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Old August 15th 12, 01:05 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Ron Gleason
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Default WGC Tasks Set for Tuesday

On Tuesday, 14 August 2012 18:53:08 UTC-5, Duster wrote:
On Aug 14, 5:12*pm, BobD wrote:

On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 4:34:28 PM UTC-5, (unknown) wrote:


On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 4:51:54 PM UTC-4, Duster wrote:




On Aug 14, 3:39*pm, Tony wrote: On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 3:32:06 PM UTC-5, Bill D wrote: On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 12:00:17 PM UTC-6, Duster wrote: From the German website: 15M: 598km 18M: 591km Open: 663km Looks like Sebastian Kawa had a low save (50m). "Checkin' brands on cows" as some Texans say. possible, also possible that the altitude reporting is off on the satellite trackers. Last week there was one day where we were sure that DB and a few others had had sub 200 meter saves but it was apparently a problem with the tracking system. Way.Aero has him crossing 35 miles inside Mexico. Can't use any of the 3 sites I'm viewing to "watch" the race in real-time. Often you'll see gliders stationary for 15-20min, then jump at Mach 2 to a forward position. Where's the technology they had in New Zealand?http://tracking.way.aero/wgc2012/




These sites are intentionally delayed so that the information is not available for tactical purposes.




UH




True. And not all contestants are consistent with their Spot or who's tracker they're subscribed to. Some teams--located in their "hidden" offices--have pretty powerful base stations to communicate on discreet frequencies.. The FCC worked out permits for all of them so they could "stay in touch" with their pilots.




This must be true, 'cause I was at one of the distant turnpoints today

(near Kerrville) and nothing made sense when comparing Spot tracking

with the evolving real-time flightpaths.



The uncoordinated delay of the Spot tracking makes for poor spectator

participation, it would seem. I understand about the need for being

stealthy for tactical purposes, but why not record all the pilot logs

the same and broadcast them with a coordinated delay (15 or 30min) so

we know how the contest is playing out in "semi" real time? Tivo-

tracking? With SeeYou, isn't it possible for us to upload all/some of

the individual logs and view them in 2D or 3D?


Yes SeeYou allows for multiple logs to be loaded and displayed