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8/23/2011 6:56 AM
 

I may be jumping the gun a bit, since v6 hasn't even been officially released yet, but I already have a request for improvement.

I was using the beta version over the weekend and landed at an airport with an airport diagram, so I had the diagram queued up and launched it as soon as I was clear of the runway.

Unfortunately, perhaps because of personal ineptitude or who knows what, it took me several seconds to reconcile what I expected to see wtih what actually appeared. I knew that I wanted to turn left on the taxiway, but because I was not moving, the mini airplane on the map was pointing the wrong direction and almost fooled me into thinking I was at a different intersection and needed to turn right.

One way to resolve this and more clearly illustrate where you are would be to show where you've been. If I'd seen a trail showing my landing, rollout, and turn onto the taxiway linkage, my brain would have instantly discarded the mini-airplane orientation error, and I would have had confidence in where / how I needed to turn.

Could you please consider adding a "trail of breadcrumbs" option? I think the device already records your history, so it would be a matter of retrieving and plotting the recent points.

Thanks,
Jim

PS: Great job adding the georef capability to an already outstanding platform! Can't wait to get an antenna and see what weather looks like!

 
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8/23/2011 7:43 AM
 

This feature exists - to turn it on goto Menu / Settings / Map Settings / Flight Trails.

Thanks!
Walter


Walter Boyd
President, Adventure Pilot
 
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8/23/2011 8:59 PM
 
Walter Boyd wrote:

This feature exists - to turn it on goto Menu / Settings / Map Settings / Flight Trails.

Thanks!
Walter

Now, see, that's customer service!!! :) (Many thanks!)

 
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8/24/2011 9:38 PM
 

As an addition to this (possibly this would rate a new topic?)... Would it be possible to have the screen automatically change from/to the taxi diagram once we get above/below some preset speed and/or elevation? I would imagine the busy time exiting the runway, cleaning up the plane, calling GC, looking for other ground traffic, looking for taxiway signs, etc., is not the time to be fiddling with the GPS.

 
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8/25/2011 9:52 AM
 
Having an option to have the airport diagram automatically pop up and zoom to screen (say below 20 kts) would be stellar!
 
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