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Development targets

Leandro Arndt edited this page Aug 10, 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 (partially done):
    • 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 ✅
  • Download tiles based on planned route ✅
  • Threading ✅
  • Disk space management (clean by date or disk usage) ✅

Interface

  • Working GUI: ✅
    • Download single tile ✅
    • Download area ✅
    • Select image service
    • Set resolution ✅
    • Set location (ICAO, coordinates or tile index) ✅
    • Set download radius ✅
    • Set aircraft following ✅
    • Set threads number ✅
    • Manage disk space (version 0.5) ✅
      • Usage limit ✅
      • Date limit ✅
      • Auto clean ✅
      • Manual clean
  • Interactive map: ✅
    • 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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