(USA) current TFRs available as airspace files

[Tuno]

This is in beta, so help me test before the season starts.

No login necessary, just download one of the following files:

http://www.justsoar.com/public/tfr/curtfr.sua (Newport-Peace format;
SYM, others)
-or-
http://www.justsoar.com/public/tfr/curtfr.txt (OpenAir format; for
WinPilot, others)

The files are also stored in http://www.justsoar.com/public/tfr/ using
the YYYYMMDD.* file format, so you can browse for and download TFRs
for previous days.

Special thanks to Lynn "2KA" Alley for setting me up with the TFR
extract location. After all the work learning to parse shapefiles and
convert projected coordinates to WGS84, none of it was necessary --
all of the TFR data needed was in the shapefile's database (.dbf)
file, with WGS84 coordinates.

Please report any problems to the e-addy in the files.

~ted/2NO

[Eric Greenwell]

Tuno wrote:
> This is in beta, so help me test before the season starts.
>
> No login necessary, just download one of the following files:
>
> http://www.justsoar.com/public/tfr/curtfr.sua (Newport-Peace format;
> SYM, others)

The sua file seems to display properly in SeeYou, except the Orlando
Disney World is missing. The laser light TFRs are missing, but perhaps
that is intentional.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA
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[Tuno]

A note to anyone trying to use this service: do not rely on the
"curtfr" version of the file; only trust one named by the current
date.

We're having trouble getting the cron job to boot the flux capacitor
automagically, so current files have to winch launched.

~ted/2NO

[Tuno]

Okay we replaced the left handed magnetos in the flux capacitor with
right handed ones, after which the micro inverter successfully
integrates the, uh, thingie. Anyway it's working now.

The conop here is to set your PDA (or whatever hardware you're
using)'s software to load "curtfr.sua" (or "curtfr.txt", for
WinPilot), something you should only have to do one time.

Then, on the mornings before you fly, copy http://www.justsoar.com/public/tfr/curtfr.sua
(or .txt) to the right folder on your PDA and go fly as far and as
fast as you can and rack up more OLC points than you can possibly
imagine because you didn't have to worry about flying through a TFR.

Oh, and subscribe to justsoar.com, so the free stuff doesn't go away!

2NO (starting winter training in SIX DAYS but who's counting)