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AirNav RadarBox and RadarBox24.com => AirNav RadarBox and RadarBox24.com Discussion => Topic started by: AirNav Development on August 05, 2008, 04:13:01 AM
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That's it. Our team has finished the development of the new amazing Satellite View for v1.6.
Too much work but we did it and we are happy with the results. :-)
From now on you will be able to download a satellite picture (from NASA) and see flights being tracked over the ground/on taxiways/parked. The same technology will be applied to ShipTrax where you will be able to see ships moored at the proper locations.
Have a look at the Screen Shot of London Heathrow in the morning (BAW12, a Boeing 747-400 arriving from Singapore). Hope you enjoy it. As usually suggestions welcome and we will be happy to implement them.
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Excellent Work guys and a great feature, so when can we get our grubby little hands on the new version?
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Awesome.. thank you for your hard work .. cant wait to start my RB on the new version.. :)
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Looks very nice, but a trifle small to view any detail. I can see, however, that it's still "Centered at England", so I assume that this change request won't be implemented in this version. Also, you asked for Beta testers for v 1.6, do you not need them now if it's finished, or did you get them and not tell us?
DC
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It hasn't been sent out to beta users yet. Nobody other than the AirNav team has been sent out a version since we last posted asking for the beta testers so relax :)
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But I can't, I'm just so excited! :-)
Is there a projected timeline for release? I assume it needs to go to beta testers, possible minor rework, user acceptance testing etc?
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Correct, it should be out to the beta testers soon. Once they are happy as well as us we will release it.
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Thanks for the reply. Part of my job is signing off software upgrades, so if you need another tester I'd be more than happy to get involved :-)
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Looks excellent. Will be even more useful in Shiptrax, it's the type of view I use in ShipPlotter a lot of the time:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3295/2734545207_2f530ddc3b_t.jpg) (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3295/2734545207_bb11e8a516_o.jpg)
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It does look excellent - two questions, AirNav;
- will it cover the whole world
- can I stop doing outlines now?
Rod
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Airnav it looks really good!! Looking forward to the beta testing and final release!
I think it will cover the whole world similar to the "google earth" program.
regards
Marc
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It does look excellent - two questions, AirNav;
- will it cover the whole world
- can I stop doing outlines now?
Rod
Depends how much detail you want I suppose :-)
KJFK
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3238/2735769711_e50d28e2b8.jpg)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3238/2735769711_70ed8b88c7_o.jpg
And if there were any clouds when the satellite went over!
Belize - Phillip Goldson International Airport BZE
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3054/2736621160_03d31c3756.jpg)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3054/2736621160_91a4f58bfe_o.jpg
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Jihoe! Great~!
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I reckon I'll give up on the outlines, then :-))
Rod
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Hello Airnav Looks amasing:-):-)
will you be able to turn on and off this feature e.g. put it to the normal radar view and then put it to the satelite view then change it back?
Also will their be a night view satalite pic so you can see the lights from the runways?(probebly wont be able to see anything:-)
Thanks
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Yes you can turn it on and off. There is no night view, as you say it will be pretty dark and useless :)
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Hi Airnav,
The new screenshots look amazing, good work, makes me even more pleased that I didn't buy the SBS-1.
So what we got planned for ver 1.7, lol (Only joking)
SteveR
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yep looks good, would be even better if you could undock the window and move it outside the main window onto a second screen ;)
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I notice on your example screen shot you have extended runway centre lines shown in white (Final approach lines).
Are these additonal outlines overlayed on the sat view, in which case can you run both sat view and outlines together on the same screen, that would be handy, so we could have all our additional information (e.g. ATC zones, danger areas, restricted areas) displayed on the Sat View?
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These are the standard RadarBox runways and centrelines as in the RB internal database. You can also show outline files for airspace too just as when viewing the normal map display. You can turn them on and off as you wish.
Colours are customisable via the Preferences menu as normal, and then can be exported for later use as a Satellite colour scheme.
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Another question regarding this new feature.
Will we be able to save images for use when viewing offlne or will it be (as I suspect) a strictly online feature?
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The 2 satellite options are Download and Load. Download saves the satellite map as a jpg file and a calibration file and then loads it for display. The 2 files are saved in a /Satellite directory. The Load option loads an already downloaded (saved) file.
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Airnav, we can't wait!! when can we get our hands on V1.6??
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AIRNAV, any update on the release date? regards
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Its in beta testing at the moment, we are resolving any of issues they have. Hopefully after that we will release the forum if it all goes well.
Nearly there now :)
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Will the new version correct the freezing problems that have plaugued some of us from start. Mine runs all day OK for a couple of weeks, then starts all over again. It froze again just a few minutes ago, so had to restart.
Very frustrating!
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Yes it will, however please note if its running fine for a couple of weeks and then doesn't it sounds like something has changed which has caused that.
Contact support and they will be able to help you.
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Sweet.....