[OSM-talk] Aircraft charts (was: Best way to validate user input)

OJ W ojwlists at googlemail.com
Sun Nov 2 12:27:05 GMT 2008


For anyone interested in drafting-out ideas on a map layer for
flight-simulator users, a kosmos ruleset:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Kosmos_AirNav_Rules


you can edit that if you know of any OSM data which would be useful
for pilots.  Also add any feature-requests for the renderering
software which would be needed.


Description of symbols used on some official versions:

http://www.avn.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=naco/online/aero_guide


> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Iván Sánchez Ortega
> <ivan at sanchezortega.es> wrote:
>> El Sábado, 1 de Noviembre de 2008, spaetz escribió:
>>> > - Somehow add visual feedback to the final map renders to validate user
>>> > data.  Since our data is appropriate to aeronautical maps this wouldn't
>>> > necessarily fit well with existing infrastructure.
>>>
>>> an aeronautical layer via the t at h infrastructure?
>>
>> Sounds cool. Now, somebody please explain how an "Aeronautical chart" works:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeronautical_chart
>> http://www.skyvector.com (slippy propietary aero chart)
>>
>> Providing such charts via t at h seems like a great idea - how difficult would it
>> to create the stylesheets for osmarender?
>>
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