AVIATIONTOOLBOX: I've added your approach plates.

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 01:08:33 GMT, Kyler Laird
wrote:

(Ben Jackson) writes:

Have you worked out the XML someone mentioned was used to index them?

Yes, I'm stumbling through it with the Python SAX module. Here
is some really bad code that uses it.
http://aviationtoolbox.org/munge/gadflyize.py

Is there any georeferencing?

No, I haven't noticed any. I thought about it earlier, but I'd be
very surprised if the plates could be reasonably georeferenced
anyway. I recall seeing "not to scale" warnings on some of them.

--kyler

P.S. Anyone know if the flight simulator guys fly IFR? They've
already hit the sectionals pretty hard. (I'm happy they find it
useful. I'm just curious.)


Thanks for this incredible resource. And yes simmers do fly IFR,
including me. I'm a PP-ASEL but not instrument rated. I have taken a
few instrument lessns and read extensively on the subject to insure
that I am using proper procedures when flying IFR on the computer. I
use the sim for GA flight but there are guys that fly airliners all
over the world IFR on the computer.

Rich Russell

On 4/13/04 4:08 PM, in article , "Kyler
Laird" wrote:

Thanks to Dennis Megary at MyAirplane.com, I've added the vector
(PDF) approach plates to my collection.
http://aviationtoolbox.org/raw_data/FAA/approaches/

There's a lot that I plan to do with these, but for now I have a
terribly simple kludge for finding them here.
https://aviationtoolbox.org/members/...tools/airports

This is all very messy right now but I wanted to make it
available quickly. Plan for it to change.

--kyler

Kyler,

Personally, I think this is very cool of you to do, but the approach plates
are already online at:
http://www.naco.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=naco/online/d_tpp
Of course AOPA is also doing it, but the quality of their product leaves a
bit to be desired.
I'm not quite sure why you are taking on the expense and trouble of
providing this service? For free no less.
--
Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino
Cartoons with a Touch of Magic�
www.wizardofdraws.com
www.cartoonclipart.com

In a previous article, Wizard of Draws said:
Personally, I think this is very cool of you to do, but the approach plates
are already online at:
http://www.naco.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=naco/online/d_tpp

I don't see an option there to download the whole set of TPPs. I guess
I'll have to subscribe to the Sporty's DVD.


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
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Server runs an old version.
A root compromise.

"Wizard of Draws" wrote in message
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Personally, I think this is very cool of you to do, but the approach
plates
are already online at:
http://www.naco.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=naco/online/d_tpp

That site does not have the entire set.

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
In a previous article, Wizard of Draws
said:
Personally, I think this is very cool of you to do, but the approach
plates
are already online at:
http://www.naco.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=naco/online/d_tpp

I don't see an option there to download the whole set of TPPs. I guess
I'll have to subscribe to the Sporty's DVD.

MyAirplane.com has the entire DVD for $11 plus $3 SH

In a previous article, "Tom Sixkiller" said:
"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
I don't see an option there to download the whole set of TPPs. I guess
I'll have to subscribe to the Sporty's DVD.

MyAirplane.com has the entire DVD for $11 plus $3 SH

Sportys has it for $9.95, and they give a 5% discount when I use my AOPA
credit card.


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
"As Canadian as possible, under the circumstances"

Wizard of Draws writes:

but the approach plates
are already online at:
http://www.naco.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=naco/online/d_tpp

Can you find this file on there?
http://aviationtoolbox.org/raw_data/...r_All_Watt.xml
If so, yes, I/we could easily do updates from the FAA site.

Sure, I could dig without it but it would get messy.

For now I'll just change my utility to point at their PDF files for
the simple links.

Thank you.

--kyler

Wizard of Draws writes:

I'm not quite sure why you are taking on the expense and trouble of
providing this service?

I want to be able to easily experiment with the files.
http://aviationtoolbox.org/munge/plates_by_state/

For free no less.

The value that a data collection like this offers me is sharply lower
if I'm not free to do what I want with it. I assume that there are
others who want the same thing - tools to help them innovate, not
interfaces/licenses that restrict them to predefined usages.

--kyler

On 4/18/04 2:08 PM, in article , "Kyler
Laird" wrote:

Wizard of Draws writes:

I'm not quite sure why you are taking on the expense and trouble of
providing this service?

I want to be able to easily experiment with the files.
http://aviationtoolbox.org/munge/plates_by_state/

For free no less.

The value that a data collection like this offers me is sharply lower
if I'm not free to do what I want with it. I assume that there are
others who want the same thing - tools to help them innovate, not
interfaces/licenses that restrict them to predefined usages.

--kyler

I understand. A tip of my hat to you for your efforts. I appreciate it.
--
Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino
Cartoons with a Touch of Magic�
www.wizardofdraws.com
www.cartoonclipart.com