AspEdit manual      Version info

Version 1.07   -   28/02/2024

• Bug fix:
  • Corrected error in longitude import in the Add Point dialog box

Version 1.06   -   18/09/2022

• User interface
  • Changed functionality of the mouse dragging function: moving the mouse while the left mouse button is pressed will move the map position, rather than selecting an area, as was the case before.
  • Changed airspace area selection function via the mouse:
    • Before, you needed to click on the edge of an area. Now clicking on the map will show a list of all airspace areas that are present at the mouse position.
    • The list of airspace airspace areas at the mouse position allows to select an area. Press the escape keyboard button to remove the list without selecting an area.
  • A red cross marks the selected area if the area is too small to be clearly distinguished on the map
  • Map top level included in the status bar.

• Functionality:
  • New airspace type "Activity", eg for glider winching, paradrop, firing range, acrobox.
  • New airspace type "FMZ" (Frequency Monitoring Zone).
  • New data field "transponder code"
  • Further development of the NOTAM import function.
  • New activity condition "extra by NOTAM": for airspace with a fixed activity schedule + activation by NOTAM during other time periods.
  • New dialog box accessible via Settings - Countries, allowing to set the resloution of the country borders. Points at a distance less than the given distance (m) from the previous will be skipped uppon reading the file.
    This dialog box will be displayed automatically upon first use.
  • Map settings dialog box: New control "Border resolution". Points closer than the given distance (m) to the previous point will be skipped. The same value will be used for OpenAir export.
  • OpenAir import:
    • Setting airspace type to "CTA" if type not specified. This will be included in the import report file.
    • Automatic closing of shapes.
    • Improved tolerance for deviations in open air formatting
  • New function Transpose. This functions allows to transpose the airspace from one reference point / orientation to a different reference point orientation. This can be used to compare airspace areas (Is country X using more airspace as country Y?).
  • Extended export to Google Earth KML file: allow to select 2D / 3D representation via dialog box.
  • Improved tracing of coordinates upon block input.
  • Autosave function: if edits are made, the file will be saved automatically after 10 minutes. Auto-saved files receive the extension xas.

• Bug fix:
  • OpenAir import: class D airspace was imported as "Danger".
  • Save function did not work correctly in some circumstances.
  • Various minor bug corrections and improvements.

Version 1.05   -   09/09/2019

• Functionality:
  • New function NOTAM import.
  • Possibility to select a default border that will be used for the add shape - block input function.

Version 1.04   -   08/03/2019

• User interface
  • A progress bar shows the progress of file import and file closing.
  • New button in the list: "Show areas containing errors". This allows to easily identify all affected areas.

• Import from open air:
  • The Swiss database now includes cables, which are not supported by most soaring computers and which will increase the processing time of the import way beyond practical.
    AspEdit offers the option to skipp all cables upon import.
  • In most OpenAir files, airways are defined by boundary points rather than by center fixes. This causes a compatibility issue with the AspEdit airways defintion method. Therefore, airways defined by boundary points will automatically receive type property "CTA" upon import, rather than "Airway".
  • Improved airspace type detection from AN field.

• Bug fix:
  • Corrected a bug that could cause a crash upon opening a file.

Version 1.03   -   23/01/2019

• Export to open air:
  • New option "Rotate clockwise": forces clockwise rotation of all shapes. This is required for the correct drawing in certain soaring computers
  • New option "GCA defaults": use optimum settings for the GCA soaring computer
• The airspace area list can be sorted. The left sort selection is the primary sort, the right is the secondary sort.
• Bug fix
  • Map circle precision was not saved.
  • Export to OpenAir activity listbox used wrong strings
• Area edit dialog box
  • New button "Clear": clears the shape definition
  • New button "Update timestamp"
  • Numbering of the points in the shape list and on the map, so it is easy to see which point on the map corresponds with which point in the list
• Edit point / circle / border dialog boxes: new button "select from map": possibility to enter a point from the map using the mouse.
• Add element dialog box: "poly-point" replaced by "block"
• "Import poly-point" dialog replaced by "Import block"
  Can now automatically import points, arcs, circles, border segments, waypoints, navaids.
  Tested on a few AIP's only. Formatting / wording in certain AIP's could cause issues, please report.
• New autosave function: an autosave will be performed every 15 minutes. The status bar shows the time of the last autosave.
  The autosave is written as an "xas" file.

Version 1.02

• Bug fix

Version 1.01

• Bug fix

Version 1.0

• Original version