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== Intro == | == Intro == | ||
tiled web maps are obviously great for many reasons, but people without a broadband internet connection may still want to use a different tool, or even an offline solution in general. | tiled web maps are obviously great for many reasons, but people without a broadband internet connection may still want to use a different tool, or even an offline solution in general. | ||
And like I said, there is the issue of mismatching data - FlightGear has never been particularly good at this, but there is now an increasing tendency to rely on "online functionality", i.e. there is a growing assumption that people do have an internet connection, and that they're online while using FlightGear - depending on whom you ask, that is not just controversial, but increasingly problematic.<ref>https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37158#p364650</ref> | And like I said, there is the issue of mismatching data - FlightGear has never been particularly good at this, but there is now an increasing tendency to rely on "online functionality", i.e. there is a growing assumption that people do have an internet connection, and that they're online while using FlightGear - depending on whom you ask, that is not just controversial, but increasingly problematic. | ||
Apart from that, there is the issue that some of our really long-term contributor are in fact behind GSM-style connections, as well as a growing number of hard-coded online assumptions that have hit the project repeatedly - remember the METAR URL issue ? | |||
Bottom line, it's not a good idea for the project to rely so much on infrastructure and make connectivity assumptions, FlightGear must remain usable in offline mode. | |||
<ref>https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37158#p364650</ref> | |||
== Problem == | == Problem == | ||
Thanks to the Canvas system, we now have an increasing number of MFDs/avionics that use so called "slippy" maps - there remains the obvious issue that such a "slippy map" will usually be based on very different geo data than FlightGear's terrain (i.e. mismatching data).<ref>https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=364640#p364640</ref> | Thanks to the Canvas system, we now have an increasing number of MFDs/avionics that use so called "slippy" maps - there remains the obvious issue that such a "slippy map" will usually be based on very different geo data than FlightGear's terrain (i.e. mismatching data).<ref>https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=364640#p364640</ref> | ||