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Gabriele Zingaretti wrote:
it is very unintuitive, why would't be uder the airport information? Why do i have to zoom into the airport then click that pages looking icon.
You don't have to zoom in to an airport to see the TAC chart or the Flyways. Flyways are't associated with an airport, but rather airspace (I.E. transitioning from one side of Bravo to the other). Just like in the paper chart world, Flyways are depicted on TAC charts in iFly. iFly automatically displays the chart appropriate to the zoom level you've chosen (WAC, Sectional, TAC), so the Flyways appear when you've zoomed into the TAC chart but you can click on the "pages looking icon".and choose the VFR map you prefer (TAC, Sectional, WAC). When you're viewing a TAC, you will find the details for each Flyway by clicking "Browse Map Legends...". This closely simulates how it was done when paper charts ruled the cockpit - view the chart you need, and access the chart legend if/when necessary. Adventure Pilot is always open to suggestions if you'd like to suggest a more intuitive way.
As an example of what's available, below is the legend info for the L.A. Coastal Route as shown in iFly (ignore my "No GPS Position" message):
Jeff Nokomis Clark,
Mooney M20G,
iFly app on ASUS ZenPad Z8s,
ASUS ZenFone AR,
ASUS Windows 10 tablet,
Stratux ADS-B w AHRS
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Jeff Clark wrote:
Gabriele Zingaretti wrote:
it is very unintuitive, why would't be uder the airport information? Why do i have to zoom into the airport then click that pages looking icon.
You don't have to zoom in to an airport to see the TAC chart or the Flyways. Flyways are't associated with an airport, but rather airspace (I.E. transitioning from one side of Bravo to the other). Just like in the paper chart world, Flyways are depicted on TAC charts in iFly. iFly automatically displays the chart appropriate to the zoom level you've chosen (WAC, Sectional, TAC), so the Flyways appear when you've zoomed into the TAC chart but you can click on the "pages looking icon".and choose the VFR map you prefer (TAC, Sectional, WAC). When you're viewing a TAC, you will find the details for each Flyway by clicking "Browse Map Legends...". This closely simulates how it was done when paper charts ruled the cockpit - view the chart you need, and access the chart legend if/when necessary. Adventure Pilot is always open to suggestions if you'd like to suggest a more intuitive way.
As an example of what's available, below is the legend info for the L.A. Coastal Route as shown in iFly (ignore my "No GPS Position" message):
I've not used them in flight but, out of curiosity, I zoomed into the Class B for Denver, Atlanta, Charlotte,and Orlando, all of which have flyway charts on the back of the TAC. In all of those cases, the only Map Legends available were the basic VFR Chart Key defining symbolology, except Orlando, which also had a list of VFR checkpoints.
zooming out to the Sectional level gave me a wider selection of additional charts and tables, the most interesting being the chart grid showing the sectionals available for Alaska. But still no Flyway chart.
(I'm running Beta, so maybe it got broken?)
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Interesting. Since the OP mentioned LAX, that's the TAC I looked at, and that's the TAC I based my response on. However, now that I look at the ATL TAC, the FlyWays aren't depicted on the front, there's no textual description of them, and (as has always been) there's no back of the TAC available to view in iFly. This may be because the back is for pre-flight planning only and not for use in flight - perhaps it's not even geo-referenced like the other moving maps/charts.
Another difference between the ATL and LAX FlyWays is that the LAX routes are strictly defined by navaids including headings, and the ATL routes are just straight lines across the chart, some with GPS waypoints but most without, and none have headings depicted. On one airway that goes over FTY airspace, you've got to hit the 199' between Class D below you and Class B above you - assuming you're not talking or cleared into either, that's a pretty slim margin between you and a meeting with the FAA.
None of which explains the lack of the airways in iFly, but the chart clearly states "Not to be used for navigation" so maybe that's part of the reason.
Jeff Nokomis Clark,
Mooney M20G,
iFly app on ASUS ZenPad Z8s,
ASUS ZenFone AR,
ASUS Windows 10 tablet,
Stratux ADS-B w AHRS
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Flyway charts have the "not for navigation" logo because they are basically a decluttered general information summary rather than up to the full level of a Sectional or TAC. Some EFBs have them, others don't, The EFBs which do have them generally have them as part of an extra document collection, not as a chart overlay.
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When I select items in the legend such as LAX VFR routes, all I get is a blank screen. Any ideas?
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