Re: [Opengc-devel] OpenGC for RADAR Panels and HUDs

[Damion S. <da...@op...>]

Hi,

Developing a HUD would be very easy in the present system, given that 
they are usually simpler than in-cockpit displays. You should be able 
to use the basic 777 PFD as a starting point; I would imagine that by 
removing the background color on the ADI for example, and switching the 
foreground (lines, fonts, etc.) to be monochromatic you could get a 
decent HUD pretty quickly.

A radar display would be a bit more complicated; not in regards to 
rendering, but rather data representation. OpenGC currently has no way 
of storing information about other aircraft or radar contacts. This 
would have to be an extension to the ogcDataSource object; not hard, 
but definitely more time consuming than the HUD. This of course also 
presumes that you have a source of radar contact data. The 
FSUIPC/FS2004 interface provides this sort of data (in order to 
simulate TCAS) but that functionality is not yet present in OpenGC.

In regards to documentation, there is no definitive programming guide 
available for OpenGC at this time. I'm working on set of code 
revisions, and one of the new features will be a set of Doxygen 
documentation generated automatically from the source code. I have a 
preliminary version of this on my hard drive, but since it documents 
the new version of OpenGC, not the current CVS version, I'm not sure 
that this would be of much use (though I'd be happy to send it to you 
if you'd like). I hope to have the new version of OpenGC posted to CVS 
and the web site updated with the new documentation by the end of this 
month. I've also been working on programmer's guide PDF, but as I'm 
currently involved in source revisions, I can't predict when this will 
be available.

Incidentally, I'm hoping that the code revisions will make OpenGC 
significantly easier to use... I guess we'll find out.

Any other questions, feel free to ask.

Cheers,
-Damion-

On Nov 10, 2003, at 10:48 PM, Ed Peddycoart wrote:

> I am interested in using OpenGC for some instrumentation development.  
> I am
> interested in developing some RADAR panels, and HUDs.  Is this 
> something
> that OpenGC can currently handle, or would it be "simple enough" to 
> extend
> the capabilities to handle these instruments?  Also, where can I find 
> some
> beginner level docs for OpenGC?
> Thanks,
> Ed
>
>
>
>
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