27.10.2024
Database Vs. 2.11 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Various small updates for France, Georgia, Japan, UK, USA.
09.05.2024
Database Vs. 2.10 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Large update for Mexico.
All spots with rating, pictures, updated flightlogs, links and descriptions.
Small updates for France, Italy, Norway, Austria, Spain, Hungary, Turkey, Japan and Georgia.
08.04.2024
Database Vs. 2.09 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Large update for Colombia, Costa Rica, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
All spots with rating, pictures, updated flightlogs, links and descriptions.
Small updates for Denmark, Austria, Japan, Italy, Ecuador, Iran, Brazil.
22.01.2024
Database Vs. 2.08 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Large update for Argentina, Venezuela, Aruba and Barbados.
All spots with meaningful pictures, rating (quality, popularity), working weblinks and texts in English language.
Small updates for several other countries.
23.11.2023
The new and revised version of ParaglidingSpots-Online is now available.
In addition to searching via Google Place or in the ParaglidingSpots database, the map can be filtered directly according to the criteria type of spot, radius to your location, continent/country and rating.
The user can provide feedback/comments directly to each point or have the route displayed on Google Maps. Further improvements are in preparation.
The online version is still under development, so feedback and suggestions for improvement are requested.
07.09.2023
Database Vs. 2.07 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Large update Chile, many small changes, worldwide.
25.03.2023
Database Vs. 2.06 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Large update South Africa (all spots with rating, photos and current data).
Smaller changes for Italy, Chile, Japan, Canary Islands and UK.
13.03.2023
Database Vs. 2.05 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
USA and Canada: major update, all spots with curent content, all spots with rating and photos.
22.09.2022
Database Vs. 2.03 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
New Zealand, large update – all spots with photos and rating.
Small updates for Switzerland, Spain, Canary Islands, Canada, USA, Japan, UK, Italy, Kenya.
29.03.2022
Database Vs. 2.02 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
1) Europe completely revised, among other, all spots are now rated (1/6 to 6/6), all spots with current flightlog links
2) Throughout the database, the spot category abbreviation has been changed
• SP -> TO (Takeoff)
• SPK -> TOC (Takeoff Coast)
• SPW -> TOW (Takeoff winch)
• LP -> LZ (Landing Zone)
• UH -> TH (Training Hill)
• annex -HG for Hangglider
21.04.2021
Database Vs. 2.01 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Important changes Switzerland, Austria, Germany,
Detail changes USA, Slovenia, Italy, France, Canary Islands, Spain, Chile, Brasil, Kenia.
Kindly give me your feedback: info@paraglidingspots.com
17.07.2020
Database Vs. 2.00 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
After two years of rest, I resumed working on the paraglidingspots.com database.
The new version „2.0“ comprises:
• eliminating bugs during download
• improving loading time (especially under Windows 10)
• alternative Online-Version with filtering options and other tools
Kindly give me your feedback: info@paraglidingspots.com
22.05.2018
Database Vs. 1.60 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Large update paragliding takeoffs and landing zones for Japan
Again, ALL spots with (significant) pictures, all takeoffs with new rating system 0/6 to 6/6, updated links, further improved coordinates.
Have fun, explore the world with your wing - and drop me an email under info@paraglidingspots.com for corrections, thank you.
Also some other feedback would be great if you used the database and it worked out.
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.60 are now also available for TomTom and Garmin.
By the way, due to a change of webhosting and a related rebuilding of the database, some images were not available.
This error has been corrected in the new version.
06.05.2018
Database Vs. 1.59 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Large update paragliding takeoffs and landing zones for Russia
... and some small changes in other countries ...
Again, ALL spots with (significant) pictures, all takeoffs with new rating system 0/6 to 6/6, updated links, further improved coordinates.
Have fun, explore the world with your wing - and drop me an email under info@paraglidingspots.com for corrections, thank you.
Also some other feedback would be great if you used the database and it worked out.
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.59 are now also available for TomTom and Garmin.
By the way, due to a change of webhosting and a related rebuilding of the database, some images were not available.
This error has been corrected in the new version.
05.04.2018
Database Vs. 1.58 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Large update paragliding takeoffs and landing zones for Romania
... and some small changes in other countries ...
Again, ALL spots with (significant) pictures, all takeoffs with new rating system 0/6 to 6/6, updated links, further improved coordinates.
Have fun, explore the world with your wing - and drop me an email under info@paraglidingspots.com for corrections, thank you.
Also some other feedback would be great if you used the database and it worked out.
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.58 are now also available for TomTom and Garmin.
By the way, due to a change of webhosting and a related rebuilding of the database, some images were not available.
This error has been corrected in the new version.
06.03.2018
Database Vs. 1.57 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Large update paragliding takeoffs and landing zones for Poland
... and some small changes in other countries ...
Again, ALL spots with (significant) pictures, all takeoffs with new rating system 0/6 to 6/6, updated links, further improved coordinates.
Have fun, explore the world with your wing - and drop me an email under info@paraglidingspots.com for corrections, thank you.
Also some other feedback would be great if you used the database and it worked out.
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.57 are now also available for TomTom and Garmin.
By the way, due to a change of webhosting and a related rebuilding of the database, some images were not available.
This error has been corrected in the new version.
12.02.2018
Database Vs. 1.56 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Large update paragliding takeoffs and landing zones for the Azores and Madeira
... and some small changes in other countries ...
Again, ALL spots with (significant) pictures, all takeoffs with new rating system 0/6 to 6/6, updated links, further improved coordinates.
Have fun, explore the world with your wing - and drop me an email under info@paraglidingspots.com for corrections, thank you.
Also some other feedback would be great if you used the database and it worked out.
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.56 are now also available for TomTom and Garmin.
By the way, due to a change of webhosting and a related rebuilding of the database, some images were not available.
This error has been corrected in the new version.
29.01.2018
Database Vs. 1.55 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Large update paragliding takeoffs and landing zones for Austria and Portugal
... and some small changes in other countries ...
Again, ALL spots with (significant) pictures, all takeoffs with new rating system 0/6 to 6/6, updated links, further improved coordinates.
Have fun, explore the world with your wing - and drop me an email under info@paraglidingspots.com for corrections, thank you.
Also some other feedback would be great if you used the database and it worked out.
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.54 are now also available for TomTom and Garmin.
By the way, due to a change of webhosting and a related rebuilding of the database, some images were not available.
This error has been corrected in the new version.
29.10.2017
Database Vs. 1.54 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Large update paragliding takeoffs and landing zones for the Netherlands and Norway
... and some small changes in other countries ...
Again, ALL spots with (significant) pictures, all takeoffs with new rating system 0/6 to 6/6, updated links, further improved coordinates.
Have fun, explore the world with your wing - and drop me an email under info@paraglidingspots.com for corrections, thank you.
Also some other feedback would be great if you used the database and it worked out.
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.54 are now also available for TomTom and Garmin.
By the way, due to a change of webhosting and a related rebuilding of the database, some images were not available.
This error has been corrected in the new version.
16.05.2017
Database Vs. 1.53 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Large update paragliding takeoffs and landing zones for Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Macedonia and Moldova
... and some small changes in other countries ...
ALL spots with (significant) pictures, all takeoffs with new rating system 0/6 to 6/6, updated links, further improved coordinates.
Have fun, explore the world with your wing - and drop me an email under info@paraglidingspots.com for corrections, thank you.
Also some other feedback would be great if you used the database and it worked out.
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.53 are now also available for TomTom and Garmin.
05.05.2017
Database Vs. 1.51 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Large update paragliding takeoffs and landing zones for Croatia and Liechtenstein
... and some small changes in other countries ...
ALL spots with (significant) pictures, all takeoffs with new rating system 0/6 to 6/6, updated links, further improved coordinates.
Have fun, explore the world with your wing - and drop me an email under info@paraglidingspots.com for corrections, thank you.
Also some other feedback would be great if you used the database and it worked out.
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.51 are now also available for TomTom and Garmin.
06.04.2017
Database Vs. 1.50 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Large update paragliding takeoffs and landing zones for Iceland
... and some small changes in other countries ...
ALL spots with (significant) pictures, all takeoffs with new rating system 0/6 to 6/6, updated links, further improved coordinates.
Have fun, explore the world with your wing - and drop me an email under info@paraglidingspots.com for corrections, thank you.
Also some other feedback would be great if you used the database and it worked out.
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.50 are now also available for TomTom and Garmin.
18.03.2017
Database Vs. 1.49 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Large update paragliding takeoffs and landing zones for Great Britain
... and some small changes in other countries ...
ALL spots with (significant) pictures, all takeoffs with new rating system 0/6 to 6/6, updated links, further improved coordinates.
Have fun, explore the world with your wing - and drop me an email under info@paraglidingspots.com for corrections, thank you.
Also some other feedback would be great if you used the database and it worked out.
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.49 are now also available for TomTom and Garmin.
06.12.2016
Database Vs. 1.48 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Large update paragliding takeoffs and landing zones for Ireland
... and some small changes in other countries ...
ALL spots with (significant) pictures, all takeoffs with new rating system 0/6 to 6/6, updated links, further improved coordinates.
Have fun, explore the world with your wing - and drop me an email under info@paraglidingspots.com for corrections, thank you.
Also some other feedback would be great if you used the database and it worked out.
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.48 are now also available for TomTom and Garmin.
13.10.2016
Database Vs. 1.47 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Large update paragliding takeoffs and landing zones for France
... and some small changes in other countries ...
ALL spots with (significant) pictures, all takeoffs with new rating system 0/6 to 6/6, updated links, further improved coordinates.
Have fun, explore the world with your wing - and drop me an email under info@paraglidingspots.com for corrections, thank you.
Also some other feedback would be great if you used the database and it worked out.
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.47 are now also available for TomTom and Garmin.
18.04.2016
Database Vs. 1.46 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Large update paragliding takeoffs and landing zones for
- Estonia
- Finland
... and some small changes in other countries ...
ALL spots with (significant) pictures, all takeoffs with new rating system 0/6 to 6/6, updated links, further improved coordinates.
Have fun, explore the world with your wing - and drop me an email under info@paraglidingspots.com for corrections, thank you.
Also some other feedback would be great if you used the database and it worked out.
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.46 are now also available for TomTom and Garmin.
11.04.2016
Database Vs. 1.45 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth
Large update paragliding takeoffs and landing zones for
- Albania
- Andorra
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Denmark
ALL spots with (significant) pictures, all takeoffs with new rating system 0/6 to 6/6, updated links, further improved coordinates.
Have fun, explore the world with your wing - and drop me an email under info@paraglidingspots.com for corrections, thank you.
Also some other feedback would be great if you used the database and it worked out.
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.45 are now also available for TomTom and Garmin.
14.01.2016
Database Vs. 1.44 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth, large update for Germany.
Large update paragliding takeoffs and landing zones for Germany. ALL spots with photos, all takeoffs with new rating system 0/6 to 6/6, updated links, further improved coordinates. Have fun, explore the world with your wing - and drop me an email under info@paraglidingspots.com for corrections, thank you. Also some other feedback would be great if you used the database and it worked out.
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.44 are now also available for TomTom and Garmin.
17.12.2015
Database Vs. 1.43 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth, large update for Australia.
Large update paragliding takeoffs and landing zones for Australia. ALL spots with photos, all takeoffs with new rating system 0/6 to 6/6, updated links, further improved coordinates. Have fun, explore the world with your wing - and drop me an email under info@paraglidingspots.com for corrections, thank you. Also some other feedback would be great if you used the database and it worked out.
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.43 are now also available for TomTom and Garmin.
01.12.2015
Database Vs. 1.42 Paragliding sites worldwide, for Google Earth, large update for Switzerland and Greece.
Large update paragliding takeoffs and landing zones for Switzerland and Greece. ALL spots with photos, all takeoffs with new rating system 0/6 to 6/6, updated links, further improved coordinates. Have fun, explore the world with your wing - and drop me an email under info@paraglidingspots.com for corrections, thank you. Also some other feedback would be great if you used the database and it worked out.
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.42 are now also available for TomTom and Garmin.
29.05.2015
Database Vs. 1.41 Paragliding launches and landing zones for Google Earth, big update for Italy.
Coordinates of all spots corrected, all spots with pictures, all takeoffs with quality rating, links to logged xcontest and leonardo flights.
Decolli ed atterraggi per Italia, grande aggiornamento - coordinate giuste, tutti gli spots con immagini, qualita di tutti decolli evaluati (voti da 0/6 a 6/6), links per voli - xcontest e leonardo.
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.41 are now also available for TomTom and Garmin.
18.02.2015
Database Vs. 1.40
Paragliding launches and landing zones for Google Earth, big update for Brazil and Austria.
Brazil and Austria fundamentally updated (photos for all points, links, info, coordinates etc.)
Many more upgrades in detail.
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.40 are now also available for TomTom and Garmin.
... this has been more than six months night work - looking forward to your feedback.
06.10.2014
The date of the last database update for a country is now added to the list in the selective download section.
20.08.2014
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.39 are now available for TomTom and Garmin.
20.08.2014
Database Vs. 1.39
Paragliding launches and landing zones for Google Earth, big update for Switzerland.
Switzerland: large update. Many spots added, flightlogs updated, almost any spot now with photos (!), club links added, quality criteria (red titly: good, red symbol: very good) updated.
Turkey: many good new spots – also suitable for world record xc... , flightlogs of the Turkey leonardo-server updated
Australia: some new takeoffs, on the other hand some also have been closed.
plus various small corrections in many countries
... this has been more than four months night work - looking forward to your feedback.
30.03.2014
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.38 are now available for TomTom and Garmin.
30.03.2014
Database Vs. 1.38
Paragliding launches and landing zones for Google Earth, big update for France.
France, big update
After almost 5 months of work, you can now download the currently best paragliding database worldwide, for France.
- correct coordinates of all takeoffs and landing zones, additionally many extra spots, like suitable parking lots
- all available sources have been taken into consideration - including links to the club websites
- most spots with photos, to get a better impression
- direct links to the flightlogs of xcontest, leonardo, Coupe Federale de Distance etc
- red letters mean: above-average / good spot, red symbol means: star spot, traveling a long distance is worth while
- as always, you find those spots also under "more downloads" as POI for TomTom and Garmin navigation devices. Find the spot by a simple click. In the air, long distance flyers can individuate the next landing zones or takeoffs.
Looking forward to your feedback, as always.
04.11.2013
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.37 are now available for TomTom and Garmin.
04.11.2013
Database Vs. 1.37
Paragliding launches and landing zones for Google Earth, big updates for Germany, Belgium and Bulgaria.
"Big update" means: coordinates improved, naming of the spots (incl.
alternative names) imporved, links to logged flights of leonardo/xc.dhv and xcontest integrated, good spots marked with red colour, photos for your orientation, more links and in-depth information. Reliable data for you to find the spots you want, as fast as possible - please mail your feedback to info@paraglidingspots.com.
05.07.2013
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.36 are now available for TomTom and Garmin.
05.07.2013
Database Vs. 1.36
Flying sites for Australia, Spain and New Caledonia are completely updated.
10.04.2013
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.35 are now available for TomTom and Garmin.
10.04.2013
Database Vs. 1.35
Flying sites for Canada are completely updated.
18.03.2013
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.34 are now available for TomTom and Garmin.
18.03.2013
Database Vs. 1.34
Flying sites for Asia are completely updated.
28.01.2013
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.33 are now available for TomTom and Garmin.
28.01.2013
Database Vs. 1.33 - Latin America, done.
Not very surprisingly there is a lot of flying activity in Latin America. For those who travel and want to explore: recently all Central and South American spots have been updated, please load the current database for Google Earth.
As always, seemingly 'good' spots are marked in red colour.
If you have any suggestions for improvement please email to info@paraglidingspots.com
08.11.2012
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.32 are now available for TomTom and Garmin.
08.11.2012
Database Vs. 1.32
Flying sites for paragliders, Latin America completely updated.
21.10.2012
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.31 are now available for TomTom and Garmin.
21.10.2012
Database Vs. 1.31
Flying sites for paragliders, Switzerland completely updated.
two months of working late hours, here the result.
1) Integration of leonardo and xcontest links, colour markings totally changed (you might have understood what it means: red text, well used and good xc - red symbol: top spot)
2) current flyland links integrated, but naturally corrected where they did not make sense according to the existing flightlogs
3) there are many new launches. Mostly Hike&Fly / Walk&Fly, but I tried to only quote those which seem to be valuable
Conclusion, no other country seems to be so complex to show in google earth to me. Swiss pilots seem to launch everywhere, and especially for this reason it is important to show the good ones - by coulour (see above), and be the integration of the Flightlogs.
Looking forward to your feedback. The coordinates are checked and should be right to a few metres. But please give me some more input about specific spots, e.g. contacts, dangers, locals clubs and how to get to the launch... you surely have something with which you can participate to make the database even better. ... please e-mail to info@paraglidingspots.com. Merci.
27.08.2012
Update of the database, Version 1.30
Japan, all paragliding launches - You will not find an overview which is as complete and with these coordinate quality anywhere else in the internet. However if you have any corrections please feel free to mail them to info@paraglidingspots.com. Thank you
07.08.2012
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.29 are now available for TomTom and Garmin.
07.08.2012
Version 1.29 online
total update of paragliding flying sites in Turkey, in Cyprus and in Peru, also several small changes.
The placemarks in the database now are sorted from north to south.
21.07.2012
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.28 are now available for TomTom and Garmin.
21.07.2012
Version 1.28 online
big update Africa.
Paragliding takeoffs for Google Earth, in Africa you will find only about 400 known ones.
well anyhow here you have them at one glance, coordinates checked (as far as possible).
if you find errors or want to add something please email toFalls doch mal etwas nicht stimmt, schreibt bitte die Korrekturen und Ergänzungen an info@paraglidingspots.com. anybody who does profit from the database should not only take, but also give generously... I mean : the paraglidings spot info that sits in your brains, not your money
22.06.2012
SELECTIVE download possible now
I have been asked by several users to offer a selective download of chosen countries. After complex programming this is possible now.
For all owning a well performing computer I suggest to stay with the old fashioned way, downloading the complete database. The regions not of interest for you can be easily deactivated in the overview. The advantage: the version number is clearly indicated, there will be no mixups of older and newer versions (every month there are several large updates, the database grows in quantity and quality). And it is convenient to have the whole international picture on demand, even if you do not intend to make large journeys.
For those owning a low performing computer and those who only want to download selected continents or countries there is the alternative method now.
By the way: when choosing the selective download you will see a new order of the points, for each country they are sorted from North to South now.
I hope you like the new feature and kindly ask for your feedback.
12.06.2012
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.27 are now available for TomTom and Garmin.
12.06.2012
Database Vs. 1.27
Paragliding takeoffs and landing zones in Portugal, complete update made.
16.05.2012
Database Vs. 1.26
Paragliding takeoffs and landing zones, complete update made.
So the coordinates are good now. What is missing is contacts, detail information and links to local clubs.
If you know some more background information about the spots (English language) or some good links (e.g. is there any official paragliding pilots organisation in Hungary) please email to info@paraglidingspots.com.
10.05.2012
Database Vs. 1.25
Besides some minor changes here and there and the correction of text coede errors there has been a large update of paragliding sites in Slovenia.
As always, I collected from many sources, e.g. paraglidingearth, pg365, links from the leonardo and Xcontest servers, videos, club and traveller infos, own experience, found contacts etc.
As always, everything was puzzled together and evaluated - the rubbish discarded, the points set to the right coordinates (my goal - always exact up to some metres if possible), and then all spots where commented by me like "rarely used" or "frequently used, good xc). Height data have also been added.
As always, the white launching spots are less used, those with red writhing are worth while if you are in the region, and those spots with red coloured symbol seem to be the best, most beutiful and good xc spots.
Please, give me your feedback. At the moment there are 250 database downloads monthly, but few mails from you with corrections or ideas for improvement.
27.04.2012
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.24 are now available for TomTom and Garmin.
26.04.2012
Database Vs 1.24
Austria: Large update (coordinates, altitude information, distinction between important and unimportant flying sites by red color)
01.04.2012
Database Vs 1.23
Paragliding database for Google Earth Luxemburg, Macedonia, Norway and UK updated.
28.02.2012
Waypoints/Placemarks of database version 1.21 are now available for TomTom and Garmin.
27.02.2012
Database Version 1.22 - Romania, new
A bit off the known track, but also in Romania there are good flying possibilities! In the current version of my paragliding database you will find more than 200 launching and landing zones to try out. As always, with checked coordinates, many links and additional information.
Also - as always (although it is mentioned in the database): "RED LETTERS MEAN: GOOD SPOT. RED SYMBOL MEANS: TOP SPOT"!
Looking forward to your feedback.
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Versiunea 1.22 Baza de date - România, nou
Un pic de pe pista cunoscut, dar, de asemenea, în România, exista posibilitati bune care zboara! În versiunea curenta a bazei de date meu zbor cu parapanta, veti gasi mai mult de 200 de lansare si de aterizare zone pentru a încerca. Ca întotdeauna, cu coordonatele verificate, multe link-uri si informatii suplimentare.
De asemenea - ca întotdeauna (desi este mentionat în baza de date): "litere rosii MEAN: loc bun rosu inseamna SIMBOL: loc de top."!
Asteptam feedback-ul dumneavoastra.
19.02.2012
Database Version 1.21 - Italy and Morocco, relaunch
It took several hundred hours to improve the database of Italian "Volo Libero" flying sites. Thanks to sources like Xcontest and many club websites you now presumably have the best coordinates / info collection of Italian Paragliding and Hanggliding sites you can get in one piece. The first one who proves the contrary will get a bottle of champagne from me. Obviously there will be many errors, still. Please have a look at the sites you know and contribute to improve the data.
The sites collection of Morocco have been mainly taken from the good database from http://www.michel-lacroix.com/maroc_sites.
During the last monts there was more feedback from pilots. Thank you! Especially the POIs / Placemarks for Garmin and TomTom seem to be liked. Several people reported how helpful it can be to simply "go-to" the required spot with your mobile car navigation device, or in the air during the flight. Next version 1.21 of the POI/Placemark data will be updated in some days.
30.12.2011
Database Version 1.20 - Lithuania and Latvia
all known paragliding launches, with additional information
20.12.2011
Waypoints/Placemarks of current database version 1.19 are now available for TomTom and Garmin.
20.12.2011
Database Vs. 1.19 - Ireland/Northern Ireland + India, total update
So far there were no really good and complete paragliding site guides for Ireland / Northern Ireland and India.
With version 1.19 here is an attempt to improve and put together the available data.
If you have suggestions for improvement, please email to info@paraglidingspots.com - I am looking forward to some feedback
04.12.2011
Database Vs. 1.18, update Iceland, flying spots for paragliders
30 spots corrected/completed/or new - much info added. Have a look if you ever plan to go there. Nothing for long distance lovers in short trousers. Cold, remote, fascinating.
03.12.2011
Database Vs. 1.17 20.11.2011
Database Version 1.16 - France total update, GE crashes
Several hundred working hours, info detailed down to club level. Many coordinates corrected, eliminated, added.
Within some days there will be a further modification of the FFVL-Link-adresses, because at the moment the FFVL seems to (again) change their site addresses. For test reasons I will also change the order of the spots in the google earth menu on the left side, all French spots from North to South. Wait some days if that is what you want.
By the way, several people said they have crashes with my database under google earth. My hints:
- read the info on my website
- do not use the new 6.x Google Earth version, but the old 5.2 version, download link on my website. It is much more stable!
- deactivate all data and all detail levels which you do not need.
- If google earth does not work temporarily, do not do anything else but WAIT. Often it works, after some seconds
- if you work a lot within the database eg copying etc - it makes sense to save the data regularly!
Anyhow, to improve those crash problems I will offer the database also as country-by-country files... in the future. 02.10.2011
Database Version 1.15: PGS symbols improved, further update of spots in Germany
In the database you will find a lot of foreign symbols, this is only a sign of work in progress.
The OWN symbols (like SP, SPK, SPW, LP and so on - for details see 'Info') so far were programmed badly. Of course, in the long run they have to be even more intelligent (like, showing only in large size when you are zooming in) but there has been an improvement already. So far they were in various sizes, from different sources. Now they are linked to my own website. So if you have downloaded the new database (do not forget to eliminate the old one first to avoid copies!) you even should be able to see the symbols right if you work offline in Google Earth the next time..
Further, the view angles of all spots have been reset to standard settings.
And, there has been a further update of coordinates and info regarding approximately 50 German spots.
There are many users, but still too few people who support and give me input information. Please think of the PG community and write to info@paraglidingspots.com if you want to contribute to improve the database. 17.09.2011
Database Version 1.14
Updated / partially strong improvements: Paragliding Spots Andorra, Albania, Belgium, Germany.
N.B. start directions are indicated now with 'international' wind directions, e.g. 30.08.2011
Database Version 1.13
various updates 21.06.2011
Database version 1.12: Right coordinates are not everything. But without them, everything is nothing.
After this philosophical intro, here the news: several countries updated, paragliding sites for Albania and Bulgaria included. And, under "imprint" I upload a photo of me... so you can associate a face to paraglingspots.com 30.05.2011 There are hundreds of downloads of my database now, every month. It would be good to have some feedback from my users. 30.05.2011
Paragliding database vs. 1.11 for google earth – launches and landing zones: Croatia, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Bosnia Herzegowina and Serbia updated.
Is it true that thera are only very few paragling spots in Russia / The Russian Federation? If you have additional information please write an E-Mail an info@paraglidingspots.com. 23.05.2011
Paragliding Database version 1.10: launches and landing zones Greece updated. 17.05.2011 Database version 1.9: Paragliding spots / launch and landing zones: Cuba, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Norway updated. 08.03.2011 Argentina now almost completed. Plus, small corrections e.g. Switzerland thanks to info@flytours.ch. 22.02.2011 Database version 1.7: worldwide flying sites for paragliding and hanggliding pilots. New: Brazil – complete for the first time. Within the database you will find all launches and landings in Brazil.
No copies of the same spot. Correct coordinates. Many additional infos and links. Good sites marked in red colour. There are still some open questions – these are marked as such, and I hope for your feedback. Also the formatting and English translaton of some Portugese texts can be improved. Please help, and send feedback. - - - Database versão 1.7 – rampas de voo livre em todo o mundo de parapente e vôo livre para os pilotos. Novo: todo o Brasil, completa. No banco de dados você vai encontrar todos os rampas e pousos no Brasil. Todas as cópias apagadas. Com o direito coordenadas, muitas informações e links adicionais. Bons sites são marcados na cor vermelha. Há ainda algumas questões em aberto - são marcados como tal, e eu espero por seus comentários. Por favor, ajudem e enviar comentários. 08.02.2011 Waypoints/Placemarks of current database version 1.6 are now available for TomTom and Garmin. 04.02.2011
Database version 1.6: With the example Brazil I describe how the paraglidingspots are created.
At the beginning of January I did not know much about flying sites in Brazil, except for the occasional report on XC flights. 19.01.2011 English version of the website is online. 17.01.2011 Database version 1.5: Various improvements, bugs corrected, Latin America: work in progress. 11.01.2011 Database version 1.4: Flying sites New Zealand, Czechia and Cuba updated. 03.01.2011 Database version 1.3: Flying sites Australia updated. 28.12.2010 Database version 1.2: Flying sites North America updated. 28.12.2010 'Infos' updated, added more links. 06.12.2010 Database version 1.1: Flying sites Sweden and Norway updated. 22.11.2010 Waypoints/Placemarks for TomTom and Garmin are now available. 21.11.2010 The first version of paraglidingspots.com is online.
Here is a major update to Danish flight areas.
Since there is a big controversy for the publication of takeoff and landing places in Denmark, once again my opinion:
Coastal flying in Denmark is great, and there are few rules. The existing (often local) restrictions and rules must be adhered to. Unfortunately, there are many reckless pilots, many (not all) of them foreigners. Because there were misbehaviour and some accidents, a few years ago the official bodies took out all info about flying sites from the internet. The message: "if you want to fly in Denmark, welcome - contact a local club prior to flying here." In my view this is completely counter-productive. First, we know due to constantly changing wind forecasts not exactly where and when we fly at a specific spot. Then the given contact addresses are totally out of date - I tested that some times. The result: some guest pilots refrain from flying in Denmark, others focus on famous spots like Lokken, and still others just fly wherever they want without knowing the rules. This does not helps anyone.
In any case, I have decided to publish all non-forbidden flight areas in DK, including text messages if I know any restrictions. Pilots, please read the database prior to flying, ask locals
- use a good performing computer
SP (E-SE) Ofenthaler Berg -> meaning the start direction is
East-Southeast
But, for the first time you get a reliable and complete picture for Brazil's PG / HG flying sites. If you like it and it has helped you to plan a flying tour, why don't you drop me an E-Mail, to info@paragliding.com?
Assim, pela primeira vez, você começa obter uma imagem fiável e completa para o GP do Brasil / sites HG voar. Se você gosta dele e ele ajudou a planejar uma turnê de vôo, me mande um e-mail, para info@paragliding.com.
Currently, 60 hours of work for about 130 spots.
I would like to comment on data quality about Brazil paragliding spot quality that can be found in the web: