degeneration 5 #1 January 2, 2009 I'm trying to put together a database of the cost of jumptickets at DZs around the world. I've set up a website to catalogue this information as I think for people who are going to look for skydiving holidays somewhere new, it could be a good resource to have. The website is linked to in my signature. If you could enter your DZ and its jump ticket price into the database, I would very much appreicate it. It only will take a minute to do. I plan on using this as a guide for where I'll be going on holiday in the coming years, so the more info I have on DZ prices around the world the better. I'm from the UK where jumping can be quite expensive (although with the changing exchange rate it is now comparitively less so) and last summer I went jumping in Sweden and the money I saved per jump pretty much covered the cost of me getting there, but it took me a while to find out that Sweden was a good country to go to. The site I've set up would make it so much easier. Cheers all. Mods - if this is in the wrong forum then please move as required.Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWernig 0 #2 January 3, 2009 Just a suggestion.... how about adding the planes these prices are for. The reason is, in my mind a "reasonable" price also directly correlates to the plane. For example, I have paid $30 US to jump a CASA- I would not pay this to jump a cessna. Anyway, just an idea. Nice Job!!Nathan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 6 #3 January 3, 2009 Quote.... how about adding the planes these prices are for. And the altitude... HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
degeneration 5 #4 January 3, 2009 Good ideas for both. I've had a decent amount of suggestions for other additions to the database - kit hire cost (per day or per jump), bulk ticket discount being other ideas - my concern is that if there is too much info to initially fill in, then people will not take the time to fill it in at all. Also, and this is purely aesthetic, everything neatly fits on one line at the moment (sized for a 1024x768 monitor) - more info won't! I'll start playing around with new layout ideas to accomodate more horizontal line space for each DZ. Thanks for the feedback. Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #5 January 3, 2009 Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80040e14' Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression ''Ecole de Parachutisme de Chateau d'Oex', 'Europe', 'Switzerland', 'Multiple /vaud /Switzerland', 'CHF', '42', '1', 'http://www.epco.aero', 'Jan', '2009')'. /add-a-dropzone.asp, line 427scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
degeneration 5 #6 January 3, 2009 I recognise the cause of that error... Will get it fixed soon. Edit in: have fixed it and made sure it worked by inputting the data from your post. Thanks again.Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #7 January 3, 2009 Quote Good ideas for both. I've had a decent amount of suggestions for other additions to the database - kit hire cost (per day or per jump), bulk ticket discount being other ideas - my concern is that if there is too much info to initially fill in, then people will not take the time to fill it in at all. Also, and this is purely aesthetic, everything neatly fits on one line at the moment (sized for a 1024x768 monitor) - more info won't! I'll start playing around with new layout ideas to accomodate more horizontal line space for each DZ. Thanks for the feedback. If you want consistent and usable data you need to come up with some basic standards and a way to verify them or just collect it all yourself. Max altititude is definitely a must though.Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
degeneration 5 #8 January 4, 2009 Ok, due to popular request I have now put fields in for Altitude Kit hire cost (Per Jump/Day) Bulk Ticket Discount Available - Yes/No answer - if you want details of the discount refer to the DZ website or contact them directly! DZ Aircraft The latter 3 are all in an "Additional Info" hover over info thing, altitude in the main listings. I don't plan to make any more changes to the database fields now. I think there is more than enough info to be put in for each DZ. I hope this satisfies everyone's requests and doesn't make the site too complicated. I also hope that the database gets populated for around the world, and that people can find it useful.Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jguy904 0 #9 January 6, 2009 price is usually dependent on altitude--a 182 usually goes to 10500--any turbine powered aircraft usually goes to 13500--hop n' pops usually cost less regardless of aircraft type-- MUFF #3384, DIRTY SANCHEZ #28(Chief Recruiting Officer), FALLING GATOR #7801-A, POPS #10957, FLYING HELLFISH #847, HISPAS #79, SRA #9229, Surfador Rodrigues Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feuergnom 29 #10 January 13, 2009 one of the really good ideas dz.com has sparked i guess we all owe him a case of The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erroll 80 #11 January 13, 2009 Quote one of the really good ideas dz.com has sparked i guess we all owe him a case of Maybe he should add the cost of in different countries worldwide to his database! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
degeneration 5 #12 January 15, 2009 Quote Maybe he should add the cost of in different countries worldwide to his database! With the choices of beers available, that will probably have to be a completely seperate site!! Ok, updates since last post - altitude can now be set to metres if you really want. More currencies added. And USA is now sorted by state. Thought this was a good one to add given that each state is bigger than most European countries!! But more importantly - 100 dropzones are now listed!! Countries represented are: Oz, NZ, Namibia, South Africa, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, Canada, USA, Chile and Uruguay. Not got as many for USA as I'd like though given the size of the place. I know people on this site have been to Perris for example, and it is not listed. People in the USA may not find other USA DZs listings that helpful, but for me and other people in the UK/Europe and other parts of the world, it would be very helpful and informative, so please add more DZs if you know the details for any!! Cheers to all that have contributed. I imagine DZ additions will be slowing down a bit, but hopefully there are still loads more to come! If you make a jump anywhere that is not on the site, please remember to add it! Thanks, KrisSky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluepill 0 #13 January 15, 2009 What a great site - thanks. BP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
degeneration 5 #14 January 22, 2009 I've added a Wind tunnels section to the site now. Works exactly the same way as the dropzones section. Prices are based on standard 60 mins at peak and off peak times. If you've used a tunnel, add it as well!! Cheers.Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
degeneration 5 #15 March 28, 2009 The number of dropzones on the www.jumpticketprices.com database has been rather steady in the 220s for the last quite a number of weeks, but I know there are lots of other dropzones not on here yet. So many European countries haven't even got an entry yet, so if you've jumped in Europe somewhere that is not on the list, please enter the DZs details. There must be a few USA DZs not listed too? If you are local to a DZ that is not listed and you are reading this, please take the couple of minutes to enter the dropzone's info. I've had a lot of good feedback vie email from people who've liked the usefulness of this site, so please help the database grow. Begging over! Cheers everyone.Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PWScottIV 0 #16 April 4, 2009 Thanks a lot for putting this together!Gravity Waits for No One. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
