Great job L0stS0ul. Using it now and I really like it.

So happy it's working well for you. Any suggestions please pass them on. Thank you

I just published the free 5 minute trial of FlightMap to the Play Store. It's already showing up in the US store so it should be soon for other locations. The direct link to it is:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vrs.flightmap.trial

The trial is fully functional and is tied to the server updates. Once everything is working it will get 5 minutes of server updates before the trial expires. You can re-open the trial as many times as you want.

I'm working really hard to get the first update out to my beta testers. Hopefully I'll have that done Wed or Thurs this week. The first update includes the following changes:

• Updated graphics for the Airspeed Indicators. Also modified the GA indicator to be in 20 knot increments instead of 25 based off feedback from my testers.
• Added a track options when in NAV or GPS mode. This allows you to toggle between the current heading up display and a north up display.
• Improvements to the adhoc waypoint system. Now when you get within 1 nautical mile of an adhoc waypoint flightmap will automatically advance to the next waypoint like the GPS mode does.
• non-active waypoints will have a gray line in adhoc mode and active waypoint will be blue as it is now.
• Adding waypoint information for GPS and NAV display. The GPS mode will have more information than the NAV mode does. NAV will show distance to next waypoint. GPS mode will show magnetic bearing to waypoint, distance to waypoint, altitude of waypoint, and ETE for next waypoint.

This is a pretty significant update and I can't wait to get it into my testers hands. If all goes well this update will be released next week for those that have purchased.

Wanted to download but got the message it's for 10" tablets; any chance you can make a version for the Nexus7" as well?

I don't own a 7 inch tablet to test with and I don't have the funds right now to purchase one. If I make enough with the 10 inch version to purchase a Nexus 7 then I will add support for it.

Here are a couple of screenshots showing new features from the upcoming version 1.6.



This first screen shows the new “TRK” mode. When this is enabled the map will be oriented north while the plane will be pointing in the direction of flight. The map is always oriented GPS NORTH or bearing 0. I had to take into account magnetic variation for the compass rose to read correctly and the plane to point in the correct direction. I That is why the compass is not reading 0.



You may also notice on the screen the distance to the waypoint is displayed. This is the NAV mode so I only have distance to display right now but all of the rest will be displayed when in GPS mode.

I’m also showing the new GA airspeed indicator I think it looks pretty nice.

Does this mean it flat out only works for 10's, or would just have scaling issues on a 7?

Incredible work!

Same question, but for my Android phone.

I do not currently allow anything other than 10 inch tablets to install the software. I really just don't know what will happen if you were to install the software. I hope to earn enough from the 10 inch tablet sales to purchase a 7 inch tablet so I can add support for it. 7 inch tablet support is by far the most requested feature and I hope to do it. I wish I owned one but I don't yet

I do plan to do a phone version. There is just no way the current design would work for a phone. I have some ideas on what I want to do for a phone version but it has not been a priority. I will eventually create a phone version. I do not know when that will be but it will be after the 7 inch tablet version.

I do plan to package the 7 inch tablet version in with the current software. The phone version will likely be a much cheaper separate app. It will be just so radically different from the current code that I don't know how I would support all 3 in one app.

I just released a new version of FlightMap to my beta testers. Hopefully all goes well and by this time next week this version will be out on the Play store for all to use. Here are the enhancements this BETA version includes:

• Updated graphics for the Airspeed and altitude Indicators.
• Modified the GA indicator to be in 20 knot increments
• Added a track option when in NAV or GPS mode. This allows you to toggle between the current heading up display and a north up display.
• Improvements to the adhoc waypoint system. Now when you get within 1 nautical mile of an adhoc waypoint flightmap will automatically advance to the next waypoint like the GPS mode does.
• non-active waypoints will have a gray line in adhoc mode and active waypoint will be blue as it is now.
• Added distance to waypoint in NAV mode
• Added distance to waypoint, ETE, CTS, DTK, and WP Altitude to GPS mode.
• Adjusted the compass rose in plane direction up mode. I was using a built in FSX magnetic direction variable but when I added track mode I noticed it was off a bit. I've now adjusted this so that it matches the north up mode. After some testing I believe it is far more accurate now than it was.
• some other minor graphic updates

Here are a few screen grabs of the latest version with the GPS enhancments.

Testing of the new version has been going really well and I should be releasing the update in the next day or two. This will require an update to FlightConnect so I'm working out how best to inform existing users. I'm also working on getting some documentation written up on my blog to help people out. I'll post more updates as soon as it's released.

I just released 1.6 to the play store. The new features in version 1.6:

• Added TRK feature to NAV and GPS modes. This toggles the map display to north up or heading up.
• Updated flight plan display in NAV and PLN modes. Active waypoint will be in blue and inactive waypoinys in gray
• Added automatic switch to next waypoint in NAV mode when within 1 NM of the waypoint
• Added distance to waypoint display to NAV mode
• Updated GA Airspeed Indicator to be calibrated in 20 knot increments instead of 25.
• Updated Airspeed Indicator and Altitude indicator graphics
• Added next waypoint display info including ETE, Distance, Altitude, CTS, and DTK to GPS mode

This version requires an update to version 1.6 of FlightConnect. If you do not have the latest version you will be prompted to upgrade when you go to connect.

This is a really big update and provides a ton of great new functionality. I hope you all enjoy it.

I have found FlightMap on Google Play but I am confused about Flight Connect. What's that?

...I have Googled it and found nothing. As I have purchased the app now but can't use it can you please explain as it's very frustrating to now find out I may have to install further software I know nothing about....

I'm sorry this is confusing. I thought it was clear in the description of the application on the play store that a server component is required to run on the same machine as flight simulator. This is one of the reasons I offer the free version so people can test it out before purchasing. I'll see if there is more I can do to make this clear.

To use FlightMap you must download FlightConnect, install it on the same machine as flight simulator, then run the application when flight simulator is running. I leave it running on my machine and never shut it down. FlightConnect is a very small application with a very small memory footprint and no cpu burden that is used to connect to flight simulator, pull all of the parameters out, and send the information to FlightMap.

FlightConnect is FREE software and is available from my website.

http://vineripesoftware.wordpress.com/flightconnect/

My website is linked from the Play store as is my email address. For some reason I don't get notified right away when these forums are updated.

Eric was also good enough to message me and as I told him in my reply the problem is not his but the way the information is laid out on Play Store. The bit about the server is hidden and has to be uncovered to read it which I didn't!

So I am testing this out today and will report back.

Just a quick initial report from this mornings play.

BUY THIS APP !

It really is a superb piece of kit. It's so easy to use and flying over decent scenery like ORBX etc is now even better because you know the towns and cities you are flying over. There is no lag-what happens in FSX is appearing on your tablet and navigation is so much easier. Eric has done a superb job with this.

Thanks Really glad to hear it's up and working well for you. Enjoy!

I just released a new beta to my beta testers. This version is focused mostly on stability and performance but there are a few features added in as well.

FlightConnect 1.7.0 Changes:

• Added active waypoint name to param list
• Added detected server ip address to icon hover info display
• Fixed some internationalization issues with number formats when machine is set to use , instead of . for double values

FlightMap 1.7 Changes:

• I’ve completely rewritten the networking code. This is a huge change. I did this to improve performance as well as make updating the code easier. I’ve moved a lot of the calculations that were being done on the UI thread into the networking thread. I’ve also optimized the heck out of all of the code.
• Added active waypoint name to the display for gps waypoints. I’ve moved some things around and got rid of the course to steer from the display. I think it follows most GPS’s now.
• I’ve added alert dialog boxes that provide more information now when FlightMap is unable to connect to FlightConnect.
• I’ve really tried to get the compass rose to be visible on all of the display types. I’ve doubled the contrast on the non-satellite views and I’ve gone with a different colored compass rose for the satellite views. I think this really helps but please let me know what you all think!!!
• Added 2 more commercial jets and a cessna 208 to the follow me plane selection