Alternative to Jeppesen binders?

I just received my first Sporty's DVD with all of the approaches.
They are all PDF files, vectors so you can zoom as much as you want, and
they stay clear.
Pretty cool.





"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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In a previous article, "MichaelR" said:
Sporty's is now selling the entire set of FAA TPP's on a DVD for $9.95:
http://sportys.com/pilotshop/pages/chartviewer.cfm

Are the TPPs themselve in PDF format, or what? It says you need a Windows
PC, but if the that's only for the wizzy chart viewer program and the
actual data is in a non-proprietary format, I might subscribe.

The screen shot http://sportys.com/pilotshop/images/step4l.gif looks an
AWFUL lot like a web browser with an Adobe Acrobat plugin looking at a
PDF.


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In article ,
MichaelR wrote:
I just received my first Sporty's DVD with all of the approaches.
They are all PDF files, vectors so you can zoom as much as you want, and
they stay clear.

Can you email me a couple of them to look at? I'm tempted to buy these
DVDs and something to display (or possibly print) them on.

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

In a previous article, "MichaelR" said:
I just received my first Sporty's DVD with all of the approaches.
They are all PDF files, vectors so you can zoom as much as you want, and
they stay clear.
Pretty cool.

Cool. I ordered the DVD. If I can, I'll write a program to do the
browsing and displaying for Linux and Mac OS X.


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There's an airport diagram on alt.binaries.pictures.aviation.

The PDFs have weird names, so you can't find a specific chart or airport by
just browsing around the disc. The included program is easy, and apparently
uses an XML file to point to the right PDF.




"Ben Jackson" wrote in message
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In article ,
MichaelR wrote:
I just received my first Sporty's DVD with all of the approaches.
They are all PDF files, vectors so you can zoom as much as you want, and
they stay clear.

Can you email me a couple of them to look at? I'm tempted to buy these
DVDs and something to display (or possibly print) them on.

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

In article ,
MichaelR wrote:
There's an airport diagram on alt.binaries.pictures.aviation.

The PDFs have weird names, so you can't find a specific chart or airport by
just browsing around the disc. The included program is easy, and apparently
uses an XML file to point to the right PDF.

I downloaded that and converted it to 480x640x16 grayscale and 800x600x16.
It looks like a ebook/pda/tablet sort of device with either of those
resolutions and a 6"+ screen could be a great platform.

In GIF format each plate would be 40-60k (perhaps less, that ORD runway
diagram is very complicated). That means a DVD full of those PDFs, even
if full, would fit on a big compact flash card in GIF format (pre-scaled
to the device resolution).

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

Since the government can't legally copyright their products, I wonder how this digital model will work out
for them.....

"Whit S." wrote:

FYI, NACO will be charging for their product...

(smackey) wrote in message om...
ost (Ditch) wrote in message ...
Are there any alternatives to the Jeppesen binders? Even their plastic ones are
kinda pricey. Thanks...

Yes... buy the NOS plates and charts.