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Perry Casson wrote:

In my real life I write GIS/Mapping software including 3D fly stuff
(www.northwoodgeo.com).  As I
have learned and used many ideas from all the free sources of aviation
info. out here in cyberland
(like this list),  it is my hope to give something back.  My plan to
write a basic moving map app.
in Java for my own use and put the software in the public domain for
other to modify and improve on
for their own use.  I've already got some of it breathing, and yes it
will run on a PC or PalmPilot
or Linux box......

Perry Casson (perry@northwoodgeo.com)

Perry, what  is the current status of Java? I have heard that 
MS went off on their own so there are incompatible versions out
there. Is that true?

BTW my old DOS MM software was written in compiled QB and it
was plenty fast enough on updates on a 33 MHZ 386SX :-) 
Course I did not have color 3d either :-)

Most of the MM stuff on the market uses scanned in WAC charts
as NOAA is still doing that stuff on mylar. That's why
most moving map programs  all look the same.

I got my data base from EDS which contracts with the FAA
to maintain the airport and nav aid data bases. As far as I know
it still comes on old nine track magnetic tape.
Have you tried getting it lately?

Paul Lamar
 
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