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Many thanks to all, once again. I am extremely lucky to benefit from all your experience. I had no idea what St. Elmo's Lights were. That was very interesting to learn. Great explanation here: https://sky-lights.org/2013/03/04/qa-st-elmos-fire-explained. Thank you also, for the resources. I will def...

Hi Everyone. I am back after taking a short break from my project to focus on my studies at university. I am having some trouble interpreting some of the handwriting with the following log (still on the Freiburg). Specifically, the general remarks on: 20/5, 25/5, and 30/5. It's the first time I've s...

Hi Stuart You can view the website here: https://www.met-acre.net/ At the moment, it is not available to be set up online. I use a spreadsheet, Google Earth, and an image viewer. If you want to send me a direct message with your email, I can send it through to my Climate Science teacher, and one of ...

Thanks all for your invaluable help, including the Lloyd's list of ships, the Old Weather Library section for Ships Names , and the other resources suggested. All are very helpful for the future.

This forum is fantastic, and I am looking forward to becoming more involved.

Toby

Hi Everyone. I am having trouble finding any basic information from the actual ship this log is from in 1892. "the german ship, Freiburg" https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UkZQzjbiFi1X_TXfEXNFth3T0AizV0J6/view?usp=sharing I have only tried searching Google for this name and other variations...

Thanks for your help again, Randi. I have created a new topic to post all future related posts to keep them in the same place.
viewtopic.php?t=1259.

Once again, thank you for welcoming me to the Old Weather Forum. I am a Climate Science student from Brisbane, Australia. I am undertaking a project digitising old ship weather logs with ACRE. The biggest learning curve for me is interpreting the handwriting and some of the symbols that were used. A...

Hi again everyone. This time I am having trouble interpreting some symbols in the coordinates column. Your help will be appreciated. - The second last entry. I am not sure what the =30'N is meant to represent. Is it this Point Lookout is seen at 30' North? - The last entry with the ditto marks. Not ...

Thanks for your responses. From now on, I will share the whole log. I am still learning and appreciate your guidance.
-Toby

Hi Everyone. I am having trouble interpreting the general comments section of the image I have linked. I am still new to digitising ship logs and still trying to get used to handwriting. Your help will be appreciated. Link to the shared file from my Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SA2...

Hi Michael.

My apologies for the oversight in your reply. I am not using a particular interface. A combination of photos of the logs, Excel, and Google Earth seems to be fit for purpose.

Toby

Thanks for your invaluable help, Randi. This is much appreciated.

Thanks for welcoming me to the Old Weather Forum. I am a Climate Science student from Brisbane, Australia. I am undertaking a project digitising old ship weather logs with ACRE. (Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth.) The biggest learning curve for me after starting this project wa...