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We (Parallel 42) are creating an add-on that offers curated flight experiences to MSFS users and we would love to tailor their experiences around airports they have installed.
Having the ability to access info like runway data, parking, taxiway and other common airport data would be greatly useful for us to achieve that goal.
I'm sure many other add-ons devs would love to use that data to get creative and integrate new functionalities into the simulator.
The ability is not there, that's why so many utilities that require that data must all do the same thing, that is:
That's why an official API will be useful.
LittleNavMap indeed works, except with payware airports, the BGL file is encrypted, meaning the data cannot be read.
Yea and it also requires a complete scan every time something changes. LNM's scanning tool is fantastic to get a sense of what's in the sim by default but not something we can reliably use to detect what the user has installed.
The simulator already has that data and an API exposing that data would make everybody's life much easier.
I'm sure PMDG,Aerosoft and other insiders have already expressed their desires for this API but we also want to push for this to get implemented sooner rather than later.
Hi,
How did this work out?
Any progress?
Or is this the GPSVars at https://docs.flightsimulator.com/html/Programming_Tools/GPSVars/Airports.htm ?
How you retrieve Taxi-Parking from an ICAO via simvar.js?
https://docs.flightsimulator.com/html/Programming_Tools/SimConnect/API_Reference/Facilities/SimConnect_AddToFacilityDefinition.htm#taxi_parking
