Customizing Sectionals

5Z wrote:
wrote:
QUESTION: Could I have used SeeYou for this?

Yes. SeeYou allows you to import several files and join them. It wil
ask if you want to include ot ignore new waypoints that are near
existing ones. Down side is that if the contest provided airports
don't have useful comment info (CFAF, AWOS, etc) then you will lose
that as you want to keep the contest TPs untouched (at least the
coordinates).

Yes, this is why you want to load the new aifield data first, then
overlay your old waypoint database and reject nearby matches. This way
the new airfield data will be retained. The only thing you need to be
careful about for contests is if the airfield is also a turnpoint. In
this case you may have to manually edit the coordinates to match the
contest official version if they are different. In this case, be sure
to set your degree display format to match the format used for the
official turnpoint list to avoid round-off errors.

I had to edit the comments manually so the freqs, headings and runway
dimensions would all display in GNII.

One "problem" I've noted with SeeYou is that it sometimes offers to
delete nearby waypoints even when there really are two points you may
want to keep; e.g., two airports within a mile or so, or two different
sets of coordinates for the same airport caused by the FAA and
organizers' data being slightly different. That's another reason why I
went the Excel/text editor route. I assumed it was better (i.e,. easier
for me) to edit externally and then use SeeYou to export/upload in the
proper format.

Chip Bearden
ASW 24 "JB"

I purchased a copy of Global Mapper, and as an experiment, I am
offering custom made charts for licensed customers of GlidePlan. Just
send me an email from this page:
(http://www.glideplan.com/download/Experimental.html). Resulting maps
will be posted for download at the above link. In this way, hopefully
we can get around the limitations of single sectional flight planning.
As a first example, I have included a map that covers the area from
CedarVille down to Bakersfield CA, and Sacramento East to Tonopah,
which will account for most of the reachable destinations out of the
Reno area.

Hi Eric,

You are correct of course. The radio frequency data was not exported -
which is a bummer. I requested that SeeYou add the ability to select what
data is put into the export file's comment field but no luck so far. The
data is in SeeYou. I believe it is possible to get the radio frequency into
the file using some creative column copying in Excel, but I haven't tried it
yet.

Even so, it is very easy to create a waypoint file for any area of the USA
with very current airport data using SeeYou or StrePla.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com

"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message
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Eric Greenwell wrote:
Doug Haluza wrote:
John Liebacher has made the FAA airport database available at:

http://soaring.aerobatics.ws/TP/FAA

If you have SeeYou, you can load this database, then overlay your
turnpoints, and reject nearby duplicates. This will update the airport
data in your exiting turnpoint database, plus give you landout airports
for the whole country. You can then trim this down as much as you like.

You may not need SeeYou, as John may have a version for GNII. The SeeYou
version does include the frequencies, runway width, fuel availability
(for motorgliders, of course). Some formats have smaller
comment/description fields and may not have all info.

I just tried exporting to a Cambridge DAT format, and the radio
frequencies are not exported, though the runway width and fuel show up in
the comments field.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA
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Paul Remde wrote:
Hi,

If you open the SeeYou version or the US Airport Database in SeeYou, or the
StrePla version in StrePla, you can then export waypoint files for use in
Glide Navigator II or transfer waypoints to a Garmin (I think). I create
Glide Navigator II files using SeeYou often. It works great.

I don't have StrePla or SeeYou.