Hi Arnt, If you mean time and date headers that correspond to "Real-Time" for project teams developing "Live" like CD's they may cause problems..you and I and the rest of the project team want KOSH to be in the AirVenture configuration at the moment... but "now" doesn't fall within the time/date header parameters... would a "Special Events" check list be more flexible?
Similair to selecting a starup RWY, you select a/or series of "Special Event" configurations... This could cater for AirVenture, WarBirds over Wanaka, Farnham or any other event that causes changes to an airport. I know from my experience with FGTools, FGFS and TaxiDraw that parsing the APT file is not trivial ...the downside is of course the need for a SpecialAPT.DAT to cater for this and the inherent support and maintenance needed. Mind you your say does mean that if I fly over the area( quite randomly) and it happens to fall within the 24 July-30 July timeframe the AI scenarios may also be active and the sky would be filled with planes... ;-) Cheers :-D ene > > not sure if folks on this list care, or are aware ... but Ben Supnik > > has made a couple of RFC type posts to one of the x-plane lists, > > talking about a new design for the airport data coming from Robin > > Peel. > > > > This is apparently the spec that is emerging from those conversations. > > > > http://www.x-plane.org/home/robinp/Apt850.htm > >..this proposal may improve things, but will not work for KOSH: >http://80.239.32.252/notams/notam06.pdf and >http://airventure.org/atc/ > >..the above changes can be done in several ways, but all of these ways >require a "time" or "date" header, and headers for _temporary_ or >_recurring_ changes to the airport. >E.G. KOSH effectively ceases to exist during AirVenture, and >"KOSH-SOUTH" and "KOSH-NORTH" or somesuch replaces it. > >..given timed headers, Robin's apt850 could last 5 years with >no change for KOSH, the AirVenture dates has been set for the >next 5 years. > >-- >..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) >...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... > Scenarios always come in sets of three: > best case, worst case, and just in case. > > > >_______________________________________________ >Flightgear-devel mailing list >Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel _________________________________________________________________ Find the coolest online games @ http://xtramsn.co.nz/gaming _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
