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GNU/Linux Aviation HOWTO
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Flying with GNU/Linux
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Nicolas Dufour
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<nicolas.dufour@nemoworld.info>
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John Petterson
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<jcp@eskimo.com>
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This document is intended to provide pointers to software packages that run
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under GNU/Linux and are usefull to pilots (private, commercial or military),
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airlines, airports or any actors in the aeronautical domain. I want to
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encourage everybody to contribute to this document, either by providing
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pointers to existing software, or by writing new application for GNU/Linux.
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Table of Contents
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Introduction
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1. Audience
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2. Revision History
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3. Contributions
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4. Feedback
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5. Copyright information
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1. Flight
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1.1. Planning
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1.2. GPS
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1.3. Soaring
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1.4. Analyzis and Logbook
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1.5. Weather
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2. Airline
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3. Airport
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3.1. SMS
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4. Simulation
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4.1. Flight Simulators
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4.2. Navigation Helps
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4.3. Others
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5. Training
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5.1. PilotPal
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5.2. NeoKit
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6. Data sources
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6.1. Environment
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6.2. Dynamic streams
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6.3. Geographic sources
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7. Websites and catalogs
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7.1. Open-Aero.org
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A. About the author
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B. Used acronyms
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Glossary
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Introduction
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The business and sport of aviation is about as mission critical as any human
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endeavor gets. Pilots have an implicit expectation for their aircraft to be
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well designed, ergonomic, predictable, reliable, and safe to operate.
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Certificated aircraft are designed and built to engineering and quality
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standards that far exceed those of any other consumer product. In my opinion,
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any computing environment used for aviation related applications should meet
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similar high standards. I also believe that the open software development
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model and the GNU/Linux operating system is the computing environment with
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the greatest potential to meet such high standards.
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This document is intended to provide pointers to software packages that run
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under GNU/Linux and are usefull to pilots (private, commercial or military),
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airlines, airports or any actors in the aeronautical domain. Most of the
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software packages mentioned in this release are freely distributable, and
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come with source code. However, I will gladly include entries for commercial
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products from any vendors who are GNU/Linux friendly.
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My own personal interests center around air traffic flow management since I
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have worked almost 4 years for Eurocontrol providing simulations to increase
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the safety and effeciency in the european sky. I wanted to be pilot, but with
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my color-blindness I have a bit abadon it. I know work for both USA and
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Europe world of traffic management, and it's exciting to see the difference
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and the history which created those.
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Each of the software pointers in this document consists of a brief
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description of the software, information on who wrote it, where to find it,
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and user comments in some cases. In the interest of brevity, I did not
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include explicit pointers to source code or binaries when they are available
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through reasonably obvious links on the software's home page.
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1. Audience
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This document is written for all actors in aeronautic domain : pilots
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(private or pro), airlines, airports, ATC entities, etc.
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2. Revision History
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Revision History
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Revision 2.2 2006-09-27 Revised by: nd
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Updates and new applications added.
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Revision 2.1 2006-03-13 Revised by: nd
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Updates and new applications added.
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Revision 2.0 2005-05-21 Revised by: nd
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New release and rewriting of the whole document.
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Revision 1.5 2005-01-15 Revised by: jp
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Added new entries for the Gpsdrive, GPLIGC, JFlight, and KFlog packages. Five
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years between updates is rather ridiculous, time to turn this HOWTO over to
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someone with more time!
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Revision 1.4 2000-10-14 Revised by: jp
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Added a new entry for the AirLog logbook package. Added some additional
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references to the section on embedded hardware, as well as a short blurb
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about the availability of GNU/Linux for the iPaq handheld. Updated the
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contact information for the author, (new e-mail address).
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Revision 1.3 Revised by: jp
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Added a small section on hardware, mostly pointers to other resources. I also
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added entries for several newly discovered packages; Gpsd, GPSMan, and JEEPS.
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Revision 1.2 Revised by: jp
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I added some new and more focused application categories. For some of them, I
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added pointers to other information resources that address issues related to
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that particular application area, but from a more generic, and non-Linux
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specific perspective. Also added entries for several newly discovered
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software packages. I removed the references to the Linux Documentation
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Project, the maintainers never responded in any way to my request to add this
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document to the archive?
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Revision 1.1 Revised by: jp
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Added information about the linux-aviation mailing list. Some minor changes
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in grammar, as well as a whole bunch of corrections to my consistent abuse of
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punctuation. Thanks to my good friend David Moore for these corrections.
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Revision 1.0 Revised by: jp
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First public release.
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3. Contributions
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Thanks to John C. Peterson the original author of this document and for his
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support.
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4. Feedback
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Missing information, missing links, missing characters? Mail it to the
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maintainer of this document:
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<nicolas.dufour@nemoworld.info>
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5. Copyright information
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This document, GNU/Linux Aviation HOWTO, is copyrighted (c) 2005-2006 by
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Nicolas Dufour.
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under
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the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later
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version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant
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Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of
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the license is available at [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html] http://
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www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html.
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Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
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Java is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc.
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Chapter 1. Flight
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1.1. Planning
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1.1.1. fplan
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The fplan application is designed to assist general aviation pilots in
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creating flight plans for cross country flights in powered aircraft. It reads
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a planfile containing a description of the flight: departure and destination
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airports, navigation aids, intermediate waypoints, winds aloft, fuel
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consumption rates, and produces a flight plan including wind corrected
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magnetic headings, distance, estimated time and fuel consumption for each
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leg, latitude, longitude and VOR fixes for each checkpoint, etc. A graphical
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preview of the flight is available on systems with X11 Windows and the XView
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Toolkit.
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: Steve Tynor
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Maintainer: John C. Peterson <jcp@eskimo.com>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 1.4.2, 1999/05/01
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: GPL
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://www.ibiblio.org/fplan/] http://www.ibiblio.org/fplan/
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1.1.2. Flight Navigation Planner
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Flight Navigation Planner lets you make flight plans based on known airports,
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navaids, fixes, or cities. You can use the sectional charts, wacs, or the
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vector/terrain planning charts. It calculates headings, winds, time, and
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fuel. It features Airways-based Auto-Routing, Climb and Descent calculations
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(a/c type based), Fuel Stop Planning, Auto-Route around MOAS and Restricted
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Airspace, Hi-Res Weather Radar Overlay, Viewing of current sectional, wac,
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and IFR charts, the ability to see a route over TFRs, detailed nexrad radar
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overlays over your routes, Terrain Profiles with cloud ceilings, and the
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ability to upload flight plans to GPS.
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: rvsc
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 104, 2004/03/08
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: Unknown
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://fnp.berlios.de] http://fnp.berlios.de
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1.1.3. FlyWay
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Flyway allows the user to find and enter U.S. waypoints (airports, navaids,
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and fixes), then it calculates courses, wind corrections, and travel times.
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Information about the waypoints is provided (including frequencies,
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elevation, fuel availability, and runway descriptions). The route data can
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also be used to fill in an editable FAA Flight Plan form, fetch basic weather
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information from the internet, and display a very rough map.
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: Doug Bell
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 0.4.1, 2005/12/14
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: GPL
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://www.bellz.org/flyway/] http://www.bellz.org/flyway/
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1.1.4. OpenFlyers
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OpenFlyers is an aircrafts (airplanes, gliders, ulms, etc.) online booking
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system opensource for flying clubs and more generally for everyone who need
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to share one or more aircrafts planification.
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This booking system is based on the PHP language and the MySQL database. It
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is opensource (under GPL licence) and can be freely downloaded.
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: OpenFlyers devteam <devteam@openflyers.org>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 1.3.0, 2006/09/06
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: GPL
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://openflyers.org] http://www.bellz.org/flyway/
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1.2. GPS
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1.2.1. ChartPlotter
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ChartPlotter is a Java based moving map program for use with GPS units that
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support the NMEA communication protocol (the GPGLL sentence). ChartPlotter
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can be used with user scanned charts saved in JPEG format. The program
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transforms a latitude, longitude value to a position on the raster image with
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the help of 2-4 known reference points.
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First on the wish list of things to do is a converter program so that we can
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use charts in the BSB format. As I understand there are such programs around
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but I need to modify the chartplotter program so that it can read the output
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from the converting program.
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Second on the wish list is to read GSHHS (Global Self-consistant Hierarchical
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High-resolution Shorelines) found somewere at www.ngdc.noaa.gov.
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: Rikard and Henrik Bjorkman <hb3@eit.se>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 0.46, September 2005
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: GPL
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://www.eit.se/chartplotter/] http://www.eit.se/
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chartplotter/
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Roadmap:
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First on the wish list of things to do is a converter program so that we
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can use charts in the BSB format. As I understand there are such programs
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around but I need to modify the chartplotter program so that it can read
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the output from the converting program.
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Second on the wish list is to read GSHHS (Global Self-consistant
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Hierarchical High-resolution Shorelines) found somewere at [http://
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www.ngdc.noaa.gov/] www.ngdc.noaa.gov.
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1.2.2. GPSd
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gpsd is a service daemon that monitors a GPS attached to a host computer
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through a serial or USB port, making its data on the location/course/velocity
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of the sensor available to be queried on TCP port 2947 of the host computer.
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With gpsd, multiple GPS client applications (such as navigational and
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wardriving software) can share access to a GPS without contention or loss of
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data. Also, gpsd responds to queries with a format that is substantially
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easier to parse than the NMEA 0183 emitted by most GPSes. The gpsd
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distribution includes a linkable C service library and a Python module that
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developers of gpsd-aware applications can use to encapsulate all
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communication with gpsd.
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 2.33, 2006/06/09
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: BSD
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://gpsd.berlios.de/] http://gpsd.berlios.de/
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1.2.3. GpsDrive
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GpsDrive is a car (bike, ship, plane) navigation system. GpsDrive displays
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your position provided from your NMEA capable GPS receiver on a zoomable map,
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the map file is autoselected depending of the position and prefered scale.
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Speech output is supported if the "festival" software is running. The maps
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are autoselected for best resolution depending of your position and can be
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downloaded from Internet. All Garmin GPS reveiver with a serial output should
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be usable, also other GPS receiver which supports NMEA protocol.
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GpsDrive is written in C with use of the GTK+ graphic toolkit and runs with
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Linux and FreeBSD.
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author:Friedrich Ganter <ganter@ganter.at>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 2.10pre3, 2006/03/10
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: GPL
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://www.gpsdrive.cc/] http://www.gpsdrive.cc/
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1.2.4. GPSMan
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GPS Manager (GPSMan) is a graphical geographic data manager that provides a
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user friendly graphical environment for the preparation, inspection and
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editing of waypoint, route and track data for use in GPS receivers. GPSMan
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supports a variety of derived computations such as distance and bearing from
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one waypoint to another, course and distance between waypoints in a track,
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etc. GPSMan can make cartographic maps to scale, using one of several
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projections with over plotting of waypoint, route and track data. The map can
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be saved in Postscript format for printing. GPSMan is a stand-alone Tcl/Tk
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program that was designed for use at home (as opposed to real-time use).
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GPSMan currently supports communication with both Garmin and Lowrance
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receivers.
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: Miguel Filgueiras <mig@ncc.up.pt>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 6.3.1, 2006/07/25
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: GPL
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://www.ncc.up.pt/gpsman/] http://www.ncc.up.pt/gpsman/
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1.2.5. Elgaard Positioning System
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The Elgaard Positioning System is a Java based application designed for use
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with GPS receivers. It provides an interface capability: tracks can be saved
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from units with NMEA format output. For units that support the proprietary
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Garmin protocol, EPS can upload and download waypoints, routes, and tracks.
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It can also display user scanned charts with interactive zooming, scrolling,
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over plotting of tracks, and can compute distances and speeds. EPS runs on
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any platform with a JVM compatible with the 1.1 version of the Java API.
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: Niels Elgaard Larsen
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 0.9.2beta, 2003/02/07
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: GPL
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://eps.sourceforge.net/] http://eps.sourceforge.net/
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1.3. Soaring
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1.3.1. GPLIGC
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GPLIGC is an application licensed under the GNU General Public License for
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the analysis of IGC data files, such as those produced by the GNSS flight
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data recorder. (Downloading of the data from logger devices and/or conversion
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to IGC format has to be done with other software). GPLIGC can compute a
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variety of statistics such as thermal climb rates and glide ratios. Plotting
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of raw data or derived statistics is done through the Gnuplot application.
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Also included in the distribution is openGLIGCexplorer, an openGL
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application for visualization of flight tracks in 3 dimensions against a
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shaded terrain map (assuming digital elevation data is available).
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: Hannes Kr<4B>ger <Hannes.Krueger@uibk.ac.at>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 1.5, 2005/06/14
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: GPL
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://pc12-c714.uibk.ac.at/GPLIGC/GPLIGC.php] http://
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pc12-c714.uibk.ac.at/GPLIGC/GPLIGC.php
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1.3.2. IGCview
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IGCview is a Java application designed for soaring pilots who want to display
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and analyze GPS log files in the [http://www.fai.org/gliding/] FAI IGC or
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Gardown formats. Both formats contain simple ASCII records of time stamped
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latitude and longitude values. The IGC format also contains altitude
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information (pressure and/or GPS) and the task (route). IGCview can also
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import Gardown format files and export them in IGC format.
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The program is oriented wholly towards looking at the GPS log traces produced
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by glider flights. You can examine other traces, but the analysis will not be
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particularly useful. It can compute quantities such as: start to finish,
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average task and individual leg speeds, climb rates, L/D, etc. It can also
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read and compare multiple flights in detail making it a very useful learning
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tool for cross country and competition oriented soaring pilots.
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: Ian Forster-Lewis <igcview@forsterlewis.com>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 3.12, 2003/04/24
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: Freely Distribuable
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://www.forsterlewis.com/soaring/igcview/
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igcview_home.html] http://www.forsterlewis.com/soaring/igcview/
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igcview_home.html
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1.3.3. JFlight
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JFlight is a Java based application developed for Hang-glider and Para-glider
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pilots to assist with pre-flight task planning and post-flight analysis of
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GPS, Barogram, Vario data. (It should prove useful to full scale glider
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pilots as well). The flightbook feature provides a mechanism for waypoint and
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route management. Flight tracks can be viewed on a simple display.
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: R<>diger Bien <ruedbi@users.sourceforge.net>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 0.9, 2003/07/16
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: GPL
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://jflight.sourceforge.net/] http://
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jflight.sourceforge.net/
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1.3.4. KFLog
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KFLog is an OpenSource program aimed at glider pilots. It gives You a
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powerfull tool to plan You flight tasks and analyse Your flights afterwards.
|
||
|
||
KFLog is the only flight analyser program available for GNU/Linux to be
|
||
recognized by the [http://www.fai.org/gliding/] FAI IGC.
|
||
|
||
KFLog projects the flights on a digital vectormap, that contains not only
|
||
airfields and airspaces, but a complete elevation-map, roads, cities, rivers,
|
||
and lots of other interesting objects.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A> Authors:
|
||
|
||
<20><>+<2B>Heiner Lamprecht <heiner@kflog.org>
|
||
|
||
<20><>+<2B>Florian Ehinger <florian@kflog.org>
|
||
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 2.1.1, 2003/07/17
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: GPL
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page:[http://www.kflog.org/] http://www.kflog.org/
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
1.4. Analyzis and Logbook
|
||
|
||
1.4.1. Airlog
|
||
|
||
Airlog is a flight logging system designed to meet the unique needs of glider
|
||
pilots and students. The Java based client allows multiple users to access a
|
||
common database (interface drivers are provided for the Instant DB,
|
||
PostgreSQL, and Oracle database systems). Referential integrity is used to
|
||
insure valid data. When multi user functionality is enabled, user access to
|
||
the common database is authenticated using a login, password form that is
|
||
presented at startup.
|
||
|
||
Airlog also supports searches of the common database, as well as a report
|
||
generation capability. The "Training Barometer" and "Speed Input" reports are
|
||
designed to assist both instructors and students in the training process. A
|
||
"Fit for Flight, Instruction" report is planned for a future release.
|
||
|
||
Airlog was developed in Denmark with an emphasis on Danish regulations, but
|
||
was localized from the ground up. Other languages can be supported by simply
|
||
providing a "message text catalog" for the desired language (catalogs are
|
||
provided for both Danish and English).
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Authors:
|
||
|
||
<20><>+<2B>Ken Andersen <kentan@get2net.dk>
|
||
|
||
<20><>+<2B>Frederik Hansen <roirex@users.sourceforge.net>
|
||
|
||
<20><>+<2B>Steve Brown <delancie@users.sourceforge.net>
|
||
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: alpha-0.53-2, 2000/11/25
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: GPL
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://airlog.sourceforge.net/] http://airlog.sourceforge.net
|
||
/
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
1.5. Weather
|
||
|
||
1.5.1. pyRadar
|
||
|
||
pyRadar is retrieves and displays radar images from NOAA's NEXRAD radar
|
||
stations, which are located around the United States and its territories.
|
||
These images are released into the public domain on behalf of the American
|
||
public.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Authors: John Diaz
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 0.4, 2005/08/22
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: GPL
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://pyradar.sourceforge.net/] http://
|
||
pyradar.sourceforge.net/
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
1.5.2. WeatherCheck
|
||
|
||
WeatherCheck is a program that uses Java Swing to prompt for a US zip code
|
||
and display the local forecast from the National Weather Service. It also
|
||
provides the extended forecast and dBZ radar information.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Authors: Teri Solow
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 0.5, 2002/08/10
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: GPL
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://www.terisolow.com/programs.php#WeatherCheck] http://
|
||
www.terisolow.com/programs.php#WeatherCheck
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
Chapter 2. Airline
|
||
|
||
To be completed.
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
Chapter 3. Airport
|
||
|
||
3.1. SMS
|
||
|
||
The Surface Management System (SMS) increases shared situational awareness of
|
||
airport surface operations between the Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT), the
|
||
Ramp Tower, the air carriers that operate at an airport, and the various
|
||
airport authorities and other ATC facilities. By increasing situational
|
||
awareness and providing tools for airport surface traffic management, SMS
|
||
improves the efficiency and flexibility of airport surface operations.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: Metron Aviation Inc. <bizdevelopment@metronaviation.com>
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: Unknown
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: Commercial
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://www.metronaviation.com/sms_overview.php] http://
|
||
www.metronaviation.com/sms_overview.php
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
Chapter 4. Simulation
|
||
|
||
4.1. Flight Simulators
|
||
|
||
4.1.1. FlightGear
|
||
|
||
The FlightGear flight simulator project is an open-source, multi-platform,
|
||
cooperative flight simulator development project. Source code for the entire
|
||
project is available and licensed under the GNU General Public License.
|
||
|
||
The goal of the FlightGear project is to create a sophisticated flight
|
||
simulator framework for use in research or academic environments, for the
|
||
development and pursuit of other interesting flight simulation ideas, and as
|
||
an end-user application.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: Curtis L. Olson <curt0001@flightgear.org>
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 0.9.10, 2006/04/05
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: GPL
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://www.flightgear.org/] http://www.flightgear.org/
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
4.1.2. X-Plane
|
||
|
||
X-Plane is a flight simulator that reads in the geometric shape of any
|
||
aircraft and then figures out how that aircraft will fly. It does this via an
|
||
engineering process called "blade element theory", which involves breaking
|
||
the aircraft down into many small elements and then finding the forces on
|
||
each little element many times per second. These forces are then converted
|
||
into accelerations, which are then integrated to velocities and positions.
|
||
This gives X-Plane the most realistic flight model available for personal
|
||
computers.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: Austin Meyer <austin@x-plane.com>
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 8.50 RC1, 2006/08/21
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: Proprietary with Free Trial
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://x-plane.com/] http://x-plane.com/
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
4.1.3. JSBSim Flight Dynamics Model
|
||
|
||
JSBSim is an object-oriented (C++), multi-platform, 6-DOF, Flight Dynamics
|
||
Model (FDM). It can be run as a standalone, batch-mode flight simulator (no
|
||
graphical displays), or integrated with FlightGear or other flight simulator.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: Jon S. Berndt <jsb@hal-pc.org>
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 0.9.9, 2005/08/10
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: GPL
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://jsbsim.sourceforge.net/] http://jsbsim.sourceforge.net
|
||
/
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
4.1.4. IFT
|
||
|
||
IFT is a small flight simulator written for the purpose of training pilots
|
||
not experienced in instrument flight. It includes a couple of VOR and NDB
|
||
stations and displays. These can be used to exercise basic radio navigation
|
||
skills.
|
||
|
||
It's made and tested on GNU/Linux, but it should work on all Unices, since
|
||
all it uses is the X11 library.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: Sukru Cinar <vantadu@email.com>
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 1.0, 2005/07/22
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: GPL
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://geocities.com/cinarus/IFT.txt] http://geocities.com/
|
||
cinarus/IFT.txt
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
4.2. Navigation Helps
|
||
|
||
4.2.1. Atlas
|
||
|
||
Atlas aims to produce and display high quality charts of the world for users
|
||
of FlightGear, an open source flight simulator. This is achieved through two
|
||
main parts: The map creator (simply called Map) and the Atlas viewer.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: David Luff <daveluff@users.sourceforge.net>
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 0.3.0, 2005/07/28
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: GPL
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://atlas.sourceforge.net/] http://atlas.sourceforge.net/
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
4.2.2. OpenGC
|
||
|
||
OpenGC is a multi-platform, multi-simulator, open-source C++ tool for
|
||
developing and implementing high quality glass cockpit displays for simulated
|
||
flightdecks. Our goal is simple: support all widely available flight
|
||
simulators, all widely available operating systems, and provide a selection
|
||
of gauges that mirrors the diversity of interests within the flightsimming
|
||
community. I hope you enjoy OpenGC, and encourage you to contribute in any
|
||
way possible!
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: Damion Shelton <damion@opengc.org>
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 0.57, 2006/04/24
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: BSD
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://www.opengc.org/] http://www.opengc.org/
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
4.2.3. A340GC
|
||
|
||
The Glass Cockpit Library (libGC) is created for the Airbus A340 Glass
|
||
Cockpit (a340gc) which is an Open Source project. The a340gc project is part
|
||
of the Airbus A340 simulator project of the IRADIS Foundation. The goal of
|
||
libGC and a340gc is to create a free framework that can be used to build a
|
||
glass cockpit upon.
|
||
|
||
This is only a part of a bigger project carried by Iradis to create a
|
||
realistic A340 cockpit with a full view. See this [http://www.iradis.org/]
|
||
website for more details.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: Iradis <info@iradis.fat.org>
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 0.3, 2002/05/19
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: GPL
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://a340gc.iradis.org/] http://a340gc.iradis.org/
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
4.3. Others
|
||
|
||
4.3.1. Tim's Air Navigation Simulator
|
||
|
||
This is a Java applet that simulates the operation of ADF and VOR
|
||
instruments. A canvas shows the position of a hypothetical aircraft and two
|
||
ground based navigational aids, (which can be dragged to arbitrary positions
|
||
with the mouse). The instrument display shows what the pilot would see in the
|
||
corresponding situation. The applet code is available for download if you
|
||
want to install it on your own machine.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: Tim Carlson <mim@visi.com>
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 19981015, 1998/10/15
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: Freely Distribuable
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://www.visi.com/~mim/nav/index.html] http://www.visi.com/
|
||
~mim/nav/index.html
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
Chapter 5. Training
|
||
|
||
5.1. PilotPal
|
||
|
||
PilotPal is a Java applet designed to assist (student) pilots studying for
|
||
the US FAA written examinations. The latest version provides study questions
|
||
for both the Private Pilot and Instrument examinations. If you don't have a
|
||
high bandwidth connection to the Internet, you may want to download the
|
||
applet and install it on your own machine.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: PilotPal.com <info@pilotpal.com>
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 2006/08/23
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: Freely Distributable
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://www.pilotpal.com/] http://www.pilotpal.com/
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
5.2. NeoKit
|
||
|
||
Description:
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>NeoKit <20> is a Computer Based Training environment dedicated to initial
|
||
training to Air Traffic Control and Management software,
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>The NeoKit <20> tools covers the whole training cycle: scenarios
|
||
preparation, dynamic and interactive training with Record and Replay
|
||
capabilities and customizable reporting tool for analysis and debriefing,
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>NeoKit <20> is developped on the Java platform environment and is so fully
|
||
interoperable on any operating system (GNU/Linux, Windows, etc.),
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Specific plugins dedicated to other Business Domain (e.g. Marine,
|
||
Military) are easy to develop through the complete set of the Java APIs
|
||
of NeoKit <20>.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Features:
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Computer Based Training tool.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Lightweight ATC and ATM simulation platform.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Distributed event-based discret simulation engine.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>MCQ-SQC dialog engine.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Custom reporting for trainee progress tracking.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Java based.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>XML data input and output.
|
||
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Author: NeoSYS <info@neosys.fr>
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Latest release: 0.4, Jan 2004
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Copyright: Commercial
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://www.neosys.fr/neokit] http://www.neosys.fr/neokit
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
Chapter 6. Data sources
|
||
|
||
Data sources are of course more important that the tools you can use. And
|
||
specially the quality of those data.
|
||
|
||
We can classify two big types of data here :
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Environment data
|
||
|
||
Data which dont change often like airport position (even if I have see
|
||
airport jumps in data sometimes ;-). It's called also static or
|
||
semi-static data.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Dynamic data
|
||
|
||
Data which change very often like flight position or traffic load in a
|
||
controlled sector.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Usually, the second type is computed with the help of the first one, so it's
|
||
very important to take care of the accuracy of the environment data : right
|
||
geographic location (lat,long), up-to-date semi-static data according to an
|
||
activity (current capacity of an airport), or even new performance data for a
|
||
new aircraft.
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
6.1. Environment
|
||
|
||
6.1.1. DAFIF
|
||
|
||
The Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File (or DAFIF) is a set of files
|
||
that contain data on airports, navaids, waypoints, special use airspace and
|
||
other facts relevant to flying in the entire world. This data is provided by
|
||
the US military, through the [http://www.nga.mil] National Geospatial
|
||
Intelligence Agency (NGA), and is primarily developed for the benefit of
|
||
military aeronautical operations, but was made available to the general
|
||
public.
|
||
|
||
Except for the United States, which is also covered by data provided by the
|
||
FAA, it is usually the ONLY comprehensive digital data available for pilots.
|
||
Other countries either don't provide digital data at all, or they do it
|
||
through a proprietary web interface or in non-reusable formats (like PDF
|
||
files of scans of paper documents). Even within the US, there is data that is
|
||
available in the DAFIF which is not in the FAA data. For instance, the
|
||
navaid.com database generators use the DAFIF data to find ICAO identifiers
|
||
for airports in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and other places where there 3
|
||
letter FAA id is not enough data to generate the ICAO id.
|
||
|
||
Attention! This source will be removed at october 2006 of the public access
|
||
for several reasons. Look [http://www.navaid.com/dafif.html] here for more
|
||
details and support the existence of DAFIF. You can also help creating a
|
||
replacement solution [http://xcski.com/navdata/bin/view/NavData/WebHome]
|
||
here.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [https://164.214.2.62/products/digitalaero/index.cfm] https://
|
||
164.214.2.62/products/digitalaero/index.cfm
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
6.2. Dynamic streams
|
||
|
||
6.2.1. LiveATC
|
||
|
||
This site was launched as a resource for those who enjoy listening to live
|
||
Air Traffic Control (ATC)...aviation enthusiasts, student pilots, student air
|
||
traffic controllers, flight simulation enthusiasts, FBO operators, airline
|
||
operators, and anyone with an interest in aviation communications.
|
||
|
||
A good site to listen, discover and perhaps also learn the language. They
|
||
propose several live feeds in USA, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Australia,
|
||
Columbia, or even Dutch caribean !
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://www.liveatc.net/] http://www.liveatc.net/
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
6.3. Geographic sources
|
||
|
||
To be completed.
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
Chapter 7. Websites and catalogs
|
||
|
||
7.1. Open-Aero.org
|
||
|
||
This new website is designed to maintain an up-to-date list of opensource
|
||
projects for the aeronautic world, and help the maintenance of the this
|
||
current howto.
|
||
|
||
<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://www.open-aero.org/] http://www.open-aero.org/
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
Appendix A. About the author
|
||
|
||
I was born in 1973 in the little town of [http://
|
||
www.ville-mont-saint-aignan.fr/] Mont St. Aignan near [http://
|
||
www.rouentourisme.com/] Rouen in [http://www.normandy-tourism.org/] Normandie
|
||
(France). I grow up in the south of Ile-de-France (region near Paris)
|
||
surrounded by wheat and corn fields :-) and a sugar factory where I used to
|
||
walk in it, smelling and eating sugar.
|
||
|
||
Always attracted by sciences and particularly geology, I got a degree (BA) of
|
||
Geophysic/Geochemistry and try to get the next degree but fall back to
|
||
another direction : computer science. I got my master of computer science
|
||
applied to geosciences in 1998 at [http://www.upmc.fr] Paris.
|
||
|
||
I got my first job at [http://www.eurocontrol.int/eec/public/subsite_homepage
|
||
/homepage.html] Eurocontrol and it changes a lot my life. Even if I worked
|
||
for Schlumberger for 6 months (big oil service company), I now work for 6
|
||
years for a little french company ([http://www.neometsys.fr/] Neometsys) in
|
||
aeronautic.
|
||
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Home Page: [http://nemoworld.info/] http://nemoworld.info/
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>*<2A>Email: <nicolas.dufour@nemoworld.info>
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Appendix B. Used acronyms
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Used acronyms in the current document and explanations.
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Glossary
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A
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ADF
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Automatic Direction Finder
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Navigation instrument that receives and interprets the NDB signal.
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ATC
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Air Traffic Control
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ATM
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Air Traffic Management
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B
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BSD
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BSD license
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See [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php] here for
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details.
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F
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FAA
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Federal Aviation Administration
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See [http://www.faa.gov/] here for details.
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G
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GPL
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GNU Public License
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See [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html] here for details.
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N
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NDB
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Non-Directional Beacon
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V
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VOR
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Very-high-frequency Omni Range
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Beacon very usefull to navigation.
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