sectionals for contests

Download Global Mapper (www.globalmapper.com). You can open up to 4
sectionals and they will be automatically stitched together using the GIS
coding imbedded in the sectional TIF files. You can add any anotations
using the drawing tools that you want.

The free download has 85% of the functionality of the full version. The
full version lets you save and reload your workspaces, gives you full
control over printing, and lets you open more then 4 TIF files.

Mike Schumann

"BB" wrote in message
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The season is coming. Has anyone figured out a software package that
can download sectionals or wacs, put turnpoint markers on them based on
the turnpoint exchange files, and print out, avoiding the yearly
cutting pasting and marking job?

Thanks
John Cochrane BB




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Once you have sectional images you can use (free) Flight Display
(http://www.soaringpilotsoftware.com) to do the rest.

Sectionals can be downloaded from
http://www.naco.faa.gov/ecomp/Catalo...S+DIGITAL+DSEC for
$1.50 each to make them visible download Global Mapper
(http://www.globalmapper.com). The free version allows you to stitch
up to four images together. Form there on you have to save an image -
this leaves a lot to be desired as you can only save what you have on
the screen (from what I remember). I used screen capture and Corel
Paint to create a "sectional" of "western US" (west of 112W in the
north and 113:30 in the south)

Cheers,
Henryk Birecki


"BB" wrote:

The season is coming. Has anyone figured out a software package that
can download sectionals or wacs, put turnpoint markers on them based on
the turnpoint exchange files, and print out, avoiding the yearly
cutting pasting and marking job?

Thanks
John Cochrane BB

If you are going to be a serious user, you want to spend the $250 for a full
license for Global Mapper.

Another option that I have used is to use Acrobat Distiller to save a
printed sectional. This however requires a full Adobe Acrobat license. In
the end, you still need to have access to a wide format color printer.

There is no free lunch.....

Mike Schumann

"Henryk Birecki" wrote in message
...
Once you have sectional images you can use (free) Flight Display
(http://www.soaringpilotsoftware.com) to do the rest.

Sectionals can be downloaded from
http://www.naco.faa.gov/ecomp/Catalo...S+DIGITAL+DSEC for
$1.50 each to make them visible download Global Mapper
(http://www.globalmapper.com). The free version allows you to stitch
up to four images together. Form there on you have to save an image -
this leaves a lot to be desired as you can only save what you have on
the screen (from what I remember). I used screen capture and Corel
Paint to create a "sectional" of "western US" (west of 112W in the
north and 113:30 in the south)

Cheers,
Henryk Birecki


"BB" wrote:

The season is coming. Has anyone figured out a software package that
can download sectionals or wacs, put turnpoint markers on them based on
the turnpoint exchange files, and print out, avoiding the yearly
cutting pasting and marking job?

Thanks
John Cochrane BB




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Mike Schumann wrote:
If you are going to be a serious user, you want to spend the $250 for a full
license for Global Mapper.

Another option that I have used is to use Acrobat Distiller to save a
printed sectional. This however requires a full Adobe Acrobat license. In
the end, you still need to have access to a wide format color printer.

There is no free lunch.....

Mike Schumann

"Henryk Birecki" wrote in message
...

Once you have sectional images you can use (free) Flight Display
(http://www.soaringpilotsoftware.com) to do the rest.

Sectionals can be downloaded from
http://www.naco.faa.gov/ecomp/Catalo...S+DIGITAL+DSEC for
$1.50 each to make them visible download Global Mapper
(http://www.globalmapper.com). The free version allows you to stitch
up to four images together. Form there on you have to save an image -
this leaves a lot to be desired as you can only save what you have on
the screen (from what I remember). I used screen capture and Corel
Paint to create a "sectional" of "western US" (west of 112W in the
north and 113:30 in the south)

Cheers,
Henryk Birecki


"BB" wrote:


The season is coming. Has anyone figured out a software package that
can download sectionals or wacs, put turnpoint markers on them based on
the turnpoint exchange files, and print out, avoiding the yearly
cutting pasting and marking job?

Thanks
John Cochrane BB




Does Kinkos have a large format printer?

Does Kinkos have a large format printer?





The one near me does.



Larry "01"

LS3-a USA

I did my first map printing at Kinkos by printing to PDF (in 11x17"
page size) from SeeYou (as described in my earlier post). I took the
PDF files to Kinkos on a thumb drive and printed and laminted them
right there. A good print-to-PDF solution is deskPDF from docudesk dot
com; a license is $20 US.

If you laminate them, here's a tip: pre-fold your map where you want
the creases, then laminate. This makes it much easier to fold it where
you want it folded after lamination.

2NO

Tuno wrote:
I did my first map printing at Kinkos by printing to PDF (in 11x17"
page size) from SeeYou (as described in my earlier post). I took the
PDF files to Kinkos on a thumb drive and printed and laminted them
right there. A good print-to-PDF solution is deskPDF from docudesk dot
com; a license is $20 US.

PDFCreator is free.

http://sector7g.wurzel6.de/pdfcreator/index_en.htm

Jeremy

Most Kinos have large format printers. However, printing on anything larger
than 11x17 gets pricy.

Mike Schumann

"Gary Emerson" wrote in message
et...
Mike Schumann wrote:
If you are going to be a serious user, you want to spend the $250 for a
full license for Global Mapper.

Another option that I have used is to use Acrobat Distiller to save a
printed sectional. This however requires a full Adobe Acrobat license.
In the end, you still need to have access to a wide format color printer.

There is no free lunch.....

Mike Schumann

"Henryk Birecki" wrote in message
...

Once you have sectional images you can use (free) Flight Display
(http://www.soaringpilotsoftware.com) to do the rest.

Sectionals can be downloaded from
http://www.naco.faa.gov/ecomp/Catalo...S+DIGITAL+DSEC for
$1.50 each to make them visible download Global Mapper
(http://www.globalmapper.com). The free version allows you to stitch
up to four images together. Form there on you have to save an image -
this leaves a lot to be desired as you can only save what you have on
the screen (from what I remember). I used screen capture and Corel
Paint to create a "sectional" of "western US" (west of 112W in the
north and 113:30 in the south)

Cheers,
Henryk Birecki


"BB" wrote:


The season is coming. Has anyone figured out a software package that
can download sectionals or wacs, put turnpoint markers on them based on
the turnpoint exchange files, and print out, avoiding the yearly
cutting pasting and marking job?

Thanks
John Cochrane BB




Does Kinkos have a large format printer?



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