David Megginson writes:

> David Luff wrote:
> 
> > Ack - ATIS isn't giving the altimeter at the moment - I took it out since
> > it was hardwired to 29.92.  Is there a property or a function that I can
> > use to get the current value, it would be easy to put in.  Also -
> > millibars or inches?
> 
> Inches of mercury for North America, please.  The property 
> /environment/pressure-sea-level-inhg contains the altimeter setting for the 
> aircraft's current location -- that's not exactly what you want, but until 
> we figure out the best way to interface with the METAR stuff, it will be a 
> good start.
> 

That'll do for now - I'll whack it in hopefully before the release.  It will of course 
be pronounced "al-tee-meter" instead of the "al-tim-iter" that I imagine the US uses!

Cheers - Dave  

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