NOTAMS and why they need to be checked....
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Bobby,
As a software developer, if the V series notams port little interest to the majority of your users - wouldn't you just put all those V series notams under a separate tab called "V Series Notams"? (perhaps placed at the bottom of the current notam field? as a "See V Series Notams" revealing the irrelevant data to most users?)
Just pointing out a very simple and perhaps crude solution to an important problem. This way the information is still available to users who are interested, and hidden from view for users who couldn't care less about these...
It'd take me a whole 8-10 lines of code to do if I was feeling particularly verbose!
Food for thought...? ;-)
As a software developer, if the V series notams port little interest to the majority of your users - wouldn't you just put all those V series notams under a separate tab called "V Series Notams"? (perhaps placed at the bottom of the current notam field? as a "See V Series Notams" revealing the irrelevant data to most users?)
Just pointing out a very simple and perhaps crude solution to an important problem. This way the information is still available to users who are interested, and hidden from view for users who couldn't care less about these...
It'd take me a whole 8-10 lines of code to do if I was feeling particularly verbose!
Food for thought...? ;-)
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Alex90,
That, and several other possibilities were considered but ultimately found lacking. The idea of adding just a few lines of code to solve a problem is compelling, but we have to deal with lots of possible manifestations of the problem whilst avoiding the system becoming bloated with checks and filters. The optimum solution is for the actual publication of these NOTAMs to be such that existing filter tags naturally direct them to their target audience.
I posited that if these NOTAMs are intended for commercial operators that might fly near these areas, then it would probably be optimal to simply publish them as IFR only NOTAMs (there is a section in the Q line that defines this)... but it was pointed out to me that a) it is perfectly legal for a flight to be planned and started VFR in the UK, and later become IFR, and b) that such an operator might not tick the "include IFR NOTAMs" in whatever software they use, because for the entire duration of their flight within the UK FIR, they are technically VFR. [attempt_humour] Also, c) if you don't warn everyone about absolutely everything then anyone can sue you for absolutely anything! [/attempt_humour]
This might seem a bit silly, but these decisions are made assuming that all operators use the official UK briefing service which is naturally UK focused... It makes sense when you squint at it from that perspective.
That, and several other possibilities were considered but ultimately found lacking. The idea of adding just a few lines of code to solve a problem is compelling, but we have to deal with lots of possible manifestations of the problem whilst avoiding the system becoming bloated with checks and filters. The optimum solution is for the actual publication of these NOTAMs to be such that existing filter tags naturally direct them to their target audience.
I posited that if these NOTAMs are intended for commercial operators that might fly near these areas, then it would probably be optimal to simply publish them as IFR only NOTAMs (there is a section in the Q line that defines this)... but it was pointed out to me that a) it is perfectly legal for a flight to be planned and started VFR in the UK, and later become IFR, and b) that such an operator might not tick the "include IFR NOTAMs" in whatever software they use, because for the entire duration of their flight within the UK FIR, they are technically VFR. [attempt_humour] Also, c) if you don't warn everyone about absolutely everything then anyone can sue you for absolutely anything! [/attempt_humour]
This might seem a bit silly, but these decisions are made assuming that all operators use the official UK briefing service which is naturally UK focused... It makes sense when you squint at it from that perspective.
