Interessante!
http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2151176&postcount=13
http://snacknack.com/1/
The idea is to make it all as an HTML app = a web page, so it runs on:
iPhones and Android Phones
tablets (aka kneeboards )
laptops
desktops
and all OSs (Win, Mac, Android, Linux etc.) so the wheel does not have to be reinvented over and over.
My intention is to make it all open source and collaborative (for example, I am happy to keep working on the HTML & javascript code if others can help fill in content like checklists for A10, F15, Dora etc.)
It's the least I can do to repay Ralfidude and many others who have contributed so many hours of tutorials and entertainment on youtube and these forums.
Anyway, back to the app. Here are the sections:
Airfields
- all airfields map (clickable)
- per airfield: basic tower, tacan, ils frequencies
- details (elevation, runways, latlon etc.)
- airport chart (taxiways, runways etc.) thx to hoggit for the maps
- approach chart
- google map
DCS Modules
- SU25T (is the only one I have content for at the moment)
- ...but all others could fill in here...
- per module:
- checklists
- emergency procedures
- cockpit orientation
- loadouts
Checklists (like Cold start & taxi, Antiradar missiles, RTB & Landing etc.)
- have step by step clickable instructions
- steps can be "spoken" so you can keep eyes on the cockpit rather than kneeboard
- include keyboard/HOTAS shortcuts
Other (TBD) sections like
- keyboard maps
- reference (whats the range of a SA-15 ?)
- weapons and threats
A searchable glossary which (for desktop browsers) can link to DCS pdf manual pages
A flexible calculator for unit conversions (you can speak your query on modern iPhones, Androids like "8 miles in kilometers") Results will also be spoken back.
Perhaps I also add latlon / UTM / Bulls / BRA etc.
General features available for every page:
- Home and Back button on the top
- Search box (to filter content on the page, like all things called GBU in the glossary or all checklists for missile weapon use etc.)
- Favorites
This is like browser bookmarks. Any page can be favorited and the main menu has a page which lists all the favorites.
- Notes
Every page can have optional user annotations (questions, bugs, personal notes). A "Notes" summary from the main page lists all of them. For graphical pages, like the maps, the app allows graphical annotation, ie scribbling lines with your finger or mouse and placing markers. I want to make this collaborative also so you can instantly share annotations on maps with other players on your coalition in real time (attack from here, hold APCs behind this tree line etc.)
For now I'd like to invite your input and feedback on:
the idea, and current or future features (consider the current state as a "draft" not a finished app)
volunteers to contribute content
For the latter, I have some notes on the github page. Basically you do not need to know coding, you just need to know how to copy & paste a template page and replace content with yours. Even menu pages are pretty easy. I am also willing to just receive "written content" in English and transform to the necessary HTML.
Please feel free to voice your opinions/ideas on this thread or via PM, I hope others might find the approach (open source, collaborative creation) and of the course the app useful.
CodeToad
Some screenshots attached