VAT-Spy Client Data Update Project

VAT-Spy is an Air Traffic and ATC Display client that was designed by Ross Carlson for the VATSIM Network. VAT-Spy can be obtained at http://www1.metacraft.com/VATSpy/

How Do I Submit Updates?

We have chosen GitHub to be the core of this project so far, as it allows for collaboration on the project and near real-time updates to VAT-Spy data once a pull request has been pushed to the live data. Updates to data can be made directly from GitHub, or if you're unfamiliar with updating the data files, you can send an email request for the data to be updated. The preferred method of updating this data is via a pull request on GitHub. Updates on GitHub that will be pushed will be those that either come from verified GitHub accounts belonging to Regions, Divisions, or FIRs/ARTCCs or updates that are requested directly via e-mail from Region, Division, or FIRs/ARTCC staff utilizing their staff e-mail.

How Do I Verify My Account To Submit Updates?

Please send an email to, or have your Region, Division, or FIR/ARTCC Leadership send an email from your/their staff Region, Division, or FIR/ARTCC linked e-mail account with your GitHub username to a.long (at) vatsim.net. Only authorized users from eacg Region, Division, or FIR/ARTCC will be permitted to submit updates.

FIRBoundaries.dat

New Airspace: ICAO|IsOceanic|IsExtension|PointCount|MinLat|MinLon|MaxLat|MaxLon|CenterLat|CenterLon

Airspace Points (One per line; as many as PointCount indicates): Lat|Lon

Data Installation

1. Extract the downloaded zip file
2. Find the file "install.bat" and execute, the required files will be copied to the target location
3. You may now delete the extracted files and the zip file

Who's on the VAT-Spy Client Data Update Project Team?

Alex Long - Data Management Team & Developer of VAT-Spy Client Data Update Project
Néstor Pérez - Data Management Team & Developer of VAT-Spy Client Data Update Project

Credits

Ross Carlson - Developer, VAT-Spy