novokuznetsk,298460,53.73N,87.18E,x,308,97.68,-
*place,Novosibirsk,296340,55.03N,82.9OE,6,177,99.22,-
*place,Nyurba,246390,63.28N,118.33E,x,129,99.78,-
*place,Olekminsk,249440,6O.4ON,120.42E,x,226,98.64,-
*place,Omsk,286980,54.93N,73.40E,6,123,99.86,E
*place,Orel,279060,53.00N,36.03E,x,203,98.91,-
*place,Orenburg,351210,51.78N,55.22E,x,109,100.02,-
*place,Ozernaja,325940,51.48N,156.48E,x,29,100.98,-
*place,Penza,279620,53.13N,45.02E,x,174,99.25,-
*place,Perm,282250,58.02N,56.30E,5,172,99.28,-
*place,Petropavlovsk.Kamca,325400,52.97N,158.75E,x,24,101.04,-
*place,Petrozavodsk,228200,61.82N,34.27E,x,112,99.99,-
*place,Pskov,262580,57.80N,28.42E,x,42,100.82,-
*place,Rostov-Na-Donu,347310,47.25N,39.82E,x,77,100.40,-
*place,Rubtsovsk,360340,51.50N,81.22E,x,215,98.77,-
*place,Ryazan,277310,54.62N,39.72E,x,170,99.30,-
*place,Rybinsk,272250,58.00N,38.83E,x,114,99.96,-
*place,Samara (Kuybyshev),289000,53.25N,50.45E,4,44,100.80,E
*place,Saratov,341720,50.17N,46.03E,x,156,99.46,-
*place,Smolensk,267810,54.75N,32.07E,x,241,98.46,-
*place,Sochi,371710,43.45N,39.9OE,x,16,101,13,-
*place,St Petersburg,260630,59.97N,30.30E,3,4,101.28,E
*place,Svobodnyy,314450,51.45N,128.12E,x,197,98.98,-
*place,Syktyvkar,238040,61.72N,50.83E,x,119,99.90,-
*place,Tambov,279470,52.73N,41.47E,x,139,99.67,-
*place,Tayshet,295940,55.95N,98.00E,x,302,97.75,-
*place,Ufa,287220,54.75N,56.00E,5,105,100.07,-
*place,Ulan Ude,308230,51.80N,1O7.43E,x,510,95.35,-
*place,Ump Island,321860,46.20N,150.50E,x,70,100.49,-
*place,Ustilimsk,301170,58.03N,102.73E,x,402,96.59,-
*place,Ust.Kamcatsk,324080,56.22N,162.47E,x,27,101.00,-
*place,Vladimir,275320,56.13N,40.38E,x,170,99.30,-
*place,Vladivostok,319600,43.12N,131.90E,10,184,99.13,-
*place,Volgograd,345600,48.68N,44.35E,x,145,99.60,-
*place,Vologda,270370,59.23N,39.87E,x,131,99.76,-
*place,Voronezh,341220,51.70N,39.17E,x,154,99.49,-
*place,Yakutsk,249590,62.08N,129.75E,9,103,100.09,E
*place,Yekaterinburg,284400,56.80N,60.63E,5,237,98.51,-
*place,Yelets,279280,52.63N,38.52E,x,168,99.32,-
*place,Zyryanka,254000,65.73N,150.90E,x,43,100.81,-

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