Tim

MGL Voyager are becoming the glass cockpit of choice for many homebuilders (well, me). It's an open source operating system and accepts a wide range of files but the system requires separated chart and navidata files which are then overlaid. The SD chart and data files appear to be integrated into one file format. Have you considered (and do you have any objection in principle to) making SD planning data capable of being loaded onto MGL moving maps? I understand that the SD output track in .GPX format can be loaded onto MGL boxes, but it's not very efficient to have to pay for a Jeppensen database on the MGL box and then load a .GPX waypoint file designed from a separately maintained (and separately paid for) SkyDemon database.

Thanks

Richard

No, I don't think this is something that would be feasible for us.

Hi Tim

I hope you might reconsider as there is a growong MGL market out there. The Jeppesen navidata whilst accurate does not have all the radio frequencies. I could subscribe to PocketFMS as they provide a navidata download to the MGL but I don't like their planning tool. I subscribe to SD but I am not going to buy any more hardware. I would gladly pay extra for a navidata export from SD to my MGL and also for your mapping which is simply the best I have seen to date.

Other MGL users if you support this please let Tim know

Regards

Bob Ellis
http://www.rv-8.co.uk

Ditto.

-- Chris.

If SkyDemon were ever to get involved with such a project, it would have to be MGL that contacted us, and negotiated for us to provide such a service. We have absolutely no knowledge of MGL systems or the data format they use, and no real incentive to try and export our proprietary data into a format they can read.

I posted Tim's reply on the MGL user forum. It would be great if everybody interested in seeing MGL and SD work together to voice their opinion here as well as on the MGL forum. The corresponding thread there is:

http://www.mglavionicsusers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8994#8994

-- Chris.