New Server Database Populate Routine

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having difficulty with network just wondered if server was offline as I cannot connect up to it

[jannuh]

Thanks Airnav, this sounds verry promessing and is what most of us just want, i hope this update can be expected soon.
in the meanwhile, is there a kind soul who can give me ( and i'm shure others ) a step by step guide for dummies how to clean up that NavData db ; i don't want to mess up my system by trying to refresh my data

Is it a good idea to start all over again, with db and photos??

Did a new start with V3.13, Dec. 10th, got 13.927 planes in Mylog again, so within a few months I could get more up to date data...

[abrad41]

The next stages will be to have a database which has a update/refresh proceadure and also allow the certain rows to be marked so they are not updated or refreshed, incase a customer is adding data manually that is not in our central database.

I think I shell be waiting until the above is complete before doing anything with my Navdata file, I have done a lot of manual updating of my database.

Even GAS don't have all the details of everything, I use a combination of GAS, Airframes etc etc to get all of my information.

Airnav - Can I just say (From the statment above), there is no way I am knocking what you are doing, you are moving things in the right direction - Thank you for that. I just find the combination of all the sites helps me.

Andy

[tarbat]

OK, though I was rather hoping for an answer that didn't include the word "guess" :-)

Sorry that wasn't good enough for you Dave, but I don't have any inside information from Airnav, so a "guess" is the best I could do.

[gleff]

Just by curiosity, where do the routes come from?

Say an aircraft comes into view that isn't in the database.  It gets populated by the GAS data.  Is the routes a manual job, or does that come from GAS as well?

[tarbat]

I think (yes, a guess), that routes come from http://www.flightstats.com

[gleff]

I think (yes, a guess), that routes come from http://www.flightstats.com

So does that mean it's something I have to do manually, or does the radarbox software automatically get that at the same time it gets the other info from GAS?

I'm assuming it's a manual job.

[tarbat]

No, it's NOT a manual job.  Routes are automatically retrieved from the Airnav servers, and I think they get the routes from flightstats.

You can see what route data is retrieved using the instructions posted at http://radarspotters.eu/forum/index.php/topic,878.0.html

[gleff]

Ahhh.. ok.. thanks.

Airnav.. can you advise how up to date the routes are from your servers?  Eg.  Do you get the information from Flightstats or where ever you get it from once a day, once a year, every lookup??? 

I'm just trying to gauge how up to date they'll be so I can determine if I should go through them and update them manually.  The other day I saw a flight that was very wrong but I'm not sure if it was a one off thing or not.  I didn't take note of the details.

[tarbat]

This looks like a bug in the new server routine.  This aircraft has the REGISTRATION populated with the aircraft type.





I then corrected this to the correct registration (ZG511) in Database Explorer, but Radarbox overwrote my changes again.

[Runway 31]

I know how to amend data on Database Explorer but how do you add data.  When I note a new aircraft which inst on the database, if I click the add record button and nothing happens?

[RodBearden]

Runway 31

When you click Add, a new row is added at the bottom of the table - click on the table then press Ctrl-End, and you'll find it.

Rod

[Runway 31]

Cheers Rod, I will have a look and try it out.

Thanks

Alan

[abrad41]

This looks like a bug in the new server routine.  This aircraft has the REGISTRATION populated with the aircraft type.

I then corrected this to the correct registration (ZG511) in Database Explorer, but Radarbox overwrote my changes again.

Chris are you still downloading the photo's with this

Andy

[tarbat]

Andy, yes.  Just highlighting that the new server routine appears to be mixing up the AR and AN fields.