SkyLines Updates

Hi guys,

we are almost on time for the northern season and have implemented some new things in SkyLines (http://www.skylines-project.org/) in the past days and weeks:

- finally the elevation is shown in the barogram (US terrain data unfortunately not part of the database yet, but we are working on that!)

- better FAI triangle optimization. they are at least as good as the OLC triangles and in some cases even slightly better.

- by tapping the map you can get additional information on the airspaces at that location

- by tapping a flight path on the map you can load additional flights that have crossed your path at that time and location (useful for finding thermal buddies)

- a new wave layer: the Mountain Wave Project has contacted us and we agreed on some form of collaboration. the first result of this is the new MWP layer that shows known wave areas in central europe.

- if you look at multiple flights on the map in parallel, each glider icon now has its competition sign shown above it for easier identification

- bidirectional live tracking: if you fly with XCSoar and you have activated live tracking, you can also download the live tracks of your friends right into XCSoar while you're flying!

- many many more smaller improvements in the backend that allow us to develop even more interesting features in the future

Since the beginning of April many pilots have started to use our live tracking service with a peak of about 50 pilots using it at the same time. So far our server handled it quite well and we are confident that it will also work for larger loads.

If you have additional proposals or if you found a bug please let us know. (http://bugs.xcsoar.org/newticket)

Turbo

Wow Tobias, these are some really nice features! Very innovative.

I'm hoping that OLC does not decide to prohibit posting flights to more than one site. Information wants to be free.

On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 3:25:47 PM UTC-7, Tobias Bieniek wrote:
Hi guys,



we are almost on time for the northern season and have implemented some new things in SkyLines (http://www.skylines-project.org/) in the past days and weeks:



- finally the elevation is shown in the barogram (US terrain data unfortunately not part of the database yet, but we are working on that!)



- better FAI triangle optimization. they are at least as good as the OLC triangles and in some cases even slightly better.



- by tapping the map you can get additional information on the airspaces at that location



- by tapping a flight path on the map you can load additional flights that have crossed your path at that time and location (useful for finding thermal buddies)



- a new wave layer: the Mountain Wave Project has contacted us and we agreed on some form of collaboration. the first result of this is the new MWP layer that shows known wave areas in central europe.



- if you look at multiple flights on the map in parallel, each glider icon now has its competition sign shown above it for easier identification



- bidirectional live tracking: if you fly with XCSoar and you have activated live tracking, you can also download the live tracks of your friends right into XCSoar while you're flying!



- many many more smaller improvements in the backend that allow us to develop even more interesting features in the future



Since the beginning of April many pilots have started to use our live tracking service with a peak of about 50 pilots using it at the same time. So far our server handled it quite well and we are confident that it will also work for larger loads.



If you have additional proposals or if you found a bug please let us know. (http://bugs.xcsoar.org/newticket)



Turbo

Tobias
Can I use my Cambridge GPS 20 and download my flight with See You?

I don't know if SeeYou can read the Cambridge device, but as long as you get an IGC file in the end you can basically use whatever logger you want.

We don't do validation (yet) and if we implemented it will only be required for certain contests, not for uploading or viewing the flights.