Compressing js file?

From	emf <emfril@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Subject	Compressing js file?
Date	2013-12-23 14:31 -0500
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID	<l9a32q$vkf$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink)

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Since Java has security problems and soon I might have to buy a 
certificate, I decided to convert my Natal Transits Calculator Java 
program to JavaScript:

Java program, calculating 5 planets:

https://files.nyu.edu/emf202/public/jv/nataltransits.html

JavaScript program, calculating 2 planets (page still under construction):

https://files.nyu.edu/emf202/public/nt/natalTransits.html

The issue is this:

The programs use a large ephemeris file. The size of the original 
ephemeris.csv with 5 planets is 2.141 KB. It's in the form of

19000101,01i08,27i43,10i08,25c13,15c15
19000102,01i20,27i50,10i12,25c12,15c14
...

The size of the jar file that includes the compressed ephemeris.csv, the 
program files, and the code files is only 735 KB!

The size of the ephemeris.js with only 2 planets is 1,606 KB. It 
includes the ephem array that is in the form:

var ephem = [["19000101","27i43","10i08"], ["19000102","27i50","10i12"], 
... ];

The choice of including only 2 planets was *not* made mainly on file 
size considerations. And BTW, with the JavaScript program I was able to 
use the Unicode sign symbols, something problematic with the Java 
program. (I hope everybody out there can see them.)

My question is: Is there a way to make the data file smaller and still 
be able to read it with the JavaScript program?

And by smaller, of course, I do not mean eliminating the spaces between 
the elements of the array that would save only 3%.

Thanks,

Eustace

PS. I remember that last time I visited the newsgroup, more than 1 year 
ago, it was more active. Where have all the other programmers gone?

-- 
Google's *top* Spherical Triangle Calculator search result!
https://files.nyu.edu/emf202/public/js/spherical.html

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Compressing js file? emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-23 14:31 -0500
  Re: Compressing js file? Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2013-12-23 22:08 -0200
  Re: Compressing js file? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2013-12-23 16:40 -0800
    Re: Compressing js file? emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-24 13:23 -0500
    Re: Compressing js file? emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-26 21:56 -0500
      Re: Compressing js file? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2013-12-27 09:52 +0100
        Re: Compressing js file? emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-27 08:18 -0500
          Re: Compressing js file? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2013-12-27 16:59 +0100
            Re: Compressing js file? emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-27 15:32 -0500
              Re: Compressing js file? emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-28 15:12 -0500
                Re: Compressing js file? emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2014-01-01 02:17 -0500
        Re: Compressing js file? Dr J R Stockton <reply1300@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2013-12-28 20:20 +0000
      XHR with timing issues (was: Compressing js file?) Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2013-12-27 22:33 +0100
        Re: XHR with timing issues (was: Compressing js file?) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-12-27 23:26 +0100
          Re: XHR with timing issues Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2013-12-28 12:08 +0100
            Re: XHR with timing issues emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-28 09:04 -0500
  Re: Compressing js file? wolfgang zeidler <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-12-27 22:33 +0100
    Re: Compressing js file? emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-28 00:16 -0500
      Re: Compressing js file? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2013-12-28 11:13 +0100
        Re: Compressing js file? emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-28 11:26 -0500
          Re: Compressing js file? emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-28 13:53 -0500
            Re: Compressing js file? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2013-12-28 21:00 +0100
              Re: Compressing js file? emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-29 21:47 -0500
                Re: Compressing js file? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2013-12-31 14:05 -0800
                Re: Compressing js file? emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2014-01-01 02:50 -0500
                Re: Compressing js file? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2014-01-01 01:16 -0800
                Re: Compressing js file? emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2014-01-01 08:13 -0500
                Re: Compressing js file? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-01 14:17 +0000
                Re: Compressing js file? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2014-01-01 15:31 -0800
                Re: Compressing js file? emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2014-01-01 18:38 -0500
                Re: Compressing js file? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2014-01-01 15:45 -0800
                Re: Compressing js file? emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2014-01-02 11:43 -0500
                Re: Compressing js file? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2014-01-02 09:34 -0800
                OT: Compressing js file? Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-01-02 19:52 +0100
                Re: Compressing js file? emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2014-01-03 07:19 -0500
                Re: Compressing js file? emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2014-01-03 07:31 -0500
                Re: Compressing js file? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-02 09:14 +0000
                Re: Compressing js file? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-01-01 16:25 +0000
                Re: Compressing js file? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-01-01 21:36 +0100
          Re: Compressing js file? wolfgang zeidler <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-12-29 20:06 +0100
            Re: Compressing js file? wolfgang zeidler <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-12-29 20:27 +0100
        Re: Compressing js file? Dr J R Stockton <reply1300@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2013-12-29 18:02 +0000
          Re: Compressing js file? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2013-12-30 18:17 +0100
            Re: Compressing js file? John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2013-12-31 10:52 +0000
            Re: Compressing js file? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2013-12-31 13:38 +0000
              Re: Compressing js file? John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2013-12-31 15:02 +0000
                Re: Compressing js file? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-01-01 16:42 +0000
                Re: Compressing js file? Dr J R Stockton <reply1400@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2014-01-01 21:32 +0000
            Re: Compressing js file? Dr J R Stockton <reply1300@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2013-12-31 21:44 +0000

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