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Old December 4th 10, 02:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Andy[_1_]
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On Dec 3, 9:51*pm, 2KA wrote:
I think in most cases the designated source for contest scoring is the
WorldWide Soaring Turnpoint Exchange data. *John Liebacher and I
collaborate on airspace, so his data and mine are virtually identical,


And that's exactly the problem. Because people find your airspace
files on TP exchange they think they have some "official" status.
they then get to a contest and find the scorer's airspace database
come from a completely different source. Maybe some contest pilots are
not even aware of the issue and won't be until a database difference
costs them a contest day.

I'm not criticizing you Lynn, you are doing a great job of providing a
set of data and John is doing a great job of making it available.
However, contest pilots need to know what database will be used by the
scorer and that exact database needs to be available to all pilots
before the contest starts.

Andy