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Temporary wiki. Please read before changing: thanks! usAir created this wiki to hold the entire contents of the Airline Route Mapper data file. I've just edited it to remove that data, so should explain why: I appreciate usAir's initiative, but don't think the wiki in that form was a step forward.
1.) The data file is IMO too large to post in this location. Some (if not all) browsers load the entire wiki each time the thread is accessed. That had the effect of killing my browser for two to three minutes, then slowing my computer dramatically (and my setup, while not especially good, isn't the world's worst: DSL connection, latest Firefox version, 8GB RAM).
2.) The data initially posted were old ("from the last version of the airline route mapper", according to usAir's post on March 9 2015) and easily accessible (download Link: http://arm.64hosts.com/AirlineRouteMapper.zip), so nothing is lost by removing them from the wiki.
The purpose of my tool is not to plot arbitrary routes like the GC mapper does, but to show you airline route maps (routes actually flown by various airlines).
Friday I am flying as follows on United...........YYC-DEN-IAD-GIG.
YYC-DEN is 898 miles on the GC mapper and 899 on yours.
DEN-IAD is 1452 miles on the GC mapper and 1450 on yours.
IAD-GIG is 4791 miles on the GC mapper and 4811 on yours.
A difference of 22 miles on a trip of 7141 miles.....a difference of 00.33 %. The UAL website shows the same numbers as the GC mapper.......so I don't think it's arbitrary at all.
I don't see the point.....or what is different. Sorry.
Last edited by Carioca Canuck; Dec 2, 07 at 12:42 pm
Friday I am flying as follows on United...........YYC-DEN-IAD-GIG.
YYC-DEN is 898 miles on the GC mapper and 899 on yours.
DEN-IAD is 1452 miles on the GC mapper and 1450 on yours.
IAD-GIG is 4791 miles on the GC mapper and 4811 on yours.
A difference of 22 miles on a trip of 7141 miles.....a difference of 00.33 %. The UAL website shows the same numbers as the GC mapper.......so I don't think it's arbitrary at all.
I don't see the point.....or what is different. Sorry.
I'm completely baffled by whatever your point is. Sorry.
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Got it, thanks! Are all text labels for airports readable? The DEN label seems to be missing a shadow, not sure if it is a JPEG artifact or a real problem.
...does the "find result" label show a black text, or is it unreadable as well?
JPEG artifact, the city labels look normal here. All text boxes for all the various features have the same color scheme I showed.
Friday I am flying as follows on
A difference of 22 miles on a trip of 7141 miles.....a difference of 00.33 %. The UAL website shows the same numbers as the GC mapper.......so I don't think it's arbitrary at all.
I don't see the point.....or what is different. Sorry.
This mapper isn't meant to calculate mileage...it shows actual scheduled routes offered by airlines. The Great Circle Mapper gives you a map and mileage based upon city pairs you enter.
Sweet tool, thanks! I noticed that Air Greenland (http://www.airgreenland.com, airline code GL) is conspicuously absent, though. It would be awesome if you add GL in one of your future updates!
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Wow. way cool. Sehr gut!
This is really fun. Are there not any airlines that fly to the Galapogos Islands, or are they just charters? Even if this is a work in progress it is wonderful.
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The info boxes are hard to read.
The small info boxes that pop up when you hover over a route or airport are in white and the lettering is also in white making them almost impossible to read for me. Is there a way to adjust the color of the background of these boxes?
Thanks!
I noticed that seasonal flights don't show up. Is this on purpose? For instance, NW goes nonstop to GCM and STT on Saturday's during the winter. I'm sure there are others also. Is there a way to add these myself?
It would be awesome if you add GL in one of your future updates!
I am planning to add Air Greenland in the future.
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Are there not any airlines that fly to the Galapogos Islands, or are they just charters?
AEROGAL and TAME fly to Galapagos from Ecuador. These airlines are not included in the tool (yet).
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The small info boxes that pop up when you hover over a route or airport are in white and the lettering is also in white making them almost impossible to read for me. Is there a way to adjust the color of the background of these boxes?
The white lettering is a bug that appears on some systems, it should be black. I hope to fix it in the next update. There is no way to change the color.
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I noticed that seasonal flights don't show up. Is this on purpose? For instance, NW goes nonstop to GCM and STT on Saturday's during the winter.
Are you sure? I think the NW routes EWR-GCM and EWR-STT are codeshares operated by CO. When I select NW and enable codeshares in the tool, I get to see them. For most airlines, the tool should have seasonal routes as well.
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I'm sure there are others also. Is there a way to add these myself?
Right now it is not possible to add routes yourself. Maybe I'll add this in the future.
Yes. I'm sure. The flight I'm on is NW 1731 DTW-STT (Feb 2 08). It's definately not a codeshare with anyone (as far as I know). And the DTW-GCM is flight 1796 (Mar 22 08) which is a codeshare w/ CO, but it's on NW metal.
usAir created this wiki to hold the entire contents of the Airline Route Mapper data file. I've just edited it to remove that data, so should explain why: I appreciate usAir's initiative, but don't think the wiki in that form was a step forward.
Wow. way cool. Sehr gut!
The info boxes are hard to read.
