The On10.net folks interviewed a pilot and got a look at how navigation is done in the skies. I saw a Delta pilot sitting in Seattle's airport planning out his next flight with almost the same setup. Any pilots out there? What do you use to navigate and plan your trips?
Scobleizer
Rackspace's Startup Liaison Officer
For air navigation? Paper charts, rulers, note pads, forms. Still the best thing. I can’t be fiddling with a gadget in the cockpit and what do I do if the batter fails?
Here’s a clue - airplane ignition systems (for small aircraft) are dual magnetos. Not electronic ignition. Simple, reliable, bulletproof.
Even if I were to use the computer to gather the info, I’d print it and use paper.
Now marine navigation is different. So far I’m looking for the killer open source solution to build a ship’s computer for my yacht now that NOAA is making echarts free for download. Maybe your tablet would be good for this - but it needs to be immersible in seawater. I don’t know of any that are apart from dedicated systems that might be PC’s under the hood - but are more appliance than computer.
For air navigation? Paper charts, rulers, note pads, forms. Still the best thing. I can’t be fiddling with a gadget in the cockpit and what do I do if the batter fails?
Here’s a clue - airplane ignition systems (for small aircraft) are dual magnetos. Not electronic ignition. Simple, reliable, bulletproof.
Even if I were to use the computer to gather the info, I’d print it and use paper.
Now marine navigation is different. So far I’m looking for the killer open source solution to build a ship’s computer for my yacht now that NOAA is making echarts free for download. Maybe your tablet would be good for this - but it needs to be immersible in seawater. I don’t know of any that are apart from dedicated systems that might be PC’s under the hood - but are more appliance than computer.