USING THE MAP TOOLBAR

Weight and Balance

Click this button to display the weight and balance window used in fuel calculations. Click the button again to hide the window. 

Documents

Click this button to open the Flight Documents window to the right of the map, which contains tabs for displaying the flight log, weight and balance graph, vertical profile and user's manual. Click the button again to hide the window.

Goto Waypoint, Town

Click this button to display a dialog. Enter a waypoint, Navaid, ICAO code, town name or post code to centre the map at that location (which will be marked with a blue circle).

Draw

Click this button to switch to the VFR edit mode (it will turn blue). Once all changes are made, click the button again to lock the new route on the map.

Focus on Route

Click this button repeatedly to alternately display the start, end and entire length of the route.

Focus on My Location

Click this button to centre the map on your current location (which will be marked with a blue circle).

Note: Your internet browser needs to share your location for this feature to work correctly.

Distance Measurement

Click this button to activate distance measurement mode (it will turn green). Left-click two points on the map and the great circle distance between them is displayed in nautical miles. Continue to left-click further points to measure the distance between each point (black labels) and the total distance (white labels). Click the toolbar button again to clear the measurements from the map. Refer to this online article for further information. 

Buy Charts and Plates

Click to display a list of charts that can be superimposed on the map. Click the box to display a chart.

If required, click the basket icon  to purchase charts for specific countries or regions from your supplier.

Open Settings Window

Select the display settings for the map from the options available. Click  in the settings window to view the legend showing the meaning of the various map symbols. Click anywhere on the map to close the legend. 

Clear Map Settings

Click this button to remove the map settings (except for the map format).

SID/STAR

Click to display Standard Instrument Departure and Standard Terminal Arrival Route tracks for departure and destination aerodromes (IFR flights).

Map

Select the map view from the options: Terrain, Roadmap, Outline, Satellite.

Airports

Select whether to display the locations of all nearby airports or only those in certain categories (only IFR, both IFR and VFR, or helipads).

Waypoints

Switch On to display all official waypoints, including those using distance measuring equipment (DME) and/or VHF omni-directional radio ranging (VOR), as well as non-directional beacons (NDB).

The number and type of waypoint displayed depends on the map scale. Click a waypoint to view its name and location, and click the name in the dialog to view an aerial image of the waypoint.

The Legend shows which symbol refers to each type of waypoint.

Airspace

Select On to display defined regions of airspace. Shaded areas of airspace apply to ground level, while unshaded areas only exist between specific altitudes. Click and drag the green sliders at the top of the settings window to change the altitude range for which the airspace is displayed. Different types of airspace are shown by colour as follows:

Red - Airport and terminal radar service areas; class B, C, D and E areas; controlled traffic regions or areas; other terminal areas.

Red diagonal lines: Restricted, Prohibited, Danger, and Warning areas.

Blue - Unknown areas; military aerodrome traffic zones.

Yellow - Alert and Caution areas; training and military operations areas.

Green - Other military areas.

MORA

Select On to display the grid minimum off-route altitudes in hundreds of feet for each latitude/longitude block of one degree square.

User Defined Areas

Select On to display the User Defined Areas created on your account.

IFR High

Choose to display either the high- or low-level airways used for IFR flights.

See this online article for further information.

IFR Low

Eastbound NAT OTS

Select to display the most recent eastbound (blue) and westbound (green) paths of the North Atlantic Organized Track System.

Westbound NAT OTS

NOTAM

Select On to display all current NOTAMs as shaded circles (very large areas are unshaded with a red dashed border). Areas where multiple NOTAMs apply are indicated by darker shading. Click the blue icon in the centre of the area to display more information about the NOTAM(s).

TFRs

Select to display areas in the United States under temporary flight restrictions.

VRPs

Select On to display all visual reference points. Click a VRP to view its name and location, and click the name in the dialog to view an aerial image of the VRP.

User WPTs

Select On to display all local user waypoints.

OFMA VFR

Select On to display VFR charts provided free of charge by your supplier and the Open Flightmaps Association for certain European countries. See this online article for further information. 

Default Avoid Areas

Select On to display the areas previously selected to always avoid when planning routes on your account using Autorouter.

Radar / Lightning / Radar + Lightning

Select On for one of these three options to display recent weather radar (in green) and/or lightning data (in blue) on the map.

CB Nowcast +30/+60

Select On to display short range CB weather forecasting of thunderstorms 30 and 60 minutes in the future (if available for your region).