Re: Chart Data

["Curtis L. Olson" <curt@me.umn.edu>]

Bob Deep writes:
> I found this data for a lot of airports online... 
> 
> I was loking for the data the NOAA Uses to generate their Sectional maps
> which would include navaids, landmarks, radio frequencies and
> such...

The url I listed earlier includes vor and ndb type navaids.  That
should help get you part of the way.  If you find data for landmarks,
radio towers, building, and that sort of stuff let me know.  I'd like
to be able to incorporate these things into the flight gear simulator.

> The purpose was to generate sectionals on the fly from this data to
> achive a moving map display with various bells and wistles... (Like
> being able to hook up a GPS and plot flight path and planned course
> information... Hit a button and get local radio frequencies, closest
> airport etc...)

That sounds like a handy tool.  Flight Gear can already output the GPS
data via a serial port.  This might be useful in the code development
/ debugging phase so you don't have to haul your computer and
development environment around. :-)

Curt.
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