K. Ari Krupnikov writes: > I understand that FlightGear uses Robin Peel's data which are derived > chiefly from FAA and NIMA sources. I also understand that there has > been some discussion on FlightGear lists about moving to an XML format > for these data. Have there been any developments in that direction, > and is there still any interest? As time permits, I'm working on > transcribing DAFIF and ATA-100 plain text files into XML; my hope is > to eventually be able to use that XML to produce GPL approach plates > and maybe even IFR GPS updates. In the mean time, I'm curious if there > is any interest in an XML airdata format within the FlightGear > community.
We've switched over to DAFIF for navaids and fixes, though we're still using Robin's old format. I think what we'll probably end up doing is using DAFIFT directly for everything but airports -- that way, people can easily keep up-to-date. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users
