I have developed a logbook reader / parser / analyzer that can read the MSFS Logbook file and export to a CSV file with your flight data.
It can already read and identify:
. Date/time of the flight
. Aircraft
. Departure and arrival airport (if any)
. Departure and arrival coordinates
. Type of flight
I am now working on finding and exporting the following data:
. Starting altitude
. Duration of the flight
. Path
. Events
I have made hundreds of tests with my own logbook files, but I would like to start testing with some other people’s files.
If you are interested in providing your logbook file and receiving the CSV back to analyze, you’ll be welcome. Please contact me on this thread or email me on fchamone@terra.com.br so we can arrange how we should exchange the files.
Below some example images that can be generated with the system. The global map showing all my flights, some flight detail and even the detail of the taxi route on the airport.
I’m planning on releasing the software as an online version in the next few days. If you are in a hurry, I can generate 3 files for you if you send me your logfile:
1 - CSV with all your flights
2 - CSV with the detailed route of each flight
3 - HTML with all your flights plotted on a map
Thank you for the offer, but I mostly have training flights so far. It will be a great addition to my gameplay in the future, especially when comparing flights with my father.
I will keep an eye out for the release!
I can offer CR/QA later if you need it. Possibly a Pull Request or five too.
I think many simmers will find this project enticing in the future; I found this thread through google search, not just the forum search.
The online version of the Logbook Exporter is available in a beta version, free of charge, on the following link: https://logbook-maps.rj.r.appspot.com
This is an evolution of the previous MSFS Logbook Exporter that was available on the web. It is a Windows software, companion to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, that gives you the ability to:
View All your Flights, read directly from Flight Simulator’s Internal Logbook, without having to open Flight Simulator
View Flight Routes on Google Earth® and on OpenStreetMap®
Create Altitude Profile Charts
Export the FS Logbook to .CSV, .XML, and .KML files (which can be imported into Excel, Google Earth, Volanta, LittleNavMap, etc…)
Perform Grouping-Analysis on Flights by ‘Flight Attributes’
Backup and Restore Microsoft’s Flight Simulator Logbook
Edit Flight Simulator’s Logbook to Permanently Remove Unwanted Flights
In order to keep the TOTALS on a ‘blank’ logbook intact, Flight Simulator would have to see at least one Huge flight that has all the hours / takeoffs / landings, etc in it.
But, the app could filter that flight out, and only show it in terms of adding into those totals. Would you find that acceptable?
There would probably need to be a way to keep track / show /name which Logbook is being used.
I now all of this could get complex, so the multiple logbooks is just the start of a suggestion ., you Devs will know what is best to do…
But bearing in mind, Asobo has told us that log books have a limted size ( 16 MB compressed – sound familiar!! ), so being able to move on to a new logbook when one is close to full, and still have access to the old one, would be nice. (Just as one does in RL, when you run out of pages)
Of course, Asobo do not tell us when our logbooks are getting near full !!!
So, I assume you could quite easily add a (Log Book Full %) to the displayed Logbook screen, to give users some idea when they are "running out of logbook pages " !!
Hi, just taking a moment to give you some facts and figures about the size limit and number of flights.
I’m looking at a sample log file with 2000 flights. It’s uncompressed size is 8.5MB, and with compression MS/Asobo has turned that into a 3MB file. So extrapolating that out, it seems that a file of 10,500 ‘typical’ flights could reach the limit.
Definitely would be easy to add the percentage full on the main screen.
