Graphical User Interface

Overview

• The GUI is an ASP.NET MVC web site
• It provides:
  • A wizard-based interface that guides the user through adding new sightings
  • The ability to search for sightings using the following criteria:
    • Embarkation and destination airport IATA codes ("route")
    • Flight number
    • Airline
    • Aircraft registration number
    • Date
  • Report on the sightings data and export those reports in CSV format
  • Form-based management of all the database entities
  • Export of sightings and airport IATA code lists in CSV format
• The GUI uses the associated web service to access the data

Login

• On browsing to the application, the login dialog is displayed, prompting for a username and password
• This authenticates with the web service, so a valid login in the local database is required
• Instructions on adding a user to the database are given in the "Database" section of the Wiki