Hello,

Would you consider implementing GAFOR for countries where this is available?

I am sure it exists at least for Germany, Switzerland, France, and Austria.

It would be a definite benefit for weather overview.

Thank you.

Milan

Can you elaborate on this request, please?

GAFOR stands for General Aviation FORcast and it is a graphical summary of different VFR conditions for different regions.



It gives you values

O - open

D - difficult

M - marginal

X - closed



depending on a combination of ceiling and visibility.



Have a look at http://www.zobel.ch/ppl/flugrouten/



The Germans took it to excellency displaying Germany as a color-coded map where green is OK and red is a NO-GO.



It is very easy to use and very useful.



Though, I have no idea whether the information is free of charge (as I am using it from a payware source that integrates weather briefing from different sources) and how easy it would be to automatise it.



Milan

Pocket FMS implemenst this by colouring the ATZ. But confess Ido not use it. Reason is that No 1 eyeball does the local area and after that its TAFs that matter. I am pretty sure PFMS is based on METARdata not TAFs.

D

speaking about "coloring the ATZs"... you might like this



http://www.orbifly.com/member/metmap.php?region_choose=EU2&mode=metar&lang=ENG&view_color=metars



it is not METAR only but also TAFs (where available)... btw. Tim, why not to implement something similar to SkyDemon? For the moment the visualization of METAR & TAF is only possible when a route is planned and only for the route.



I cannot speak for the others (France, Switzerland...) but the GAFOR for Germany includes also a forecast for upcoming hours.



Milan