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MultiCrew / copilot

Flight simulator shared cockpit organisation and dispatch tool
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Great circle line on maps #148

Closed inventor02 closed 3 years ago

inventor02 commented 4 years ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. A map with two points and a large gap between with nothing else plotted looks empty.

Describe the solution you'd like A great circle line could be plotted on the map between the two airports.

Describe alternatives you've considered Plotting the route would require much more additional data and processing, this is a simpler solution that still gets the job done.

calumshep commented 4 years ago

Do you have any ideas as to how this could be done where there are multiple departure and/or arrival airports?

inventor02 commented 4 years ago

Would airports be close to each other (I understand it's up to the user but in a typical use case?) - if so then a range (e.g. a transparent circle) could be plotted as one "point" and another as the other "point" - then draw the GC line between them?

calumshep commented 4 years ago

Yeah I guess that works. I don't feel the need to account for any potential use case outside of the obvious here

hcphoon01 commented 4 years ago

Could have some logic that checks to see if the diameter of the circle is greater than x miles, call it 50 for arguments sake, dont draw a line. Just for that one case where there will be airport preferences that are the other side of the world from each other