RE: Christmas Wish Lists

["Neulinger, Nathan R." <nneul@umr.edu>]

telnet duat.gtefsd.com

Enter "6" at the main menu, (service information)

Then look at 1 and 2. #2 has tons of info on 'quick path' including examples
for offline automated briefings. 

-- Nathan

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John C. Peterson [mailto:jaypee@netcom.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 3:37 PM
> To: linux-aviation@nl.linux.org
> Subject: Re: Christmas Wish Lists
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 08:07:05PM -0600, Nathan Neulinger wrote:
> > 
> > If you're going to interface with DUATS, you might as well use the
> > telnet interface. It's got built in documented facilities 
> for batch mode
> > use, including download of weather graphics. That's pretty 
> much all that
> > the web version is - just a front end on the telnet/dialup version. 
> > 
> > -- Nathan
> > 
> 
>    Nathan, when you get a chance, could you tell us where the
> documentation is for this? Working with a supported interface seems
> like the best approach for DUATS. A technical aside on this. The
> newer versions of Don Libes' expect package have a new tool (well,
> new to me), called "autoexpect". It "watches" a sample interactive
> session and builds the expect script for you. Makes a great starting
> point vs constructing a script from scratch by hand.
> 
>    On the other hand, I would not recommend abandoning the idea of
> using web accessible (e.g. http) documents in this tool. DUATS is not
> all encompassing in terms of the information that is available out
> there.  The most obvious example would be for non-US pilots, to whom
> DUATS is meaningless. Small or private airports are another example,
> NOAA / NWS might be your only source for observations.  I find the
> radar and satellite "loops" at www.intellicast.com to be very
> useful.  The local soaring forecast for my area is another example,
> it's only accessible over the web (or voice telephone call).  Anyhow,
> you get the idea. The tool should provide access to a wide variety of
> information.
> 
> John
> 
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