Re: [Flightgear-devel] Time to divorce X-plane??

[Alasdair C. <al...@bt...>]

On 10/05/14 19:27, Pedro Morgan wrote:
> I'm not saying we actually need to divorce from x-plane..
>
> Maybe a more efficient way to "verify" data before its send upstream..
> ie data is wrong > correct data > verify data > send to xplane
>
>
>
> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 7:11 PM, Pedro Morgan <pe...@fr... 
> <mailto:pe...@fr...>> wrote:
>
>     am kinda working towards that
>     http://navdata.fgx.ch
>
>     Idea is to push "submissions" (once its working) into a git
>     backend,, and get it "voted and confirmed"..
>     eg by pilots with an interest in an area = international
>
>
>     On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Alasdair Campbell
>     <al...@bt... <mailto:al...@bt...>> wrote:
>
>         Enjoyed a lovely sunny flight to Inverness (EGPE).
>         Sadly, no ATIS on 109.20
>         I think that FG is now mature enough to hive off and clone
>         it's own "fgapt.dat" where local enthusiasts can  rapidly make
>         changes without being being dependent on Robin's notoriously
>         long update cycle. I am not up to date with the copyright
>         issues, but
>         I think  "This Could Be A Very Good Thing"
>

I disagree, Pedro.
Here in the UK we have the NATS database, free for all on the net, which
provides detailed information on all UK airports. There can be no reason
why the details can not be immediately imported into a viable self 
maintained
database. I would hope that most nations would supply a similar service.
I would be happy to know what the X-plane apt.dat has to offer us than a 
very
welcome start into managing our own affairs. I would suggest  that we have
"local representatives"  with commit rights to implement changes with a lead
time of, say (20 mins)??

  Kind regards, Alasdair