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EHM-1703 Philip:
I just thought I would post this

http://www.navigraph.com/navigraph/osc/main.asp?display=node&id=20

I have just signed up for the Basic Metropolitan package of this software as I am fed up with trawling through hundreds of sites to find the charts I need. (and registering on many of them too)

I was considering the Jeppeson Sim Charts package but this seems just as functional and a lot less money! (Although the coverage isn't as comprehensive)

Also for those of you who haven't seen it yet, VATSIM have put in a new chart links page which is quite usefull:
http://usa-w.vatsim.net/charts/

I'll let you know what this package is like and give it a bit of a review when it arrives. (Although you can download the basic software and run the demo, you can not download the chart packs as they are so large)

EDIT*
There is also a version of Navigraph that can be tailored to VA's so you only have to buy a single package which contains information pertinent to your VA's route!  Maybe if enough people are interested, the MT might sign EHM up????

EHM-1670 Bill:
Any idea how old the data is. I can see it is expired but cannot see a date.

Strange how America is one pack and Europe is three. Thought it would have been the other way round (unless their target customer is European ;))

EHM-1703 Philip:
Hi Bill,

I'll let you know when I get the full version. The demo charts are August 2003.

Each pack contains roughly 100 airports and 2300 charts, so they have broken it down that way, they just have a hell of a lot more airports covered in Europe. They are old SAS charts and the company is Swedish so I guess they are more biased to the European operations but of course, the VA Tailored pack can contain any airports anywhere in the world, (As long as it is in one of the packs) I guess it will be governed by the rule that it can only contain about 100 airports though. The Metropolitan pack looks quite good as it has most major cities covered, such as the ones we are doing on the Online Long Haul event also I think all of our Hubs are covered. I'll let you know more when I get the DVD.

EHM-1703 Philip:
Well the DVD arrived today and after having a quick look, I am very impressed. (delivery took 3 working days)

The charts I have looked up so far are dated between March and November 2005. Each airport has all charts you will need. (for instance Heathrow has over 40 charts including ILS, SID, STAR, Airport Diagram, Parking, Initial approaches & Radar Vectoring charts and where necessary description pages are included)

The package uses its own peice of database software to sort & display the charts which are stored in proprietary format. (They are not PDF files) Each chart can be printed out, rotated, zoomed and the notes can be added to charts.

When you install an area pack, the files for that pack are copied from the DVD to your HDD for fast access and only when you register each pack will the files be copied.

All in all not a bad package and I would say that the Metropolitan pack is worth the money (If you are fed up for searching for charts) as it has a good selection of major airports included. (all of EHM's Hubs are in there including our next addition KATL)

If anyone has any questions, let me know and I will try and answer them.

EHM-1358 Tim:
Got any screens of the charts?

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