Richard Jenkins Posted March 31, 2007 at 06:35 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 06:35 PM vroute.info is a revolutionary new online flying tool that combines in one place: * VATSIM server information ("servinfo"); * world's largest flight plan database (39000 routes available as of Sep 2006); * flight and ATC booking features. Ease of use was our primary concern. For example, the user does not have to worry about timezones. Normally, a lot of information is available in UTC time zone - for example, flight and ATC booking times, event announcements, flight forecasts etc. vroute.info automatically converts these UTC times to your local time zone. All information you enter in your local time, for example when you make a flight booking, is automatically converted to UTC. Feature highlights: Advanced flight forecasting When someone is flying from New York to London, other programs would show this flight as an arrival long before it would actually show up in your airspace. Let's say you are doing ATC in Ireland and there is a group flight arriving from USA. Normally, you would have a hard time telling when will they need ATC from you. But vroute.info has a completely different approach - flights are analyzed to tell you when will they arrive into your airspace. One look into your country details and you get accurate information about the upcoming traffic. If you are a pilot, this means controllers will get early but accurate warning about your flight - and you will get better ATC coverage, especially in the remote areas where traffic is normally low. Full integration of booking List of ATC available includes both people who are currently online, and those who will soon show up (according to booking). The flight forecast automatically includes flight bookings for the flights that haven't started yet - and booking data is gradually replaced with flight forecast so that controllers see more accurate actual data. Advanced airspace maps Our airspace maps feature 3D background - which helps you identify geographical features you will be flying over. All the important and frequently changing data, such as airspace information, airport data, airline names and logos are stored in a central server. No more are all users required to re-download vroute.info just to get a new airline or new airport. Event information Online event information can be published directly from vroute.info. Whenever you start the application, you will immediately find out what is happening and where. As a controller, you will get more traffic for your events when you announce them via vroute. Personal images (avatars) As a pilot or controller, you can submit your custom photograph or other image that will be shown to other users when they click on your name in vroute.info. Flight progress cards Once you select your flight route, you can easily generate a PDF docomeent containing important information about your flight - waypoints, weather, NOTAMs. Reduced bandwidth consumption Server information programs required you to download some 200 kBytes of information every couple minutes - this meant you had mostly outdated info at high bandwidth expense. vroute.info uses a completely different technology, and any data you require (and only when you actually require it) is downloaded on request from the server. To download vRoute: http://www.vroute.net RJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Stjepanovic 963114 Posted March 31, 2007 at 06:43 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 06:43 PM (edited) Yipppeee! It's finally here Nice one Michal! Edited March 31, 2007 at 06:46 PM by Guest Controllers have feelings too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James O Grady 904153 Posted March 31, 2007 at 06:45 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 06:45 PM (edited) Great stuff Michal, only its gone very slow though and takes ages to go between the different sections. Does this suggest that it can't cope with not even 'high' usage? Edited March 31, 2007 at 07:20 PM by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Doorgakant Posted March 31, 2007 at 06:51 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 06:51 PM Very Nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celestyn Chmielewski Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:07 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:07 PM Great! Time to get it install! Celestyn Chmielewski Proud to be member of British Airways Virtual! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul O'Donnell 969350 Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:09 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:09 PM nice one. Great work Michal. Regards, Paul O'Donnell SINvACC - INS/CTR+ www.sinvacc.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Santanastaso Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:28 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:28 PM Ok, it is probably just me, but I keep on getting an error when I try to install it. Any tips? Anthony Santanastaso Division Director [email protected] http://www.vatusa.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James O Grady 904153 Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:29 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:29 PM (edited) Ok, it is probably just me, but I keep on getting an error when I try to install it. Any tips? The installation instructions seem to be wrong as the setup file just downloads a file thats already in the folder, except the on you download ends up outside the folder. So what you do is run the vroute.info application manifest in the folder with all of the files and it will then connect to the internet and ask you to install the program, and when you choose to install it, it'll then have it's own folder under Programe Files. Hope this helps. Edited March 31, 2007 at 07:30 PM by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Santanastaso Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:30 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:30 PM Yup figured it out! Thanks! Anthony Santanastaso Division Director [email protected] http://www.vatusa.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Smith 921136 Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:48 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:48 PM Hmm... I'm having problems... Says it's sent out an email to me (which I haven't recieved) and the program doesn't want to load any pages anymore :S Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celestyn Chmielewski Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:49 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:49 PM (edited) Ok, it is probably just me, but I keep on getting an error when I try to install it. Any tips? Same as me, I got error like this: 500 - Internal Server Error EDIT: I read Seamus O Gradaigh's post Edited March 31, 2007 at 07:51 PM by Guest Celestyn Chmielewski Proud to be member of British Airways Virtual! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Stjepanovic 963114 Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:50 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:50 PM Also where are vroute forums! I was told to go there to submit updated data about airfields etc Controllers have feelings too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul O'Donnell 969350 Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:51 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:51 PM Hmm... I'm having problems... Says it's sent out an email to me (which I haven't recieved) and the program doesn't want to load any pages anymore :S Scott I have similar probs as Scott. I guess I'll give it a few hours. Regards, Paul O'Donnell SINvACC - INS/CTR+ www.sinvacc.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Hare 907837 Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:52 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:52 PM I suspect many, many members are downloading, installing and registering. Makes for a very slow time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georg Liigand 843690 Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:57 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 07:57 PM Can't even open the website right now. Gives the Mambo temporary error message. Georg Liigand (C1) Director of VACC Estonia EETT_CTR/EETN_APP/EETN_TWR In real: ACC Student, TWR/ACC [Mod - Happy Thoughts]istant PPL(A)SEP 100 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathieu Dussart 869747 Posted March 31, 2007 at 08:03 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 08:03 PM I agree. In a few hours, i think everything will be ok. And i think we can afford waiting extra time, can't we ? C U Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michal Rok Posted March 31, 2007 at 08:11 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 08:11 PM We're having a load average of 25 concurrent processes. I guess you'll have to wait to download it. Setting up a mirror location won't help, as the server is anyway involved in the registration process. Actually, it looks like the most resource consuming factor at the moment is sending out confirmation emails Michal vroute.net founder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul O'Donnell 969350 Posted March 31, 2007 at 08:19 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 08:19 PM Thanks Michal, we appreciate the hard work and effort. Regards, Paul O'Donnell SINvACC - INS/CTR+ www.sinvacc.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michal Rok Posted March 31, 2007 at 08:37 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 08:37 PM OK, it turned out that what brought us down was not vroute itself, but vroute's website that wasn't performing fast enough and slowed the whole server down . After temporarily disabling the website (the download link is still there) we're back on track. Michal vroute.net founder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Santanastaso Posted March 31, 2007 at 08:40 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 08:40 PM (edited) It now works like a charm for me, Michal. Excellent work, and trust me, I appreciate all of your hard work!!!!!!! Edited March 31, 2007 at 09:07 PM by Guest Anthony Santanastaso Division Director [email protected] http://www.vatusa.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Oberg 855611 Posted March 31, 2007 at 08:48 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 08:48 PM Just out of curiosity, I should have been paying more attention, what was that HUGE windows addition that it automatically downloaded. Whatever it was it slowed my computer WAY down.. Michael Oberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celestyn Chmielewski Posted March 31, 2007 at 08:48 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 08:48 PM Thanks Michal, I can't wait to try these out!! Celestyn Chmielewski Proud to be member of British Airways Virtual! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michal Rok Posted March 31, 2007 at 08:51 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 08:51 PM Just out of curiosity, I should have been paying more attention, what was that HUGE windows addition that it automatically downloaded. It's called Microsoft .NET framework. All modern programming languages from Microsoft require it, and as far as I know it is a standard component of Windows Vista. Michal vroute.net founder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul O'Donnell 969350 Posted March 31, 2007 at 09:02 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 09:02 PM now works a treat. Thanks for all your hard work and efforts Michal. I tried to input some routes for VTBS but it doesn't have the ICAO in the database. Nevermind, I'm having fun updating some of the routes around WSSS to fit in with the SID/STAR procedures. Regards, Paul O'Donnell SINvACC - INS/CTR+ www.sinvacc.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andras Kiss 888081 Posted March 31, 2007 at 10:21 PM Posted March 31, 2007 at 10:21 PM Looks awesome!! Nice job!! Andras Kiss NYARTCC Controller 3, NYARTCC Mentor NYARTCC [Mod - Happy Thoughts]istant Webmaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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