[UPDATE 0.16] Sky Dolly - Flight recorder with formation replay, logbook, locations, import/export | till213

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Release 0.10

Sky Dolly v0.10 has just been released, putting again the focus on the import/export plugin architecture and providing support for additional file formats, notably GPX and GeoJSON.

New Features

  • JSON export plugin
    • Export in GeoJSON format
    • Including style properties, interpreted e.g by https://geojson.io
  • GPX export plugin
    • Timestamps are based on either simulation or recording time; the later being useful for GPS-tagging screenshots taken during flight recording

Improvements

  • All import plugins
    • An entire directory can now be imported at once:
      • All imported files are imported as distinct flights or
      • All imported aircraft are added to the same newly created flight (“formation flight”)
  • All export plugins
    • File existence is checked before overwriting existing files
    • An export option for formation flights:
      • Only export the current user aircraft
      • All aircraft are exported into a single file (if supported by the file format, e.g. KML, GPX and GeoJSON)
      • All aircraft are exported into separate files
    • Resampling (“original sample rate”, “1 Hz”, “2 Hz”, “5 Hz”, …) is now supported by all export plugins
  • CSV export plugin
  • IGC export plugin
    • The true heading (HDT) and indicated airspeed (IAS, in km/h) are now exported (in K records)
  • KML export plugin
    • The LineStrings are now exported as connected multi-geometry lines (no point limit anymore)
    • Reduced the number of fractional digits to 6, reducing file size while still providing a practical precision in the range of centimeters (also refer to the mandatory XKCD)
  • Miscellaneous
    • Add shortcuts to dialog buttons
    • The recording time is now shown in the Flight dialog
    • Use title-case for all push buttons
    • Add additional aircraft types (F/A 18, PC-6, Pitts Special, NX Cub, Volocity) from sim update 7 for the import aircraft selection
      • Note: third-party aircraft types are automatically made available in the aircraft selection once recorded at least once
    • The new Help menu contains a link to a “work in progress” online manual

Further usability and minor bug fixes, please refer to the complete CHANGELOG on github.com.

Sky Dolly v0.10 binaries are available here:

The background of the title image shows the DG Flugzeugbau DG-800 glider, available from DG Flugzeugbau DG-808S » Microsoft Flight Simulator

Source and binaries are also available here:

The ZIP archive from both locations - flightsim.to and github.com - is identical. You can newly verify the ZIP archive integrity by computing it’s checksum (digest) and compare it against the published SHA-256 checksums on github.com. Instructions for how to compute the SHA-256 checksum for a given file are given there as well.

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