km/h and Meters in AcarsMap [SOLVED]

[Colonia]

Hello,

I'm looking for a possibility to show the altitude beside feet also in meters in the Acarsmap. Also the speed should be indicated in knots as well as kilometers per hour (km/h). I've done some attempts, but nothing is working. I need two other variables, e.g. <%=flight.meters%> and <%=flight.kilometers%>. I tried to multiply the height by PHP with 0.30479 and the speed with 1.851984, but the result is always 0.

Can someone help, please?

[Jeff]

I could be wrong, but I don't think it would be that easy to configure it that way since the way it is pulling that info out is depending on your settings inside your config file.

Taken from: /public_html/core/app.config.php

# Units settings
#	These are global, also used for FSPAX
Config::Set('WeightUnit', '1');		# 0=Kg 1=lbs
Config::Set('DistanceUnit', '2');   # 0=KM 1= Miles 2=NMiles
Config::Set('SpeedUnit', '1');		# 0=Km/H 1=Kts
Config::Set('AltUnit', '1');		# 0=Meter 1=Feet 
Config::Set('LiquidUnit', '3');		# 0=liter 1=gal 2=kg 3=lbs
Config::Set('WelcomeMessage', 'phpVMS/FSPAX ACARS'); # Welcome Message
Config::Set('LIQUID_UNIT_NAMES', array('liter','gal','kg', 'lbs'));

You might have to dig a little deeper in Google to find some kind of way to configure it to have it show correctly for you.

[Guest lorathon]

you would need to process the data in the ACARS module. Then load it into the json array. Then use the same variable inside of the template.

Inside of the loop would need to add something like

$c['alt_metre'] = $flight->altitude * .3048;

In the template you can then use

<%=flight.alt_metre%>

Then do the same with what ever else you wish.

[Colonia]

I could be wrong, but I don't think it would be that easy to configure it that way since the way it is pulling that info out is depending on your settings inside your config file.

@Jeff: This was the first what I've tried, but it doesn't work.

Inside of the loop would need to add something like

$c['alt_metre'] = $flight->altitude * .3048;

In the template you can then use

<%=flight.alt_metre%>

Thank you very much, @lorathon It works absolutely fine, with a small modification to round the output.

I've added the following lines in the ACARS.php:

$alt_meters = round(($flight->alt * 0.30479), 0);
$c['alt_meters'] = $alt_meters;

$gs_kilometers = round(($flight->gs * 1.851984), 0);
$c['gs_kilometers'] = $gs_kilometers;

Then I've added this in the acarsmap.tpl:

<%=flight.alt_meters%>
<%=flight.gs_kilometers%>