Airport IDs Documentation

Shareware
Airport IDs is being distributed as shareware: if you find it useful,
please register your copy by using the included 'Register' program.
If the register program is not attached please let me know or download
Airport IDs again.

You can register without the 'Register' program by sending cash, check,
or money order for $7 US to the address below. Registering this way is
somewhat slower since the data must be hand entered.

Kagi
1442-A Walnut Street #392-LQ
Berkeley, California 94709-1405
USA

NOTE: Airport IDs is free to current employees of Federal Express Corp.
Send an EMC2 e-mail to 75683 and I will forward the password to you.

For the latest version of Airport IDs check out:
http://www.netten.net/~montylee/AirportInfo.html

Background
I am always trying to cross reference airport codes/cities. In the past
I have either thumbed through a paper listing, searched through text
files, or asked somebody in the next cube. Airport IDs was created to
fulfill my own needs and quickly developed into the current product. I
have included over 2500 entries in the original file (this is obviously
not everything, but a pretty good start). There are additional datafiles
as outlined below in the 'Files' section.

Installation
Airport IDs can reside on any drive and in any folder as long as the
datafile is located in the same directory as the application. The file
'VBRUN300.DLL' is required but not included as most users already have 
it, or it can be downloaded at most shareware sites. I wrote this on a
486-66 with Window 3.1 and have also tested it on a Pentium 166 running
Windows95. When adding the icon for Airport IDs set the working directory
path to where the application and datafile are located.

Files
A future version will add the capability to use different data files.
The additional files that I have compiled are: 4-letter ICAO airport IDs,
2-letter and 3-letter airline ids, ATA codes, and US/Canada telephone
Area Codes.

Distribution
- Airport IDs is 1996, 1997 Robert Swanson. It can be freely distributed as
  long as it is not modified in any way and there's no charge for it,
  but it may not be included in any commercial package without my consent.
- All online services and bulletin boards may make it available to their
  users at no charge other than the normal connection fees.
- All non-profit user groups may distribute it.
- All magazines may publish it on a floppy disk as long as I am notified
  via e-mail.
- All CD-ROM shareware collections and CD-ROM magazines may include it
  as long as I am notified via e-mail.

Version History
* 1.1
- Added regional maps and larger world map for more precise plots
- Added 'Options' menu
- Displays distance in miles or kilometers
- Double-clicking a found location will display it on the map
- Menu selectable color for displaying found location on the map
- Can select/plot multiple locations (use Ctrl-Click/Shift-Click)
- Added custom icon
- Reformatted 'About' window
- Changed map to grayscale so location markers stand out better

* 1.0
- Initial Release

Known deficiencies/Possible enhancements
- Needs an installer (?)
- A bigger map
- Would it be useful to print/export the search results?
- Probably many more...

Disclaimer
As released, Airport IDs should not cause any heart-burn for your
computer. However, you are using it at your own risk.

The accuracy of the data distributed with Airport IDs is not guaranteed.
While I have made every attempt to provide accurate data, there are, no
doubt, possibly some errors.

Thanks
Thanks for reading this

Robert Swanson
swanson@kagi.com
