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Perry Casson wrote:

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?

MS does (?did) have some small problems running compatabilty test but
IMHO they were overblown.  It
really does not matter anyway because there are many other Java VM's for
pc's  (from sun,symantec,
borland etc.)   Java is pretty good stuff, I'm seeing about 70%  speed
when compared to doing the
same thing in "C". The tools to develop code are getting to be very
good.  I'm really getting to
like it.

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?

Sorry, I'm not up to speed on how to offically get US data.
I assumed it would not be a a big problem (US is good at public data
unlike Canada)  I know some guys
at NOAA and NIMA that work with this stuff  I'll see what I can find
out.

Perry Casson

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