I'm really not sure where I should post this question, so apologies in advance if this is the wrong place.
I've been using VfrFlight.org flight planner. I like it very much despite the fact that the developer appears to have stopped working on it some time ago. It has the ability to export map data to xml file, where you can make changes and then import it. I was thinking of effectively using flightgear's nav.dat file to make VfrFlight match flightgear in terms of navaids.
The XML exported from the map has VOR and NDB etc so I can see the syntax I need to use.
Trouble is my initial map in VfrFlight contains no ILS or glideslope info because it came from openaip, hence I have no lead as to how the navaid data should look for ILS or glideslope and there appears to be no way to contact the developer. At least I assume he doesn't want to be contacted because he appears to have removed all contact details from the site . I only use Flightgear, so cannot use other options available in VfrFlight to import data from X-Plane, FSX installations etc. I have the same issue if I want to try to use other options like littlenavmap......
Does anyone use VfrFlight who has ILS / glideslope data on their map such that they could indicate the format used in the xml export output? I know little about this subject, so I don't know whether the developer used an existing xml format/template or created his own or even whether what I'm panning to do will work. Any info on this would be helpful. The dream would be that someone else has already created a Flightgear map for use in VfrFlight and could somehow share....
Thanks
This is an example of xml I edited to add a NDB at Cardiff EGFF where there is one missing in VfrFlight:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<VfrFlightData>
<Obstacles/>
<VfrPoints/>
<Navaids>
<Navaid ident="CDF" type="NDB">
<name>CARDIFF</name>
<pos>51.39337800N,003.33790300W</pos>
<elevationInFt>0</elevationInFt>
<frequency>388</frequency>
<magvar>-0.92</magvar>
</Navaid>
</Navaids>
<IfrRoutes/>
<IfrPoints/>
<AirspaceAreas/>
<Airports/>
</VfrFlightData>