Newbie Question igc files

Best program to open igc files?

Thanks in advance

On Saturday, June 8, 2019 at 3:21:14 PM UTC-4, Joel Flamenbaum wrote:
Best program to open igc files?

Thanks in advance

They're text files, so any text editor - Notepad in Windows, TextEdit for Mac will open it and display it as text.

If you want to see the file displayed graphically, there are free options. One that works online is https://igcviewer.bgaladder.net/ . Browse to the file, then open it. You get a view of the glider track, and a barogram.

Here's a list of analysis programs for IGC files:

http://www.ukiws.demon.co.uk/GFAC/do...%20 files.pdf

On Sat, 08 Jun 2019 12:21:13 -0700, Joel Flamenbaum wrote:

Best program to open igc files?

Depends what you want to do with the file.

- To look at it as raw data, use any text editor (gedit if you run Linux,
Wordpad if you run Windows).

- To see flight statistics, etc, try GPLIGC, which runs under Linux or
Windows but is written in Perl, so you have to install Perl to use it.
Get it from http://pc12-c714.uibk.ac.at/GPLIGC/GPLIGC.php
It can also convert the log into an IGC file, but ignores any
turnpoints defined in the log.

- To display your flight using Google Earth, you need to convert the .igc
file into a .kml file. There are online converters:

- http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/map_input?form=googleearth
can save the converted file or start Google Earth to display it.
It shows turnpoints defined in the IGC log.

- Use this converter: http://cunimb.net/igc2kml.php
Save the .KML file and then open it with Google Earth.
It shows turnpoints defined in the IGC log.

Or you can buy a copy of SeeYou from Naviter, https://www.naviter.com/


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On Sat, 08 Jun 2019 20:58:58 +0000, Martin Gregorie wrote:

- To see flight statistics, etc, try GPLIGC, which runs under Linux or
Windows but is written in Perl, so you have to install Perl to use it.
Get it from http://pc12-c714.uibk.ac.at/GPLIGC/GPLIGC.php It can also
convert the log into an IGC file, but ignores any turnpoints defined
in the log.

For "convert the log into an IGC file" read "convert the log into a KML
file".



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Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie dot org

Another really good online viewer is https://www.soaringlab.eu
Will do a 3D replay using Google Earth

5Z

I typically just upload the file to cross country.aero. You can see the map and bariogram of your flight plus go through the igc file point by point. Helpful when trying to figure the min and max altitudes for the altitude leg of a badge.

On Saturday, June 8, 2019 at 6:50:35 PM UTC-5, wrote:
I typically just upload the file to cross country.aero. You can see the map and bariogram of your flight plus go through the igc file point by point.. Helpful when trying to figure the min and max altitudes for the altitude leg of a badge.

As you probably know but it might be worth reminding, there's quite a good deal of data available to you when you upload your flight (within 48 hours) on OLC (www.onlinecontest.org) and it's even free. Also, www.glideport.aero is a good source of free flight analysis.

If you want to do any kind of detailed analysis, SeeYou is the only serious tool. It comes with Oudie flight computers or can be bought via a permanent license (~$170) or through an annual subscription for ~$60/year.

Hope this helps.

Why mess around, spend just a few dollars for SeeYou and you can view your flight, replay it, see all of the statistics for more than you can ever all totally use in a lifetime. Great program for reviewing and learning from each flight.

On Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 10:28:36 AM UTC-7, wrote:
Why mess around, spend just a few dollars for SeeYou and you can view your flight, replay it, see all of the statistics for more than you can ever all totally use in a lifetime. Great program for reviewing and learning from each flight.


Many years of use have left me with an allergy to the microsoft operating system, so I can't use SeeYou.

Yes, Microsoft is a becoming less of a solution than...

I run it on Ubuntu with Wine, it is a good tool for looking at your flights.