finding approach chart URLs

I know I can find them at various web sites, please don't bother to
respond to tell me about them.

Here's what I'd like: given an airport identifier, say "KLHZ", I'd like
an programmatic, algorithmic way or a table lookup to find all the NACO
approach chart URLs, like:

http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/09131IL5.PDF
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/09131R5.PDF
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/09131R23.PDF
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/09131VDA.PDF
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/SE2ALT.PDF

I can see that the file names have some logic to them, like IL for ILS,
R for RNAV, etc, and the runway numbers are part of the name. If I knew
beforehand that LHZ had an ILS approach to runway 5, I might even be
able to generate the name for that chart, but I'd like to be able to
start from just the airport identifier and generate the list of approach
chart URLs.

I'm missing the information that relates a given airport to its list of
approach charts.

Anyone?

Thanks.

Dave

In a previous article, Dave Butler said:
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/09131IL5.PDF
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/09131R5.PDF
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/09131R23.PDF
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/09131VDA.PDF
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/SE2ALT.PDF

I can see that the file names have some logic to them, like IL for ILS,
R for RNAV, etc, and the runway numbers are part of the name. If I knew
beforehand that LHZ had an ILS approach to runway 5, I might even be
able to generate the name for that chart, but I'd like to be able to
start from just the airport identifier and generate the list of approach
chart URLs.

I'm missing the information that relates a given airport to its list of
approach charts.

I ordered this data on a CD from Sporties once, and discovered that there
was an XML index file called digTPP_hier_All_Watt.xml. I bet if you poked
around some of those sites, you'd find it.

As a matter of fact, here is is on Kyler Laird's site:
http://aviationtoolbox.org/raw_data/...r_All_Watt.xml


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Thank you, Paul! ...and it looks like it is either part of or derived
from the FAA ATA100 files. I'll poke around there.

Dave

Paul Tomblin wrote:
In a previous article, Dave Butler said:
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/09131IL5.PDF
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/09131R5.PDF
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/09131R23.PDF
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/09131VDA.PDF
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/SE2ALT.PDF

I can see that the file names have some logic to them, like IL for ILS,
R for RNAV, etc, and the runway numbers are part of the name. If I knew
beforehand that LHZ had an ILS approach to runway 5, I might even be
able to generate the name for that chart, but I'd like to be able to
start from just the airport identifier and generate the list of approach
chart URLs.

I'm missing the information that relates a given airport to its list of
approach charts.

I ordered this data on a CD from Sporties once, and discovered that there
was an XML index file called digTPP_hier_All_Watt.xml. I bet if you poked
around some of those sites, you'd find it.

As a matter of fact, here is is on Kyler Laird's site:
http://aviationtoolbox.org/raw_data/...r_All_Watt.xml

Dave Butler wrote:

Here's what I'd like: given an airport identifier, say "KLHZ", I'd like
an programmatic, algorithmic way or a table lookup to find all the NACO
approach chart URLs, like:

Well, if you work in an open source world (linux, freebsd, maybe cgywin),
I may have something for you. See:

http://www.stutzman.com/frank/flying/software/taco and
http://www.stutzman.com/frank/flying/software/salsa

Taco is tool that given, say an airport identifier, batch downloads all
the IAPs from the NACO web side. Salsa does something simular,but does
it for the airport facilities directories.

These are perl based, command line tools that make use of pipes to some
tools commonly found on Linux/freeBSD systems like wget. As such, I
suspect they would be hard to port to other operating systems. Don't
know as I tend to avoid other operating systems if I have chance.

I wrote these things some months ago. Neither of them are particularly
polished, and there are a lot of tweeks that could be done to them.
My attention has wavered and I havn't done anything with them for a
while.

There is no external documentation for these things, but if you do
'taco --help' or 'salsa --help' there should be enough there to get
you going.

--
Frank Stutzman
Bonanza N494B "Hula Girl"
Hood River, OR (soon to be Boise, ID)

Thanks, Frank. Solaris at work, cygwin at home. I'll give these a try. Dave

Frank Stutzman wrote:
Dave Butler wrote:

Here's what I'd like: given an airport identifier, say "KLHZ", I'd like
an programmatic, algorithmic way or a table lookup to find all the NACO
approach chart URLs, like:

Well, if you work in an open source world (linux, freebsd, maybe cgywin),
I may have something for you. See:

http://www.stutzman.com/frank/flying/software/taco and
http://www.stutzman.com/frank/flying/software/salsa

Taco is tool that given, say an airport identifier, batch downloads all
the IAPs from the NACO web side. Salsa does something simular,but does
it for the airport facilities directories.

These are perl based, command line tools that make use of pipes to some
tools commonly found on Linux/freeBSD systems like wget. As such, I
suspect they would be hard to port to other operating systems. Don't
know as I tend to avoid other operating systems if I have chance.

I wrote these things some months ago. Neither of them are particularly
polished, and there are a lot of tweeks that could be done to them.
My attention has wavered and I havn't done anything with them for a
while.

There is no external documentation for these things, but if you do
'taco --help' or 'salsa --help' there should be enough there to get
you going.

Thanks Frank, I've been looking for something like this.

On May 9, 5:20 pm, Frank Stutzman wrote:
Well, if you work in an open source world (linux, freebsd, maybe cgywin),
I may have something for you. See:

http://www.stutzman.com/frank/flying...software/salsa

Taco is tool that given, say an airport identifier, batch downloads all
the IAPs from the NACO web side. Salsa does something simular,but does
it for the airport facilities directories.

kevmor wrote:
Thanks Frank, I've been looking for something like this.

Your welcome.

If folks actually find these tools useful I might get motivated to
fix/update/extend these things. Probably would be tough in the near
future as I'm moving the household in mid-June. By late August,
though, I may have some time on my hands and could get back into
hacking and whacking this stuff.

--
Frank Stutzman
Bonanza N494B "Hula Girl"
Hood River, OR (soon to be Boise, ID)

Try ATP softwa
http://cmensys.com/

"Dave Butler" wrote in message
...
I know I can find them at various web sites, please don't bother to respond
to tell me about them.

Here's what I'd like: given an airport identifier, say "KLHZ", I'd like an
programmatic, algorithmic way or a table lookup to find all the NACO
approach chart URLs, like:

http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/09131IL5.PDF
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/09131R5.PDF
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/09131R23.PDF
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/09131VDA.PDF
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/SE2ALT.PDF

I can see that the file names have some logic to them, like IL for ILS, R
for RNAV, etc, and the runway numbers are part of the name. If I knew
beforehand that LHZ had an ILS approach to runway 5, I might even be able
to generate the name for that chart, but I'd like to be able to start from
just the airport identifier and generate the list of approach chart URLs.

I'm missing the information that relates a given airport to its list of
approach charts.

Anyone?

Thanks.

Dave

On May 9, 11:32 am, Dave Butler wrote:
I know I can find them at various web sites, please don't bother to
respond to tell me about them.

Here's what I'd like: given an airport identifier, say "KLHZ", I'd like
an programmatic, algorithmic way or a table lookup to find all the NACO
approach chart URLs, like:

http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0704/09131...704/SE2ALT.PDF

I can see that the file names have some logic to them, like IL for ILS,
R for RNAV, etc, and the runway numbers are part of the name. If I knew
beforehand that LHZ had an ILS approach to runway 5, I might even be
able to generate the name for that chart, but I'd like to be able to
start from just the airport identifier and generate the list of approach
chart URLs.

I'm missing the information that relates a given airport to its list of
approach charts.

Anyone?

Thanks.

Dave

Sounds like you want to make it look like your web site is offering
charts but then get them from someone else?

-robert

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
ups.com

Sounds like you want to make it look like your web site is offering
charts but then get them from someone else?

I thought it just as likely he's trying to write his own chart retrieval app
to make his flight planning a bit easier. I looked into something similar a
while back, but found it would take a few years of Sporty's DVD subscription
fees to break even. So I've spent my time working other apps, instead.

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