Malcolm Toon

Father. PPL/IFR ASEL, ASES. CEO @cartolake. Interested in fusing data modeling, computer graphics, #mapping and #GIS. Trust and invest in Doing.

[Malcolm Toon @MalcolmToon]

SITREP: Testing Vision Pro in a moving vehicle (as a passenger). Not quite there yet. It doesn't handle movement well.

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SITREP: Using X-Plane for testing the 3D @CartoLake engine

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Update: First pixels of the map engine rendering on VisionOS!

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SITREP: I've made a fully immersed thing go red

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First snow of the season

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Goodnight Maine

[Malcolm Toon @MalcolmToon]

@soheilazarpour In theory it should be ok. Just me and 60gals, she regularly gets off on paved in ~500'. I'm going to do some more soft field work to get a better sense of capability. It's definitely more pilot skill than airplane holding things up at this point!

[Malcolm Toon @MalcolmToon]

Surveying a short local grass strip out on one of the islands. Working on perfecting the approach. Only 1000' long!

[Malcolm Toon @MalcolmToon]

Just pushed some updates to the MapDemo repository. Current location marker, diagnostic tiles, GeoPDF and shaded terrain demos now available. Github repo: https://t.co/eRVpMLc2rn

[Malcolm Toon @MalcolmToon]

Updated the demo project to include GeoPDF, GeoJSON import and bulk animated markers.
https://t.co/eRVpMLcAgV

[Malcolm Toon @MalcolmToon]

SITREP: Just posted first (and VERY preliminary) demo project of the CartoLake map engine. More will be coming out over the next few weeks. Please let me know if there are any specific demos that would be interesting! https://t.co/eRVpMLcAgV

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SITREP: Automatic polygon extrusion based on shape file attributes is getting closer. Interesting thing about this iteration is the formula based label creation. Using something like an excel formula to conditionally generate the labels opens up a lot of possibilities!

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SITREP: Working on shape file import w/auto extrude capability. Testing by creating 3D airspace volumes and iterating on styling.

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Departing B19 🛩️

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Friday's project: Cut out a chunk of the back, added some noise dampening and painted the custom speaker cab I've been using to record with. Realized the speaker is not supposed to be in a closed back cab! 🤦‍♂️

[Malcolm Toon @MalcolmToon]

@lauralaban @jasonrosewell Ha! You mean you don't want to scrum for a thought shower about prioritizing the capability catalog?

[Malcolm Toon @MalcolmToon]

@jasonrosewell @lauralaban I especially like "*game* plan" 😀

[Malcolm Toon @MalcolmToon]

Maine  ❤️

[Malcolm Toon @MalcolmToon]

@lauralaban @jasonrosewell No worries! Just meant that occasionally pushing yourself by adjusting personal mins (esp. when flying with a second set of eyes) can help build confidence, but should always have exit/alternative strategy/etc.

[Malcolm Toon @MalcolmToon]

@jasonrosewell I feel like your boss would understand if you were late because you needed to deviate :). For real though, higher pressure/stakes flying is good. Helps create more confidence/etc. If you have to deviate, there's always a way to get there eventually.