lian / msfs2020-go

connect to microsoft flight simulator 2020 using golang
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Python alternative #40

Open hankhank10 opened 4 years ago

hankhank10 commented 4 years ago

Hello, I wanted to make you aware of the work that we are doing over on MSFS2020-cockpit-companion as this has a similar objective, albeit written in Python rather than Go.

In building the web interface over there I looked at the work that you had done around the moving map which I found very helpful, in particular in pointing me towards Leaflet JS as the mapping library which I wasn't aware of before.

The web interface we have now is a bit more advanced than yours. As well as the moving map it includes a variety of data such as autopilot settings and control surfaces. We have also built in the functionality to set data within the simulator (eg autopilot settings, headings, altitude, etc) and do things like trigger emergencies (eg engine fire, hydraulic failure, etc). We also lack some features that you have (eg teleporting).

There's a fair bit in the repo but the part that is similar to your vfrmap is glass_server.py. You can see a full list of features at https://msfs2020.cc/

I wanted to make you aware of the project and invite you to repurpose any parts of the front end HTML/CSS/JS that you might find useful in your project if you wished.

th-bu commented 4 years ago

He can't use any of your code since your code is under GPL 3 and his is under MIT. IANAL but that's my understanding of the licenses. You could use his code but not the other way around.