Gene Buckle wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Apr 2012, Michael Sgier wrote:
>
>> Traffic and parking etc. are handled via xml files in Flightgear different
>> to X-Plane.
>> But to make changes to the opensource apt.dat forward them to Robin:
>> http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?showtopic=58356
>>
> Right, but if you use the v10 format, all that data is there and you don't
> have to hand-craft an xml file for every airport in the database. It's
> silly not to leverage an already existing resource, especially when it can
> save a ton of work.
Gene, as you know, FlightGear's XML structure for taxiway routing and
other scenery-related airport info predates the capabilities of the v10
X-Plane apt.dat format by _many_ years. All the work's already been
done, therefore, even if it might be worthwhile to consider merging
FlightGear's data stock into Robin's file, your claim sounds a bit
inappropriate.
And there's still one thing to consider: Having one central set of
apt./nav.dat files in the Base Package still doesn't address the trend
of the FlightGear project and Scenery development proceeding
asynchronously.
Cheers,
Martin.
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