OLC Down?

On Aug 1, 8:37*am, Max Kellermann wrote:
Dan Marotta wrote:
Got my flight loaded this morning AND put it and the previous day's flights
on skylines.

It is worthwile to upload ALL of your IGC files, no matter how old.
Some people have been uploading their flights from the 90ies. *We want
this project to become a huge IGC file database, which will be used
for ideas we havn't even come up with - for example to generate a
thermal map.

Unlike the OLC, SkyLines data is freely available to scientific
projects (and everybody else). *The OLC has been blocking scientific
research for too long, and we hope that we can crack this unfortunate
monopoly.

Max

Tried to upload a long flight (time wise) and was not able to..."413
Request Entity Too Large"

On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 7:46:27 PM UTC-7, mike wrote:
On Aug 1, 8:37*am, Max Kellermann wrote:

Dan Marotta wrote:

Got my flight loaded this morning AND put it and the previous day's flights

on skylines.



It is worthwile to upload ALL of your IGC files, no matter how old.

Some people have been uploading their flights from the 90ies. *We want

this project to become a huge IGC file database, which will be used

for ideas we havn't even come up with - for example to generate a

thermal map.



Unlike the OLC, SkyLines data is freely available to scientific

projects (and everybody else). *The OLC has been blocking scientific

research for too long, and we hope that we can crack this unfortunate

monopoly.



Max



Tried to upload a long flight (time wise) and was not able to..."413

Request Entity Too Large"

Yep, got the same message when I tried to upload a large zip file. So meanwhile I am uploading only recent flights.
So far looks great. Few comments:
1 - Flight time is wrong probably not taking into account flights which cross UTC dates, which is often the case in the US.
2 - No US clubs.
3 - Will be nice and easier to spread the word with a facebook/tweeter share button.

Thanks,

Ramy

Ramy wrote:
Yep, got the same message when I tried to upload a large zip file. So meanwhile I am uploading only recent flights.
So far looks great. Few comments:
1 - Flight time is wrong probably not taking into account flights which cross UTC dates, which is often the case in the US.

You can write bug reports in the XCSoar bug tracker.

2 - No US clubs.

Clubs are created by pilots, i.e. _you_.

3 - Will be nice and easier to spread the word with a facebook/tweeter share button.

Is it? I have no idea of that, I have neither.

I guess I'm not getting it because I don't see how to add a new club nor a new aircraft type either.

On Thursday, August 2, 2012 4:13:30 AM UTC-5, Max Kellermann wrote:
Ramy wrote:

Yep, got the same message when I tried to upload a large zip file. So meanwhile I am uploading only recent flights.

So far looks great. Few comments:

1 - Flight time is wrong probably not taking into account flights which cross UTC dates, which is often the case in the US.



You can write bug reports in the XCSoar bug tracker.



2 - No US clubs.



Clubs are created by pilots, i.e. _you_.



3 - Will be nice and easier to spread the word with a facebook/tweeter share button.



Is it? I have no idea of that, I have neither.

wrote:
I guess I'm not getting it because I don't see how to add a new club nor a new aircraft type either.

Why don't you ask?

To add a new aircraft, write a ticket in the XCSoar bug tracker
(http://bugs.xcsoar.org/newticket).

To add a new club, click on "Change Club" in your settings, and below
you'll see a form titled "Register Club".

Got it. Thanks!


On Thursday, August 2, 2012 8:38:46 AM UTC-5, Max Kellermann wrote:
res...@sbc wrote:

I guess I'm not getting it because I don't see how to add a new club nor a new aircraft type either.



Why don't you ask?



To add a new aircraft, write a ticket in the XCSoar bug tracker

(http://bugs.xcsoar.org/newticket).



To add a new club, click on "Change Club" in your settings, and below

you'll see a form titled "Register Club".

On Aug 2, 6:38*am, Max Kellermann wrote:
wrote:
I guess I'm not getting it because I don't see how to add a new club nor a new aircraft type either.

Why don't you ask?

To add a new aircraft, write a ticket in the XCSoar bug tracker
(http://bugs.xcsoar.org/newticket).

To add a new club, click on "Change Club" in your settings, and below
you'll see a form titled "Register Club".

I uploaded a couple files, and when I first looked at them, they were
fine. I just tried looking at my flight for 21/7/2012, and the
display comes up in a country far from Tonopah, Nevada, USA.

On Aug 2, 12:14*pm, Grider Pirate wrote:
On Aug 2, 6:38*am, Max Kellermann wrote:

wrote:
I guess I'm not getting it because I don't see how to add a new club nor a new aircraft type either.

Why don't you ask?

To add a new aircraft, write a ticket in the XCSoar bug tracker
(http://bugs.xcsoar.org/newticket).

To add a new club, click on "Change Club" in your settings, and below
you'll see a form titled "Register Club".

I uploaded a couple files, and when I first looked at them, they were
fine. *I just tried looking at my flight for 21/7/2012, and the
display comes up in a country far from Tonopah, Nevada, USA.

I tried to open a ticket, but that requires yet another username/
password, apparently.

On Thursday, August 2, 2012 2:13:30 AM UTC-7, Max Kellermann wrote:
Ramy wrote:

Yep, got the same message when I tried to upload a large zip file. So meanwhile I am uploading only recent flights.

So far looks great. Few comments:

1 - Flight time is wrong probably not taking into account flights which cross UTC dates, which is often the case in the US.



You can write bug reports in the XCSoar bug tracker.



2 - No US clubs.



Clubs are created by pilots, i.e. _you_.



3 - Will be nice and easier to spread the word with a facebook/tweeter share button.



Is it? I have no idea of that, I have neither.

Thanks Max. Couple of more issues I noticed but I assume those are known issues is that the optimization distance calculation does not always matches SeeYou/OLC, especially the FAI triangle optimization does not seem to work right in most of my flights. If these are not known issues I can open tickets.
Overall I think it is a much nicer interface than OLC. I am planning to upload my flights to both from now on.

Ramy

Ramy wrote:
Thanks Max. Couple of more issues I noticed but I assume those are known issues is that the optimization distance calculation does not always matches SeeYou/OLC, especially the FAI triangle optimization does not seem to work right in most of my flights. If these are not known issues I can open tickets.

Triangle calculation is wrong, known issue, I have spent a week or so
on attempting to fix it, but it will take another week or two (when I
have the time). When the algorithm is fixed, all flights will be
recalculated.

The OLC "classic" distance should be correct, but it does not take
engine use into account yet.

Don't forget, SkyLines is in a very early stage of development. We
encourage everybody to upload as many IGC files as possible, but
expect many bugs and usability problems. Development of this project
started only 2 months ago! But look what we achieved so far, compared
to OLC after more than 10 years.

Max