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Wizard of Draws
May 16th 05, 04:04 AM
Does anyone know where I can lay my hands on an airport database with name,
ID, lat/long and elevation?
I've found two from separate sources that are close, but each is missing at
least one element that I'd like to have and I don't relish the thought of
trying to merge them into one.
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Ben Hallert
May 16th 05, 04:37 AM
airnav.com has one, as does landings.com.
Toks Desalu
May 16th 05, 04:48 AM
Are you a member of AOPA?
If not, you should!
By the way, they have have the aiport directory. They have everything you
need, every detail to the bone. You can even download airport directory to
the PDA. You can't beat that, unless you have the array of expensive
equipment in your plane.
Toks Desalu
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"Wizard of Draws" > wrote in
message news:BEAD8615.6E996%jeffbTAKEOUTALLCAPS@TOEMAILwiz ardofdraws.com...
> Does anyone know where I can lay my hands on an airport database with
name,
> ID, lat/long and elevation?
> I've found two from separate sources that are close, but each is missing
at
> least one element that I'd like to have and I don't relish the thought of
> trying to merge them into one.
> --
> Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino
>
> Cartoons with a Touch of Magic
> http://www.wizardofdraws.com
>
> More Cartoons with a Touch of Magic
> http://www.cartoonclipart.com
>
Christian
May 16th 05, 10:33 AM
For data, check out http://www.sarangan.org/aviation/garmin/ and also
http://navaid.com/GPX/
http://www.cockpitgps.com/ gives a good introduction to use of handhelds...
Regards from ENZV
"Wizard of Draws" > wrote in
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> Does anyone know where I can lay my hands on an airport database with
> name,
> ID, lat/long and elevation?
> I've found two from separate sources that are close, but each is missing
> at
> least one element that I'd like to have and I don't relish the thought of
> trying to merge them into one.
> --
> Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino
>
> Cartoons with a Touch of Magic
> http://www.wizardofdraws.com
>
> More Cartoons with a Touch of Magic
> http://www.cartoonclipart.com
>
Paul Tomblin
May 16th 05, 12:21 PM
In a previous article, "Christian" > said:
>For data, check out http://www.sarangan.org/aviation/garmin/ and also
>http://navaid.com/GPX/
GPX might be a bit hard to parse, but with the help of GPSBabel
( http://gpsbabel.sourceforge.net/ ), you can turn that GPX file into a
CSV (comma separated values) or other standard ascii file that you can
import into Excel or whatever you want to do with it.
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yours too."
Larry Dighera
May 16th 05, 01:23 PM
On Sun, 15 May 2005 23:04:53 -0400, Wizard of Draws
> wrote in
<BEAD8615.6E996%jeffbTAKEOUTALLCAPS@TOEMAILwizardof draws.com>::
>I've found two from separate sources that are close, but each is missing at
>least one element that I'd like to have and I don't relish the thought of
>trying to merge them into one.
Of course, UNIX contains the ideal tool for merging databases and
manipulating fields within a database: awk. And there's even an awk
executable for Windows available here:
http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/awkbook/index.html
or
http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/bwk/
And you'll find a manual page for awk here:
http://www.mkssoftware.com/docs/man1/awk.1.asp
Andrew Sarangan
May 16th 05, 02:03 PM
Wizard of Draws > wrote in
news:BEAD8615.6E996%jeffbTAKEOUTALLCAPS@TOEMAILwiz ardofdraws.com:
> Does anyone know where I can lay my hands on an airport database with
> name, ID, lat/long and elevation?
> I've found two from separate sources that are close, but each is
> missing at least one element that I'd like to have and I don't relish
> the thought of trying to merge them into one.
The most complete raw data is http://aviationtoolbox.org/raw_data/FAA/ATA-
100/
Wizard of Draws wrote:
> Does anyone know where I can lay my hands on an airport database with
name,
> ID, lat/long and elevation?
> I've found two from separate sources that are close, but each is
missing at
> least one element that I'd like to have and I don't relish the
thought of
> trying to merge them into one.
> --
> Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino
>
> Cartoons with a Touch of Magic=81
> http://www.wizardofdraws.com
>
> More Cartoons with a Touch of Magic=81
> http://www.cartoonclipart.com
DAFIF
https://164.214.2.62/products/digitalaero/index.cfm
it's what most PC based flight planners, simulators, etc... run off of
Wizard of Draws
May 17th 05, 02:20 AM
On 5/16/05 7:21 AM, in article , "Paul
Tomblin" > spewed:
> In a previous article, "Christian" > said:
>> For data, check out http://www.sarangan.org/aviation/garmin/ and also
>> http://navaid.com/GPX/
>
> GPX might be a bit hard to parse, but with the help of GPSBabel
> ( http://gpsbabel.sourceforge.net/ ), you can turn that GPX file into a
> CSV (comma separated values) or other standard ascii file that you can
> import into Excel or whatever you want to do with it.
>
Thanks guys. This looks like my best bet since I'm on a Mac. I just need a
basic CSV file to import into my Filemaker Pro logbook. I'm trying to learn
the program and a logbook with flight time, currencies, insurance and
medical info, E6B and airports seemed like a useful way. Since I'm not that
good with math, my head hurts.
--
Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino
Cartoons with a Touch of Magic
http://www.wizardofdraws.com
More Cartoons with a Touch of Magic
http://www.cartoonclipart.com
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