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General => The Flight Deck => Topic started by: Tracy Tobin on October 27, 2011, 12:39:01 AM

Title: Vatsim Chartfinder
Post by: Tracy Tobin on October 27, 2011, 12:39:01 AM

Hey does anyone know if the Chart finder will get an update and if so when? You can click on the URL somewhere and change the date and get the latest charts that way I guess. If you can do that, why doesn't the browser just automatically grab the latest chart? Someone please shed some light on this. Thanks

Title: Vatsim Chartfinder
Post by: Daniel Hawton on October 27, 2011, 04:05:34 AM

Quote from: Tracy Tobin

Hey does anyone know if the Chart finder will get an update and if so when? You can click on the URL somewhere and change the date and get the latest charts that way I guess. If you can do that, why doesn't the browser just automatically grab the latest chart? Someone please shed some light on this. Thanks

VATSIM Chartfinder is manually updated and sometimes the devs don't get around to it.  It is the reason I stopped using it and created an alternate (that and to make a Chartfinder like service that covered more than just the US).  Check out http://www.aircharts.org (http://www.aircharts.org).

Title: Vatsim Chartfinder
Post by: Tracy Tobin on October 31, 2011, 11:35:27 PM

Quote from: Daniel Hawton

VATSIM Chartfinder is manually updated and sometimes the devs don't get around to it.  It is the reason I stopped using it and created an alternate (that and to make a Chartfinder like service that covered more than just the US).  Check out http://www.aircharts.org (http://www.aircharts.org).

Thanks alot. I just checked out that website and it'll do just fine for now. Would you have any idea if they will include Asian en route charts or airport charts as well? Like the Philippines, Hong Kong, Korea, Thailand, etc. I didn't see those charts there.

Title: Vatsim Chartfinder
Post by: Rahul Parkar on November 01, 2011, 04:24:58 AM

Tracy,

AirCharts has plans to expand to Asia in the future and we are working with VATASIA to do this.

Unfortunately, we do not have these charts right now in our system.

Cheers!
Rahul

Title: Vatsim Chartfinder
Post by: Scott DeWoody on November 02, 2011, 02:12:33 AM

It appears that it is limited in South America charts also, any plans on expanding in that direction?

Title: Vatsim Chartfinder
Post by: Rahul Parkar on November 02, 2011, 12:17:10 PM

Scott,

There are definitely plans to begin moving south into South America, the main issue is finding good sources of English charts there, I have found one or two sources, but any other sources anybody can conjure up would be great.

Cheers!
Rahul