On 11/11/03 at 8:22 PM David Megginson wrote: >There are raw, scanned sectionals and terminal charts available >online. I haven't downloaded and unpacked the zipfiles yet, so I'm >not sure of the format. > >Sectionals, at 1:500,000 scale, are the most commonly-used charts for >VFR flying -- in Canada, we have the same thing, but call them VNC's >(Visual Navigation Charts). For busy terminal areas, there are also >special 1:250,000 scale charts available. The other popular charts >are the World Aeronautical Charts (WAC), at 1:1,000,000 -- it's harder >to make out small details, but there's less chart folding and >switching for a long flight. > >Here are the U.S. 1:500,000 Sectionals and 1:250,000 terminal charts, >in TIFF format: > > http://aviationtoolbox.org/raw_data/FAA_sectionals/East/ > >Here's the 1:250,000 chart for the SFO area: > > >http://aviationtoolbox.org/raw_data/FAA_sectionals/West/Terminal-Area-Chart s/San%20Francisco%20TAC%2063.tif > >I'm just downloading now, so I'm not sure about the quality yet. > >
Thanks for the heads up, the quality appears to be very good. (At about 30 meg for the bay area alone it ought to be!). Cheers - Dave _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
