[flightgear.git] / src / ATC / ground.cxx

// FGGround - a class to provide ground control at larger airports.
//
// Written by David Luff, started March 2002.
//
// Copyright (C) 2002  David C. Luff - david.luff@nottingham.ac.uk
//
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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//
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// WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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// General Public License for more details.
//
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#include <simgear/misc/sg_path.hxx>
#include <simgear/math/sg_random.h>
#include <simgear/debug/logstream.hxx>
#include <simgear/misc/sgstream.hxx>
#include <simgear/constants.h>
#include <Main/globals.hxx>

#include <stdlib.h>
#include STL_FSTREAM

#include "ground.hxx"
#include "ATCmgr.hxx"
#include "ATCutils.hxx"
#include "ATCdisplay.hxx"
#include "AILocalTraffic.hxx"

SG_USING_STD(ifstream);
SG_USING_STD(cout);

node::node() {
}

node::~node() {
        for(unsigned int i=0; i < arcs.size(); ++i) {
                delete arcs[i];
        }
}

// Make sure that a_path.cost += distance is safe from the moment it's created.
a_path::a_path() {
        cost = 0;
}

FGGround::FGGround() {
        ATCmgr = globals->get_ATC_mgr();
        _type = GROUND;
        networkLoadOK = false;
        ground_traffic.erase(ground_traffic.begin(), ground_traffic.end());
        ground_traffic_itr = ground_traffic.begin();
        
        // Init the property nodes - TODO - need to make sure we're getting surface winds.
        wind_from_hdg = fgGetNode("/environment/wind-from-heading-deg", true);
        wind_speed_knots = fgGetNode("/environment/wind-speed-kt", true);
        
        // TODO - get the actual airport elevation
        aptElev = 0.0;
}

FGGround::FGGround(string id) {
        ATCmgr = globals->get_ATC_mgr();
        networkLoadOK = false;
        ground_traffic.erase(ground_traffic.begin(), ground_traffic.end());
        ground_traffic_itr = ground_traffic.begin();
        ident = id;
        
        // Init the property nodes - TODO - need to make sure we're getting surface winds.
        wind_from_hdg = fgGetNode("/environment/wind-from-heading-deg", true);
        wind_speed_knots = fgGetNode("/environment/wind-speed-kt", true);
        
        // TODO - get the actual airport elevation
        aptElev = 0.0;
}

FGGround::~FGGround() {
}

void FGGround::ParseRwyExits(node* np, char* es) {
        char* token;
        char estr[20];
        strcpy(estr, es);
        const char delimiters[] = "-";
        token = strtok(estr, delimiters);
        while(token != NULL) {
                int i = atoi(token);
                //cout << "token = " << token << endl;
                //cout << "rwy number = " << i << endl;
                //runways[(atoi(token))].exits.push_back(np);
                runways[i].exits.push_back(np);
                //cout << "token = " << token << '\n';
                token = strtok(NULL, delimiters);
        }
}
        

// Load the ground logical network of the current instances airport
// Return true if successfull.
// TODO - currently the file is assumed to reside in the base/ATC directory.
// This might change to something more thought out in the future.
// NOTE - currently it is assumed that all nodes are loaded before any arcs.
// It won't work ATM if this doesn't hold true.
bool FGGround::LoadNetwork() {
        node* np;
        arc* ap;
        Gate* gp;
        
        int gateCount = 0;      // This is used to allocate gateID's from zero upwards
        // This may well change in the future - probably to reading in the real-world
        // gate numbers from file.
        
        ifstream fin;
        SGPath path = globals->get_fg_root();
        //string taxiPath = "ATC/" + ident + ".taxi";
        string taxiPath = "ATC/KEMT.taxi";      // FIXME - HARDWIRED FOR TESTING
        path.append(taxiPath);
        
        SG_LOG(SG_ATC, SG_INFO, "Trying to read taxiway data for " << ident << "...");
        //cout << "Trying to read taxiway data for " << ident << "..." << endl;
        fin.open(path.c_str(), ios::in);
        if(!fin) {
                SG_LOG(SG_ATC, SG_ALERT, "Unable to open taxiway data input file " << path.c_str());
                //cout << "Unable to open taxiway data input file " << path.c_str() << endl;
                return(false);
        }
        
        char ch;
        char buf[30];
        while(!fin.eof()) {
                fin >> buf;
                // Node, arc, or [End]?
                //cout << "Read in ground network element type = " << buf << endl;
                if(!strcmp(buf, "[End]")) {             // TODO - maybe make this more robust to spelling errors by just looking for '['
                        SG_LOG(SG_ATC, SG_INFO, "Done reading " << path.c_str() << endl);
                        break;
                } else if(!strcmp(buf, "N")) {
                        // Node
                        np = new node;
                        np->struct_type = NODE;
                        fin >> buf;
                        np->nodeID = atoi(buf);
                        fin >> buf;
                        np->pos.setlon(atof(buf));
                        fin >> buf;
                        np->pos.setlat(atof(buf));
                        fin >> buf;
                        np->pos.setelev(atof(buf));
                        fin >> buf;             // node type
                        if(!strcmp(buf, "J")) {
                                np->type = JUNCTION;
                        } else if(!strcmp(buf, "T")) {
                                np->type = TJUNCTION;
                        } else if(!strcmp(buf, "H")) {
                                np->type = HOLD;
                        } else {
                                SG_LOG(SG_ATC, SG_ALERT, "**** ERROR ***** Unknown node type in taxi network...\n");
                                delete np;
                                return(false);
                        }
                        fin >> buf;             // rwy exit information - gets parsed later - FRAGILE - will break if buf is reused.
                        // Now the name
                        fin >> ch;      // strip the leading " off
                        np->name = "";
                        while(1) {
                                fin.unsetf(ios::skipws);
                                fin >> ch;
                                if((ch == '"') || (ch == 0x0A)) {
                                        break;
                                }   // we shouldn't need the 0x0A but it makes a nice safely in case someone leaves off the "
                                np->name += ch;
                        }
                        fin.setf(ios::skipws);
                        network.push_back(np);
                        // FIXME - fragile - replies on buf not getting modified from exits read to here
                        // see if we also need to push it onto the runway exit list
                        //cout << "strlen(buf) = " << strlen(buf) << endl;
                        if(strlen(buf) > 2) {
                                //cout << "Calling ParseRwyExits for " << buf << endl;
                                ParseRwyExits(np, buf);
                        }
                } else if(!strcmp(buf, "A")) {
                        ap = new arc;
                        ap->struct_type = ARC;
                        fin >> buf;
                        ap->n1 = atoi(buf);
                        fin >> buf;
                        ap->n2 = atoi(buf);
                        fin >> buf;
                        if(!strcmp(buf, "R")) {
                                ap->type = RUNWAY;
                        } else if(!strcmp(buf, "T")) {
                                ap->type = TAXIWAY;
                        } else {
                                SG_LOG(SG_ATC, SG_ALERT, "**** ERROR ***** Unknown arc type in taxi network...\n");
                                delete ap;
                                return(false);
                        }
                        // directed?
                        fin >> buf;
                        if(!strcmp(buf, "Y")) {
                                ap->directed = true;
                        } else if(!strcmp(buf, "N")) {
                                ap->directed = false;
                        } else {
                                SG_LOG(SG_ATC, SG_ALERT, "**** ERROR ***** Unknown arc directed value in taxi network - should be Y/N !!!\n");
                                delete ap;
                                return(false);
                        }                       
                        // Now the name
                        ap->name = "";
                        while(1) {
                                fin.unsetf(ios::skipws);
                                fin >> ch;
                                ap->name += ch;
                                if((ch == '"') || (ch == 0x0A)) {
                                        break;
                                }   // we shouldn't need the 0x0A but it makes a nice safely in case someone leaves off the "
                        }
                        fin.setf(ios::skipws);
                        ap->distance = (int)dclGetHorizontalSeparation(network[ap->n1]->pos, network[ap->n2]->pos);
                        //cout << "Distance  = " << ap->distance << '\n';
                        network[ap->n1]->arcs.push_back(ap);
                        network[ap->n2]->arcs.push_back(ap);
                } else if(!strcmp(buf, "G")) {
                        gp = new Gate;
                        gp->struct_type = NODE;
                        gp->type = GATE;
                        fin >> buf;
                        gp->nodeID = atoi(buf);
                        fin >> buf;
                        gp->pos.setlon(atof(buf));
                        fin >> buf;
                        gp->pos.setlat(atof(buf));
                        fin >> buf;
                        gp->pos.setelev(atof(buf));
                        fin >> buf;             // gate type - ignore this for now
                        fin >> buf;             // gate heading
                        gp->heading = atoi(buf);
                        // Now the name
                        gp->name = "";
                        while(1) {
                                fin.unsetf(ios::skipws);
                                fin >> ch;
                                gp->name += ch;
                                if((ch == '"') || (ch == 0x0A)) {
                                        break;
                                }   // we shouldn't need the 0x0A but it makes a nice safely in case someone leaves off the "
                        }
                        fin.setf(ios::skipws);
                        gp->id = gateCount;             // Warning - this will likely change in the future.
                        gp->used = false;
                        network.push_back(gp);
                        gates[gateCount] = gp;
                        gateCount++;
                } else {
                        // Something has gone seriously pear-shaped
                        SG_LOG(SG_ATC, SG_ALERT, "********* ERROR - unknown ground network element type... aborting read of " << path.c_str() << '\n');
                        return(false);
                }
                
                fin >> skipeol;         
        }
        return(true);
}

void FGGround::Init() {
        untowered = false;
        
        // Figure out which is the active runway - TODO - it would be better to have ground call tower
        // for runway operation details, but at the moment we can't guarantee that tower control at a given airport
        // will be initialised before ground so we can't do that.
        DoRwyDetails();
        //cout << "In FGGround::Init, active rwy is " << activeRwy << '\n';
        ortho.Init(rwy.threshold_pos, rwy.hdg);

        networkLoadOK = LoadNetwork();
}

void FGGround::Update(double dt) {
        // Each time step, what do we need to do?
        // We need to go through the list of outstanding requests and acknowedgements
        // and process at least one of them.
        // We need to go through the list of planes under our control and check if
        // any need to be addressed.
        // We need to check for planes not under our control coming within our 
        // control area and address if necessary.
        
        // Lets take the example of a plane which has just contacted ground
        // following landing - presumably requesting where to go?
        // First we need to establish the position of the plane within the logical network.
        // Next we need to decide where its going.
        
        if(ground_traffic.size()) {
                if(ground_traffic_itr == ground_traffic.end()) {
                        ground_traffic_itr = ground_traffic.begin();
                }
                
                //Process(*ground_traffic_itr);
                GroundRec* g = *ground_traffic_itr;
                if(g->taxiRequestOutstanding) {
                        double responseTime = 10.0;             // seconds - this should get more sophisticated at some point
                        if(g->clearanceCounter > responseTime) {
                                // DO CLEARANCE
                                // TODO - move the mechanics of making up the transmission out of the main Update(...) routine.
                                string trns = "";
                                trns += g->plane.callsign;
                                trns += " taxi holding point runway ";  // TODO - add the holding point name
                                // eg " taxi holding point G2 runway "
                                trns += ConvertRwyNumToSpokenString(activeRwy);
                                if(_display) {
                                        globals->get_ATC_display()->RegisterSingleMessage(trns, 0);
                                }
                                g->planePtr->RegisterTransmission(1);   // cleared to taxi
                                g->clearanceCounter = 0.0;
                                g->taxiRequestOutstanding = false;
                        } else {
                                g->clearanceCounter += (dt * ground_traffic.size());
                        }
                } else if(((FGAILocalTraffic*)(g->planePtr))->AtHoldShort()) {          // That's a hack - eventually we should monitor actual position
                        // HACK ALERT - the automatic cast to AILocalTraffic has to go once we have other sorts working!!!!! FIXME TODO
                        // NOTE - we don't need to do the contact tower bit unless we have separate tower and ground
                        string trns = g->plane.callsign;
                        trns += " contact Tower ";
                        double f = globals->get_ATC_mgr()->GetFrequency(ident, TOWER) / 100.0;
                        char buf[10];
                        sprintf(buf, "%.2f", f);
                        trns += buf;
                        if(_display) {
                                globals->get_ATC_display()->RegisterSingleMessage(trns, 0);
                        }
                        g->planePtr->RegisterTransmission(2);   // contact tower
                        delete *ground_traffic_itr;
                        ground_traffic.erase(ground_traffic_itr);
                        ground_traffic_itr = ground_traffic.begin();
                }                               
                ++ground_traffic_itr;
        }
        
        // Call the base class update for the response time handling.
        FGATC::Update(dt);
}

// Figure out which runways are active.
// For now we'll just be simple and do one active runway - eventually this will get much more complex
// Copied from FGTower - TODO - it would be better to implement this just once, and have ground call tower
// for runway operation details, but at the moment we can't guarantee that tower control at a given airport
// will be initialised before ground so we can't do that.
void FGGround::DoRwyDetails() {
        //cout << "GetRwyDetails called" << endl;
        
        // Based on the airport-id and wind get the active runway
        
        //wind
        double hdg = wind_from_hdg->getDoubleValue();
        double speed = wind_speed_knots->getDoubleValue();
        hdg = (speed == 0.0 ? 270.0 : hdg);
        //cout << "Heading = " << hdg << '\n';
        
        FGRunway runway;
        bool rwyGood = globals->get_runways()->search(ident, int(hdg), &runway);
        if(rwyGood) {
                activeRwy = runway.rwy_no;
                rwy.rwyID = runway.rwy_no;
                SG_LOG(SG_ATC, SG_INFO, "In FGGround, active runway for airport " << ident << " is " << activeRwy);
                
                // Get the threshold position
                double other_way = runway.heading - 180.0;
                while(other_way <= 0.0) {
                        other_way += 360.0;
                }
        // move to the +l end/center of the runway
                //cout << "Runway center is at " << runway.lon << ", " << runway.lat << '\n';
        Point3D origin = Point3D(runway.lon, runway.lat, aptElev);
                Point3D ref = origin;
        double tshlon, tshlat, tshr;
                double tolon, tolat, tor;
                rwy.length = runway.length * SG_FEET_TO_METER;
        geo_direct_wgs_84 ( aptElev, ref.lat(), ref.lon(), other_way, 
                                rwy.length / 2.0 - 25.0, &tshlat, &tshlon, &tshr );
        geo_direct_wgs_84 ( aptElev, ref.lat(), ref.lon(), runway.heading, 
                                rwy.length / 2.0 - 25.0, &tolat, &tolon, &tor );
                // Note - 25 meters in from the runway end is a bit of a hack to put the plane ahead of the user.
                // now copy what we need out of runway into rwy
        rwy.threshold_pos = Point3D(tshlon, tshlat, aptElev);
                Point3D takeoff_end = Point3D(tolon, tolat, aptElev);
                //cout << "Threshold position = " << tshlon << ", " << tshlat << ", " << aptElev << '\n';
                //cout << "Takeoff position = " << tolon << ", " << tolat << ", " << aptElev << '\n';
                rwy.hdg = runway.heading;
                // Set the projection for the local area based on this active runway
                ortho.Init(rwy.threshold_pos, rwy.hdg); 
                rwy.end1ortho = ortho.ConvertToLocal(rwy.threshold_pos);        // should come out as zero
                rwy.end2ortho = ortho.ConvertToLocal(takeoff_end);
        } else {
                SG_LOG(SG_ATC, SG_ALERT, "Help  - can't get good runway in FGTower!!");
                activeRwy = "NN";
        }
}

// Return a random gate ID of an unused gate.
// Two error values may be returned and must be checked for by the calling function:
// -2 signifies that no gates exist at this airport.
// -1 signifies that all gates are currently full.
int FGGround::GetRandomGateID() {
        // Check that this airport actually has some gates!!
        if(!gates.size()) {
                return(-2);
        }

        gate_vec_type gateVec;
        int num = 0;
        int thenum;
        int ID;
        
        gatesItr = gates.begin();
        while(gatesItr != gates.end()) {
                if((gatesItr->second)->used == false) {
                        gateVec.push_back(gatesItr->second);
                        num++;
                }
                ++gatesItr;
        }

        // Check that there are some unused gates!
        if(!gateVec.size()) {
                return(-1);
        }
        
        // Randomly select one from the list
        sg_srandom_time();
        thenum = (int)(sg_random() * gateVec.size());
        ID = gateVec[thenum]->id;
        
        return(ID);
}

// Return a pointer to an unused gate node
Gate* FGGround::GetGateNode() {
        int id = GetRandomGateID();
        if(id < 0) {
                return(NULL);
        } else {
                return(gates[id]);
        }
}


node* FGGround::GetHoldShortNode(string rwyID) {
        return(NULL);   // TODO - either implement me or remove me!!!
}


// WARNING - This is hardwired to my prototype logical network format
// and will almost certainly change when Bernie's stuff comes on-line.
// Returns NULL if it can't find a valid node.
node* FGGround::GetThresholdNode(string rwyID) {
        // For now go through all the nodes and parse their names
        // Maybe in the future we'll map threshold nodes by ID
        //cout << "Size of network is " << network.size() << '\n';
        for(unsigned int i=0; i<network.size(); ++i) {
                //cout << "Name = " << network[i]->name << '\n';
                if(network[i]->name.size()) {
                        string s = network[i]->name;
                        // Warning - the next bit is fragile and dependent on my current naming scheme
                        //cout << "substr = " << s.substr(0,3) << '\n';
                        //cout << "size of s = " << s.size() << '\n'; 
                        if(s.substr(0,3) == "rwy") {
                                //cout << "subsubstr = " << s.substr(4, s.size() - 4) << '\n';
                                if(s.substr(4, s.size() - 4) == rwyID) {
                                        return network[i];
                                }
                        }
                }
        }
        return NULL;
}


// Get a path from a point on a runway to a gate
// TODO !!

// Get a path from a node to another node
// Eventually we will need complex algorithms for this taking other traffic,
// shortest path and suitable paths into accout.
// For now we'll just call the shortest path algorithm.
ground_network_path_type FGGround::GetPath(node* A, node* B) {  
        return(GetShortestPath(A, B));
};

// Get a path from a node to a runway threshold
ground_network_path_type FGGround::GetPath(node* A, string rwyID) {
        node* b = GetThresholdNode(rwyID);
        if(b == NULL) {
                SG_LOG(SG_ATC, SG_ALERT, "ERROR - unable to find path to runway theshold in ground.cxx for airport " << ident << '\n');
                ground_network_path_type emptyPath;
                emptyPath.erase(emptyPath.begin(), emptyPath.end());
                return(emptyPath);
        }
        return GetShortestPath(A, b);
}

// Get a path from a node to a runway hold short point
// Bit of a hack this at the moment!
ground_network_path_type FGGround::GetPathToHoldShort(node* A, string rwyID) {
        ground_network_path_type path = GetPath(A, rwyID);
        path.pop_back();        // That should be the threshold stripped of 
        path.pop_back();        // and that should be the arc from hold short to threshold
        // This isn't robust though - TODO - implement properly!
        return(path);
}

// A shortest path algorithm from memory (ie. I can't find the bl&*dy book again!)
// I'm sure there must be enchancements that we can make to this, such as biasing the
// order in which the nodes are searched out from in favour of those geographically
// closer to the destination.
// Note that we are working with the master set of nodes and arcs so we mustn't change
// or delete them -  we only delete the paths that we create during the algorithm.
ground_network_path_type FGGround::GetShortestPath(node* A, node* B) {
        a_path* pathPtr;
        shortest_path_map_type pathMap;
        node_array_type nodesLeft;
        
        // Debugging check
        int pathsCreated = 0;
        
        // Initialise the algorithm
        nodesLeft.push_back(A);
        pathPtr = new a_path;
        pathsCreated++;
        pathPtr->path.push_back(A);
        pathPtr->cost = 0;
        pathMap[A->nodeID] = pathPtr;
        bool solution_found = false;    // Flag to indicate that at least one candidate path has been found
        int solution_cost = -1;                 // Cost of current best cost solution.  -1 indicates no solution found yet.
        a_path solution_path;           
                                                                                        
        node* nPtr;     // nPtr is used to point to the node we are currently working with
        
        while(nodesLeft.size()) {
                //cout << "\n*****nodesLeft*****\n";
                //for(unsigned int i=0; i<nodesLeft.size(); ++i) {
                        //cout << nodesLeft[i]->nodeID << '\n';
                //}
                //cout << "*******************\n\n";
                nPtr = *nodesLeft.begin();              // Thought - definate optimization possibilities here in the choice of which nodes we process first.
                nodesLeft.erase(nodesLeft.begin());
                //cout << "Walking out from node " << nPtr->nodeID << '\n';
                for(unsigned int i=0; i<nPtr->arcs.size(); ++i) {
                        //cout << "ARC TO " << ((nPtr->arcs[i]->n1 == nPtr->nodeID) ? nPtr->arcs[i]->n2 : nPtr->arcs[i]->n1) << '\n';
                }
                if((solution_found) && (solution_cost <= pathMap[nPtr->nodeID]->cost)) {
                        // Do nothing - we've already found a solution and this partial path is already more expensive
                } else {
                        // This path could still be better than the current solution - check it out
                        for(unsigned int i=0; i<(nPtr->arcs.size()); i++) {
                                // Map the new path against the end node, ie. *not* the one we just started with.
                                unsigned int end_nodeID = ((nPtr->arcs[i]->n1 == nPtr->nodeID) ? nPtr->arcs[i]->n2 : nPtr->arcs[i]->n1);
                                //cout << "end_nodeID = " << end_nodeID << '\n';
                                //cout << "pathMap size is " << pathMap.size() << '\n';
                                if(end_nodeID == nPtr->nodeID) {
                                        //cout << "Circular arc!\n";
                                        // Then its a circular arc - don't bother!!
                                        //nPtr->arcs.erase(nPtr->arcs.begin() + i);
                                } else {
                                        // see if the end node is already in the map or not
                                        if(pathMap.find(end_nodeID) == pathMap.end()) {
                                                //cout << "Not in the map" << endl;;
                                                // Not in the map - easy!
                                                pathPtr = new a_path;
                                                pathsCreated++;
                                                *pathPtr = *pathMap[nPtr->nodeID];      // *copy* the path
                                                pathPtr->path.push_back(nPtr->arcs[i]);
                                                pathPtr->path.push_back(network[end_nodeID]);
                                                pathPtr->cost += nPtr->arcs[i]->distance;
                                                pathMap[end_nodeID] = pathPtr;
                                                nodesLeft.push_back(network[end_nodeID]);       // By definition this can't be in the list already, or
                                                // it would also have been in the map and hence OR'd with this one.
                                                if(end_nodeID == B->nodeID) {
                                                        //cout << "Solution found!!!" << endl;
                                                        // Since this node wasn't in the map this is by definition the first solution
                                                        solution_cost = pathPtr->cost;
                                                        solution_path = *pathPtr;
                                                        solution_found = true;
                                                }
                                        } else {
                                                //cout << "Already in the map" << endl;
                                                // In the map - not so easy - need to get rid of an arc from the higher cost one.
                                                //cout << "Current cost of node " << end_nodeID << " is " << pathMap[end_nodeID]->cost << endl;
                                                int newCost = pathMap[nPtr->nodeID]->cost + nPtr->arcs[i]->distance;
                                                //cout << "New cost is of node " << nPtr->nodeID << " is " << newCost << endl;
                                                if(newCost >= pathMap[end_nodeID]->cost) {
                                                        // No need to do anything.
                                                        //cout << "Not doing anything!" << endl;
                                                } else {
                                                        delete pathMap[end_nodeID];
                                                        pathsCreated--;
                                                        
                                                        pathPtr = new a_path;
                                                        pathsCreated++;
                                                        *pathPtr = *pathMap[nPtr->nodeID];      // *copy* the path
                                                        pathPtr->path.push_back(nPtr->arcs[i]);
                                                        pathPtr->path.push_back(network[end_nodeID]);
                                                        pathPtr->cost += nPtr->arcs[i]->distance;
                                                        pathMap[end_nodeID] = pathPtr;
                                                        
                                                        // We need to add this node to the list-to-do again to force a recalculation 
                                                        // onwards from this node with the new lower cost to node cost.
                                                        nodesLeft.push_back(network[end_nodeID]);
                                                        
                                                        if(end_nodeID == B->nodeID) {
                                                                //cout << "Solution found!!!" << endl;
                                                                // Need to check if there is a previous better solution
                                                                if((solution_cost < 0) || (pathPtr->cost < solution_cost)) {
                                                                        solution_cost = pathPtr->cost;
                                                                        solution_path = *pathPtr;
                                                                        solution_found = true;
                                                                }
                                                        }
                                                }
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                }
        }
        
        // delete all the paths before returning
        shortest_path_map_iterator spItr = pathMap.begin();
        while(spItr != pathMap.end()) {
                if(spItr->second != NULL) {
                        delete spItr->second;
                        --pathsCreated;
                }
                ++spItr;
        }
        
        //cout << "pathsCreated = " << pathsCreated << '\n';
        if(pathsCreated > 0) {
                SG_LOG(SG_ATC, SG_ALERT, "WARNING - Possible memory leak in FGGround::GetShortestPath\n\
                                                                          Please report to flightgear-devel@flightgear.org\n");
        }
        
        //cout << (solution_found ? "Result: solution found\n" : "Result: no solution found\n");
        return(solution_path.path);             // TODO - we really ought to have a fallback position incase a solution isn't found.
}
                


// Randomly or otherwise populate some of the gates with parked planes
// (might eventually be done by the AIMgr if and when lots of AI traffic is generated)

// Return a list of exits from a given runway
// It is up to the calling function to check for non-zero size of returned array before use
node_array_type FGGround::GetExits(string rwyID) {
        // FIXME - get a 07L or similar in here and we're stuffed!!!
        return(runways[atoi(rwyID.c_str())].exits);
}

void FGGround::RequestDeparture(PlaneRec plane, FGAIEntity* requestee) {
        // For now we'll just automatically clear all planes to the runway hold.
        // This communication needs to be delayed 20 sec or so from receiving the request.
        // Even if display=false we still need to start the timer in case display=true when communication starts.
        // We also need to bear in mind we also might have other outstanding communications, although for now we'll punt that issue!
        // FIXME - sort the above!
        
        // HACK - assume that anything requesting departure is new for now - FIXME LATER
        GroundRec* g = new GroundRec;
        g->plane = plane;
        g->planePtr = requestee;
        g->taxiRequestOutstanding = true;
        g->clearanceCounter = 0;
        g->cleared = false;
        g->incoming = false;
        // TODO - need to handle the next 3 as well
    //Point3D current_pos;
    //node* destination;
    //node* last_clearance;
        
        ground_traffic.push_back(g);
}

#if 0
void FGGround::NewArrival(plane_rec plane) {
        // What are we going to do here?
        // We need to start a new ground_rec and add the plane_rec to it
        // We need to decide what gate we are going to clear it to.
        // Then we need to add clearing it to that gate to the pending transmissions queue? - or simply transmit?
        // Probably simply transmit for now and think about a transmission queue later if we need one.
        // We might need one though in order to add a little delay for response time.
        ground_rec* g = new ground_rec;
        g->plane_rec = plane;
        g->current_pos = ConvertWGS84ToXY(plane.pos);
        g->node = GetNode(g->current_pos);  // TODO - might need to sort out node/arc here
        AssignGate(g);
        g->cleared = false;
        ground_traffic.push_back(g);
        NextClearance(g);
}

void FGGround::NewContact(plane_rec plane) {
        // This is a bit of a convienience function at the moment and is likely to change.
        if(at a gate or apron)
                NewDeparture(plane);
        else
                NewArrival(plane);
}

void FGGround::NextClearance(ground_rec &g) {
        // Need to work out where we can clear g to.
        // Assume the pilot doesn't need progressive instructions
        // We *should* already have a gate or holding point assigned by the time we get here
        // but it wouldn't do any harm to check.
        
        // For now though we will hardwire it to clear to the final destination.
}

void FGGround::AssignGate(ground_rec &g) {
        // We'll cheat for now - since we only have the user's aircraft and a couple of airports implemented
        // we'll hardwire the gate!
        // In the long run the logic of which gate or area to send the plane to could be somewhat non-trivial.
}
#endif //0