Cheviot Challenge

Post by **chrisfozz** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:43 pm

Hi,

With all this talk about flying XC from the Cheviots I thought I’d produce a facility for recording flights, but only those starting from a site in the Cheviots. This is what I’ve come up with so far;-

http://fozz.dyndns-ip.com/mytrack/Cheviot/upload.php

The first page has a facility for uploading tracklogs and a map highlighting the area from which flights can start, although they obviously don’t have to end in this area. The allowed area is basically circle, 20km radius, centred on Linhope Spout and if I’ve got this right it should include all the sites we currently use in the Cheviots. The system is programmed to disallow flights which start outside the circle; be warned there will be consequences should you try to upload an illegal flight.

There is a page listing the top flights in order of distance, with some other details. Although there is not much on it at present, clicking on the pilot name lets you see the flight over an OS map and some flight details. There is also a “top 5 league” page too. If there is any interest, I was thinking of making a separate top5 league for just the current year which could form the basis for a club award.

It works best when viewed with Firefox rather than internet explorer and has not been tested extensively so probably still contains enough bugs to feed a large bear. If it gets used I’ll do my best to sort these out.

You will need to login to upload flights but if you’ve registered a username on my site in the past you won’t have to do this again. If you’ve got any tracklogs from flights done in the Cheviots please upload them so we can see who’s been out doing what and where from.

Also, if you want to give me any feedback or tell me about what’s not working there are contact details on the site or you can leave comments here.

Chris

John Wallis · Post by **John Wallis** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:43 pm

Bloody good effort Chris I hope it gets used.

brian day · Post by **brian day** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:34 am

Looks good Chris, could inspire some use of them there hills. The 'My Tracks' doesn't seem to work for me.
Is there a way to display the best flights from individual sites on the map? Or am I asking too much?
Great job!

Post by **chrisfozz** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 5:03 pm

Hi Brian. Flights from individual sites is a good idea. I'll have a think Bout how it could be done. Am walking west highland wAy this week but will have a look At the mytracks issue when I get back. Thanks for the feedback from u and john.

Post by **gary stenhouse** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:35 pm

looks great and shows up much better where you fly over and where you got too. now i need to get my other flights of the computer

cheers gary

Post by **gary stenhouse** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:06 pm

just put a few more flights on and its realy interesting how many wind directions moneylaws takes, as every flight goes in very different directions.

great stuff chris

Chris L · Post by **Chris L** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:10 pm

Have a great walk Chris on the West Highland Way a fantastic route by all accounts