The problem: The approach plates that come with KOTR and other theaters are a bunch of images in a giant, nested directory structure. Not great for viewing on a tablet or similar.
The solution: Collect the images together as a PDF, and include a table of contents, generated from the directory structure, so that you can quickly navigate to an airport’s plates on your tablet using ForeFlight or something else.
This is what I wrote. The code is at https://github.com/RISCfuture/ImagesToPDF
Example plate packs generated by this tool are at https://mega.nz/folder/qoZVFZjB#YNLYRUrSHTk7VlYWuMeE1w
FAQ:
Why is this a macOS tool written in Swift when Falcon BMS is very much a Windows game?
I am an iOS app developer and Ruby on Rails web developer, not a .NET developer. Sorry.
Can I use this tool to generate my own plate packs?
Sure. You need a Mac, and you need enough technical wherewithal to install the Xcode Developer Tools and use the Terminal app to clone a GitHub project. If you can handle that, then follow the instructions on the GitHub page.
Are these plate packs up to date?
They were at the time I made post, but I am not making any guarantees about keeping them up to date with future updates to the campaigns.
What size are these? What if I want other sizes, like for my printed kneeboard?
The tool defaults to generating letter-size pages (8.5″ × 11″). Check out the help documentation to learn how to customize the page size.