GlidePort World-Wide

I am pleased to announce that the public alpha version of GlidePort
web app is available to glider pilots, crews, gliding enthusiasts and
spectators world-wide!

* For general recreational / club flying, GlidePort lets you track
gliders in near-real-time, see who's where on the map.
- SPOT and inReach satellite tracking devices are currently
supported.
- Free! Register at glideport.aero, then enter your SPOT or inReach
MapShare URL in the tracker settings page.
* GlidePort makes gliding contests into more of a spectator sport.
- View how competitors are doing relative to other pilots for the
given day task.
- Crews and spectators can now follow progress of their pilot and
general race progress.
* GlidePort lets you view historical tracking information.
- Go back through time day-by-day, or animate flight tracks on the
map by scrubbing through timeline.
* GlidePort features world-wide glideport and turnpoint list
databases.
- View Leibacher turnpoint lists on the map, plan your flights,
study terain, learn what's landable and what's not.

GlidePort runs best in WebKit-based browsers such as Chrome (prefered)
or Safari. Alternatively you can use Mozilla/Firefox (it works but not
as well). Microsoft Explorer is not supported. GlidePort does not run
on mobile devices currently, though that's coming shortly.

To get started with GlidePort, go to http://glideport.aero and
register. When you submit your registration information you will
receive an activation email. Click the link in the email to complete
the registration process. If you don't receive the registration email,
check your spam folder. Once you register, go into the various
settings pages to provide additional profile information as desired,
configure your tracking device by entering SPOT or inReach MapShare
URL, and specify your gliding club association. Go to the World Map
page to see flight tracks world-wide and navigate to the glideport of
your interest.

GlidePort is available freely and publicly for personal use. See Terms
of Use for details. For more information including the latest software
development news, see the GlidePort blog.

In the US SSA members can access GlidePort through the SSA website via
the link on the main page for general US flight tracking, or via the
links in the SSA contest page for contest tracking.

Fly safe!

Hello Pedja

Thank you for making this "watch" service available. I used your earlier version for the Worlds and found GPA an excellent interface. I would encourage SPOT/inReach owners to visit your site for a "test drive" and register their devices.

Ben

Thursday, April 18, 2013 2:56:29 PM UTC-4, Pedja wrote:
I am pleased to announce that the public alpha version of GlidePort

web app is available to glider pilots, crews, gliding enthusiasts and

spectators world-wide!

On Thursday, April 18, 2013 2:56:29 PM UTC-4, Pedja wrote:

In the US SSA members can access GlidePort through the SSA website via

the link on the main page for general US flight tracking, or via the

links in the SSA contest page for contest tracking.


Very cool. Thanks so much.

Evan Ludeman / T8

For those of you following Region 5 North at Perry, SC yesterday (day
1) was cancelled, today looks like a flying day.
You can watch the contest in GlidePort:

http://glideport.aero/map?p=Contest:78

Enjoy! Pedja

On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 1:45:26 PM UTC-5, Pedja wrote:
For those of you following Region 5 North at Perry, SC yesterday (day 1) was cancelled, today looks like a flying day. You can watch the contest in GlidePort: http://glideport.aero/map?p=Contest:78 Enjoy! Pedja

looking forward to mobile implementation. some of us are limited to IE 8 hours a day

On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 2:45:26 PM UTC-4, Pedja wrote:
For those of you following Region 5 North at Perry, SC yesterday (day

1) was cancelled, today looks like a flying day.

You can watch the contest in GlidePort:



http://glideport.aero/map?p=Contest:78



Enjoy! Pedja

Now if there were some way to overlay the satellite data...

http://tinyurl.com/cqqulj9

Okay... productivity officially shot for the day... my boss (that would be me) will just have to deal....

T8

PS. The complete contest info is available on the SSA website:

http://www.ssa.org/Contests?display=results&cid=2220

and the live tracking page:

http://www.ssa.org/SailplaneTracker/default.asp?id=2220

On Apr 23, 12:45*pm, Pedja wrote:
For those of you following Region 5 North at Perry, SC yesterday (day
1) was cancelled, today looks like a flying day.
You can watch the contest in GlidePort:

* *http://glideport.aero/map?p=Contest:78

Enjoy! *Pedja

A couple of quick updates ---

* GlidePort now features weather overlays covering a lot of the US.

* The 18m US Nationals can be watched at the SSA website for people in the US:

http://www.ssa.org/SailplaneTracker/default.asp?id=2224 (live tracking)
http://www.ssa.org/Contests?cid=2224&display=results (results page)

or in GlidePort for the rest of the world:

http://glideport.aero/map?p=Contest:79

-- Pedja