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The [original suncal site](http://suncalc.net/), by Vladimir Agafonkin, isn't useable at the moment due to changes in the google maps terms-of-service!
However the code is open source (an approach we'll look at from a different point of view in week 4) and is [available on github](ttps://github.com/mourner/suncalc). I suspect that's what was used to build the clone site [suncalc.org](https://www.suncalc.org/)
However the code is open source and is [available on github](ttps://github.com/mourner/suncalc). I suspect that's what was used to build the clone site [suncalc.org](https://www.suncalc.org/) which uses OpenStreetMap as its base layer.
We'll look at an example from the investigation of the shooting down of flight MH17 over Ukraine. There are videos from dashcams and mobile phones that may show the route of the BUK missile launcher exiting Ukraine after the airliner was shot down. We need to verify whether these locations & times fit with a plausible route of the BUK .
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