XCSoar File Manager Data Repository

This repository describes the data that the File Manager of XCSoar is able to download. This data includes terrain and topography maps, airspace, waypoint and other files like the FlarmNet database.

Contributing

Contributions here have to pass:

A URL availability check
A review by another contributer

If both checks pass, the resulting repository file is automatically generated and deployed to http://download.xcsoar.org/repository

If you feel that some important files are missing, please fork this repository and send a pull request.

Datafiles

airspace-special.json Speciality based airspace such as competition borders
airspace.json National airspace
flarmnet.json FlarmNet database sources
maps.json Prebuilt maps for XCSoar
openaip.json Autogenerated thermal hotspots
travel-by-glider.json Travel by glider waypoint details for cross country holidays
waypoints-by-country.json - Waypoints, airfields etc. by country (data maintained here)
waypoints-special.json Waypoints, outlanding fields, competitions

Structure of entry

Example entry:

{
  "name": "ARG_CENTRO_HighRes.xcm",
  "uri": "http://download.xcsoar.org/maps/ARG_CENTRO_HighRes.xcm",
  "type": "map",
  "area": "ar",
  "update": "2013-02-16"
},

name

This should be the file name on the XCSoar client side. Try to keep this consistent during updates.

uri

The URL of the location of the file to download. Please note:

Use HTTP URLs when possible as some platforms can't do SSL
The URL is checked before the resulting repository file is deployed

type

File type of the referenced file:

waypoint (Turnpoints in CUP format)
waypoint-details (Additonal description of waypoints)
map (XCM map)
airspace (Airspace in OpenAIR format)
flarmnet (Flarmnet or OGN database)

area

This is the ISO 3166 country code, of the area the file is active in.

update

Here we specify the date from which the data is valid. A special value is 'daily' for files that should be updated daily.

Installation on Debian

To run the test manually you require nodejs:

apt-get install nodejs npm
npm install

Usage

URL tester

To run the URL check manually:

npm test

Generate repository flat file

To generate the repository flat file used by XCSoar, use the following command:

npm run convert

Maintenance

nodejs packages

To update the nodejs dependencies periodically

npm audit
npm audit fix

dspreitz/xcsoar-data-repository