Club sites, active airfields, or points in the ATZs of active airfields should not be used as TPs or goals without checking on Site and Local Air Activity, to avoid compromising the resident gliding club or causing complaints from the airfield concerned. (see also BGA Code of Conduct, Competition Organizers etc, should take especial note of the section on Organized Task Groups).
This list of over 1090 accurately defined geographical points is prepared in good faith, but the accuracy and currency of the data cannot be guaranteed and should be independently checked. Particularly, up-to-date information on airspace, airfields and road layouts should be sought before flight, from official sources for such information. The BGA has no liability for the consequences of using the data, for instance in navigation systems and cross-country flying. The definitive BGA list includes the latest updates and any `Stop Press' items can be accessed from the link above.
1.1 Updates. Corrections and proposed changes to this list should be sent to the BGA for the attention of the List Coordinator; immediately if an important error has been found, otherwise towards the end of each year. A form for suggested additions/changes is available on the turning point web site mentioned in para 1 or Click here.
1.2 National Air Traffic Services (NATS). The list is made available each year to the NATS Airspace Utilization Section (AUS), and to the Airspace Information Section (AIS). Amongst other things, the data can be used when NATS plot gliding WPs and tracks after tasks are phoned in on each competition day. Waypoints can therefore be identified to NATS solely by the Trigraph code which is easier to handle than UK Grid References or WGS84 Lat and Long.
1.3 Use as Start, Finish and Turning Points (Waypoints). The Sporting Code for Gliding (FAI Sporting Code SC3) defines a Waypoint (WP) as a Start, Turn or Finish point, the measured course being the distance between them in the sequence of flight. WPs selected from the list by pilots and task setters should be those that will not cause queries from NATS or others in terms of closeness to controlled airspace or other air activities such as airfields both with and without ATZs. Free-fall parachuting activities should be noted and avoided, the dangers are illustrated by the fatal collision between a parachutist and glider at Gap in France in the 1990s and at Hinton-in-the-Hedges (N or Oxford) in 2002. An arrangement exists whereby parachuting activities for a particular site on a given day are notified to the local Air Traffic Control Unit, and can be found by appropriate R/T contact while airborne.
2.1 Two data formats. Data is available as a straight ASCII (DOS) text file with a blank line between each WP and in MS Excel (.XLS) format.
If you do not have Excel, a free download of an Excel Viewer is available.
The data given in all formats is the same, except that the Excel format has a Hyperlink from Column N to a Map showing the Waypoint and from Column O to Photo of the WP (In remote areas, it may be necessary to zoom out before picture becomes visible). Click on the appropriate cell in column N or O to load the map or photo into your Web Browser (you need an Internet connection to do this).
Excel has the advantage of being able to sort the data into an order that suits the user.
Links to
and
can be found on the Turning Point Exchange website.
Formats. The DOS format is as follows.
Full Name
TriGraph
BGA Number
Category for findability (A-D) and airspace # and ##
Exact point
Description & Remarks, P = photo sheet available, L = London Gliding Club photo sheet
Dist from main feature, NMl
Direction from main feature
Main feature
Map sheet number (OS 1:50,000 scale)
Grid ref km East and N of OS Datum
Lat/Long to WGS84 Geodetic Datum
Altitude (in Feet, accuracy not Guaranteed)
TriGraph
Files are named YYYY.dos and YYYY.xls, where YYYY stands for the year.
2.2 Lat/Longs to WGS84 Geodetic datum. All lat/longs are calculated to the WGS84 Geodetic Datum, in accordance with the Sporting Code rule for use in IGC-approved GPS Flight Recorders. For the same point on the ground, the WGS84 lat/longs differ from Ordnance Survey (OSGB36) lat/longs by about 140m in Kent and 80m in NW Scotland.
2.3 Main feature references. All points are referenced in approximate distance and direction to to 55 well-known features as follows:
2.3.1. S England and S Wales. Points are referenced to: Andover, Bath, Brighton, Canterbury, Cheltenham, Dunstable (Club), Exeter, Hastings, Lasham (Club), Maidstone, Newbury, Oxford, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Salisbury, Swansea, Swindon, Yeovil.
2.3.2. Midlands, E Anglia and N Wales. Points are referenced to: Banbury, Bedford, Cambridge, Chester, Derby, Grantham, Hereford, Ipswich, Leicester, Lincoln, Northampton, Norwich, Peterborough, Shrewsbury, Worcester.
2.3.3. Northern England. Points are referenced to: Berwick (England points), Carlisle, Darlington, Doncaster, Durham , Lancaster, Newcastle, York.
2.3.4. Scotland. Points are referenced to: Aberdeen, Berwick (Scotland Points), Carlisle, Dumfries, Dundee, Edinburgh, Fort William, Glasgow, Greenock, Inverness, Lossiemouth, Oban, Perth, Stirling.
2.4 Airspace and use of the hash # symbol. The hash symbol # is used in the "category" column for an airspace situation which should be noted before and if the WP is used. The air activity is shown in the description column, and varies from airfield activities to nearby controlled airspace or parachuting. A double hash ## is used for points that should only be approached and over-flown if the organisation responsible for the airspace concerned has been contacted and the use of the point has been positively agreed for the flight concerned.
3. This section is transferred to the BGA website at: http://www.gliding.co.uk/forms/BGATaskSettingCodeofConduct.pdf
4 Exact Points. The exact point to be reached (unless designated otherwise) is the geometric centre of the feature described, e.g. for a circular roundabout, the centre of the circle. For churches, the central tower or spire unless listed otherwise. `Station' should be taken as referring to the centre of a railway station, marked with a red dot on the Ordnance Survey quarter million and 1:50 k maps. Because the exact centre of a rail station may not be easy to determine with accuracy, wherever possible a nearby precise feature such as a road/rail bridge will be designated as the exact point.
5. Units and measurement. Measurement of the coordinates of each point is done using the kilometre grid overprinted on the 1:50,000 or 1:25,000 Ordnance Survey (OS) map. Either a paper map or a screen display of the map is used, the latter from programs such as www.streetmap,co.uk or www.multimap.com. Co-ordinates are read off from the paper map or the screen using a finely-marked millimetre scale and a magnifying glass. Figures are recorded to the nearest 10m. These grid references are converted to WGS84 lat & long figures through the free NGR84 conversion program. This is done because WGS84 lat/longs are specified in the Sporting Code for flights which are to be validated to FAI/IGC criteria.. The WGS84 Geodetic Datum gives slightly different (but perfectly valid) lats & longs compared to those to the UK Ordnance Survey of Great Britain 1936 (OSG36) Datum. The differences between OSGB36 and WGS 84 lats & longs for the same point on the earth (and the same OSGB grid ref) vary across the UK from about 140 metres in Kent, reducing to about 80 metres in NW Scotland. The lats and longs marked on the OS 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 maps use the OSGB36 Geodetic Datum, and should not be used for flights to Sporting Code rules which require the international WGS84 Datum to be used.
5.1 Grid references. These are listed as Kilometres East and North of OSGB36 grid origin; these figures are given at the corners of each 1:250,000 and 1:50,000 map sheet and on the grid overlay itself. For those who prefer to use the two-letter references to the 100 km squares of the grid, a table giving both the letter and Km references to the 100 km squares is available. Grid references may be expressed in either way; for instance, the centre of the HusBos hangar complex can be defined either as SP 6488 8295 or as 464.88 282.95, both meaning 464.88 km East and 282.95 km North of Grid origin. The OS Grid origin is about 80 km W of the Scillies.
5.2 Lat & Long. The last digits of the Lat and Long figures are decimal minutes, not seconds of arc. The computer conversion from the measured grid figures gives a result to a large number of decimal places but only three decimals of arcminutes are given in the list. The NGR84 program used for the transformation is available as a freeware self-executing program file, size 40 kB, from http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/software/convert.zip
6. Computer Programs. Compilers of computerised task, distance calculation, and scoring programs are encouraged to use the list and to use the Trigraphs for their WP designators. A list of programs notified to IGC which are capable of analyzing and displaying data from IGC format files, is available through the IGC web pages http://www.fai.org/gliding/system/files/gnss_analysis_software.pdf
7. Briefing Sheets for Waypoints. Clubs are encouraged to exchange briefing sheets, photographs, etc, for Waypoints, on A3 or A4 sized paper suitable for photocopying or as graphics files for use with PCs or digital projectors. It is recommended that photos are taken looking North from 2000-3000 ft with lenses giving a normal or wide-angle field-of-view (i.e. not telephoto). The North orientation is to make features easier to identify from the North orientated maps which will be used on the briefing sheets. Clubs are encouraged to pool such data in order to avoid duplication of effort, and in the future it may be possible to have a central source for photo/video/digitized image data for use on WP briefing sheets. The London Gliding Club have a data base of WP photographs and maps which may be purchased from the club, and the annotation P-L is used where an LGC photo sheet is available for that point. Other organisations producing sets of Waypoint photos can also be included using the organisation letter in a similar way to the L for LGC.
8. Order of the List. The list is supplied in the alphabetical order of the principal names of the points. The MS Excel program can easily be used produce other orders by using the "sort" function. Sorting by Column B will produce a list in order of Trigraph. Sorting by Column I will produce a list in order of the main reference feature (Oxford, Cambridge, Glasgow, Swansea, etc.) so that all the points referenced to that feature can easily be looked at in order to choose Waypoints for the intended task. Sorting by column J will list regionally by map sheet number, K will list East to West (or vice-versa) and column L from South to North.
9. Main Names of Points. Names will be chosen from those marked on the 1:500,000 airways map wherever possible. Only if this is not suitable will other names be used from the 1:250,000 air map. For instance, Abbot's Bromley Reservoir will be used rather than Blithfield Reservoir, Cambridge SE rather than Babraham, Lewes rather than Cooksbridge, etc. This is intended to help pilots from areas remote from the WP concerned, who will not have local knowledge. This includes the names of club sites which will be taken from those used on the 1:500,000 map.
10. Waypoint short codes -Trigraphs. In addition to the full WP name, each WP will be identified by a unique three-character code sometimes called a Trigraph. This will be the first three letters of the principal name wherever possible, e.g. "DUN for Dunstable, LAS for Lasham, LLE for Lleweni Parc, POR for Portmoak, etc. If this Trigraph is already used for another point, the next letter in the main name will be used, then the next, and so forth. Numbers can also be used as the last character, particularly where a number of start and/or finish points are used from a busy site, such as GR1, GR2 for Gransden Lodge finish points, and LA1, LA2 etc for Lasham start points. The IGC-recommended system for Waypoint data allows for a unique national code of up to six characters. At some stage in the future the three-character designator may be expanded to more characters so that more elements of the full name can be preserved in the shorter designator.
11 Other Air Activities.
11.1 General Points will not be listed in airspace permanently restricted to gliders, where there are known air traffic problems, or where there has been a pattern of legitimate complaints. All sites of BGA member clubs are listed, but some BGA club sites are themselves in sensitive or restricted airspace (such as at an active military airfield) which must not be used by non-club gliders unless they are certain that they know the local rules and procedures. Individual pilots have the right to select their own WPs but if they are in or near sensitive airspace, it is the individual's responsibility to adopt appropriate procedures such as calling ATC or the activity coordinator (such as at parachuting sites), or transiting high enough to avoid the activity. The essence is that action should be taken wherever possible to avoid justified complaints, that reflect not only on the pilot but also on your club and the BGA.
11.2 Air Activity Designation - use of hash # symbol. Points within 1 NMl of air activities below 4000 ft AGL contained in the `Air Pilot' and in other airspace notifications will be designated as `Air Activity' points. The `Remarks' column will give the nature of the air activity and the hash # symbol will appear in the `findability category' column. Club sites, active airfields, or points in the ATZs of active airfields should not be used as WPs or goals without checking on site and local air activity, to avoid compromising the resident gliding club or causing complaints from the airfield concerned; such points have a double hash ##. See also BGA Code of Conduct for Tasks.
12 Closeness to Landing Areas. Where there is a choice between possible WPs within a short distance, those selected for the BGA list will not be remote from reasonable landing areas in case pilots become low in attempting to reach the WP. This is particularly important in the case of competitions and organized task groups where the task setter has a `duty of care' towards pilots and gliders flying the task. In the BGA list, points in the centres of large towns will therefore not be listed where there are good features on the edge of the town which could be used and are close to possible landing areas.
12.1 Waypoints in Hill Country. In the case of Waypoints in hilly or mountainous terrain such as the Pennines and rugged areas of Wales and Scotland, these are included so that there is a network of points for the use of individual pilots in wave or high cloudbase thermal conditions. They should only be used by task setters for organized task groups with extreme caution and in suitable weather conditions. The BGA has no liability towards pilots or organizers who use such points who do so at their own risk.
13 Visual Recognition of Waypoints. WPs should be straightforward for visual recognition by pilots in flight wherever possible. This is important as a general check on GPS evidence and is vital when photographic evidence is used.
13.1 Photographic Evidence. With the increased use of GPS this is becoming less important. However, clear photo evidence requires good, unambiguous line features on the ground near the WP, and a good density of identifiable features in the area surrounding the WP. Three-dimensional or vertical features at or near the WP are highly desirable since in a WP photo such features converge at the glider's position. It is recognized that many major road junctions do not have good vertical features, and that some club sites and some other `local use' Cat D points, may not fulfil these criteria. Note that the WP Categories are solely concerned with `ease of findability' from the air, and not with photo assessability. For techniques of photo assessment, see Annex C to the Sporting Code for gliding.
14 Category for `Findability'. An alphabetical category will be given for each point, to denote how easy (or otherwise) the point is to find from the air at typical soaring heights. Where there is a choice of features that could be designated as the precise point, the feature will be chosen for the point that has the highest category. Those points within the `Air Activity' designation (para 11.2 above) will have a `hash' symbol ( # or ##) in addition to the letter as an integral part of the Category; the # or ## symbol should always be used in addition to the letter. Categories are as follows:
Cat A, A#, A## - Points that are unambiguous, easy to find and can be identified (but not necessarily named) on the current 1:500,000 CAA/ICAO air map. These include motorway junctions, major crossing line-features (Roads, Rail, Rivers etc), large airfields with an easily-seen designated point (e.g. a well defined Control Tower, unambiguous Hangar, unambiguous intersection etc), large structures with a good, unambiguous designated point (e.g. Didcot Power Station tallest Chimney, Salisbury Cathedral spire etc), lighthouses, the specified ends of large dam walls, and so forth.
Cat B, B#, B## - As Cat A but where the point is not specifically marked on the 1:500,000 map (e.g. points in towns where the yellow area of the town obscures the feature itself)
Cat C, C#, C## - Points with less obvious features than Cats A-B and may need more study or briefing before using. Includes airfields with multiple intersections where an intersection is the point, church towers/spires unless particularly obvious, masts & aerials, road junctions in towns or villages. Normally such points will be marked on the 1:250,000 air map.
Cat D, D#, D## - Points which may be difficult to find or identify precisely without local knowledge and may need close study of the 1:250,000 or the OS 1:50,000 map. The category includes points intended for local use, e.g. special start or finish points, WPs on local ridges etc. It includes club sites that do not have major features visible to a pilot from the air who may be unfamiliar with the local area. It also includes sites of clubs that have not nominated a defined measuring point and so are listed only to the centre of the site. Such clubs are invited to send details of a specific point marked on the 1:50,000 map to the List Coordinator so that a more accurate site reference point may be included in later editions of this list.
Cat G, G#, G## - GNSS Waypoints. A waypoint which do not have an identifiable ground feature, typically points that are used in wave flights.
15 Several Points near a Main Feature. Where there are several points near a feature (e.g. Cambridge, Cirencester, Leicester, Northampton, Oxford, Swindon etc) :
15.1 Direction indicators. The short title and the last letter of the Trigraph may be one indicating direction. For instance, the M1 J15/A508 (4 NMl S of Northampton) is called NORTHAMPTON SOUTH - NOS, and the M1 J16 `NORTHAMPTON WEST - NOW'. There are also several directional WPs around Cambridge, Oxford, Swindon, and so forth.
15.2 Local names. For points further away from the main feature, a local name may be used from the 1:250,000 air map, e.g. for the A47/B6047 junction E of Leicester, SKEFFINGTON is used, which is the name of the nearest village. If the title "Leicester East" had been used, this would have been confused with the active airfield of that name.
15.3 Use of numbers. For locations where several WPs or Start/Finish points are needed to keep task groups apart or to be clear of the landing area or active circuit, the Trigraph may have a number as its third digit. e.g. for Lasham: LAS = Lasham Clubhouse, LA1 = Start Point 1 (Southwood Farm), LA2 = Start Point 2 (Oil Installation), etc.
16 Closeness. WPs close to existing ones (within about 5 Km) will not be added to the list unless the proposer produces good reasons. Such reasons include:
16.1 Avoiding active airfields. To avoid a task group turning over an airfield, where one glider flown with care and in R/T contact might be reasonable but many gliders would not. e.g. Abingdon (parachuting), Booker (light aircraft and gliding), Lasham (gliding and occasional jet aircraft movements such as Boeing 727), Shobdon (aero club, gliding). Additional points are chosen to be clear of the circuits of busy airfields (including gliding sites), e.g. Abingdon River Thames Bridge, Stokenchurch; Candover Church & Basingstoke, Leominster.
16.2 Stand-off from airspace. To obtain a choice of clearance round restricted airspace, e.g. several points between Cirencester and Birdlip, in order to round the Brize Zone while minimizing the risk of sea air from the Bristol channel. Also several points in the Shaftesbury/Mere area in order to round the Salisbury Plain ranges and provide tracks from Lasham avoiding the active airfield at Boscombe Down with its test-flying activities.
16.3 Key distances To obtain a key distance (50, 300, 500, 750 km etc) from a gliding site either straight or as a closed-circuit task.
17 List Coordinator. The list will be coordinated by someone approved by the BGA who will manage the detail of the list in accordance with guidelines agreed by the BGA Airspace Committee and the Competitions and Awards Committee.
18 Decisions. The decision of the coordinator will be final on changes, acceptance of new WPs, and in allocation of names, Trigraphs, and `findability' categories, subject to these guidelines.
19 Annual Review. An annual overall review of the BGA code of conduct for organized task groups will be made by the BGA Airspace Committee and the Competitions and Awards Committee.
20 IGC standards of Calculation. Para 4.4.1a of the International Gliding Commission (IGC) Sporting Code (FAI SC3)states that: "For the purpose of the calculation of distances, the WGS 84 earth model shall be used. See also Annex C, Appendix 2." SC3 para 4.6.4 is about the use of GPS Flight Recorders and states: "TheWGS84 Geodetic Datum shall be set for all Lat/Long data that is recorded and transferred after flight for analysis." This is why the Lat/Long data in the BGA Waypoint list is to the WGS84 datum. A calculation program using the WGS84 world model is available through the FAI web site, see: www.fai.org/distance_calculation/ and select WGS84 in the box for "Earth Model"
21 Distance calculations for BGA purposes. For competition and badge purposes, the BGA will accept distance calculations based on the methods that follow in addition to the IGC method that uses the WGS84 earth model, (para 20 above). Calculations may be carried out on a hand-held calculator, through computer programs such as spreadsheets (MS Excel and so forth) or specially designed calculation programs developed for the purpose. For badge distance, proof of exceeding the required distance is needed and beyond this absolute accuracy is not of primary importance. For competitions, the prime consideration is that the same distance calculation program is used for all gliders. For record claims, the IGC method must be used and the most accurate measurement and calculation system must be used with any rounding of figures only applied at the end.
21.1 Pythagoras. Pythagoras calculations over the UK are more accurate in Northings/Southings than Eastings/Westings. Pythagoras calculations approximate to Rhumb Line distances (lines of constant bearing). In the UK, over a straight distance of 500 km to the North or South, Pythagoras exaggerates by about 80 metres, and over 500km to the East or West, by 270m.
21.1.1 Grid. Grid References are used as Northings and Eastings, applying Pythagoras' theorem to obtain distance in Kilometres between two points. Where there is an approved kilometre grid (such as for the UK), this is often the simplest method of calculation.
21.1.2 Lat & Long. Latitude difference (minutes & decimal mins) to derive Northings in NMl, Longitude difference (minutes & decimal mins) multiplied by the Cosine of the mean latitude of the leg to derive Eastings, then Pythagoras for distance in NMl. There are 10,000 km from the equator to the pole, and 60 x 90 NMl, so the conversion to Km is by multiplying by 10,000/5400 or 1.851852. This method is for locations where Lat & Long are available but not an approved kilometre grid.
21.2 Records, or Disputes - use of IGC world model. For record claims to FAI/IGC criteria, or in case of any dispute, methods based on the WGS84 world model used by the IGC will be used.
A file (UserWaypoints.xml) containing the current list of BGA TPs which can be used with NotamPlot v2.0 is available. To download, click on the above link, this will download a ZIP file containing the file UserWaypoints.xml. Thanks to Mike Borrowdale for creating the file and to to Ian Fallon, designer of NotamPlot, for his help in explaining some of the finer points of the data format. As always with this type of data, use is entirely at the user's discretion, and no warrantees are expressed or implied about data completeness or accuracy.
The file must be placed in the NotamPlot installation directory, usually C:\Program Files\NotamPlot V2.0. It is a replacement for any existing file, so any existing user waypoints will be lost and must be recreated.
For more information about NotamPlot, visit their web site at http://www.notamplot.flyer.co.uk/, or the BGA Website at http://www.gliding.co.uk/bgainfo/airspace/notamdisplay.htm
MS Excel is the preferred format for storing the BGA WP
data. This is because the Sort function can be used to put the data in whatever
order the user would like. This includes order by Trigraph, by main name, by
latitude, longitude or by region through the nearest main feature. See para 8
for details. England and Scotland lists in Excel format are combined into a
single file at:
http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/waypoints/2008.xls
There is a Hyperlink from the Trigraph in Column N to a map showing the Waypoint. Click on the appropriate cell in column N to load the map into your Web Browser (you need an Internet connection to do this).
There is also a Hyperlink from the Trigraph in Column O to a photo showing the Waypoint. Click on the appropriate cell in column O to load the photo into your Web Browser (you need an Internet connection to do this). Note: Photos are not available for all TPs but most of England/Wales and a few places in Scotland are included.
If you do not have Excel, there is available a free download of an Excel Viewer from the Microsoft download page at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/ (you may need to put "viewers" in the search tab).
Data is available as a straight ASCII (DOS) text file
with a blank line between each WP. England and Scotland lists in DOS (ASCII)
format are now combined into a single file at
http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/waypoints/2008.dos. This is the
format used by Jeff Goodenough's Program
(Para 27).
The 1997 list had a revised format and is the basis for current lists, with appropriate annual amendments.
Updates for the 2008 UK Turning Point Book to 2008A can be found at http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/waypoints/97al11a.htm
Updates for the 2007A UK Turning Point Book to 2008 can be found at http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/waypoints/97al111.htm
Updates for the 2007 UK Turning Point Book to 2007A can be found at http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/waypoints/97al10a.htm
Updates for the 2006 UK Turning Point Book to 2007 can be found at http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/waypoints/97al10.htm
Updates for the 2005 UK Turning Point Book to 2006 can be found at http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/waypoints/97al9.htm
Updates for the 2004 UK Turning Point Book to 2005 can be found at http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/waypoints/97al8.htm
Updates for the 2003 UK Turning Point Book to 2004 can be found at http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/waypoints/97al7.htm
Updates for the 2002 UK Turning Point Book to 2003 can be found at http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/waypoints/97al6.htm
Updates for the 2001 UK Turning Point Book to 2002 can be found at http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/waypoints/97al5.htm
Updates for the 2000 UK Turning Point Book to 2001 can be found at http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/waypoints/97al4.htm
Updates for the 1999 UK Turning Point Book to 2000 can be found at http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/waypoints/97al3.htm
Updates for the 1998 UK Turning Point Book to 1999 can be found at http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/waypoints/97al2a.htm
Updates for the 1997 UK Turning Point Book to 1998 can be found at http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/waypoints/97al1.htm
Proposals are requested for future changes and additions.
To Request a New
Waypoint, Click here
To
Request a Change to an Existing Waypoint, Click here
Or correspond direct with the BGA Waypoint List Coordinator at the email link below:
Ian Strachan BGA Waypoint List Coordinator
February 2006
Bentworth Hall West, Bentworth, Alton, Hampshire GU34 5LA
Tel.
01420 564 195 Fax: 01420 563 140 Email:
ian@ukiws.demon.co.uk.
Jeff Goodenough has kindly made available as Shareware, his program TPselect which creates files in a wide variety of formats and allows the user to tailor the selection of Waypoints to their own needs. Once program and database files have been downloaded, it can be used without the need for a web connection. For more information or to Download TPselect Click here or go to http://www.spsys.demon.co.uk/tpselect.htm.
Version 2.3 or later is recommended.
For Downloading to IGC Flight Recorders, the Turning
Point List is also available from John Leibacher's Web pages. These links will
take you to files by geographical area.
Note: Some
Recorder File formats limit the number of Waypoints that can be stored in a
file. For this reason, not all file formats are available via the 'All
England, Wales and Scotland' link. If you see the symbol
try one of the following Regional Links instead, or use
TPselect.
The previous site at http://soaring.aerobatics.ws is now defunct and has been replaced by a new site http://soaringweb.org/. This site is mirrored at http://soaring.gahsys.com/ and http://soaring.xinqu.net/