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Re: Open Airport Map

#107

Post by darksaints »

ericpauley wrote: post #74

The amount of hate this project is getting in the comments is just incredible... Very little airport surface data is made available in an open and machine-readable format (aerial navigation data is available openly in the US at least). Because of this only the big players (e.g., Boeing) have this data. OpenStreetMap users who contribute this data are democratizing access for anyone who wants to work with airport data…

Thanks for this. Using this data at the carrier where I work, we’ve been able to automate compliance with rapidly evolving regulations on C-band interference with aircraft radar altimeters, long before we even deployed a single C-band site. This data is far more useful than any of the government sources that we have.

Re: Open Airport Map

#108

Post by ecommerceguy »

ericpauley wrote: post #94
ecommerceguy wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gosh Eric, maybe something in oh say the TITLE of the webpage may give a clue as to the "intended use case". Is that a stretch to imagine? Is Open Street Map intended for machines to digest and spit out in say a more readable manner? Academics vs real life = such a wide distinction.

Yes, that is one intended use case. I think this site achieves a facet of that goal? Unless you somehow prefer reading raw xml instead of maps. Thanks for the casual ad hominem. Interesting take that making practical data available for to anyone is a symptom of ivory tower delusion. Ultimately, a person wrote a free and useful tool that can be used by anyone, and all you’ve done is deride it.

>>Unless you somehow prefer reading raw xml instead of maps.

Pretty sure I clearly stated this looks nothing like the charts im used to. Further real world comments above explain why this map is to put politely, lacking.

Major major difference between maps and data. Perhaps sitting in on Geog 120 or whatever it is wherever you are, would be wise. Hop in a seat of a Cessna 150 would too.

Re: Open Airport Map

#109

Post by ericpauley »

darksaints wrote: post #107
ericpauley wrote: post #74

The amount of hate this project is getting in the comments is just incredible... Very little airport surface data is made available in an open and machine-readable format (aerial navigation data is available openly in the US at least). Because of this only the big players (e.g., Boeing) have this data. OpenStreetMap users who contribute this data are democratizing access for anyone who wants to work with airport data…

Thanks for this. Using this data at the carrier where I work, we’ve been able to automate compliance with rapidly evolving regulations on C-band interference with aircraft radar altimeters, long before we even deployed a single C-band site. This data is far more useful than any of the government sources that we have.

This is such a cool use case! Is there anything public about this?

Re: Open Airport Map

#110

Post by dktue »

Hi, I'm the developer of OpenAirportMap and just got hinted to this thread. Thanks for the tremendous amount of interest and feedback.

One thing that has been suggested in this thread is that the map shows all airports -- this has been realized now.

I would love to hear your ideas how to improve the application. Let's improve it together. :-)

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