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Hello Paul Henty,

i'm using your FSUIPCClient DLL V3 and is working good.

I have added the Makerwys with a function getrunway copied from here and is working too.

Now i need to find how to detect the gate where the plane is, tried like function getrunway but no success.

Can you help me and post a function or some code to detect gate? I apreciate.

 

Sorry my english

Thank you

l0calhost Newbie

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13 minutes ago, Paul Henty said:

Do you have the lon/lat of each gate? or is that what you're stuck on?

Paul

Hello thank you for your reply.

Yes i have the plane lat/lon and all gates lat/lon from g5.csv where gate = icao. I'm stuck from here.

I try using the distance function and sometimes don't show the result, or the correct result and sometimes show the correct result.

Dim distance As Double = distance(acLat, acLon, gateLat, gateLon, "M")

If distance = smallestDifference Then
smallestDifference = distance

.....

I'm not a pro coder, i think is not the correct code to calculate the current gate!

Thank you

Paul Henty Proficient

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Assuming that your distance function is correct, you need something like this:

I don't know how you are loop though each gate so I've just put a placeholder for that.

Also I don't know what units your distance function returns so I've assumed Metres. If it's different just adjust the values.
  

Dim currentGate as String = ""
Dim minDistanceToGate as Double = 20 'Need to be within 20 metres of the gate. (Adjust to your preference).

[Loop for each gate]
    Dim distance As Double = distance(acLat, acLon, gateLat, gateLon, "M")
    If distance <= minDistanceToGate Then
       currentGate = strGateNumber
    End If 
[End loop for each gate]
' currentGate now contains the gate you are at. Or "" if you're not near any gate.

That's the sort of loop and logic you'll need.

If you need more help please post the exact code you are trying and I'll be able to see where it's going wrong.

Paul

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14 minutes ago, Paul Henty said:

Assuming that your distance function is correct, you need something like this:

I don't know how you are loop though each gate so I've just put a placeholder for that.

Also I don't know what units your distance function returns so I've assumed Metres. If it's different just adjust the values.
  


Dim currentGate as String = ""
Dim minDistanceToGate as Double = 20 'Need to be within 20 metres of the gate. (Adjust to your preference).

[Loop for each gate]
    Dim distance As Double = distance(acLat, acLon, gateLat, gateLon, "M")
    If distance <= minDistanceToGate Then
       currentGate = strGateNumber
    End If 
[End loop for each gate]
' currentGate now contains the gate you are at. Or "" if you're not near any gate.

That's the sort of loop and logic you'll need.

If you need more help please post the exact code you are trying and I'll be able to see where it's going wrong.

Paul

Hello Paul,

this is my current code 

    Public Function getgate(ByVal icaocode As String) As String

        Using MyReader As New FileIO.TextFieldParser(Form1.fullFSpath.Value & "g5.csv")
            MyReader.TextFieldType = FileIO.FieldType.Delimited
            MyReader.SetDelimiters(",")
            Dim gatename As String
            Dim gatenumber As String
            Dim gatereturn As String
            Dim currentRow As String()
            Dim smallestDifference As Double = 0

            While Not MyReader.EndOfData
                Try
                    currentRow = MyReader.ReadFields()
                    If currentRow(0) = icaocode Then
                        gatename = currentRow(1)
                        gatenumber = currentRow(2)

                        Dim aaa As String = currentRow(3)
                        Dim bbb As String = currentRow(4)
                        Dim aaaa As Double = Double.Parse(aaa, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
                        Dim bbbb As Double = Double.Parse(bbb, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)

                        Dim distance As Double = Form1.distance(Functions.getAircraftLatFS(), Functions.getAircraftLonFS(), aaaa, bbbb, "M")
                        If distance = smallestDifference Then
                            smallestDifference = distance
                            gatereturn = "" + gatename + " " + gatenumber + ""
                            Return gatereturn
                            MyReader.Close()
                            MyReader.Dispose()
                            Exit Function
                        End If
                    End If
                Catch ex As FileIO.MalformedLineException
                    'MsgBox("Line " & ex.Message & "is not valid and will be skipped.")
                End Try
            End While
            MyReader.Close()
            MyReader.Dispose()
        End Using

        Return ""
    End Function

I am in LPPT on gate 104, if the distance result is 0 it show gate 104.

if i change distance = to distance <= no result show

if i change smallDiference to 20 and keep <= it will show gate 105 but i'm on 104. (105 is near but is on my left side)

the distance function i have is 

'M' is statute miles (default)
'K' is kilometers
'N' is nautical miles
    Public Function distance(ByVal lat1 As Double, ByVal lon1 As Double,
           ByVal lat2 As Double, ByVal lon2 As Double,
           Optional ByVal unit As Char = "M"c) As Double
        Dim theta As Double = lon1 - lon2
        Dim dist As Double = Math.Sin(deg2rad(lat1)) * Math.Sin(deg2rad(lat2)) +
              Math.Cos(deg2rad(lat1)) * Math.Cos(deg2rad(lat2)) *
              Math.Cos(deg2rad(theta))
        dist = Math.Acos(dist)
        dist = rad2deg(dist)
        dist = dist * 60 * 1.1515
        If unit = "K" Then
            dist = dist * 1.609344
        ElseIf unit = "N" Then
            dist = dist * 0.8684
        End If
        Return dist
    End Function

Thank you for your help

Paul Henty Proficient

Paul Henty

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Thanks. I can fix this up to work properly. Just one thing I need to know:

Do you want to always get back the closest gate even if you're a long way from it (e.g. at the end of the runway). Or do you only want to report being at a gate when you're parked at it (e.g. within 20 metres or so?).

Paul

l0calhost Newbie

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1 minute ago, Paul Henty said:

Thanks. I can fix this up to work properly. Just one thing I need to know:

Do you want to always get back the closest gate even if you're a long way from it (e.g. at the end of the runway). Or do you only want to report being at a gate when you're parked at it (e.g. within 20 metres or so?).

Paul

I think is better to report always in the correct gate when i park instead the closest one.

The g5.csv have the gate radius in meters. Something like, if airplane is inside gate "radius" show gate.

Thank you Paul

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Paul Henty

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Okay - Try this. It reports you're at a gate when you are inside the radius of that gate. 

    Public Function getgate(ByVal icaocode As String) As String
        ' Returns the current gate or "" is not parked at any gate.
        Using MyReader As New FileIO.TextFieldParser(Form1.fullFSpath.Value & "g5.csv")
            MyReader.TextFieldType = FileIO.FieldType.Delimited
            MyReader.SetDelimiters(",")
            Dim gatename As String
            Dim gatenumber As String
            Dim gatereturn As String = ""
            Dim currentRow As String()
            While Not MyReader.EndOfData
                Try
                    currentRow = MyReader.ReadFields()
                    If currentRow(0) = icaocode Then
                        gatename = currentRow(1)
                        gatenumber = currentRow(2)
                        Dim aaa As String = currentRow(3)
                        Dim bbb As String = currentRow(4)
                        Dim aaaa As Double = Double.Parse(aaa, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
                        Dim bbbb As Double = Double.Parse(bbb, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
                        Dim gateRadius As String = currentRow(5)
                        Dim gateRadiusKm As Double = Double.Parse(gateRadius, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) / 1000D
                        ' *** Distance now returned in Km ***
                        Dim distance As Double = Form1.distance(Functions.getAircraftLatFS(), Functions.getAircraftLonFS(), aaaa, bbbb, "K")
                        If distance <= gateRadiusKm Then
                            gatereturn = gatename + " " + gatenumber
                            MyReader.Close()
                            MyReader.Dispose()
                            Return gatereturn
                        End If
                    End If
                Catch ex As FileIO.MalformedLineException
                    'MsgBox("Line " & ex.Message & "is not valid and will be skipped.")
                End Try
            End While
            MyReader.Close()
            MyReader.Dispose()
            Return "" ' Not near any gate
        End Using
    End Function

 

Paul

l0calhost Newbie

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I think that's it, made the same tests as before and now seems to be working, changed between some gates and all show the correct gate.

I apreciate your help, thank you very much and have a nice year.

 

Helder Duarte

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Paul Henty Proficient

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It's Helder's code so I don't have it.

What getGate() does is read through the file called g5.csv which is a list of gate information for each airport. The file is generated from MakeRunways.exe (written by Pete and available in the downloads section of the forum).

For each gate it tests the distance between the player and gate. It keeps track of the nearest gate. After checking all gates it returns the nearest gate.

The 'Form1.distance()' function is shown in post 5 of this thread.

It measures the distance between the player lon/lat (you can read this from FSUIPC) and a given Lon/Lat of the gate (aaaa and bbbb).

You can use this or the FsLatLonPoint class from the DLL. This has a number of DistanceFromXXX methods to calculate the distance to another lon/lat point.

Paul

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Frédéric-O DUCHEMIN

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Thanks Paul I have understood this part (you make for me runways using runways.csv, thanks again) 

Public Function getrunaway(ByVal icaocode As String) As String
        Dim lon As FsLongitude = New FsLongitude(playerLongitude.Value)
        Dim lat As FsLatitude = New FsLatitude(playerLatitude.Value)
        ' Get the point for the current plane position
        Dim currentPosition As FsLatLonPoint = New FsLatLonPoint(lat, lon)
        Dim pathto As String = My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath
        Using MyReader As New Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.TextFieldParser(pathto & "\runways.csv")
            MyReader.TextFieldType = FileIO.FieldType.Delimited
            MyReader.SetDelimiters(",")
            Dim runawayst As String
            Dim runawaynum As String
            Dim runawaydes1 As String
            Dim runawaydes2 As String = ""
            Dim runawayreturn As String
            Dim currentRow As String()
            While Not MyReader.EndOfData
                Try
                    currentRow = MyReader.ReadFields()
                    If currentRow(0) = icaocode Then
                        runawayst = currentRow(1)
                        runawaynum = runawayst.Substring(1, 2)
                        runawaydes1 = runawayst.Substring(3, 1)
                        If runawaydes1 = "0" Then runawaydes2 = ""
                        If runawaydes1 = "1" Then runawaydes2 = "L"
                        If runawaydes1 = "2" Then runawaydes2 = "R"
                        If runawaydes1 = "3" Then runawaydes2 = "C"
                        If runawaydes1 = "4" Then runawaydes2 = "W"
                        Dim aaa As String = currentRow(2)
                        Dim bbb As String = currentRow(3)
                        Dim aaaa As Double
                        Dim bbbb As Double
                        aaaa = System.Convert.ToDouble(aaa)
                        bbbb = System.Convert.ToDouble(bbb)
                        Dim rwyThresholdLat As FsLatitude = New FsLatitude(aaaa)
                        Dim rwyThresholdLon As FsLongitude = New FsLongitude(bbbb)
                        Dim rwyMagHeading As Double = CDbl(currentRow(5))
                        Dim rwyMagVariation As Double = 0
                        Dim rwyLength As Double = CDbl(currentRow(6)) / 2
                        Dim rwyWidth As Double = 254D

                        Dim thresholdCentre As FsLatLonPoint = New FsLatLonPoint(rwyThresholdLat, rwyThresholdLon)
                        Dim trueHeading As Double = rwyMagHeading + rwyMagVariation
                        runwayQuad = FsLatLonQuadrilateral.ForRunway(thresholdCentre, trueHeading, rwyWidth, rwyLength)
                        If runwayQuad.ContainsPoint(currentPosition) = True Then
                            runawayreturn = runawaynum & runawaydes2
                            Return runawayreturn
                            MyReader.Close()
                            MyReader.Dispose()
                            Exit Function
                        End If
                    End If
                Catch ex As Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.MalformedLineException
                    'MsgBox("Line " & ex.Message & "is not valid and will be skipped.")
                End Try
            End While
            MyReader.Close()
            MyReader.Dispose()
        End Using

        Return ""
    End Function

 

So missing so explaination here : lat1 ? lon1 ? lat2 ? lon2 ? to adapt to my code 

Public Function distance(ByVal lat1 As Double, ByVal lon1 As Double,
           ByVal lat2 As Double, ByVal lon2 As Double,
           Optional ByVal unit As Char = "M"c) As Double
        Dim theta As Double = lon1 - lon2
        Dim dist As Double = Math.Sin(deg2rad(lat1)) * Math.Sin(deg2rad(lat2)) +
              Math.Cos(deg2rad(lat1)) * Math.Cos(deg2rad(lat2)) *
              Math.Cos(deg2rad(theta))
        dist = Math.Acos(dist)
        dist = rad2deg(dist)
        dist = dist * 60 * 1.1515
        If unit = "K" Then
            dist = dist * 1.609344
        ElseIf unit = "N" Then
            dist = dist * 0.8684
        End If
        Return dist
    End Function

 

Paul Henty Proficient

Paul Henty

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lat1 and lon1 should be the longitude and latitude of the player. You can get these from offset 0560 and 0568.

lon2 and lat2 should be the lon/lat of whatever you are measuring the distance from. In Helder's code it was Gates. If you want the distance to runways, for example, then use:

rwyThresholdLat and rwyThresholdLon

from your code.

Paul

Frédéric-O DUCHEMIN Apprentice

Frédéric-O DUCHEMIN

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the code 

   Public Function getgate(ByVal icaocode As String) As String
        Dim lon As FsLongitude = New FsLongitude(playerLongitude.Value)
        Dim lat As FsLatitude = New FsLatitude(playerLatitude.Value)
        ' Get the point for the current plane position
        Dim currentPosition As FsLatLonPoint = New FsLatLonPoint(lat, lon)

        ' Returns the current gate or "" is not parked at any gate.
        Dim pathto As String = My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath
        Using MyReader As New FileIO.TextFieldParser(pathto & "\g5.csv")
            MyReader.TextFieldType = FileIO.FieldType.Delimited
            MyReader.SetDelimiters(",")
            Dim gatename As String
            Dim gatenumber As String
            Dim gatereturn As String = ""
            Dim currentRow As String()
            While Not MyReader.EndOfData
                Try
                    currentRow = MyReader.ReadFields()
                    If currentRow(0) = icaocode Then
                        gatename = currentRow(1)
                        gatenumber = currentRow(2)
                        Dim aaa As String = currentRow(3)
                        Dim bbb As String = currentRow(4)
                        Dim aaaa As Double = Double.Parse(aaa, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
                        Dim bbbb As Double = Double.Parse(bbb, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
                       
                        'Dim rwyThresholdLat As FsLatitude = New FsLatitude(aaaa)
                        'Dim rwyThresholdLon As FsLongitude = New FsLongitude(bbbb)
                        Dim gateRadius As String = currentRow(5)
                        Dim gateRadiusKm As Double = Double.Parse(gateRadius, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) / 1000D

                        'Dim thresholdCentre As FsLatLonPoint = New FsLatLonPoint(rwyThresholdLat, rwyThresholdLon)
                        'Dim trueHeading As Double = rwyMagHeading + rwyMagVariation
                        'runwayQuad = FsLatLonQuadrilateral.ForRunway(thresholdCentre, trueHeading, rwyWidth, rwyLength)

                        Dim LatitudeAircraft As Offset(Of Long) = New FSUIPC.Offset(Of Long)(&H560)  'Latitude
                        Dim LongitudeAircraft As Offset(Of Long) = New FSUIPC.Offset(Of Long)(&H568) 'Longitude
                        ' *** Distance now returned in Km ***
                        Dim distance As Double = FsuipcData.distance(LatitudeAircraft.Value, LongitudeAircraft.Value, aaaa, bbbb, "K")
                        If distance <= gateRadiusKm Then
                            'gatereturn = gatename + " " + gatenumber
                            gatereturn = gatename + gatenumber
                            MyReader.Close()
                            MyReader.Dispose()
                            Return gatereturn
                        End If
                    End If
                Catch ex As FileIO.MalformedLineException
                    'MsgBox("Line " & ex.Message & "is not valid and will be skipped.")
                End Try
            End While
            MyReader.Close()
            MyReader.Dispose()
            Return "" ' Not near any gate
        End Using
    End Function
    'convert decimal degreees to radians
    Function deg2rad(ByVal Deg)
        deg2rad = CDbl(Deg * pi / 180)
    End Function

    'convert radians to decimal degrees
    Function rad2deg(ByVal Rad)
        rad2deg = CDbl(Rad * 180 / pi)
    End Function

   

 
    Public Function distance(ByVal lat As Double, ByVal lon As Double,
          ByVal lat2 As Double, ByVal lon2 As Double,
          Optional ByVal unit As Char = "M"c) As Double

        Dim LatitudeAircraft As Offset(Of Long) = New FSUIPC.Offset(Of Long)(&H560)  'Latitude
        Dim LongitudeAircraft As Offset(Of Long) = New FSUIPC.Offset(Of Long)(&H568) 'Longitude
        Lat1 = LatitudeAircraft.Value
        Lon1 = LongitudeAircraft.Value

        Lat1 = Lat1 * 90 / (10001750D * 65536D * 65536D)
        Lon1 = Lon1 * 360 / (65536D * 65536D * 65536D * 65536D)


        'd = distance(Lat1, Lon1, lat2, lon2, "N")  'distance between 2 Pos
        Dim theta As Double = Lon1 - lon2
        Dim dist As Double = Math.Sin(deg2rad(Lat1)) * Math.Sin(deg2rad(lat2)) +
              Math.Cos(deg2rad(Lat1)) * Math.Cos(deg2rad(lat2)) *
              Math.Cos(deg2rad(theta))
        dist = Math.Acos(dist)
        dist = rad2deg(dist)
        dist = dist * 60 * 1.1515
        If unit = "K" Then
            dist = dist * 1.609344
        ElseIf unit = "N" Then
            dist = dist * 0.8684
        End If
        Return distance
    End Function

call 

   departure_gate = FsuipcData.getgate(lblDeparture.Text)
        Me.lstGateDeparture.Items.Clear()
        Me.lstGateDeparture.Items.Add(departure_gate.ToString())

 

The problem it's give me the first entry to airport from g5.csv 

LFML,Park,83,43.446349,5.216847,20.0,277.0,5,WLX,FPO,TAY
LFML,Park,82,43.445926,5.217253,15.0,274.5,5,WLX,FPO,TAY
LFML,Park,7,43.434318,5.205118,5.0,315.4,13
LFML,Park,11,43.434292,5.225378,14.0,329.8,3,CIV
LFML,Park,12,43.434142,5.225051,10.0,328.5,2,CIV
LFML,A,1,43.439212,5.224703,18.0,264.9,4,AFR,RAE
LFML,A,2,43.438822,5.224675,18.0,266.2,4,AFR
LFML,A,5,43.439184,5.222840,18.0,26.9,4,AFR,CCM,RAL,RAE,BZH
LFML,C,8,43.440494,5.220750,36.0,49.6,4,MDG,CRL,REU,XLF,XLA,IYE,RAM,DAH,SVA,ELY,SYR,TSC
LFML,A,9,43.441017,5.220390,23.0,24.8,4
LFML,C,9,43.441089,5.219935,18.0,55.3,4,AAF,REU,RAM,DAH,TUN,ELY,OHY,KLM,SWR,DLH,BAW,AMC,BIE,BMM,CSA,DBK,LGL,SYR,TAP,XLA,XLF,TAR,MSA,MDP,RNV,DBK,TCV
LFML,Park,19,43.439581,5.223592,5.0,331.7,13
LFML,Park,81,43.445413,5.217760,35.0,55.8,5,FXI,ICE,TNT
LFML,C,10,43.441624,5.219152,18.0,64.6,4,AAF,REU,RAM,DAH,TUN,ELY,OHY,DLH,BAW,AMC,BIE,BMM,CSA,DBK,LGL,SYR,TA,XLA,XLFP,TAR,MSA,MDP,RNV,DBK,TCV
LFML,C,2,43.438494,5.224803,18.0,308.0,4,AFR
LFML,A,20,43.438083,5.224739,14.0,332.7,2,TJT,CCM,RAE,RLA,AFRX,TLB,HOP
LFML,C,20,43.437962,5.224119,14.0,3.8,2,TJT,CCM,RAE,RLA,AFRX,TLB,HOP
LFML,A,3,43.438032,5.223518,23.0,3.6,4,AFR
LFML,C,3,43.438147,5.223014,18.0,73.4,4,AFR
LFML,B,4,43.438602,5.222990,18.0,73.2,4,AFR,CCM,RAL,RAE,BZH
LFML,A,6,43.439695,5.222241,18.0,28.7,4
LFML,C,6,43.439698,5.221780,18.0,62.1,4,SAB,SNB,KLM,AFR,CCM,DLH,BAW,SAS,IBE,TAP,EIN,AEE,AMC,CSA,KLC,LGL,TAP,XLA,XLF,MSA,MDP,RNV
LFML,A,7,43.440092,5.221551,18.0,31.6,4,DLH,BAW,SAS,IBE,TAP,EIN,SAB,SNB,KLM,SWR,AEE,AMC,BIE,BMM,CSA,DBK,KLC,LGL,SYR,TAP,XLA,XLF,TAR,MSA,MDP,RNV,DBK,TCV
LFML,A,10,43.441522,5.219599,18.0,30.8,4,AAF,REU,RAM,DAH,TUN,ELY,OHY,DLH,BAW,AMC,BIE,BMM,CSA,DBK,LGL,SYR,TAP,XLA,XLF,TAR,MSA,MDP,RNV,DBK,TCV
LFML,E,46,43.440977,5.216507,23.0,313.4,3
LFML,C,46,43.441264,5.216926,23.0,314.5,3
LFML,Park,40,43.440156,5.218395,36.0,314.6,4,MDG,ELY,REU,XLF,TSC
LFML,C,34,43.438978,5.219587,17.0,135.3,2,TJT,CCM,RAE,RLA,BZH,PWF,ANS,IBEX,DNM,AFRX,PGA,DLHX,CLH,MDM,ANS,TLB,HOP,TUX,DNM,FCT
LFML,E,34,43.439334,5.219940,18.0,136.0,2,CCM,TJT,RAE,RLA,BZH,PWF,ANS,IBEX,DNM,AFRX,PGA,DLHX,CLH,MDM,ANS,TLB,TUX,DNM,HOP,FCT
LFML,D,30,43.438905,5.220578,17.0,315.2,2,TJT,CCM,RAE,RLA,BZH,PWF,ANS,IBEX,DNM,AFRX,PGA,DLHX,CLH,MDM,ANS,TLB,TUX,DNM,HOP,FCT
LFML,B,30,43.438589,5.220160,17.0,313.8,2,CCM,TJT,RAE,RLA,BZH,PWF,ANS,IBEX,DNM,AFRX,PGA,DLHX,CLH,MDM,ANS,TLB,TUX,DNM,HOP,FCT
LFML,PkN,61,43.443193,5.211945,35.0,300.0,5,DHL,EAT,BCS
LFML,PkN,68,43.444329,5.214451,25.0,33.8,5
LFML,A,48,43.443161,5.217429,18.0,268.4,3,PGT,RYR,EZY,EZS,GWI,JFU,NAX,TUI
LFML,C,48,43.442578,5.216753,18.0,244.0,3,RYR,EZY,EZS,JFU,GWI,PGT,NAX,TUI,JAF
LFML,E,48,43.442099,5.216753,18.0,153.6,3,RYR,EZY,EZS,BMI,JFU,PGT,NAX,TUI,JAF
LFML,E,47,43.441613,5.217415,18.0,89.1,3,RYR,EZY,EZS,PGT,NAX,TUI,JAF
LFML,C,47,43.442123,5.218132,18.0,90.8,3,JFU,RYR,EZY,EZS,NAX,TUI,JAF
LFML,A,47,43.442537,5.218663,18.0,89.6,3,GWI,RYR,EZY,EZS,GWI,TUI,JAF
LFML,C,5,43.439281,5.222365,23.0,61.5,4
LFML,Park,25,43.437561,5.221096,14.0,313.9,3,TJT,CCM,RAE,RLA,BZH,PWF,ANS,IBEX,DNM,AFRX,PGA,DLHX,CLH,MDM,ANS,TLB,TUX,DNM,HOP,FCT
LFML,D,25,43.437837,5.221438,14.0,313.9,3,TJT,CCM,RAE,RLA,BZH,PWF,ANS,IBEX,DNM,AFRX,PGA,DLHX,CLH,MDM,ANS,TLB,TUX,DNM,HOP,FCT
LFML,Park,48,43.442341,5.214728,30.0,309.7,6
LFML,Park,49,43.442726,5.215217,30.0,308.6,5
LFML,Park,50,43.443000,5.215647,25.0,309.7,5,FPO,VIZ
LFML,Park,51,43.444883,5.215483,10.0,341.4,2
LFML,Park,52,43.445013,5.215917,10.0,340.5,2
LFML,Park,53,43.445121,5.216378,10.0,347.2,2
LFML,Park,84,43.434610,5.224591,10.0,326.6,2,CIV
LFML,Park,85,43.433932,5.224705,10.0,326.7,2,CIV
LFML,Park,86,43.435038,5.224918,10.0,327.3,2,CIV
LFML,Park,87,43.433750,5.226086,10.0,308.9,2,CIV
LFML,Park,88,43.433365,5.226423,10.0,316.1,2,CIV
LFML,Park,11,43.435624,5.223327,10.0,327.2,2,CIV
LFML,Park,10,43.435789,5.223701,10.0,323.7,2,CIV
LFML,Park,18,43.436082,5.222770,10.0,329.3,2,CIV
LFML,Park,17,43.436204,5.223065,10.0,325.3,2,CIV
LFML,Park,16,43.436324,5.223344,10.0,321.1,2,CIV
LFML,Park,15,43.436369,5.223698,10.0,329.2,2,CIV
LFML,Park,14,43.436518,5.223943,10.0,326.7,2,CIV
LFML,Park,96,43.436682,5.222985,10.0,327.7,2,CIV,FDO
LFML,Park,21,43.436761,5.222358,10.0,328.6,2,CIV,FDO
LFML,PkN,60,43.442832,5.211579,35.0,294.9,5,DHL,EAT,BCS
LFML,PkW,63,43.443649,5.212673,14.0,61.9,3
LFML,PkSW,63,43.443452,5.212726,10.0,60.9,2
LFML,PkSE,63,43.443233,5.212963,10.0,62.0,2
LFML,Park,65,43.443398,5.213506,10.0,244.1,2
LFML,Park,71,43.443929,5.215219,7.0,331.1,2
LFML,Park,72,43.444016,5.215457,8.0,332.7,2
LFML,Park,73,43.444111,5.215707,7.0,332.8,2
LFML,Park,74,43.444238,5.215910,6.0,315.7,2
LFML,Park,75,43.444377,5.216093,6.0,313.7,2

 

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Paul Henty

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getgate() function:

You already have the player lon/lat at the top of the method: 

Dim lon As FsLongitude = New FsLongitude(playerLongitude.Value)
        Dim lat As FsLatitude = New FsLatitude(playerLatitude.Value)

You should use these instead of creating new offsets.

So, delete these lines: 

Dim LatitudeAircraft As Offset(Of Long) = New FSUIPC.Offset(Of Long)(&H560)  'Latitude
                        Dim LongitudeAircraft As Offset(Of Long) = New FSUIPC.Offset(Of Long)(&H568) 'Longitude

Then change the call to distance, using the lat/lon variables like this: 

 Dim distance As Double = FsuipcData.distance(lat.Value.DecimalDegrees, lon.Value.DecimalDegrees, aaaa, bbbb, "K")

Note that you need the DecimalDegrees property. The raw Value is in FS Units and not degrees.

 

Distance() function:

You are passing in values for lon1 and lat1 so you don't need to reassign them. Delete all of these lines from the top of that function: 

Dim LatitudeAircraft As Offset(Of Long) = New FSUIPC.Offset(Of Long)(&H560)  'Latitude
        Dim LongitudeAircraft As Offset(Of Long) = New FSUIPC.Offset(Of Long)(&H568) 'Longitude
        Lat1 = LatitudeAircraft.Value
        Lon1 = LongitudeAircraft.Value

 

You should never declare offsets in subs or functions. You must only declare offsets at the form or class level.

Paul

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Paul Henty

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Quote

But the problem why the reader stop to read in first line ?

Because your code isn't correct yet. It still has bugs.

The main problem is that the distance function is always returning 0 because the last line is 'return distance' instead of 'return dist'.

The reader loop stops because it thinks you are at the same location as the first gate (distance = 0).

I've fixed up all the code, so this should work now:
  

 Public Function getgate(ByVal icaocode As String) As String

        ' Get the point for the current plane position
        'Dim currentPosition As FsLatLonPoint = New FsLatLonPoint(lat, lon)
        Dim lon As FsLongitude = New FsLongitude(playerLongitude.Value)
        Dim lat As FsLatitude = New FsLatitude(playerLatitude.Value)
        ' Returns the current gate or "" is not parked at any gate.
        Dim pathto As String = My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath
        Using MyReader As New FileIO.TextFieldParser(pathto & "\g5.csv"")
            MyReader.TextFieldType = FileIO.FieldType.Delimited
            MyReader.SetDelimiters(",")
            Dim gatename As String
            Dim gatenumber As String
            Dim gatereturn As String = ""
            Dim currentRow As String()
            While Not MyReader.EndOfData
                Try
                    currentRow = MyReader.ReadFields()
                    If currentRow(0) = icaocode Then
                        gatename = currentRow(1)
                        gatenumber = currentRow(2)
                        Dim aaa As String = currentRow(3)
                        Dim bbb As String = currentRow(4)
                        Dim aaaa As Double = Double.Parse(aaa, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
                        Dim bbbb As Double = Double.Parse(bbb, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)

                        'Dim rwyThresholdLat As FsLatitude = New FsLatitude(aaaa)
                        'Dim rwyThresholdLon As FsLongitude = New FsLongitude(bbbb)
                        Dim gateRadius As String = currentRow(5)
                        Dim gateRadiusKm As Double = Double.Parse(gateRadius, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) / 1000D

                        'Dim thresholdCentre As FsLatLonPoint = New FsLatLonPoint(rwyThresholdLat, rwyThresholdLon)
                        'Dim trueHeading As Double = rwyMagHeading + rwyMagVariation
                        'runwayQuad = FsLatLonQuadrilateral.ForRunway(thresholdCentre, trueHeading, rwyWidth, rwyLength)

                        'Dim LatitudeAircraft As Offset(Of Long) = New FSUIPC.Offset(Of Long)(&H560)  'Latitude
                        'Dim LongitudeAircraft As Offset(Of Long) = New FSUIPC.Offset(Of Long)(&H568) 'Longitude
                        ' *** Distance now returned in Km ***
                        'Dim distance As Double = FsuipcData.distance(LatitudeAircraft.Value, LongitudeAircraft.Value, aaaa, bbbb, "K")

                        Dim distance As Double = FsuipcData.distance(lat.DecimalDegrees, lon.DecimalDegrees, aaaa, bbbb, "K")
                        If distance <= gateRadiusKm Then
                            'gatereturn = gatename + " " + gatenumber
                            gatereturn = gatename + gatenumber
                            MyReader.Close()
                            MyReader.Dispose()
                            Return gatereturn
                        End If
                    End If
                Catch ex As FileIO.MalformedLineException
                    'MsgBox("Line " & ex.Message & "is not valid and will be skipped.")
                End Try
            End While
            MyReader.Close()
            MyReader.Dispose()
            Return "" ' Not near any gate
        End Using
    End Function
    'convert decimal degreees to radians
    Function deg2rad(ByVal Deg)
        deg2rad = CDbl(Deg * Math.PI / 180)
    End Function

    'convert radians to decimal degrees
    Function rad2deg(ByVal Rad)
        rad2deg = CDbl(Rad * 180 / Math.PI)
    End Function


    Public Function distance(ByVal lat As Double, ByVal lon As Double,
          ByVal lat2 As Double, ByVal lon2 As Double,
          Optional ByVal unit As Char = "M"c) As Double
        'd = distance(Lat1, Lon1, lat2, lon2, "N")  'distance between 2 Pos
        Dim theta As Double = lon - lon2
        Dim dist As Double = Math.Sin(deg2rad(lat)) * Math.Sin(deg2rad(lat2)) +
              Math.Cos(deg2rad(lat)) * Math.Cos(deg2rad(lat2)) *
              Math.Cos(deg2rad(theta))
        dist = Math.Acos(dist)
        dist = rad2deg(dist)
        dist = dist * 60 * 1.1515
        If unit = "K" Then
            dist = dist * 1.609344
        ElseIf unit = "N" Then
            dist = dist * 0.8684
        End If
        Return dist
    End Function

Paul

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