Originally Posted by
jpatokal
The route data is encoded in the routes.dat file within the application zip file. Or if you'd like it predigested with unique IDs (as opposed to often duplicated IATA codes) for airlines and airports, download it from OpenFlights:
http://openflights.org/data.html
Thanks,
jpatokal. I'm familiar with the format - I've manually added new "alliances" (for example all the low cost carriers in Asia) & routes which I knew were missing (for example BKK-JNB on TG) to assist with upcoming travel plans.
It looks like the Openflights routes.dat is a different/incompatible format (comma delimited) from the original ARM format (tab delimited). I would be willing to write a script to convert OF to ARM if OF's are updated more frequently (and I would donate to the OF cause, naturally
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I do already have an OF account, and I find it useful for recording past trips, but nothing I've seen beats ARM for complex route planning.
On a side note: what are you using to generate those gorgeous world maps with airport locations & routes? GCM is great, but the images are to small - I'd love to be able to generate a large custom route map like what you've done.