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Old 27th Aug 2003, 19:57
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Mike Cross
 
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Have a look here and look at the Q Line. This is the information that is omitted. It's easy to see that the Q Line contains all of the data that is necessary to sort, select and plot NOTAM. In fact, it is the data that the AIS website itself uses to decide what to include or leave out in a brief.

As it is, NotamPro and NotamPlot have to parse the text portion of the NOTAM, which does not contain all of the data in the Q Line and is not in a predetermined format.

There is currently not a better datasource for NotamPro than the one you are using. I am trying to get a better source made available and am in contact with a number of software writers, including Ian Bennett, the author of NotamPro.

Lack of the Q Line imposes limitations on what the software is capable of. This will always give the CAA/NATS the ability to criticise software working without it.

Apologies for suggesting you were using the backup briefs, evidently you are using the live brief from the AIS site. This brief is generated on demand and is therefore 100% up to date at the time it is taken.

Mike
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