Hello to all,
Two friends and I have been (slowly) developing an Android application for keeping a log of flights. It is now reaching a beta stage and we are looking for beta testers.
Beta testers would need to have an Android phone running Android 2.2 or later and that have an external sdcard (most phones) or other on device storage space (Nexus S, Amazon Kindle Fire).
They would have to install the application from an email and not from the Google Play market. Once the beta test is over, we will put the app on the Google Play market and probably the Amazon market as well.
I would like to get a virtual show of hands of people who would be interested in participating in this beta test. If you are interested, maybe you can put a short message in this thread. Or if the moderators think a separate thread for that would be better, I would be happy to have one started.
What the app can do:
- Keep a log of flights, similar to openflights.org.
- Allow very quick entry/search of airports.
- Synchronize with your openflights.org account.
- View flights on an interactive map. This map can be zoomed in and out and moved around the screen.
- Filter flights to view.
- View shortest paths of flights, similar to what gcmap.com does
The application uses map sources that are publicly available (mapquest provided satellite maps and mapquest skinned OpenstreetMap.org maps).
The application can cache maps on the device so that you can still view maps when you are offline (for example when you are in flight).
Below are some screenshots.
Main menu:
Flight input screens.
On the left, quick city search.
In the middle input of flight number: If you have flown the same itinerary with the same airline before, you will be offered the existing flight numbers and the times will be filled as well.
On the right: a completed input screen.
Full un-zoomed map of flights. On left based on OpenStreetMap map, in the middle satellite map and on the right, flights filtered by date:
Shortest Path Map zoomed in on the West coast of the US:
