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    From Dan Marotta@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 27 08:02:51 2022
    Since this is a question of general interest, I thought I would post it
    here rather than sending a query directly to the Skysight team.

    I'm in the southwest US where we have a very large TFR due to a wild
    fire in north central New Mexico. For some reason I zoomed out to see
    the entire USA and find TFRs displayed at our southern border with
    Mexico, Florida around Cape Canaveral, Georgia, Washington, DC, etc.
    ...But NO TFRs are displayed anywhere that I can see in the forecast
    area that I subscribe to.

    Are the referenced TFRs which are displayed on the US map there because
    they're permanent (oxymoron)? It would be very useful to have current
    TFRs in the forecast area displayed.
    --
    Dan
    5J

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  • From Eric Greenwell@21:1/5 to Dan Marotta on Fri May 27 08:07:25 2022
    On 5/27/2022 7:02 AM, Dan Marotta wrote:
    Since this is a question of general interest, I thought I would post it here rather than
    sending a query directly to the Skysight team.

    I'm in the southwest US where we have a very large TFR due to a wild fire in north central
    New Mexico.  For some reason I zoomed out to see the entire USA and find TFRs displayed at
    our southern border with Mexico, Florida around Cape Canaveral, Georgia, Washington, DC,
    etc. ...But NO TFRs are displayed anywhere that I can see in the forecast area that I
    subscribe to.

    Are the referenced TFRs which are displayed on the US map there because they're permanent
    (oxymoron)?  It would be very useful to have current TFRs in the forecast area displayed.

    Even the ones displayed are not all in effect.

    --
    Eric Greenwell - USA
    - "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation"
    https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications

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  • From Matthew Scutter@21:1/5 to Dan Marotta on Fri May 27 13:53:27 2022
    On Friday, 27 May 2022 at 4:02:59 pm UTC+2, Dan Marotta wrote:
    Since this is a question of general interest, I thought I would post it
    here rather than sending a query directly to the Skysight team.

    I'm in the southwest US where we have a very large TFR due to a wild
    fire in north central New Mexico. For some reason I zoomed out to see
    the entire USA and find TFRs displayed at our southern border with
    Mexico, Florida around Cape Canaveral, Georgia, Washington, DC, etc.
    ...But NO TFRs are displayed anywhere that I can see in the forecast
    area that I subscribe to.

    Are the referenced TFRs which are displayed on the US map there because they're permanent (oxymoron)? It would be very useful to have current
    TFRs in the forecast area displayed.
    --
    Dan
    5J

    The FAA does not have any meaningful API for access to TFR data so we have to use a cobbled-together mess of solutions to extract and display them, which tends to break when the FAA changes anything. I have a new update coming imminently to fix the
    present stale TFR's.

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  • From Dan Marotta@21:1/5 to Matthew Scutter on Fri May 27 17:05:03 2022
    Thanks Matthew! Displaying TFRs on my ClearNav II display requires that
    I manually extract the descriptive data for the TFR, transfer that to a
    USB drive along with the ClearNav update program, and then update the
    ClearNav, That is a time-consuming process and prone to error.
    Dan
    5J

    On 5/27/22 14:53, Matthew Scutter wrote:
    On Friday, 27 May 2022 at 4:02:59 pm UTC+2, Dan Marotta wrote:
    Since this is a question of general interest, I thought I would post it
    here rather than sending a query directly to the Skysight team.

    I'm in the southwest US where we have a very large TFR due to a wild
    fire in north central New Mexico. For some reason I zoomed out to see
    the entire USA and find TFRs displayed at our southern border with
    Mexico, Florida around Cape Canaveral, Georgia, Washington, DC, etc.
    ...But NO TFRs are displayed anywhere that I can see in the forecast
    area that I subscribe to.

    Are the referenced TFRs which are displayed on the US map there because
    they're permanent (oxymoron)? It would be very useful to have current
    TFRs in the forecast area displayed.
    --
    Dan
    5J

    The FAA does not have any meaningful API for access to TFR data so we have to use a cobbled-together mess of solutions to extract and display them, which tends to break when the FAA changes anything. I have a new update coming imminently to fix the
    present stale TFR's.

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  • From kinsell@21:1/5 to Dan Marotta on Fri May 27 17:48:47 2022
    Can you use the Lynn Alley website?

    http://soaringdata.info/tfrs/tfrs.php



    On 5/27/22 17:05, Dan Marotta wrote:
    Thanks Matthew!  Displaying TFRs on my ClearNav II display requires that
    I manually extract the descriptive data for the TFR, transfer that to a
    USB drive along with the ClearNav update program, and then update the ClearNav,  That is a time-consuming process and prone to error.
    Dan
    5J

    On 5/27/22 14:53, Matthew Scutter wrote:
    On Friday, 27 May 2022 at 4:02:59 pm UTC+2, Dan Marotta wrote:
    Since this is a question of general interest, I thought I would post it
    here rather than sending a query directly to the Skysight team.

    I'm in the southwest US where we have a very large TFR due to a wild
    fire in north central New Mexico. For some reason I zoomed out to see
    the entire USA and find TFRs displayed at our southern border with
    Mexico, Florida around Cape Canaveral, Georgia, Washington, DC, etc.
    ...But NO TFRs are displayed anywhere that I can see in the forecast
    area that I subscribe to.

    Are the referenced TFRs which are displayed on the US map there because
    they're permanent (oxymoron)? It would be very useful to have current
    TFRs in the forecast area displayed.
    --
    Dan
    5J

    The FAA does not have any meaningful API for access to TFR data so we
    have to use a cobbled-together mess of solutions to extract and
    display them, which tends to break when the FAA changes anything. I
    have a new update coming imminently to fix the present stale TFR's.

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  • From Dan Marotta@21:1/5 to kinsell on Sat May 28 11:48:41 2022
    Probably, but I'd still have to go through the update process. Unless
    I'm wrong (which happened once decades ago when I thought I was wrong,
    but was mistaken), I'd still have to go through the update process. I
    don't know of a way to simply copy a text file to a folder on the ClearNav.

    Dan
    5J

    On 5/27/22 17:48, kinsell wrote:
    Can you use the Lynn Alley website?

    http://soaringdata.info/tfrs/tfrs.php



    On 5/27/22 17:05, Dan Marotta wrote:
    Thanks Matthew!  Displaying TFRs on my ClearNav II display requires
    that I manually extract the descriptive data for the TFR, transfer
    that to a USB drive along with the ClearNav update program, and then
    update the ClearNav,  That is a time-consuming process and prone to
    error.
    Dan
    5J

    On 5/27/22 14:53, Matthew Scutter wrote:
    On Friday, 27 May 2022 at 4:02:59 pm UTC+2, Dan Marotta wrote:
    Since this is a question of general interest, I thought I would post it >>>> here rather than sending a query directly to the Skysight team.

    I'm in the southwest US where we have a very large TFR due to a wild
    fire in north central New Mexico. For some reason I zoomed out to see
    the entire USA and find TFRs displayed at our southern border with
    Mexico, Florida around Cape Canaveral, Georgia, Washington, DC, etc.
    ...But NO TFRs are displayed anywhere that I can see in the forecast
    area that I subscribe to.

    Are the referenced TFRs which are displayed on the US map there because >>>> they're permanent (oxymoron)? It would be very useful to have current
    TFRs in the forecast area displayed.
    --
    Dan
    5J

    The FAA does not have any meaningful API for access to TFR data so we
    have to use a cobbled-together mess of solutions to extract and
    display them, which tends to break when the FAA changes anything. I
    have a new update coming imminently to fix the present stale TFR's.


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  • From Matthew Scutter@21:1/5 to Dan Marotta on Sat May 28 11:27:38 2022
    On Saturday, 28 May 2022 at 7:48:46 pm UTC+2, Dan Marotta wrote:
    Probably, but I'd still have to go through the update process. Unless
    I'm wrong (which happened once decades ago when I thought I was wrong,
    but was mistaken), I'd still have to go through the update process. I
    don't know of a way to simply copy a text file to a folder on the ClearNav.

    Dan
    5J
    On 5/27/22 17:48, kinsell wrote:
    Can you use the Lynn Alley website?

    http://soaringdata.info/tfrs/tfrs.php



    On 5/27/22 17:05, Dan Marotta wrote:
    Thanks Matthew! Displaying TFRs on my ClearNav II display requires
    that I manually extract the descriptive data for the TFR, transfer
    that to a USB drive along with the ClearNav update program, and then
    update the ClearNav, That is a time-consuming process and prone to
    error.
    Dan
    5J

    On 5/27/22 14:53, Matthew Scutter wrote:
    On Friday, 27 May 2022 at 4:02:59 pm UTC+2, Dan Marotta wrote:
    Since this is a question of general interest, I thought I would post it >>>> here rather than sending a query directly to the Skysight team.

    I'm in the southwest US where we have a very large TFR due to a wild >>>> fire in north central New Mexico. For some reason I zoomed out to see >>>> the entire USA and find TFRs displayed at our southern border with
    Mexico, Florida around Cape Canaveral, Georgia, Washington, DC, etc. >>>> ...But NO TFRs are displayed anywhere that I can see in the forecast >>>> area that I subscribe to.

    Are the referenced TFRs which are displayed on the US map there because >>>> they're permanent (oxymoron)? It would be very useful to have current >>>> TFRs in the forecast area displayed.
    --
    Dan
    5J

    The FAA does not have any meaningful API for access to TFR data so we
    have to use a cobbled-together mess of solutions to extract and
    display them, which tends to break when the FAA changes anything. I
    have a new update coming imminently to fix the present stale TFR's.

    The TFR's should now be up to date. Please email me directly if you notice this is not the case in the future, as it is not always detected automatically that there is a problem.

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  • From Dan Marotta@21:1/5 to Matthew Scutter on Sat May 28 16:05:40 2022
    Wow, thanks! I made a quick look on Skysight and saw the big, fat TFR
    in the mountains north of Moriarty.

    Dan
    5J

    On 5/28/22 12:27, Matthew Scutter wrote:
    On Saturday, 28 May 2022 at 7:48:46 pm UTC+2, Dan Marotta wrote:
    Probably, but I'd still have to go through the update process. Unless
    I'm wrong (which happened once decades ago when I thought I was wrong,
    but was mistaken), I'd still have to go through the update process. I
    don't know of a way to simply copy a text file to a folder on the ClearNav. >>
    Dan
    5J
    On 5/27/22 17:48, kinsell wrote:
    Can you use the Lynn Alley website?

    http://soaringdata.info/tfrs/tfrs.php



    On 5/27/22 17:05, Dan Marotta wrote:
    Thanks Matthew! Displaying TFRs on my ClearNav II display requires
    that I manually extract the descriptive data for the TFR, transfer
    that to a USB drive along with the ClearNav update program, and then
    update the ClearNav, That is a time-consuming process and prone to
    error.
    Dan
    5J

    On 5/27/22 14:53, Matthew Scutter wrote:
    On Friday, 27 May 2022 at 4:02:59 pm UTC+2, Dan Marotta wrote:
    Since this is a question of general interest, I thought I would post it >>>>>> here rather than sending a query directly to the Skysight team.

    I'm in the southwest US where we have a very large TFR due to a wild >>>>>> fire in north central New Mexico. For some reason I zoomed out to see >>>>>> the entire USA and find TFRs displayed at our southern border with >>>>>> Mexico, Florida around Cape Canaveral, Georgia, Washington, DC, etc. >>>>>> ...But NO TFRs are displayed anywhere that I can see in the forecast >>>>>> area that I subscribe to.

    Are the referenced TFRs which are displayed on the US map there because >>>>>> they're permanent (oxymoron)? It would be very useful to have current >>>>>> TFRs in the forecast area displayed.
    --
    Dan
    5J

    The FAA does not have any meaningful API for access to TFR data so we >>>>> have to use a cobbled-together mess of solutions to extract and
    display them, which tends to break when the FAA changes anything. I
    have a new update coming imminently to fix the present stale TFR's.

    The TFR's should now be up to date. Please email me directly if you notice this is not the case in the future, as it is not always detected automatically that there is a problem.

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