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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | DVA2006 | Here's an Idea: Log Book Map Section

DVA3365
First Officer, B757-200

Joined on July 22 2006
Online Double Century Club
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"Love the smell of JetA in the Mornin"
CT USA

397 legs, 1,094.4 hours
328 legs, 949.3 hours online
347 legs, 936.6 hours ACARS
24 legs, 58.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on August 04 2007 19:42 ET by Craig Cestari

The ACARS Map is my favorite part of the DVA Site, I think we should have another DVA Map Resource. My Idea is to have at the bottom of the Log Book Page a button saying "Pilot Route Map" with a link over to a Google Map illustration of all routes within the log book. I don't think it needs to include flight progress, but having all city pairs point-to-point together on the map would be a useful tool, It could help to show gaps in route networks that help pilots to decide where their next flight will be. I already keep my own blank map of the US in my office and draw a new line for every flight completed and I compare it to the Sky Magazine map I smuggled off a Delta A/C.

Craig Cestari (DVA3365)

DVA4684
Captain, B767-300

Joined on June 29 2007

"Positive rate of climb...gear up"
Atlanta, GA USA

48 legs, 100.8 hours
33 legs, 75.3 hours online
46 legs, 97.4 hours ACARS
5 legs, 8.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on August 04 2007 19:56 ET by Brian Miller

I think that a "Visual Logbook" would be a great idea!

Brian Miller

Captain, B767-300

DVA3280
Senior Captain, B757-200
COMM
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"Keep Climbing!"
Coral Gables, FL

1,235 legs, 3,325.6 hours
1,200 legs, 3,254.3 hours online
1,144 legs, 3,053.6 hours ACARS
259 legs, 682.3 hours event
211 legs dispatched, 126.8 hours

Posted onPost created on August 04 2007 21:30 ET by Robby Chiste

Very nice Idea, I would put this idea in the Helpdesk! smile

Robby Chiste

Senior Captain, B757-200

DVA1690
Senior Captain, MD-88
OLP

Joined on May 05 2004
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"Life begins at Vr"
Longmont, CO USA

476 legs, 699.4 hours
467 legs, 685.6 hours online
254 legs, 389.4 hours ACARS
3 legs, 3.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on August 04 2007 22:03 ET by Trevor Bair

Letting my IT project manager side speak... smile

I think that'd be really cool but I'm afraid that it would take a really long time to render -- but, I certainly wouldn't put it past Luke's technical skills! With all of the Google/Ajax mash-ups out there, something that can at least plot the point A to point B "as the crow flies" routes may already exist (but plotting the exact "as flown" routes might be asking a lot since that'd be a huge amount of data). This would be pretty similar to the route maps you see in Sky Magazine. Anyhow, a cool idea.

TRB

Trevor Bair

Senior Captain, MD-88

DVA2253
Senior Captain, DC-8-61
COMM

Joined on April 01 2005
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"I'd rather be flying!"
Church Hill, TN USA

862 legs, 1,344.5 hours
108 legs, 165.2 hours online
299 legs, 485.1 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on August 04 2007 22:12 ET by George Lewis

With this same manner of thinking, you could create a map with all the routes flown by DVA pilots in a given day

George Lewis (DVA2253)

Posted onPost created on August 04 2007 22:33 ET by Robby Chiste

Sounds like we have a new project in the making..... smile

Robby Chiste

Senior Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on August 05 2007 00:11 ET by Craig Cestari

Yeah, I agree that having point-to-point displays would keep it from overloading with data, I also filed a comment for this in the Help Desk...hope it becomes a reality.

Craig Cestari (DVA3365)

DVA3143
Captain, B767-300

Joined on May 15 2006

Little Rock, AR USA

98 legs, 293.5 hours
92 legs, 288.2 hours online
91 legs, 271.4 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on August 05 2007 02:44 ET by Evan Dunn

It can be done with the Great Circle Mapper

http://gc.kls2.com/

DVA4522
Captain, B747-400

Joined on June 02 2007
Triple Century Club

"Too much fuel is for sissies"
Middle East

322 legs, 577.6 hours
42 legs, 71.0 hours online
274 legs, 467.1 hours ACARS
1 legs, 2.5 hours event

Posted onPost created on August 05 2007 07:29 ET by Fathi Qaisi

I once wrote down the same suggestion in a new thread and then abandoned the idea as too difficult to put into practice.
If it can be done without too much trouble for our already hard working staff.. fantastic .. one more addition to the hundreds of advances Delta has over other VA's.

Fathi Qaisi (DVA4522)

DVA4653
Captain, B727-200

Joined on July 01 2007
Six Century Club
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"SLC...Artificial heart of America"
Salt Lake City, UT USA

745 legs, 1,588.8 hours
4 legs, 5.5 hours online
744 legs, 1,587.7 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on September 24 2007 02:56 ET by Monty Stewart

Flying Tigers Group uses The Great Circle Mapper. It's a great thing to see where you have been and where you want to go.

Monty Stewart

Captain, B727-200

DVA2566
Captain, B757-200

Joined on September 15 2005
Century Club
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"Always in the Sky Excel!"
Southeastern United States

115 legs, 202.8 hours
115 legs, 202.8 hours online
75 legs, 144.5 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on September 24 2007 12:15 ET by Christopher Vincent

Did we think of this all on our own, or did we really steal it from another VA....
Several other VAs have long since had this map idea and use it so I just want to make sure we arent claiming rights to there ideas in this "hundreds of advances Delta has over other VAs"

Posted onPost created on September 24 2007 13:58 ET by Monty Stewart

No, we didn't think of this first, but it's a great idea. I doubt anyone owns the route map idea. However, sites like Great Circle Mapper are independant and possibly copyrited....but, they are out there to be used. What arrangement Flying Tigers uses with GCM, I don't know. It was just nice to have a visual graphic of all your past routes on a world map (city pairs w/ a line connecting them) and to see where you might want to go next.

Monty Stewart

Captain, B727-200

DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
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Marietta, GA

2,309 legs, 9,298.2 hours
240 legs, 553.9 hours online
1,967 legs, 8,091.3 hours ACARS
75 legs, 196.3 hours event
2,345 legs, 9,433.1 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4 hours

Posted onPost created on September 24 2007 14:55 ET by Luke Kolin

I've cobbled something together using Google Maps that should be available in the next build.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on September 24 2007 17:32 ET by Monty Stewart

Luke - you are amazing!!!!! Thanks!!!!

Monty Stewart

Captain, B727-200

DVA4989
Captain, MD-11

Joined on September 14 2007
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Auburn, NE USA

340 legs, 1,195.5 hours
14 legs, 40.2 hours online
323 legs, 1,101.2 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on September 25 2007 17:51 ET by Mick Gabelmann

What I do is use the google earth download from each flight in the logbook. You can change the colors on it so it stands out more and take away the position reports too so that you can see your route. Much easier than the great circle tool because you don't have to input all the information. I think there's a way on the DVA site to download ALL of your flights into a google earth .kmz file so you don't have to do them all one-by-one.

Mick Gabelmann (DVA4989)

Posted onPost created on September 25 2007 17:52 ET by Mick Gabelmann

And I think, also, if you download each map BEFORE you fly the route it will just give you a straight line on the map.

Mick Gabelmann (DVA4989)

DVA3787
Senior Captain, CRJ-200
OLP

Joined on December 01 2006
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"Small planes don't make small brains"
Western Europe

277 legs, 515.9 hours
204 legs, 397.0 hours online
244 legs, 456.2 hours ACARS
39 legs, 80.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on September 28 2007 22:48 ET by Mark Salter

This would be the best idea ever. I'm always trying to decide which route I sould fly next. This would definetely be a huge advancement in the program.

Mark Salter

Senior Captain, CRJ-200

DVA3102
Senior Captain, MD-11

Joined on April 30 2006
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"If it flies in the skies, I'm on it"
Los Angeles, CA

3,196 legs, 8,564.3 hours
75 legs, 117.3 hours online
3,082 legs, 8,306.2 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on October 01 2007 12:07 ET by Jon Farabee

Looks great Luke, I just looked at my route map, Nice Work!

Jon Farabee

Senior Captain, MD-11

Posted onPost created on October 01 2007 14:57 ET by Monty Stewart

Just saw my map too. Luke, fantastic! Thanks again!

Monty Stewart

Captain, B727-200

DVA4193
Captain, MD-11

Joined on March 16 2007
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Grand Forks, ND USA

627 legs, 1,470.6 hours
594 legs, 1,383.7 hours online
583 legs, 1,347.5 hours ACARS
19 legs, 63.1 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 01 2007 18:12 ET by Daniel Johnson

Yep, great addition Luke. Just one more reason why DVA is the best.

Daniel Johnson (DVA4193)

Posted onPost created on October 01 2007 20:42 ET by Craig Cestari

Wow Luke great job, you're a lifesaver!

Craig Cestari (DVA3365)

Posted onPost created on October 01 2007 23:33 ET by Mark Salter

This is truly amazing, along with the cool 2007 scheme, these kind of things makes this site the best. My routes seem to always be either landing or takeing off of Atlanta, lol!

Mark Salter

Senior Captain, CRJ-200

DVA4067
Captain, B757-200

Joined on February 15 2007
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Louisville, KY USA

746 legs, 1,361.4 hours
12 legs, 20.2 hours online
706 legs, 1,284.8 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on October 04 2007 23:29 ET by Robert Ward

I love this organization, and the people like Luke that sacrifice there potential flight time is to be commended. If there is anything I can ever do to help out please someone let me know. Unfortunately I havent the technical skills to do much but I am getting ok at afcad. But I would like to help out in some way to give back to this great comunity.

Robert Ward

Captain, B757-200

DVA3535
Senior Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on September 10 2006
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Northeastern United States

1,959 legs, 3,746.6 hours
1,560 legs, 2,931.2 hours online
1,946 legs, 3,720.6 hours ACARS
7 legs, 12.2 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 05 2007 00:15 ET by Clarke Duarte

Robert,

Send me some money, that would help. Only kidding smile

Clarke Duarte

Senior Captain, B737-800

DVA3432
First Officer, B777-200

Joined on August 07 2006
Century Club

"Mile High Blackout"
Aurora, CO USA

152 legs, 525.6 hours
43 legs, 139.8 hours online
101 legs, 431.8 hours ACARS
3 legs, 5.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on October 05 2007 00:16 ET by Mike Peterson

I like the idea above that is to have a map of all the Completed flights from that day..... Kinda like our NAT plotter map, you can see the ones for that day or go back and look at a map from a previous day.

Mike Peterson

First Officer, B777-200

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