Re: fplan-list Digest, Vol 4, Issue 3

["Edward A. Falk" <falk efalk org>]

> Forking of projects is not always a bad thing. You most certainly won't
> hurt my feelings or the like, so consider that as an option. You also
> have airways and other features as well that distinguish it from
> vanilla fplan, correct?

Correct.


> There was chatter a year or two back about completely reworking the
> database component. The current binary search works OK, but it's
> designed only for lookup by identifier, a serious limitation. There's
> all kinds of other lookups that make perfect sense (e.g.  lookup
> airports within 50 miles of current position with 100LL for example).

Yeah, I remember some talk about using SQL or something.


> If you want to create different "database" files, I can help you tweak
> nasdconv (from the . stuff) to add the field you want...

Huh.  I'd totally forgotten about avdbtools.  I'll have to take a look.

> 
> Is anyone on the list working with the NIMA DAFIF files? I still get
> many e-mails from chaps in Canada, Australia, Europe, etc. wondering
> about database files. DAFIF is an ideal source, and is certainly a
> plus for USA pilots too since it's free...

I believe DAFIF is what I'm working with now -- what's the difference
between DAFIF and NFDC?

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