Hi All I hope this is the correct forum to discuss "Skylines".
I have been playing with the "live tracking" feature to log from XCSoar directly onto the website. It was simple to set up and the results are quite impressive. I realise that this project is still in the developement stage, but I have some questions, comments and suggestions: 1) I logged a few test "flights" driving around with my Dell and I am tempted to try logging some cycling too. I can see from the logs on the site that I am not the only person to do this - obviously we want to test these systems before we go flying. Perhaps we should have a separate page for "test logs" so that the main page can be reserved for real flights? 2) I notice that the logs "expire" and disappear from the website after some hours. One of the main applications for live tracking is a tool for "search and rescue" should a glider become over due. - When do flight log expire? - What happens to the expired logs - are they just deleted or are they archived somewhere? - What happens if we have a real search and rescue situation, how can we get access to an archive of an expired flight? - Could we have some way of "posting" a live track log from the live tracking page to the normal flight log page where uploaded flight logs are listed? 3) I cant see any means of downloading an IGC or similar file from the live log page. If a glider were in an accident, and a live log was available for the period immediately before the accident, then the investigators would be able to learn a lot more from an IGC file than they could from a screen dump of the live logging page. 4) What happens if the glider looses GPRS communications for a portion of the flight, but later re-establishes the link. Does XCSoar "buffer" the track data and dowload the history for the entire missing period onto the logging site, or will the live trace have a gap with missing fixes? The traces I have looked at seem to be complete, but maybe they have just been for flights that stayed within GPRS range. Notwithstanding the limitations of GPRS coverage, This looks like a very exciting project! Ian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
