bronco21016
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I posted in airline pilots since I figure this idea I'm tossing out there really is only going to apply to those that fly primarily 121.
I want to create a web-based electronic logbook with native apps for mobile platforms (iOS, Android, WinMobile)
This obviously isn't exactly a new idea. The area I feel many electronic logbooks fail, and any logbook in general to be honest, is in the area of data entry. It's slow, annoying, and because of the human element is prone to error.
To fix this I want 2 key features...
- Schedule importing
- Time entry via ACARS 'OOOI' reports
Schedule importing has been done but ties into the ACARS part.. stay tuned...
You pull up to the gate at completion of the flight and whip out your smartphone. You fire up the native app and click a snapshot button. It brings you to your device's camera with a box where you line up the screen of your FMS similar to how you would line up a QR code scanner. You snap a shot of the screen and it pulls the times using OCR (optical character recognition) and auto fills a flight log entry with the times, flight number, city pair based on your current location, time, and what you were scheduled to fly. All fields are editable with all of the other standard fields for registration, approaches, instrument time etc. I feel like for 80% of flights (regional pilot perspective) you would simply need the snapshot and based on your schedule etc the app would have everything auto-filled with zero additional user input.
Of course many of the standard features of other logbook software would be available such as...
- Manual entry
- Import/export
- Graphs, diagrams, and export formats to the heart's content
- Duty time tracking
The logbook would be tailored to 121 pilots (because of ACARS feature) with a focus on ease of use and being multi-platform (Win, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, WinMobile). The primary app would be web based accessible from any web browser, complemented by native apps for mobile OSes for offline (in-air) use. Web based allows online backups and accessibility anywhere with internet and the ability to have all information seamlessly and transparently shared across all devices. This also means that 100% of the time you have the most updated app without having to buy the app for all of your devices with each new version (LogTen).
Maybe someone will steal my idea or maybe everyone thinks its stupid. Either way even if I don't make bank off this I just wish one of the other billion logbooks out there would add this feature. Anyone have input? Thoughts? Worthwhile feature?
I want to create a web-based electronic logbook with native apps for mobile platforms (iOS, Android, WinMobile)
This obviously isn't exactly a new idea. The area I feel many electronic logbooks fail, and any logbook in general to be honest, is in the area of data entry. It's slow, annoying, and because of the human element is prone to error.
To fix this I want 2 key features...
- Schedule importing
- Time entry via ACARS 'OOOI' reports
Schedule importing has been done but ties into the ACARS part.. stay tuned...
You pull up to the gate at completion of the flight and whip out your smartphone. You fire up the native app and click a snapshot button. It brings you to your device's camera with a box where you line up the screen of your FMS similar to how you would line up a QR code scanner. You snap a shot of the screen and it pulls the times using OCR (optical character recognition) and auto fills a flight log entry with the times, flight number, city pair based on your current location, time, and what you were scheduled to fly. All fields are editable with all of the other standard fields for registration, approaches, instrument time etc. I feel like for 80% of flights (regional pilot perspective) you would simply need the snapshot and based on your schedule etc the app would have everything auto-filled with zero additional user input.
Of course many of the standard features of other logbook software would be available such as...
- Manual entry
- Import/export
- Graphs, diagrams, and export formats to the heart's content
- Duty time tracking
The logbook would be tailored to 121 pilots (because of ACARS feature) with a focus on ease of use and being multi-platform (Win, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, WinMobile). The primary app would be web based accessible from any web browser, complemented by native apps for mobile OSes for offline (in-air) use. Web based allows online backups and accessibility anywhere with internet and the ability to have all information seamlessly and transparently shared across all devices. This also means that 100% of the time you have the most updated app without having to buy the app for all of your devices with each new version (LogTen).
Maybe someone will steal my idea or maybe everyone thinks its stupid. Either way even if I don't make bank off this I just wish one of the other billion logbooks out there would add this feature. Anyone have input? Thoughts? Worthwhile feature?