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Old 4th September 2009 | 10:59
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Tim Dawson
 
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From: Compton Abbas
HeliCraig, thanks for the detailed feedback. Embarrassingly, the radar services data was missing the new-style Farnborough polygons. Now fixed, and you'll see correct output in the next release. Incidentally, how on earth are you running this on a mac? Installed Windows on it?

Regarding scheduling, are you looking for a means of filtering the NOTAM window so that you could say, for example, "only NOTAMS relevant to tomorrow"? I note that the RA(T) is showing for Sywell already. Bonus: If you click on a NOTAM containing a Red Arrows formation transit, it's plotted on the map so you can see exactly where they're going.

To create a user-defined waypoint, ctrl-click on the map. A window then pops up allowing you to define is as a literal coordinate or by reference to an existing waypoint (VOR etc). Also, you can shift-click anywhere on the map and a different window will pop up showing you a distance-sorted list of waypoints close to that position, including minor towns that might not be plotted on the map. I clearly need to add a right-click option for this too, so I'll put that on the list. Also user waypoints are not currently persisted, so that will need to be addressed.

I agree that double-clicking on an airfield should show some kind of approach-plate-like presentation of all the data we have for it. Linking to the one on AIS is a great idea. Bonus: even now, if you zoom right in on an airfield, all its runways will appear (including dimensions) in their correct positions (where available).

I'm curious, do many people want to be able to print the map from SkyAngel? I don't want to get into a situation where somebody is trying to use it as a proper chart; as good as our data is, I can't make those sorts of guarantees.

Freightops, I'd love to include other countries. Compiling the data is a very laborious process, though. If anyone knows of anyone who would be willing to help us "support" a country by getting this data together, I'm sure arrangements could be made.

Anton, I'd love to enable the importing of raw data by those people who have a mind to create it. Would you be looking to import airfields, or some other entities?

englishal, thanks for the comments on airspace depiction, it's an area I've spent a huge amount of time tweaking to be as clear as possible. I disagree with setting the default airspace filter to FL100 but I'm happy to be proved wrong if the prevailing opinion is that this should be visible by default. Also note that although airways are turned off on the main map for clarity, they will appear in enroute features if you attempted a route that went through one.

All the info we have on DAs is shown in the tooltip that appears when you hover over them. If there were any more data I would agree with a separate window, but can't justify it right now.

Aha, so you're at EGHS, eh? Let's go for a pint at the pub and discuss further...
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