Aberdeen SMR

[Harry Cameron]

Hello,

Here are some screenshots of an Aberdeen SMR I have been making. Any feedback would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Harry

[Joseph Messore]

Looks like an SMR.....

Good work!

[Anastasios Mpithas]

Hey Harry,

You did a nice job actually! May I ask what colors did you use? Did you use predefined colors from the SCT file or did you define them yourself?

-Tasos

[Harry Cameron]

@Anastasios Mpithas, I just defined them myself with a bit of guesswork.

[Trevor Hannant]

Ahhhh, I've started one too under an issue that's logged in GitHub...

[Harry Cameron]

1 minute ago, Trevor Hannant said:

Ahhhh, I've started one too under an issue that's logged in GitHub...

Oh... just saw that. Awkward haha

[Andy Ford]

Just for reference, there is an existing Aberdeen SMR in the Sector File - so might be useful for saving time finding the data 

Edited May 7, 2017 by Andy Ford

[Harry Cameron]

@Andy Ford, The one included in the SMR is outdated in both the layout and the colours which is why I decided to do my own

[Calum Shepherd]

That blue is too blue

[Trevor Hannant]

1 hour ago, Harry Cameron said:

Oh... just saw that. Awkward haha

Feel free to take that issue over if you want...

[Anastasios Mpithas]

15 hours ago, Harry Cameron said:

@Anastasios Mpithas, I just defined them myself with a bit of guesswork.

For airfields with no RW SMR it would be better to use some predefined colors e.g. smrBlue, smrGrass, smrYellow etc. It helps for easy ammendments when required. Find these at the beginning of the UK.sct file. It should not take you more than 5 minutes

Also remove the yellow lines, as they are 'extra', not required GEOs, and because the size of the UK SCT file is rising fast, we have to be cautious (slower loading speed on not Powerful PCs). Thats something I was told on my SMR.

->Just to clarify, because some think that I make these up, removing the not required GEOs is not something I approve, but it is actually an instruction from senior SCT File staff.

 

Edited May 8, 2017 by Anastasios Mpithas
Clarification

[Harry Cameron]

9 minutes ago, Anastasios Mpithas said:

For airfields with no RW SMR it would be better to use some predefined colors e.g. smrBlue, smrGrass, smrYellow etc. It helps for easy ammendments when required. Find these at the beginning of the UK.sct file. It should not take you more than 5 minutes

Also remove the yellow lines, as they are 'extra', not required GEOs, and because the size of the UK SCT file is rising fast, we have to be cautious (slower loading speed on not Powerful PCs). Thats something I was told on my SMR.

 

The yellow lines being the taxiways?

[Anastasios Mpithas]

13 minutes ago, Harry Cameron said:

The yellow lines being the taxiways?

Yeah, forgot to clarify

[Harry Cameron]

3 minutes ago, Anastasios Mpithas said:

Yeah, forgot to clarify

I find it very bland without the taxiways. They are also quite useful at times

[Anastasios Mpithas]

7 hours ago, Harry Cameron said:

I find it very bland without the taxiways. They are also quite useful at times

I never said I disagree, I actually like the taxiways.. I just told you what @Harry Sugdensaid to me with my Oxford SMR. If you ask me, I want the taxiways, however from what I get, people with non-powerfull computers face problems with the general size of the pack. I found Oxford bland aswell without the Taxiways, however it is up to @Chris Pawleyto decide whether or not will they be removed.

- only consideration is minimisation of data (perhaps by removing unnecessary geo lines) - but I'll leave the review to you. Oxford is definitely higher up in the list of small airfields that could do with a ground map, in my opinion - again, might need to watch data before a fancy feature maybe enables to controllers to remove ground maps from their sector file that they don't need, in order to reduce loading times!

[Anastasios Mpithas]

By the way, the issue of EGPD changes is this: https://github.com/VATSIM-UK/UK-Sector-File/issues/433

If it is your first time contributing on the SCT File hit me or any other person involved on it to tell you about how to submit a pull request, make a commit, invite you etc.

Another thing; Are there some holds missing (D1A)? We usuallg add them all on a SMR

[James Gibson]

It is an extraordinary piece of art!

Edited May 9, 2017 by James Gibson

[Alex Hartshorne]

Oooh looks like there's a mini team of sector file making people about! Looks nice .

I created one for Nottingham EGBN a while back (like 2 years ago) - hardly use it mind you.

[Anastasios Mpithas]

9 hours ago, Alex Hartshorne said:

Oooh looks like there's a mini team of sector file making people about! Looks nice .

I created one for Nottingham EGBN a while back (like 2 years ago) - hardly use it mind you.

It isn't included in the SCT File, is it?

[Alex Hartshorne]

10 hours ago, Anastasios Mpithas said:

It isn't included in the SCT File, is it?

Nah, it's someone on my computer lol