On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 15:40:08 +0100, Arnt wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 16:15:22 +1030, George wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 05:02 +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:03:10 -0800, Andy wrote in message > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > Mike Kopack wrote: > > > > > It's not so much an issue of San Fran being BAD, it's just > > > > > that KSFO is pretty far from downtown. We're talking about > > > > > small slow-flying UAV's in my project (I'm using the Piper as > > > > > a surrogate), so having to take off that far away means my > > > > > demo is like 45 minutes long. > > > > > > > > As a left-field suggestion: how about defining the runways of > > > > the old NAS Alameda, which is just south of downtown Oakland and > > > > immediately across the bay from San Francisco. The base was > > > > closed in the mid 90's, I believe, and is now being converted > > > > into industrial loft space. But the runways are still there > > > > clear as day: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.786114,-122.318387&spn=0.027226,0.028824&t=k&hl=en > > > > > > > > The folks who like to play with the carrier aircraft probably > > > > wouldn't mind having this active, either. > > > > > > ..if it's modelled correctly historically, setting the date back a > > > decade or so should make it active. > > > > > > Hmm, interesting idea.. Can you get the METAR data from a decade or > > so back in time? > > ..hmmm, I doubt that, but many countries do archive weather data, so > we should at least be able generate it off those archives. ..and at least Debian Sid offers these utilities: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/www/01-gas/fmb.no/gas $ apt-cache search METAR gkrellweather - A weather monitor plugin for GKrellM libgeo-metar-perl - Geo::METAR, Accessing Aviation Weather Information with Perl libmdsp-dev - METAR Decoder Software Package Library development files metar - utility to download/decode METAR reports php-services-weather - acts as an interface to various online weather-services python-pymetar - Python interface to METAR reports vdr-plugin-weather - Weather plugin for vdr wmweather - WindowMaker dockapp that shows your current weather -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
