Harry Love's dashboard

I'll have to think about this one. It will probably be something that happens in the new design.

I would also be interested in knowing how most people log this.

As for the mapping of it, I'll have to think about it. I'm hoping, at some point, to allow uploading of GPS data. But if you don't have a GPS unit, it would still be useful to be able to see the point at which your flight ended.

Right now I'm leaning towards being able to create your own points directly on the Google map. What do you think?

Actually, one-point routes are fine. See http://jetrecord.com/routes/1L8

In your case the airport didn't exist in the database when the original route was created and thus, the map wasn't showing up at all.

See my reply to your other question about the other route map not appearing: http://getsatisfaction.com/jetrecord/...

Routes can be created without locations actually existing. I do this so you can name the route whatever you feel like without having to worry about whether it's official or not. Your logbook is your logbook and I try not to impose too many restrictions on the way data can be entered unless it's something critical like calculating numbers.

You can, for example, do this: http://jetrecord.com/routes/YUM+IMPER...

But I think my other reply is what you're looking for.

Yes, Google has indexed quite a bit of Jetrecord, but not all of it. Even airports, navaids, flights, and users that have been in the database for some time may not be indexed. That's the downside of relying on Google for site search.

I'm sorry that I'm unable to throw more time at this problem but it's something that bugs me, too, and it will one day be implemented as a home grown solution that should find everything almost immediately.

Maps (and points on those maps) will only display for locations that are in the database.

Currently, Jetrecord has a limited number of non-U.S. airports and even fewer navaids. When you create a route that includes an airport or navaid that is not already in the database, those locations are skipped on the map. If a map has no locations, the map won't display at all. Note that this doesn't affect your ability to create a route and have it logged for your flight, it only affects the display on a map.

That said, airports can be created on the fly. When you type in the URL for an airport that doesn't already exist in the database, Jetrecord does an airport lookup from a web service (see "Airports" on the About page for an explanation: http://jetrecord.com/about) and uses that to create the airport if it can be found.

An automated script runs twice a day that updates all of the routes to pick up any new locations that have been created. So, if you visit the airport page for the missing airport, thus creating it, you can rest assured that it will also appear on the route map fairly soon, which means it will show up on your flight page; it will be the next day at the latest.

I'm looking at changing this to do the airport lookup when a route is created but it depends on the speed. Routes are created (if they don't already exist) when you log a flight. If adding the airport lookup causes a big slowdown to logging flights, I'm not going to do it.

I may one day consider adding some kind of background work queue that can handle these types of jobs behind the scenes, but that's for another day since the system currently works, albeit somewhat confusingly.

In your case, then, if you visit http://jetrecord.com/airports/ywck it will create the airport. Sometime within the 24 hours after the airport is created, the automated script will find the new airport and add it to your route. So, at the latest, you should see a map appear for your flight less than a day after the airport is created.

Does that make sense?

At some point there will be an enhanced search. For now you can use the search box provided by Google in the upper right corner of every page.

Okay, try again. :)

Working on it.

Can you help me work out a list of people types? What I'm imagining is something like the Approaches section where you can add 1 to n people on the flight.

The text box would look up other Jetrecord users but would also let you enter plain text. The drop-down menu would contain the type of person: examiner, safety pilot, SIC, PIC, instructor, etc.

[text box for name/user] [drop-down menu] - Delete person (button)
+ Add another person (button)

Would that work? Who should be included in the list?

Marking this as solved, at least until the new design, after which there might be some more white space to shuffle around.

Falcon124, I've just added you as a Company Editor. You should be able to add/edit companies. For now I'm leaving this as a by-request option.

If you'd like to be able to add/edit companies, send an email to support@jetrecord.com and I'll add you.

Okay, have a look again. It's a little wider now.

I'm sorry about the content being squashed on your screen. I'm actually in the middle of redesigning the interface and I think the new design will be more to your liking.

Until that's rolled out, though, I'll take a look at the settings and see if I can come up with something that works for everyone.

I'm a big fan of white space, as you can tell, but definitely not when it kills the display of the content. I'll see what I can do.

Sorry for not replying sooner. Jetrecord has been back up since Sunday afternoon. Read http://jetrecord.com/blog/2008/07/unp... for more.