On Friday, March 20, 2015 at 2:28:18 AM UTC+1, jfitch wrote:
On Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 6:15:06 PM UTC-7, Wolf Aviator wrote:
At 18:31 19 March 2015, jfitch wrote:
I think this merits its own thread. Due to legal concerns, Flarmnet has
enc=
rypted their files, and as I understand it most displays including the
Butt=
erfly will no longer show pilot or glider information. This is separate
fro=
m the opt in/out of tracking as I understand it.

I liked the ability to see who was flying the glider I was about to run
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o, or at least was opposite me in the circle. Also whether they were
worth
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leeching off of. Of course you can still do that, but will need to
associat=
e the Flarm ID with the pilot in your head, since that will be all that
is
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displayed.

This seems like a step backwards for those who's paranoia has not
gotten
th=
e better of them. I'm not sure what he solution is, but at least one near
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erm one would be to encourage everyone to re-register on a 3rd part
sight,
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and recreate the old style Flarmnet database which would continue to be
usa=
ble in existing PDA and (perhaps) display head firmware. Anyone
concerned
a=
bout being tracked would not need to register.=20

Does anyone else see this as a step forward? Is my understanding of
this
in=
correct?


Open Glider DB:
http://live.glidernet.org/db/

It is up to you, consumers to decide what system wins!


Regards
Wolf
http://youtu.be/aQUB7erVIKw

So the OGN database is a replacement for the Flarmnet database? I can load it into my SYM or Winpilot and leech freely?

Well, not yet, but we can easily generate the file in the format of the "old" flarmnet (if needed). However, unlike FlarmNet OGN db does not intent to store any "personal" data such as "owner name" in order to avoid privacy complains in the future. OGN db is just making association between deviceid(flarm id, ogn tracker id, icao address) and aicraft type,cn & reg number

Cheers
Wojtek