vandalby

This is going to be a really basic question, but how do I install this from the zip file? I've extracted from the zip to a folder, but when running the exe file, I get an error indicating that the dat files can't be opened.

pseudoswede

Are you sure you extracted all of the files? (Not just the .exe file.)

pseudoswede

You do know the author gets his information from a website, right?

odemars

I was looking for some time for an application to show my own flights. That was so easy to do by creating a fake 00 airline. 2 airports were missing for me, here they are:
CAJ 6.2319 -62.8542 Canaima
LRV 11.95 -66.67 Los Roques

Thanks again for this great app

LuckyLuke

Hey, I thought it was the other way around, but maybe I am wrong.
On OpenFlights website, you can read:

Openflights do not update their database as frequently as this one.

San Gottardo

Interesting! How do you create your own airline? Please tell me, I would love to do the same!

And I also would require Los Roques ;-)

jpatokal

That's correct, it's OpenFlights who shamelessly scrounges off ARM

Actually, we do try to update the website as soon as a new release of ARM is out.

And odemars -- check out my signature

LuckyLuke

Sorry, I was thinking of SourceForge copy

urbanfan89

Hi. Long time watcher, first time poster.

I noticed that several airports in East Asia are misplaced, some by hundreds of km. Here's a partial list of them, with the correct coordinates:

BKK 13.681108 100.747283
DMK 13.912583 100.606750
HCN 22.041075 120.730208
LCX 25.675833 116.746389
LJG 26.679167 100.245833
RMQ 24.264668 120.620580

Thanks!

LuckyLuke

Thanks urbanfan! ^

I had noticed that BKK and DMK were on the same (obviously wrong) position.

From where did you get the correct positions?

cockpitvisit

I don't have any easily processed data for G4 now, but will have a look.

This was the flight TG406 which wasn't listed as a codeshare in the data I got.
This usually means the flight is operated by a regional subsidiary. In this case, the flight appears as a codeshare in all reservation systems. I do not have data on the operating carrier in such cases.

Thanks for reports on incorrect airport coordinates, will check these.

LuckyLuke

Hi,

Now I have released my map-based air travel planning tool, based on the ARM database.
(Thanks for making the data freely available, cockpitvisit!)

You can find it on http://www.outwardflight.com

The tool is web-based, but requires the Silverlight 3 plugin..
The flight data is kept in a central database, where you also can save your journeys.
The map used is Microsoft Bing map, and the potential for future development is very great.
In the Outwardflight support forum you can vote on future improvements, and give other feedback.

Outwardflight is also a hobby project, which I have made for my own education and enjoyment.
I hope some of you will find it useful!

urbanfan89

Hi again.

Do you plan on launching a February update, or are you deferring the next update to March?

cockpitvisit

I hope to produce a February update in about a week. I am sorry for the lack of a January update, but this is just a hobby project for me and my schedule didn't allow working on it.

kopflyer

cockpitvisit,

I know you've stated in the past that you don't intend to open source this wonderful app because of commingled commercial code issues, but besides the odd misplaced airport location it seems most updates are to the dat files, not the application logic.

Assuming you have some automated way of merging all of the airline schedule data (you must!), would you consider releasing at least that portion of the code/script?

You're doing a great job keeping your app recent & relevant, but as you've stated, this is a side project for you, so it doesn't take precedence in your schedule. Your app could be more useful to more people if anyone (well, anyone with enough ambition!) could gen dat files on demand (i.e. as soon as new schedules are available).