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GPLIGC
GPLIGC is a software package for glider* pilots. IGC flight data files can be analysed and visualised.
The package contains two components:
*and all others who want to view GPS track logs (para-glider pilots, hang-glider pilots and even pilots of radio-controlled (sail)planes. See here)
- GPLIGC, analysation
- OGIE, 3d visualisation (can be used as a viewer for digital elevation data too)
GPLIGC can be used on Linux and Unix.
The software can be used under the terms of the GNU General Public License. (GPL)
GPS tracklogs using the IGC format can be obtained in many ways: (1) use an IGC flight data recorder, (2) use any logging GPS device
and convert the track to the IGC format (e.q. using gspbabel), (3) some garmin devices can be used with
gpspoint, which is supported by GPLIGC (linux), (4) record IGC files using your Symbian/Nokia mobile phone: GSIL.
News
26 feb 2013: new development version available for testing
21 mar 2011: Version 1.9 released
02 jun 2010: gpligc-1.8 in Gentoo sunrise-overlay
01 jun 2010: Version 1.8 released
30 jul 2008: Trackers on sf.net activated http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpligc
20 may 2006: TaskNav uses ogie as 3d-visualisation tool.
Releases
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Features. (screenshots here)
GPLIGC
- Free software (open source, GPL-licensed)
- Supported platforms: Linux, Unix (some testing is done on OpenBSD)
- Plotting of all basic data from IGC-file (altitude/gps, altitude/baro, vertical speed, groundspeed, engine noise level)
- All graphs can be exported as postscript, eps, png, fig, or pnm
- Interactive features of Gnuplot 4.x are used
- Altitude calibration
- Thermal statistics, glide-distance statistics
- FAI "photo"-sectors and 300, 500 or 1000m cylinders, 20km starting line
- Units supported: m/s, knots, ft/min, km/h, m, ft, km, nm, statue miles
- Export to gpx and kml format
- Experimental analysis of wind
- Oxygen debriefing
- Maps from openstreetmap (and others)
OGIE
- Free software (open source, GPL-licensed)
- Supported platforms: Linux, Unix (testing on OpenBSD)
- 3d mode or 2d orthographic mode
- Egocentric movement of the viewpoint, Swivel/rotate (move mouse with button pressed)
- Digitised maps can be used
- Digital elevation models can be used
- Flight-track can be colourscaled (alt, speed, vertical speed)
- Terrain elevation can be encoded with 6 colourmaps (2 of these colourmaps can be used at the same time)
- Altitude above Ground can be displayed (if DEM data is present)
- OpenAir(tm) airspace description files can be used
- Stereoscopic view modes for "real 3d"
- Offscreen rendering (with GLX 1.3), hardware independent offscreen rendering with Mesa
- Can be used as a commandline rendering tool (e.g. for contest servers etc).
- Live mode (with GPSd)
- Waypoints can be displayed
Windows, MacOSX
No official support for this platforms (anymore)
Windows: use the version 1.9-win32 package. Newer version: use the source (and cygwin)
MacOSX: check instructions in the manual 1.9. They should be applicable to newer versions
Requirements
GPLIGC is developed with (and for) Linux, but should work on most Unix systems too.
GPLIGC requirements
- Perl 5 and the Perl/Tk module
- recommended: Gnuplot
- recommended: Perl modules: Imager and Image:ExifTool
OGIE requirements
- OpenGL.
- recommended: digital elevation model
Bug reports, feature requests, patch submission, support requests
All this can be done with the Trackers on this page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpligc
Digital Elevation Models available:
External pages about GPLIGC