Great idea to integrate GE into the application, Airnav. Hopefully access / an open interface will be available to use the various add-ons available to GE. Real-wheather display would be a snap this way.
SuggestionsAs you were asking for suggestions - even though I am not a friend of permanent battology -, I would recommend to note the many, many, many ideas previously made in this thread:
http://www.airnavsystems.com/forum/index.php?topic=2885.0The popularity of each item can be found here:
http://harvester.gofreeserve.com/poll.htmlExcerpt :
# Module Suggestion
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1 Alerts - Ability to click aircraft and jump to MyFLights entry & map
2 Alerts - Conditional Alerts (Excel style)
3 Alerts - Different actions for different alerts
4 Alerts - Different E-Mails for certain alerts
5 Alerts - Different sounds for different alerts
6 Alerts - Identification of alerts by Mode-S/Registration
7 Alerts - Keep a log of alerts
8 Alerts - Send SMS on alert
9 Alerts - Start record on alert
10 Desktop - Customizable toolbars – show selected icons only
11 Desktop - Moveable Toolbars
12 Desktop - Place interface at bottom
13 Desktop - Support dual display
14 Desktop - Undockable windows
15 Filter bar - International default data in drop down lists
16 Flight recorder - Faster playback of recordings - Option to speed up or scan recording file
17 Flight recorder - Record network traffic (at least for a certain region)
18 FTP - Configurable FTP upload times
19 FTP - Enhanced FTP information as number of flights tracked etc.
20 General - Different Lat/Lon format usage for display on map and entry in fields – have same format
21 General - Network traffic output
22 General - Option to allow the user to draw/edit Fixes, etc.
23 General - Port 30003 format
24 General - Remember all settings & screen setup
25 General - Squawk lookup
26 General - Update Database via Internet, registrations get updated automatically & download a picture
27 General - Use display style of contemporary software of air traffic control
28 Grid - Ability to add the symbols to the grid: 'Heard' 'ACARS' 'Visual'
29 Grid - Alternate lines in color (user defined color)
30 Grid - List of aircraft not „jumping“
31 Grid - User defined order of grid columns (MyFlights, etc.)
32 Grid / Map - Aircraft with curent alert colored
33 Interface - Show country of registration in flight details
34 Interface - Show counts flights received/ADS-B flights
35 Interface - Show/hide flight details
36 Interface Grid - Blank or numeric FlightID: use registration/stripped dahes, etc. to look up logo file
37 Map - 3 dimensional polar diagram
38 Map - Ability to draw temporary lines/dots on the map (as in PowerPoint presentation)
39 Map - Ability to measure distance with mouse (Google Earth style)
40 Map - Ability to select different options how flight tag is displayed (eg. Eurocat style)
41 Map - Ability to show/hide Outlines & Fixes by single/group selection
42 Map - Airways name
43 Map - Bearing and Distance to a target on map/to mouse position
44 Map - Display the route on the map for Non-ADS/B aircraft with Flight ID & valid route
45 Map - Draw trail line instead of dots for network flights
46 Map - Flash tags on Squawk ident
47 Map - Go to flight on Alert
48 Map - Highlight fix on map upon locate
49 Map - Longer trail lines (user definable time)
50 Map - Only show aircraft in a specific area
51 Map - Option to show/hide different fixes
52 Map - Pure full screen - no bars, no frame
53 Map - Real weather on map
54 Map - Rotate Map
55 Map - Select aircraft with mouse click and keep selected
56 Map - Shorter path vector (eg. One dot per 100 kts GS)
57 Map - Smaller increments when zooming in and out on map, or user selectable increments
58 Map - Smooth moving network traffic/path prediction (user sets this on/off)
59 Map - Tracks of aircraft to be displayed after aircraft time out
60 Map - Up/Down Arrows in tag
61 Map - User definable aircraft symbol (eg. Triangle, dot, cross, etc.)
62 Map - User definable aircraft tag (show only data selected)
63 Map - User definable Symbols for altitude change
64 Map & Interface - Highlight alerts in Grid/Map
65 Map & Interface - Show pop-up with details of selected aircraft on map/grid
66 MyLog - Ability to search using the keyboard
67 MyLog - Add sort function in MyLog
68 MyLog - Allow any date in MyLog (not just Today/Yesterday)
69 MyLog - Edit complete record / more than one cell at a time
70 MyLog - Print function for Mylog grid
71 MyLog - Search MyLog for FlightID
72 MyLog - Select fields of report
73 MyLog - Show real „Yesterday“ in MyLog (not Yesterday minus Today)
74 Preference - Adjust time for new flight to detect whether a new flight has started
75 Reports - Sort standard DAILY & YESTERDAY reports by Aircraft.Registration then Flights.EndTime
76 Smartview - Display METAR info in „MetarViewer“ style
77 Smartview - Include all alerts in Fleet Watch list - double-click aircraft in Fleet Watch to centre on
78 Smartview - Show/hide Weatherinfo in Smartview
PopularityThe TOPS of each category (in July):![](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2517/3713794266_4cc1f79f5c.jpg)
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