Comments on: Google Maps and Flight Planning

By: Rants and Revelations » Getting there

Rants and Revelations » Getting there — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 12:34:34 +0000

[...] When the Google Maps API was announced, David Megginson publically challenged me and other programmers to come up with a decent flight planning application that used it. Well, it’s not here yet, but RunwayFinder - a flight planning tool for pilots is getting closer. At least it’s a decent substitute for the “Nearest Airports” search in AirNav - you put in an airport id and it shows the ones in the neighbourhood as well. Too bad the METARs are hours out of date. [...]

By: Emsl

Emsl — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 20:42:36 +0000

Why is it necessary to have internet in the cockpit? Why not have aviation/street/sat maps on your laptop and use a gps system to update your position on the map in real time. This would seem possible to do now.

By: Land and Hold Short » FAA ATA 100 + Google Maps

Land and Hold Short » FAA ATA 100 + Google Maps — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:35:21 +0000

[...] Here’s a web application that mashes the FAA ATA 100 airport/airspace database with the Google maps public API: [...]

By: Jared

Jared — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 14:07:35 +0000

This is great… I’m in the process of putting together my own EFB so I’m glad to see things like this. You can follow my progress in my blog if anyone is interested… I’m still evaluating software and screens. Do many airports out there have wifi these days? I don’t believe any of the ones around Charlotte, NC do…

By: Paul Tomblin

Paul Tomblin — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:50:27 +0000

Way to put the pressure on, David. I’m already way late on delivering the airspace generator for FlightMaster, and I’m still having memory problems with my new web host. Never mind the “NavWiki” that I haven’t even started yet.