I see we've now got Hong Kong online - apparently with a good view of the runways. New locations are popping up all the time - Cyprus, USA, South America, even North Africa - this is great!
Has Development thought about the network flights list when it gets into the thousands? Might it be an idea to have a filter for Region, or some other mechanism for restricting the list apart from just the normal filtering?
Rod
I've not seen anything from HKG VHHH yet - how active are they?
VHHH seems to pop up pretty regularly, and with Allocator's outline of the airport, it works a treat - well worth keepng an eye on!
Rod
Quote from: RodBearden on March 28, 2008, 11:50:39 AMHas Development thought about the network flights list when it gets into the thousands? Might it be an idea to have a filter for Region, or some other mechanism for restricting the list apart from just the normal filtering?
We've asked development for this already, so might be worth you adding your voice to the original feature request thread at http://www.airnavsystems.com/forum/index.php?topic=507.msg3767
Was supposed to be in development for v1.5, so maybe it will be in v1.6. Airnav Development, any update on that?
An option to restrict network downloads to what would be visible on your current map view seems an obvious option to me, and is exactly how Planeplotter handles the situation.
Don't think we said it was in development for 1.5 or 1.6. We have noted it down however we do not feel its is priority at this stage as the network download file is still small (in terms of average connection speed) at busy times.
Of course as the network grows it will be more a priority but at this stage it isn't.
Support - I don't think that we're too worried about the file sizes, more about the length of the grid list that we have to grapple with. As noted elsewhere, the grid's behaviour is a bit jerky at the best of times, and the ability to not have Brazilian flights mixed up with Greek or Japanese ones would be useful.
Tarbat's map link idea sounds good, too.
But I'd still want the option to see them all!
EDIT - Oops - sorry folks - I see there is concern about download file sizes too - all grist to the mill!
Rod
You can set the list to show only flights in a certain country, by using the filter "flying over".
Quote from: AirNav Support on April 07, 2008, 07:24:40 PM
Don't think we said it was in development for 1.5 or 1.6. We have noted it down however we do not feel its is priority at this stage as the network download file is still small (in terms of average connection speed) at busy times.
You said in the other thread (http://www.airnavsystems.com/forum/index.php?topic=507.msg3767) "Very difficult to have this ready for V1.4 as it is almost out but copied for the next one". I assumed when you said "next one" you meant v1.5.
Quote from: AirNav Support on April 07, 2008, 08:54:00 PM
You can set the list to show only flights in a certain country, by using the filter "flying over".
That doesn't really help if you live on the coast. I need to show flights over Scotland and the Atlantic and England. I currently find the aircraft list unusable, it really needs an option to only show aircraft in the list that are within range of the current map view.
Displaying aircraft within a certain distance in your flight list is possible without too much changes.
However you mentioned actually downloading only those from the server which requires much more changes (more server processing) and may have an adverse affect on the server.
Well, a 2-stage development would be great. Firstly, introduce a change to allow an option to only display aircraft in the list that appear on the map. Then, as the network population increases, look at server changes to reduce the network load.
Luxembourg Airport (ELLX) is online. Mostly local traffic (Luxair) and cargo traffic. Enjoy.
Montreal, Quebec Canada
Will be up in the next 2 hours. Ladder, roof...you know....
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Paul
Here it is. I just plugged a new box in Dakar, Senegal (GOOY). I plan to plug the outdoor antenna but must find a 12V power source for the LNA.
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