On Monday, January 30, 2017 at 10:12:48 AM UTC-8, wrote:
OLC regards IGC files as their intellectual property. This means they are sitting on a very large basis for numerical analysis, and nobody can use it.

This is why I got involved with Skylines. I run a backup for the IGC files. Anyone wanting a dump, can contact me.

The characterization of OLC as social media is accurate, and where's the harm? I like being able to download other's flights in the area on the day, to see what else I might have done. It isn't a race in the traditional use of the word, but then neither are most sailplane competitions (including Bernalla) which most sports would call a time trial.

Downloading the entire library of IGC files from OLC can be done with a number of readily available tools, or you could write your own with 20 minutes work.