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New Function * Flight Planing *
You can now enter the icao airport code for two airports on any map screen and it will plot a line between the two airports also showing the distance between the two. Next Step will be to add bearing once that is done the plan is to convert VMC tracker into a fully fledged flight planer to compare with the likes of Champagne or Command Flight Planer. Except it will be on the web and accessible from anywhere with an internet connection.
First things to be implemented.
Flight Plan & Plotting
Printing of Flight Plans
Saving of Flight Plans.
You can now enter the icao airport code for two airports on any map screen and it will plot a line between the two airports also showing the distance between the two. Next Step will be to add bearing once that is done the plan is to convert VMC tracker into a fully fledged flight planer to compare with the likes of Champagne or Command Flight Planer. Except it will be on the web and accessible from anywhere with an internet connection.
First things to be implemented.
Flight Plan & Plotting
Printing of Flight Plans
Saving of Flight Plans.
Matt, you may want to check out www.flycalc.co.nz for an example of an excellent on-line flight planner 
There may be something there that could help with your construction...
Cheers, FP.
There may be something there that could help with your construction...Cheers, FP.
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The colours you use for the map are too strong and overpower the station indicators. Tone it down a little and allow the weather information to stand out more. Look at this one from DUATS for an example of an easy to read presentation:
http://www.duats.com/graphics/al_mvr.html
http://www.duats.com/graphics/al_mvr.html
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Pocket TAF
Matt
That mobile phone version is brilliant! Most of the airfields I fly out of have coverage, so its great for a last minute check of latest TAF and METAR at your destination before you jump in the aircraft. I've bookmarked it, Thanks!
RB
That mobile phone version is brilliant! Most of the airfields I fly out of have coverage, so its great for a last minute check of latest TAF and METAR at your destination before you jump in the aircraft. I've bookmarked it, Thanks!
RB
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RandyBandit:
Thanks. I have found it works just fine from my Nextg mobile in flight. I have one of those $20 suction cup window antennas and it works fine in flight up to about 8000 all the way up the coast from Sydney to Maroochy. There were was about 10 minute total where there was no coverage in flight.
I have been thinking of a version where you can put your destination metar in before flight and receive a sms with the latest metar at your estimated Top of decent time.
Thanks. I have found it works just fine from my Nextg mobile in flight. I have one of those $20 suction cup window antennas and it works fine in flight up to about 8000 all the way up the coast from Sydney to Maroochy. There were was about 10 minute total where there was no coverage in flight.
I have been thinking of a version where you can put your destination metar in before flight and receive a sms with the latest metar at your estimated Top of decent time.
