Really neat program to display IGC files on a PC

[kd6veb]

Hi Gang
I have always displayed my flights with SeeYou on a PC. There is a very interesting alternative. It is called igcreplay and is a free program that uses Google Earth. The graphics are limited only by the power of your video card and can be spectacular. In HD video as you begin on the roll you see how far off the runway center line you are (a foot for me) and then watch your flight in HD video from the position you would normally be in the cockpit of your aircraft. By the way you can adjust the viewing angle from left to right and up and down. This is almost as good as what you can do with a true HD camcorder However Google Earth's pictures might be months old but not much changes visually except the seasons.
So go download Google Earth if you don't already have it on your PC.Then download:
http://ywtw.de/igcsim.html and install it.
I found this in the LK8000 manual which is 310 pages long.Enjoy.
Dave

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Awesome! thanks for sharing!

aerodyne

[Bob]

On Dec 7, 5:50*pm, kd6veb > wrote:
> Hi Gang
> *I have always displayed my flights with SeeYou on a PC. There is a very interesting alternative. It is called igcreplay and is a free program that uses Google Earth. The graphics are limited only by the power of your video card and can be spectacular. In HD video as you begin on the roll you see how far off the runway center line you are (a foot for me) and then watch your flight in HD video from the position you would normally be in the cockpit of your aircraft. By the way you can adjust the viewing angle from left to right and up and down. This is almost as good as what you can do with a true HD camcorder However Google Earth's pictures might be months old but not much changes visually except the seasons.
> * So go download Google Earth if you don't already have it on your PC.Then download:http://ywtw.de/igcsim.htmland install it.
> * I found this in the LK8000 manual which is 310 pages long.Enjoy.
> Dave

THANKS DAVE! I tried it last night with several of my flights... This
site is GREAT! Now my friends can get to see why I'm so addicted to
gliding over the awesome SW Colorado mountain scenery every summer. I
can pick any flight to share anytime with just a quick few strokes of
the keyboard.

Bob T.

[Steve]

On Friday, December 7, 2012 6:50:26 PM UTC-6, kd6veb wrote:
> Hi Gang
>
> I have always displayed my flights with SeeYou on a PC. There is a very interesting alternative. It is called igcreplay and is a free program that uses Google Earth. The graphics are limited only by the power of your video card and can be spectacular. In HD video as you begin on the roll you see how far off the runway center line you are (a foot for me) and then watch your flight in HD video from the position you would normally be in the cockpit of your aircraft. By the way you can adjust the viewing angle from left to right and up and down. This is almost as good as what you can do with a true HD camcorder However Google Earth's pictures might be months old but not much changes visually except the seasons.
>
> So go download Google Earth if you don't already have it on your PC.Then download:
>
> http://ywtw.de/igcsim.html and install it.
>
> I found this in the LK8000 manual which is 310 pages long.Enjoy.
>
> Dave

Hi Dave,
I went to the site and it looks like a great alternative to SeeYou. Unfortunately, It seems that many soaring programs are still stuck on Windows programs. I've been a Mac person for a while as well as most everyone else I know. This must be because there's still an impression from the software developers that it's not cost effective to program for Macs yet. Hopefully this will change and Macs will be included. I'd sure like to be able to use these programs. Also, I'm not comfortable with running BootCamp on my Mac as a way to run Windows programs. Oh well....

Steve

[kd6veb]

Hi Steve
I don't consider this program to be a replacement of SeeYou for displaying flights but a whole new approach. To be able to view a flight from a position roughly equivalent to where your head would be in the cockpit is simply amazing and then to watch your flight on the initial roll with the runway in front of you in stunning HD is breath taking. It is simply a new experience. Entirely different from SeeYou.
OK again if this sort of thing interests you I urge you all to experience the power of Google Earth when used to its advantage. Just stunning!
Dave

[JS]

Nice.
The earlier versions didn't bank in turns, but 1.0 does.
Jim

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On Saturday, December 8, 2012 2:07:59 PM UTC-8, JS wrote:
> Nice.
>
> The earlier versions didn't bank in turns, but 1.0 does.
>
> Jim

New version?? Cool.