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Old Sep 20, 2008 | 1:19 am
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jpatokal
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Thumbs up Imports from FlightMemory!

It took a bit of hacking, but the first version of the FlightMemory import tool is now ready. As FlightMemory doesn't actually do exporting (except as near-useless PDFs for "Premium" members), you need to use a slightly more hacky approach: log into FM, choose the "FlightData" tab, and save it as HTML, page by page (50 flights per page). Then upload those pages into the OpenFlights import tool, and Bob's your uncle! @:-)

And in other news, instead of drawing two identical lines for (say) JFK-LHR + LHR-JFK, the rendering engine now only draws one, speeding up things by nearly 100% (if, like most people, your flights are usually return flights). This also has the handy side effect of letting "Top 10 Routes" easily merge the two directions together. Don't worry though, the direction is still preserved in the flight list and detail views.

So, what I should I concentrate on next? More statistics, more filtering options, exporting (incl. KMZ files for 3D plotting on Google Earth), speed and usability...?

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