Convek vs openAIP
Weather data and aeronautical data solve different parts of a flying app.
openAIP is one of the best data sources for airspace and aeronautical content. Convek is not trying to replace it. A good gliding or paragliding app often needs both: openAIP for where you can fly, Convek for what the air is forecast to do.
What Convek is
Convek is a soaring weather API. It serves RASP-style forecast fields such as thermal strength, cloudbase, soaring height, convergence, wind levels, soundings, grids, and corridor samples.
What openAIP is
openAIP is a worldwide aeronautical data platform with APIs for airspace, airports, navaids, obstacles, and flying sites.
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Which should you pick?
Pick Convek if
You need the weather layer: thermal strength, cloudbase, convergence, route sampling, and sounding data.
Pick openAIP if
You need airspace, airports, navaids, obstacles, and flying-site data.
In short
These products are complementary. Use openAIP for airspace and aviation data. Use Convek for the soaring forecast layer.