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Development targets

Leandro Arndt edited this page Jul 13, 2026 · 22 revisions

Functional targets

  • Download scenery from:
    • ArcGIS (Worldwide) ✅
    • PNOA (Spain)
    • USGS (USA)
    • GeoportalPL (Poland)
    • Geoservice Bayern (Bavaria, Germany)
  • Divide tile for download and join its parts ✅
  • Error handling
    • Download lower resolution ✅
    • Crop from wider area
    • Copy neighboring image
    • Save download info along with the image ✅
  • Compress images as DDS based on user preferences or smaller file ✅
  • Area download (radius from location) ✅
    • Change resolution according to the distance from the central location ✅
  • Follow aircraft ✅
  • Threading (partially done)
  • Disk space management (clean by date or disk usage)
    • Touch files when used ✅

Interface

  • Working GUI (work in progress)
    • Select image service
    • Set resolution
    • Set location (ICAO, coordinates or tile index) ✅
    • Set download radius
    • Set aircraft following
    • Set threads number
    • Manage disk space
      • Usage limit
      • Date limit
      • Auto clean
      • Manual clean (with optional ad hoc limits)
  • Interactive map (work in progress):
    • Search address or ICAO ✅
    • Point and click coordinate selection
    • Download tile or area from map selection ✅
    • Add waypoint from map selection ✅
    • Manage waypoints (change order, delete) ✅
    • Rename waypoints

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