[OSM-dev] aviation maps?

Iván Sánchez Ortega ivan at sanchezortega.es
Wed Aug 11 17:52:08 BST 2010


El día Wednesday 11 August 2010 18:25:39, Julio Costa Zambelli dijo:
> We talked about an OpenAeroMap with Ivan Sanchez back in Amsterdam
> (SoTM2009),

And I've still got the idea somewhere in my notebooks. I haven't forgotten 
about that :-)

I do think that OSM-derived aerial navigational charts are worth it, but we 
need to get in touch with the people who would actually use it. How do we 
reach out to GPS-hungry airplane pilots?

Approach charts are tricky, because they depend on each airport's 
configuration, which depends on the wind direction. Would make a fun case for 
dual caching, though :-)

> [...] the general airways (For example:
> http://www.aipchile.cl/dasa/aip_chile_con_contenido/aipmap/Cartas%20Aeronau
>ticas/SUPERIOR%204.pdf) are perfectly usable.

Ooohh, complete with the "we claim this slice off Antarctica". You know that's 
ripe ground for edit wars, right? :-P


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Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivan at sanchezortega.es>

Un ordenador no es una televisión ni un microondas: es una herramienta 
compleja.



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