Jan Olieslagers
13th Oct 2015, 18:54
I had the idea (not very original, I'll admit) to create a repository of aerodromes, at least for where I fly or ever can hope to fly (which is basically Europe and not even all of it) by consolidating information from various publicly available resources.
Up till now, I have used the downloads from OurAirports (http://www.ourairports.com) as the base information, adding to it from French and German microlight federations, who both make their info available for public browsing. By way of reality check I implemented a comparison with aerodromes as mapped on www.openstreetmap.org and have been working, at a very slow rate, to reduce the number of discrepancies. I now found the vast number of aerodromes mentioned on osm but not elsewhere to be farm strips in England - below is an excerpt from the latest check report. Questions:
-) would it be worth the effort to feed all of these into ourairports.com ?
-) is there a better base repository than ourairports whose data can be downloaded wholesale, as a csv or such?
-) is ourairports used by many pilots at all?
-) what could be the source of the Xabc codes for certain UK farm strips in OSM?
report from latest discrepancy check:
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Centro Volo Campania ; coords = 40.9515272/14.4118806
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry LKCHAB = Chabeřice ; coords = 49.7475687/15.0642404
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Charterhall Airfield (RAF Charterhall) ; coords = 55.7075978/-2.3785037
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Chilsfold Farm ; coords = 51.0600362/-0.5936162
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry XCHI = Chirk ; coords = 52.9474365/-3.0460473
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Cliffe ; coords = 53.7857965/-0.9998435
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Clutton Hill ; coords = 51.3414043/-2.5224370
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Coleman Green ; coords = 51.7917097/-0.2750459
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Cottered ; coords = 51.9481015/-0.0981913
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Craysmarsh ; coords = 51.3636492/-2.0908580
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Croft ; coords = 53.1231227/0.2522559
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry XCRL = Crowland ; coords = 52.7095466/-0.1396686
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Cruglas Synod Inn ; coords = 52.1296089/-4.3664332
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Cuckoo Tye Farm ; coords = 52.0682234/0.7362014
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Debach ; coords = 52.1341341/1.2659579
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Ditton Priors ; coords = 52.5035800/-2.5625624
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Doles Wood / Bourne Park Airfield ; coords = 51.2643784/-1.4656348
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Dollys Grove ; coords = 53.4225363/-6.5461492
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Dunnyvadden ; coords = 54.8487273/-6.2069651
Up till now, I have used the downloads from OurAirports (http://www.ourairports.com) as the base information, adding to it from French and German microlight federations, who both make their info available for public browsing. By way of reality check I implemented a comparison with aerodromes as mapped on www.openstreetmap.org and have been working, at a very slow rate, to reduce the number of discrepancies. I now found the vast number of aerodromes mentioned on osm but not elsewhere to be farm strips in England - below is an excerpt from the latest check report. Questions:
-) would it be worth the effort to feed all of these into ourairports.com ?
-) is there a better base repository than ourairports whose data can be downloaded wholesale, as a csv or such?
-) is ourairports used by many pilots at all?
-) what could be the source of the Xabc codes for certain UK farm strips in OSM?
report from latest discrepancy check:
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Centro Volo Campania ; coords = 40.9515272/14.4118806
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry LKCHAB = Chabeřice ; coords = 49.7475687/15.0642404
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Charterhall Airfield (RAF Charterhall) ; coords = 55.7075978/-2.3785037
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Chilsfold Farm ; coords = 51.0600362/-0.5936162
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry XCHI = Chirk ; coords = 52.9474365/-3.0460473
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Cliffe ; coords = 53.7857965/-0.9998435
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Clutton Hill ; coords = 51.3414043/-2.5224370
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Coleman Green ; coords = 51.7917097/-0.2750459
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Cottered ; coords = 51.9481015/-0.0981913
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Craysmarsh ; coords = 51.3636492/-2.0908580
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Croft ; coords = 53.1231227/0.2522559
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry XCRL = Crowland ; coords = 52.7095466/-0.1396686
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Cruglas Synod Inn ; coords = 52.1296089/-4.3664332
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Cuckoo Tye Farm ; coords = 52.0682234/0.7362014
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Debach ; coords = 52.1341341/1.2659579
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Ditton Priors ; coords = 52.5035800/-2.5625624
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Doles Wood / Bourne Park Airfield ; coords = 51.2643784/-1.4656348
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Dollys Grove ; coords = 53.4225363/-6.5461492
OSM: no field found close, consider adding OSM entry = Dunnyvadden ; coords = 54.8487273/-6.2069651