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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 12:38 pm
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mecabq
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This is a great tool, thanks! I will use this, for both entertainment and travel planning.

Not to be too demanding, but a few great enhancements would be:

-- Set up an automatic download from OAG (I imagine that you do this anyway) to keep it current. Of course, that would require licenses and fees (I shudder to wonder whether your tool violates any license currently. . . I won't tell anyone. )

-- Make a zoom feature. This may be difficult technically; I don't know. But it would be helpful for some of the small ones, e.g., the amazing domestic route maps of Chinese airlines. (Kind of like the Northwest Airlines magazine, which shows the route maps of all SkyTeam airlines. It's beautiful, but indecipherable, especially China Southern.)

-- Add a feature to display all non-stop flights on all airlines from a selected airport. This should be a snap to do, and would be very valuable for travel planning.

I am not suggesting that there are shortcomings in your tool; just some ideas for the next version. Thanks again!
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