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11/3/2018 3:02 PM
 

I'm running 10.3.52 on both Android and Windows. 

On Android, when I center the map on the SEA (SeaTac) terminal area, and I use the map selector button (lower left on the screen, above the  green, center-on-aircraft crosshairs button), I can use the presented list of radio buttons to select WAC, Sectional or TAC and the appropriate chart will present itself.  The next time I press the map selector button it changes the list to say "WAC (Natural)" or "WAC (Forced)" and ditto for Sectional and TAC, depending on my zoom level.  And of course, the appropriate map type that I had previously selected still remains selected in the list that's presented.

On Windows there seems to be a bug.  Whatever I select (WAC, Sectional or TAC) -- it changes to that map type, BUT, only for WAC and Sectional does it change the selection in the list.  That is, when I press the button again and it presents me with the list, if I've previously selected WAC or Sectional then they remain selected in the list (as expected), but if my previous selection was TAC then it always presents the list with Sectional being selected in the list (the TAC chart is what's actually on the screen).  Furthermore, (this may be a design choice), it never says "(Natural)" or "(Forced)" as a qualifier for any map (that I've seen), like it does on Android.

And here's a related (maybe dumb) question: the reason I was pulling up the TAC on my home PC was to see if I could get to the Flyway chart that's on the back of the TAC chart.  By selecting TAC, and then choosing Browse Map Legends. I can get to the Chart Key but I can't find the Flyway chart.  Is it not available at all?  Is it a VFR subscription vs IFR subscription issue?


Powrachute PC 2000; Aventura II; Cherokee 180
 
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11/3/2018 5:57 PM
 
I think the VFR Class B flyway chart on the back is not a geo-referenced chart and probably not included in any digitized database available to AP.
 
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11/26/2018 6:50 PM
 

I just started up my Windows desktop version of iFly.  I'm in the Chicago area, and the map selections seemed to work as intended. 

When I first went to the lower left corner and clicked, none of the map choices indicated Natural, or Forced.  Once I selected a different map type, it depicted that map, and upon cliking on the map select button, not indicated Natural or Forced. 

I then went over to Seattle, and got similar results.  The radio buttons indicated which map was displayed, even when closed and opened again.  The map types were labelled Forced, or Natural.  The TAC didn't appear until I was zoomed into a certain level.  The WAC gave me a choice of two different WAC charts if I was zoomed out enough.

 

 
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11/27/2018 1:04 AM
 

Thanks Mike.  That's curious.  What version are you running?

I just verified that when I use the selector button and choose TAC, that returning to the selector button it does not show TAC as being selected (though it is) and it does not say "natural" or "forced" on any of the map choices (like it does in Android).


Powrachute PC 2000; Aventura II; Cherokee 180
 
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11/27/2018 12:25 PM
 

Version 10.3.52 (9/21/2018) Win10 Desktop

 
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