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Airline Route Mapper tool (windows based)
Mar 7, 2011, 10:28 pm
#331
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Here and there...
Programs: *A Gold, ST Gold; SPG Plat
Posts: 99
Enhancement suggestion
Hi cockpitvisit,
Your tool is immensely useful for planning exotic travel. However, there is one enhancement that would make it an order of magnitude more useful.
Right now, every time you release the tool, it comes with the schedule for the given month. This is great for short term planning but new routes are started and existing routes cancelled on a daily basis. Furthermore, many routes are seasonal. It would be awesome if every update included route data for the next six, nine or twelve months and the interface would allow one to switch between the different data sets. This would allow initial trip research to be based on routes flown in the month of your trip, rather than based on current schedules which will vary substantially between seasons.
This would also reduce the need for monthly updates, a quarterly update, or even a six-monthly update, that comes with 6, 9 or 12 months of future data would still be mostly current after several months.
I know I'm asking for a lot, especially as I don't know how automated or otherwise your data collection process is, but i wanted to throw it out there as I'm sure that i'm not the only one who would find this enhancement useful.
Thanks again for an awesome tool!
Caesar
Your tool is immensely useful for planning exotic travel. However, there is one enhancement that would make it an order of magnitude more useful.
Right now, every time you release the tool, it comes with the schedule for the given month. This is great for short term planning but new routes are started and existing routes cancelled on a daily basis. Furthermore, many routes are seasonal. It would be awesome if every update included route data for the next six, nine or twelve months and the interface would allow one to switch between the different data sets. This would allow initial trip research to be based on routes flown in the month of your trip, rather than based on current schedules which will vary substantially between seasons.
This would also reduce the need for monthly updates, a quarterly update, or even a six-monthly update, that comes with 6, 9 or 12 months of future data would still be mostly current after several months.
I know I'm asking for a lot, especially as I don't know how automated or otherwise your data collection process is, but i wanted to throw it out there as I'm sure that i'm not the only one who would find this enhancement useful.
Thanks again for an awesome tool!
Caesar
Last edited by caesar04; Mar 7, 2011 at 10:30 pm Reason: Corrected grammar and typos
Mar 11, 2011, 2:33 pm
#332
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Germany
Posts: 3,807
Thanks!
Route data updated for April 2011
May 19, 2011, 9:49 am
#341
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: MSP
Programs: AA EXP, CO PL
Posts: 131
Thanks for the great tool.
I have one question/suggestion. I know I can specify certain airlines by myself. But instead of typing all the partners in one airline alliance(OW/*A/ST), is there a way to represent the whole airline alliance with just one single code? Thus would be handy if I want to add particular partners to one alliance.
I have one question/suggestion. I know I can specify certain airlines by myself. But instead of typing all the partners in one airline alliance(OW/*A/ST), is there a way to represent the whole airline alliance with just one single code? Thus would be handy if I want to add particular partners to one alliance.
May 31, 2011, 2:35 pm
#342
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Germany
Posts: 3,807
Route data updated for June 2011
The route data has been updated to reflect June 2011.
Added to the to do list. Unfortunately, I have no time to work on the tool right now (only data gets updated), but I hope to add it in the future.
Question: Would an online version using Java make sense?
I have one question/suggestion. I know I can specify certain airlines by myself. But instead of typing all the partners in one airline alliance(OW/*A/ST), is there a way to represent the whole airline alliance with just one single code? Thus would be handy if I want to add particular partners to one alliance.
Question: Would an online version using Java make sense?
Last edited by cockpitvisit; May 31, 2011 at 2:57 pm
May 31, 2011, 4:12 pm
#343
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 2,731
The route data has been updated to reflect June 2011.
Added to the to do list. Unfortunately, I have no time to work on the tool right now (only data gets updated), but I hope to add it in the future.
Question: Would an online version using Java make sense?
Added to the to do list. Unfortunately, I have no time to work on the tool right now (only data gets updated), but I hope to add it in the future.
Question: Would an online version using Java make sense?
I don't know if an online Java version makes sense. What would the performance be like? One thing I like about the Windows version is that it is very responsive and quick in drawing.