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- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- Donations
- Installation
- Quick Overview
- First Start
- Menus and Toolbars
- Map Display
- Map Display Legend
- Map Display Compass Rose
- Map Flight Plan Editing
- User-defined Waypoints
- Online Networks
- Search Dock Window
- Search Dock Window - Procedures
- Navigation Databases
- Flight Plan Formats
- Flight Plan Dock Window
- Flight Plan Procedures
- Flight Plan Edit Position
- Flight Plan Route Description
- Flight Plan Elevation Profile Dock Window
- Information Dock Window
- Weather
- Printing the Map
- Load Scenery Library Dialog
- Connecting to a Flight Simulator
- Checking for Updates
- Options Dialog
- Running without Flight Simulator Installation
- Customize
- Creating or adding Map Themes
- Coordinate Formats
- Files
- Tutorials - General
- Tutorial - Building a VFR Flight Plan
- Tutorial - Building an IFR Flight Plan with Approach Procedures
- Tips and Tricks
- Tips for old and slow Computers
- Glossary
- License


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TableofContents
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Donations
Installation
QuickOverview
FirstStart
GeneralRemarks
MenusandToolbars
Statusbar
MapDisplay
MapDisplayLegend
MapDisplayCompassRose
MapFlightPlanEditing
User-definedWaypoints
OnlineNetworks
SearchDockWindow
SearchDockWindow-Procedures
NavigationDatabases
FlightPlanFormats
FlightPlanDockWindow
FlightPlanProcedures
FlightPlanEditPosition
FlightPlanRouteDescription
FlightPlanElevationProfileDockWindow
InformationDockWindow
LegendDockWindow
SimulatorAircraftDockWindow
Weather
PrintingtheMap
PrintingtheFlightPlan
LoadSceneryLibraryDialog
ConnectingtoaFlightSimulator
CheckingforUpdates
OptionsDialog
RunningwithoutFlightSimulatorInstallation
Customize
CreatingoraddingMapThemes
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LittleNavmapUserManual
Version2.0
LittleNavmapisafreeopensourceflightplanner,navigationtool,movingmap,airportsearchandairportinformation
systemforFlightSimulatorX,FlightSimulator-SteamEdition,Prepar3Dv2tov4andX-Plane11.
Donotusethisprogramforrealworldnavigation.
MoreaboutmyprojectsatGitHub.
Copyright2015-2018AlexanderBarthel
LastupdatedMonJul09201812:23:15GMT+0200(CEST).
Introduction
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Acknowledgments
Abigthank-youforallpeoplesupportingme,sendingmetheirlogfiles,screenshots,ideasforimprovements,friendly
messages,donationsandmore.
AhugeThankyou!toPaulWattsforhissupport,fortesting,tips,linkstoincredibletoolsandforallhisworkonthe
manual.
PlentyofthankstoHervéSorsforallowingmetoincludehisupdated magdecl.bglfilewithLittleNavmap.
Averyspecialthank-youtoRobertoS.fromSwitzerlandforhisvaluableinputandalsohelpingwithhiscapabilityto
findthemostobscurebugs.
ThankstoNavigraphforkindlyallowingmetoincludeafreeAIRACcycleinthedownload.ThanksforRichardStefan
forhisgreatsupport.CurrentAIRACcyclescanbepurchasedfromNavigraph.
AbigThankyou!toJeanLucfromRealityXPforhisgreatsupport.
ThankstoJosefromfsAerodataforhiskindsupport.
TheFrenchtranslationoftheprogramwasdonebyPatrickJUNGaliasPatbest.Thankyou!
Dankeschön!fortheGermantranslationtomerspielerandStephanLeukert.
ThankstoRicardoVitorforthetranslationtoBrazilianPortuguese.
ThankstoDaniel"Wolf"(wolfinformatica.com)fortheSpanishtranslation.
Thankyou!toEddyCrequiefordoingtheDutchtranslation.
Thankstoallbetatestersfortheireffort,patienceandideas:Barry,Jean-Pierre,Brian,Gérard,John,Remi,Paolo,
Samandmanyothers.
AnotherbigDanke!toMarcfromGermanyforallhisgreatideasandendlessbugreports.
Thankstoallintheforumswhopatientlysupportedmeandgaveinvaluablefeedbackduringthepublicbeta:
AVSIM,SimOuthouse,FlightX.netandFSDeveloper.com.
ThisprojectandmylibraryatoolswouldnotexistwithoutthefabulousdocumentationoftheBGLfilesinthe
FSDeveloperWiki.So,hereahugethank-youtoallthecontributors.
AlsoathankyoutoEdWilliamsforhisAviationFormulary.
WithouttheopensourceMarblewidgetthatallowsmetoaccessanddisplayallthemapsIwouldstillbebusydoing
thatmyselfforyears.
NoQtapplicationframeworkandIcouldnotevendrawasimplebutton.
Let'snotforgetaboutalltheservicesthatprovideusalltheonlinemapsforfree:
StamenDesign,OpenTopoMapandCARTO.
Athank-youtotheGIScience/GeoinformaticsResearchGroupofHeidelbergUniversityforkindlygivingme
permissiontousetheirmapOpenMapSurfer.
Andlastbutnotleast:IftherewerenoOpenStreetMapanditsthousandsofcontributorsnoneofuswouldhaveany
mapsatall.
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Installation
Highlightedtextisusedtodenotewindow,menu,button,fileordirectorynames.
LittleNavmapforWindowsisa32-bitapplicationandwastestedwithWindows7,Windows8,Windows10(32-bit
and64-bit).
ThemacOSandLinuxversionsareboth64-bitandweretestedwithmacOSSierraandUbuntuLinux.
Updating
DeleteallinstalledfilesofapreviousLittleNavmapversionbeforeinstallinganewversion.Allfilesfromtheprevious
ZIParchivecanbedeletedsincesettingsarestoredinseparatedirectories(exceptcustommapthemes).Inanycase
donotmergetheinstallationdirectories.
Thereisnoneedtodeletetheoldsettingsdirectory.Theprogramiswritteninawaythatitcanalwaysworkwithold
settingfiles.
Windows
TheinstallationofLittleNavmapdoesnotchangeanyregistryentries(inWindows)andinvolvesasimplecopyoffiles
thereforeaninstallerorsetupprogramisnotrequired.
Donotextractthearchiveintothefolder c:\ProgramFiles\or c:\ProgramFiles(x86)\sincethisrequires
administrativeprivileges.Windowskeepscontrolofthesefolders,thereforeotherproblemsmightoccurlikereplaced
ordeletedfiles.
ExtracttheZiparchiveintoafolderlike c:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\LittleNavmap, c:\Users\YOURNAME\Programs\Little
Navmapor c:\LittleNavmap.Thenstarttheprogrambydouble-clicking littlenavmap.exe.
SeeFirstStartformoreinformationonthefirststartafterinstallation.
InsomecasesyouhavetoinstalltheVisualC++RedistributablePackagesforVisualStudio2013.
InstalltheVisualC++RedistributablePackageifyougetawarningabouttheSSLsubsystemnotbeing
initialized.Theprogramwillnotbeabletouseencryptednetworkconnections(i.e.HTTPS)thatareneededto
checkforupdatesortoloadonlinemaps.
Installboth32and64bitversions.
Usuallythisisalreadyinstalledsincemanyotherprogramsrequireit.
Youalsohavetoinstalltheredistributableifyougetanerrorlike Errorwhilecheckingforupdates...ErrorcreatingSSL
context.
LittleNavmapisa32-bitapplicationandwastestedwithWindows7,Windows8andWindows10(32-bitand64-bit).
WindowsXPisnotsupported.
Youcanfindredistributablepackagesforallversionshere:ThelatestsupportedVisualC++downloads.
OtherSimulatorsthanFSXSP2
ThisprogramwascompiledusingplainFSXSP2(noAcceleration)SimConnectversion10.0.61259.0.
YoumighthavetoinstallanolderversionofSimConnectifyouusePrepar3DorFSXSteamEdition.Ifnotsureabout
thissimplytryLittleNavmapout.Ifitfailswithanerrormessagefollowtheinstructionsbelow:
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Prepar3D:Inthesamedirectoryas Prepar3D.exeisa redist\Interfacedirectory(normally C:\ProgramFiles
(x86)\LockheedMartin\Prepar3Dv4\redist\Interface).TherearemultiplelegacyversionsofSimConnectavailable.You
havetoinstall FSX-SP2-XPACK.msiforLittleNavmap.
FSXSteamEdition:Theinstallationaddsthefolder C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\FSX\SDK\CoreUtilities
Kit\SimConnectSDK\LegacyInterfaceswhereyoucanfindthelegacySimConnectinterfaces.
ImproveStart-upTime
Anti-virusprogramcansignificantlyslowdownthestartupandexecutionoftheprograminWindows.
Therefore,itisrecommendedtoexcludethefollowingdirectoriesfromscanning:
Diskcacheformaptiles: C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Local\.marble\data
Scenerylibraryanduserdatadatabases C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\ABarthel\little_navmap_db
ThesedirectoriestonotcontainexecutablefilesandareaccessedfrequentlybyLittleNavmap.
macOS
ExtracttheZIPfileandcopythe LittleNavmapapplicationtothefolder Applicationsoranyotherfolder.
Linux
Extractthetararchivetoanyplaceandruntheexecutable littlenavmaptostarttheprogramfromaterminal:
./littlenavmap
Mostfilemanagerswillstarttheprogramifdouble-clicked.
X-Plane
LittleNavmapcanonlyconnecttoX-PlaneusingtheLittleXpconnectX-Planepluginwhichhastobeinstalled
aswell.
TheLittleXpconnectpluginisincludedintheLittleNavmaparchivebutcanalsobedownloadedseparately.Seethe
included README.txtinthe LittleXpconnectdirectoryforinstallationinstructions.
Theplugin64-bitonlyandisavailableforWindows,macOSandLinux.
AdditionalPrograms
ThedownloadedLittleNavmaparchivecontainstwoadditionaldirectories(orapplicationsformacOS):
LittleNavconnect:AcompletecopyoftheprogramallowingremoteflightsimulatorconnectionsforFSX,P3DandX-
Plane.
LittleXpconnect:Thisisthe64-bitpluginthatisneededforLittleNavmaporLittleNavconnecttoconnecttoX-Plane.
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QuickOverview
Pictureabove:AquickoverviewofLittleNavmap1.8.5showingthemostimportantfunctions.
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Pictureabove:Thethreemostimportantcontextmenus(version1.8.5)whicharecanbeusedtobuildaflightplan.
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FirstStart
LittleNavmapwillcopyandpreparetheincludedNavigraphdatabaseonthefirststartup.SeeNavigraphformore
informationabouttheintegration.
TheSceneryLibraryDialogdialogwillbeshownoncethepreparationisfinished.Fromthereyoucanselectall
recognizedFlightSimulatorsandloadtheirscenerylibrariesintoLittleNavmap'sinternaldatabase.
NotethatX-Planecannotberecognizedautomatically.Youhavetosetthepathinthe SceneryLibraryDialog
beforeyoucanloadthedatabaseorselectingitinthemenu.
OnedatabaseiskeptforeachsimulatorandcanbechangedontheflyintheSceneryLibraryMenu.
AwarningdialogwillbeshownonWindowswhenstartingLittleNavmapthefirsttimeonasystemwithoutFSXor
P3Dflightsimulatorinstallations.SeechapterRunningwithoutFlightSimulatorInstallationformoreinformationon
this.
YoucanalsogodirectlytotheSceneryLibraryDialogfromthereifyouhaveX-Planeinstalled.
OneormorescenerylibrarydatabasesmayneedtobeupdatedwhenyouinstallanewversionofLittleNavmap.A
questiondialogwillpopuppromptingyoutoerasethenowincompatibledatabase.Youcanreloadthesceneryinthe
SceneryLibraryDialogaftererasingthedatabases.
RecommendedthingstodoafterInstalling
Theelevationdatawhichisusedbydefaultislimitedandhasalotofproblems.Therefore,Irecommendto
downloadandusetheofflineGLOBEelevationdata.SeeOptionsDialog/FlightPlanElevationProfileformore
information.
Havealookatthetutorialsifyouusetheprogramthefirsttime.
SeeInstallNavigraphUpdatesonmyhomepageforinformationhowtoupdateLittleNavmap'snavigationdata.
SeeConnectingtoaFlightSimulatorforthenextsteptouseLittleNavmapasamovingmap.TheincludedLittle
XpconnectpluginhastobeinstalledforX-Plane.
HowtorunanetworkSetup
SeethetwochaptersbelowifyouliketorunLittleNavmapinanetworkedsetupusingonecomputerfortheflight
simulatorandonecomputertorunLittleNavmap.
ConnectingtoaFlightSimulator
RunningwithoutFlightSimulatorInstallation
Howtoprepareanetworksetup:
1. Install/extractthewholeLittleNavmaparchiveontheflyingandnetworkcomputer.
2. CopyLittleXpconnecttotheX-PlanepluginsfolderifyouuseX-Plane.
3. UseLittleNavmaptogeneratethescenerydatabaseontheflyingcomputer.Mainmenu-> SceneryLibrary->
LoadSceneryLibrary...
4. Copythedatabasefilestothenetworkcomputer.QuitLittleNavmapbeforecopying.
Flyinginanetworksetup:
1. Startthesimulator
2. StartLittleNavconnectontheflyingcomputer.
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3. RunLittleNavmaponthenetworkcomputer.
4. ConnectLittleNavmaponthenetworkcomputertoLittleNavconnectontheflyingcomputer.Mainmenu->
Tools-> FlightSimulatorConnection...
Seelinksabovefordetailedinstructions.
General
UserInterface
DockWindows
TheuserinterfaceofLittleNavmapconsistsofamainwindowandseveraldockwindowswhichcanbedetachedfrom
themainwindoworarrangedinanyorderwithinthemainwindow.
Thedockedwindowscanbemovedaroundintheirdockedpositionandcanbedetachedfromthemainwindowby
simplydraggingthemoutsideofthemainwindow,bydouble-clickingtheirtitlebarorbyclickingonthewindow
symbolonthetopright.
Doubleclickonthedockedwindow'stitlebarorclickonthewindowsymbolagaintomovethewindowsbackintotheir
dockedposition.
Alldockedwindowsexceptthemapwindowcanbeclosediftheyarenotneeded.Youcanevendropdocked
windowsoneachothertocreateatabbedview.Thetabswillappearatthebottomofthedockstackinthiscase.
Hold Ctrlwhileclickingonthewindowtitlebartopreventawindowfromgoingintodockedstateandkeepit
floating.
Toolbarsarealsomovablebyclickingonthelefthandleandcanalsobeclosedordetachedfromthemainwindow.
Usethe MainMenu-> Windowmenutorestoreclosedwindowsortoolbars.
The MainMenu-> Window-> ResetWindowLayoutmenuitemcanbeusedtoresetthestateandpositionsofall
dockwindowsandtoolbarsbacktotheirdefault.
ContextMenus
Usethecontextmenustobuildaflightplan.
Contextmenuscanbefoundinthefollowingplaces:
Mapdisplaywindow-MapContextMenu
Flightplantable-FlightPlanTableViewContextMenu
Airportandnavaidsearchresulttables-SearchResultTableViewContextMenu
Proceduresearchtree-ProcedureTreeContextMenu
Thecontextmenusprovidefunctionalitytogetmoreinformationaboutanobjectattheclickedpositionortobuildor
editaflightplan.
TooltipHelp,HelpButtonsandHelpMenu
ThehelpmenuofLittleNavmapcontainslinkstotheonlinehelp,anincludedofflinehelpPDFdocument,online
tutorialsandthemaplegend.
Theprogramusestooltipstodisplaymoreinformationonbuttonsandothercontrols.
Amoredetaileddescriptionisshownontheleftsideofthestatusbarifyouhoverthemouseoveramenuitem.
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Mostdialogsandsomedockwindowsshowhelpbuttons whichwillopenthecorrespondingsectionsofthe
onlinemanual.
WindowTitle
Themainwindowtitleindicatesthecurrentlyselectedsimulatordatabase( FSX, FSXSE, P3DV2, P3DV3, P3DV4or
XP11),theflightplanfilenameandatrailing *iftheflightplanhasbeenchanged.
A NwillbeappendediftheNavigraphdatabaseisused:
P3DV4:Allfearturesonthemapandallinformationindialogsandwindowscomesfromtheflightsimulator
database.
P3DV4/N:AirportsandILSareshownandusedfromtheflightsimulatordatabase.Navaids,airspace,airways
andproceduresareusedfromtheNavigraphdatabase.
(P3DV4)/N:AlldataisusedfromtheNavigraphdatabase.Noaprons,notaxiwaysandnoparkingpositionsare
availableforairports.
InformationandSimulatorAircraftText
Youcanchangethetextsizepermanentlyintheoptionsdialogforthesewindows.
Aquickwaytochangethetextsizeistousethemousewheeland Ctrlkey.Thissettingwon'tbesavedacross
sessions,though.
Tabs
Tabsthatappearontopofawindowarefixed.Atooltipgivesmoreinformationaboutthefunctionofatab.
Tabsatthebottomofawindowappearwhenyoudropdockwindowsoneachother.Grabawindowtitlebartomove
awindowoutofthestackeddisplay.Youcanchangetheorderofthesetabsbydraggingthemaround.
Themousewheelallowstocyclebetweentabsinamoreconvenientway.
CopyandPaste
Almostalldialogs,textlabelsandallinformationwindowsinLittleNavmapallowcopyandpaste.
Youcanselectthetextusingthemouseandtheneitheruse Ctrl+Corthecontextmenutocopyittotheclipboard.
Theinformationandsimulatoraircraftwindowsevensupportcopyingofformattedtextincludingtheicons.Thiscanbe
helpfultoreporterrors.
Thetableviewsfortheflightplanorairport/navaidsearchresultsallowcopyingoftheresultsinCSVformattothe
clipboardwhichcanbepastedintoaspreadsheetprogramlikeLibreOfficeCalcorMicrosoftExcel.
TranslationandLocale
LittleNavmapiscurrentlyavailableinseverallanguages.
Iwillhappilysupportanybodywhowouldliketotranslatetheuserinterfaceormanualintoanotherlanguage.
LanguagepackagescanbeaddedtoaLittleNavmapinstallationlateroncetheyareavailable.SeeTranslatinginthe
GithubLittleNavmapwikiformoreinformation.
Youcanoverridetheuserinterfacelanguageinthedialog Optionsthethetab UserInterface.
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DespiteusingtheEnglishlanguageintheuserinterfacethelocalesettingsoftheoperatingsystemwillbeused.So,
e.g.onaGermanversionofWindowsyouwillseecommaasadecimalseparatorinsteadoftheEnglishdot.
ThelanguageandlocalesettingscanbeforcedtoEnglishinthedialog Optionsonthetab UserInterfaceifa
translateduserinterfaceisnotdesired.
PleasenotethatsomescreenshotsinthismanualweretakenusingGermanlocale,thereforeacommaisusedasa
decimalseparatorandadotasathousandsseparator.
MapLegend
Thelegendexplainsallthemapiconsandthe FlightPlanElevationProfileicons.Itisavailableinthe Legenddock
windoworinthismanual:Legend.
NamingConventionsusedinthisManual
Highlightedtextisusedtodenotewindow,menu,button,fileordirectorynames.SeetheGlossaryforexplanations
ofcommontermsinthismanual.
Rating
Airportsgetazerotofivestarratingdependingonfacilities.Airportsthathavenoratingareconsideredboringandwill
bedisplayedusingagraysymbolbelowallotherairportsonthemap( EmptyAirport).Thisbehaviorcanbeswitched
offinthe Optionsdialogonthe MapDisplaytab.
Thecriteriabelowareusedtocalculatetherating.Eachitemgivesonestar:
1. Add-on(or3DforX-Plane)
2. Parkingpositions(ramporgate)
3. Taxiways
4. Aprons
5. Towerbuilding(onlyifatleastoneoftheotherconditionsismet).
Allairportsthatarenotlocatedinthedefault ScenerydirectoryofFSX/P3Dorarelocatedinthe CustomScenery
directoryofX-Planeareconsideredadd-onairportswhichraisestheratingbyonestar.
Airportsinthe CustomScenery/GlobalAirports/Earthnavdata/apt.datfileofX-Planeare3Dairportswhichraisesthe
ratingbyonestartoo.
NavdataUpdates
LittleNavmapcomeswithareadytousedatabasefromNavigraphincludingairspaces,SIDs,STARsandmore.The
databasecanbeupdatedbyusingNavigraph'sFMSDataManager.
SeethechapterNavigationDatabasesformoreinformation.
FSXandPrepar3D
LittleNavmapiscompatiblewithnavdataupdatesfromfsAerodataorFSX/P3DNavaidsupdate.
X-Plane
LittleNavmapwilluseanynavdataupdatesthatareinstalledinthedirectory CustomData.Anyolderupdatesinstalled
intheGPSdirectoriesarenotused.
User-defineddatafromthefiles user_fix.datand user_nav.datisreadandmergedintothedatabaseiffound.
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NotethatneitherARINCnortheFAACIFPfilesaresupported.
MagneticDeclination
ThecalibratedmagneticdeclinationofaVORmaydifferfromtheactualdeclinationinaregionasitdoesinreality.
Therefore,magneticcoursevaluesmightdifferinsomecases.
FSXandPrepar3D
Thedeclinationusedtocalculatethemagneticcourseistakenfromthe magdec.bglfileinthescenerydatabase.
Updatesforthisfileareavailablehere:FSX/P3DNavaidsupdate.
X-Plane
ThedeclinationvaluesforX-Plane(airportsandallnavaidsexceptVORs)iscalculatedbasedontheincluded
magdec.bglfilewhichisbasedonthevaluesforthebeginningof2017.
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MenusandToolbars
ThischapterdescribesallthemenuitemsofLittleNavmap.Youwillfindmostofthisfunctionalityonthetoolbarsas
wellwhicharenotbedescribedseparately.Keycombinationscanbeseenonthemenuitemsandarenotlistedin
thismanual.
Pictureabove:Menuandtoolbarsdockedindefaultpositions.
FileMenu
NewFlightPlan
Erasesthecurrentflightplan.
YouhavetousetheSearchResultTableViewContextMenu,theMapContextMenuortheFlightPlanRoute
Descriptiondialogtocreateaflightplan.
OpenFlightPlan
OpensanFSXPLN,anFS9PLN,anFSCPLN,anX-PlaneFMSoranFLPflightplanfile.Thetypeoffileis
determinedbycontentandnotfileextension.SeeFlightPlanFormatsformoreinformation.
Anopenedflightplanfilewillbereloadedonstartup(reloadandcenteringcanbeswitchedoffinthe Optionsdialog
onthe Startupand UserInterfacetab).
ProcedureinformationandgroundspeedwillbeaddedtotheflightplanifaPLNfileissavedbyLittleNavmap.The
additionalinformationwillbeignoredbyFSXorP3DbutallowstoreloadallinformationbyLittleNavmap.
AppendFlightPlan
Addsdeparture,destinationandallwaypointstothecurrentflightplan.
Using AppendFlightPlanallowstoloadormergecompleteflightplansorflightplansnippetsintoanewplan.All
waypointsareaddedattheendofthecurrentflightplan.Thenyoucanusethe DeleteselectedLegsand Moveselected
Legsup/downcontextmenuitemstoarrangethewaypointsandairportsasrequired.SeeFlightPlanTableView
ContextMenu.
Allarrivalprocedureswillberemovedwhenappendingaflightplan.
SaveFlightPlan
SaveFlightPlanasPLN
SavestheflightplantoanFSX/P3DPLNfile(XMLformat).Thisannotatedformatallowstosaveallflightplan
attributesofLittleNavmap.
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SaveFlightPlanasPLNchangesthecurrentfiletypeandnameinLittleNavmapwhichmeansthatallfurthersaves
willgointothenewPLNfile.
Itisrecommendedtosaveallflightplansinthisformattokeepallinformationofaplan.Evenwhenusingthelimited
FMSformatforX-Plane.SeeFlightPlanFormatsformoreinformation.
LittleNavmapwillallowflightplanstobecreatedthatmaybeusefulasaflightplansnippetbutareunusablebythe
flightsimulator.Thisoccursifaflightplandoesnothaveadepartureordestinationairport.Awarningdialogwillbe
shownwhensavingaincompleteflightplan.
Awarningdialogwillalsobeshownifthedepartureairporthasparkingpositionsbutnoneisassignedintheflight
plan.
Procedureswillbesavedasanannotationintheflightplanfileiftheflightplancontainsany.Thiscausesnoproblem
forthesimulatorsandmostotherprograms.UseExportcleanFlightPlanifaprogramhasproblemsreadingthePLN
filessavedbyLittleNavmap.
Notethatthewaypointsofaprocedurearenotsavedwiththeflightplan.ThisisnotsupportedbyFSXorP3D.Use
theGPS,FMCorotherwaystoselectaprocedureinyouraircraft.
Thesetgroundspeedisalsosavedwiththeflightplan.
NotethatP3Dv4.2overwritestheflightplanwhenloading,whicherasesallannotations.Saveacopyofthe
plantoanotherlocationifyouliketokeepallinformationaboutproceduresorspeed.
SaveFlightPlanasX-PlaneFMS11
SavestheflightplanusingthenewX-PlaneFMS11format.ThisformatcanonlybeusedinX-Plane11.10and
above.DonottrytoloaditintotheFMSorGPSofX-Plane11.05.Itmightcrashthesimulator.
Awarningdialogwillbeshownwiththewarningabovewhensaving.
SeeFlightPlanFormatsformoreinformationonlimitations.
ThisfunctionchangesthecurrentfiletypeandnamewhichmeansthatallfurthersaveswillgointothenewFMSfile
andthefilewillbereloadedonnextstart.
StoreFMSfilesintothe Output/FMSplansdirectoryinsidetheX-Planedirectoryifyouwouldliketousetheflightplan
intheX-PlaneGPS,theG1000ortheFMS.
SaveFlightPlanasFLP
ExportsthecurrentflightplanasanFLPfileusablebytheX-PlaneFMS,AerosoftAirbusandotheradd-onaircraft.
Thisformatislimitedsoadialogisshownifanyunsupportedfeaturesaredetectedinthecurrentflightplan.
SeeFlightPlanFormatsformoreinformationonlimitations.
ThisfunctionchangesthecurrentfiletypeandnamewhichmeansthatallfurthersaveswillgointothenewFLPfile
andthefilewillbereloadedonnextstart.
StoreFLPfilesintothe Output/FMSplansdirectoryinsidetheX-PlanedirectoryifyouwanttoloaditintotheFMS.
ExportasCleanPLN
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SavesaflightplanwithoutanyprocedureorspeedannotationsifprogramshaveproblemsreadingthePLNfiles
savedbyLittleNavmap.Thisisrarelyneeded.
Likeanyotherexportfunctionthisdoesnotchangethecurrentfilenameandtype.Furthersaveswillstillusethe
samefilenameandformatasbefore.
SeealsoFlightPlanFormats.
ExportFlightPlanasX-PlaneFMS3
SavestheflightplanusingtheolderX-PlaneFMS3formatwhichislimitedbutcanbeloadedbyX-Plane10andX-
Plane11.05.Awarningdialogisshownifanyunsupportedfeaturesaredetectedinthecurrentflightplan.
SeeFlightPlanFormatsformoreinformationonlimitations.
Thisexportfunctionthisdoesnotchangethecurrentfilenameandtype.Furthersaveswillstillusethesamefile
nameandformatasbefore.
StoreFMSfilesintothe Output/FMSplansdirectoryinsidetheX-Planedirectoryifyouwouldliketousetheflightplan
intheX-PlaneGPSorFMS.
ExportFlightPlantootherFormats(Sub-Menu)
SeeFlightPlanFormatsformoredetailedinformationontheavailableexportformats.
Exportfunctionsdonotchangethecurrentfilenameandtype.Furthersaveswillstillusethesamefilenameand
formatasbefore.
ExportFlightPlanasGarminGTNGFP
ExportstheflightplaninGFPformatusedbytheFlight1GTN650/750.
Proceduresarenotincludedintheexportedfile.
SeeFlightPlanFormatsformoreinformationaboutthisexportformatandhowtoworkaroundlockedwaypoints.
ExportFlightPlanasGFPforRealityXPGTN
SaveflightplanasGFPfileusablebytheRealityXPGTN750/650Touch.Thisformatallowstosaveproceduresand
airways.
SeealsoNotesabouttheGarminFormatsGFPandFPLforinformationaboutpathsandotherremarks.
ExportFlightPlantoFPLfortheRealityXPGNS
SaveflightplanasFPLfileusablebytheRealityXPGNS530W/430WV2.
Proceduresortheirrespectivewaypointsarenotincludedintheexportedfile.
ThedefaultdirectorytosavetheflightplansfortheGNSunitsis C:\ProgramData\Garmin\GNSTrainerData\GNS\FPLforall
simulators.ThedirectorywillbecreatedautomaticallybyLittleNavmaponfirstexportifitdoesnotexist.
SeealsoNotesabouttheGarminFormatsGFPandFPL.
ExportFlightPlanasPMDGRTE
ExportsthecurrentflightplanasaPMDGRTEfile.
Proceduresortheirrespectivewaypointsarenotincludedintheexportedfile.
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ExportFlightPlanasTXT
ExportsthecurrentflightplanasaTXTfileusablebyJARDesignorRotateSimulationsaircraft
Neitherproceduresnortheirrespectivewaypointsareincludedintheexportedfile.
ExportFlightPlanasMajesticDashFPR
ExportsthecurrentflightplanfortheMajesticSoftwareMJC8Q400.Notethattheexportiscurrentlylimitedtoalistof
waypoints.
Theflightplanhastobesavedto FSXP3D\SimObjects\Airplanes\mjc8q400\nav\routes.
ExportFlightPlanasIXEGFPL
ExportsthecurrentflightplanasanFPLfileusablebytheIXEGBoeing737classic.
SIDs,STARsorapproachproceduresarenotexported.
Thefileshouldbesavedto XPLANE\Aircraft\X-Aviation\IXEG737Classic\coroutes.Youmighthavetocreatethedirectory
manuallyifitdoesnotexist.
ExportFlightPlantocorte.inforFlightFactorAirbus
Appendsthetheflightplantoaneworalreadypresent corte.incompanyroutesfilefortheFlightFactorAirbus
aircraft.
Thefilewillbeautomaticallycreatedifitdoesnotexist.Otherwisetheflightplanwillbeappendedtothefile.Youhave
toremovetheflightplanmanuallyfromthe corte.infilewithasimpletexteditorifyouwishtogetridofit.
Locationofthefiledependsonaircrafttype.
ExportFlightPlanasFLTPLANforiFly
SaveflightplanasFLTPLANfilefortheiFly737NG.Theformatdoesnotallowsavingofprocedures.
Savethefileto FSXP3D\iFly\737NG\navdata\FLTPLAN.
ExportFlightPlanforProSim
Appendsflightplantothe companyroutes.xmlfileforProSimsimulators.Theformatdoesnotallowsavingof
procedures.
Createsabackupfilenamed companyroutes.xml_lnm_backupbeforemodifyingthefile.
ExportFlightPlanasPLNforBBSAirbus
SaveflightplanasPLNfilefortheBlackboxSimulationsAirbus.Theformatdoesnotallowsavingofprocedures.
Savethefileto FSXP3D\BlackBoxSimulation\AirbusA330or FSXP3D\BlackboxSimulation\CompanyRoutesdependingon
aircraft.
ExportFlightPlanforUFMC
SaveflightplanasUFMCfile.Theformatdoesnotallowsavingofprocedures.
Savetheflightplanto XPLANE\CustomData\UFMC\FlightPlans.
ExportFlightPlanforX-FMC
SaveflightplanasFPLfileusablebyX-FMC.Theformatdoesnotallowsavingofprocedures.
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ThefileshouldbesavedtoPathto XPLANE\Resources\plugins\XFMC\FlightPlans.
ExportFlightPlanasGPX
ExportsthecurrentflightplanintoaGPSExchangeFormatfilewhichcanbereadbyGoogleEarthandmostother
GISapplications.
Theflightplanisexportedasarouteandtheflownaircrafttrailasatrackincludingsimulatortimeandaltitude.
Theroutehasdepartureanddestinationelevationandcruisealtitudesetforallwaypoints.Waypointsofall
proceduresareincludedintheexportedfile.Notethatthewaypointswillnotallowtoreproduceallpartsofa
procedurelikeholdsorprocedureturns.
Donotforgettocleartheaircrafttrail(DeleteAircraftTrail)beforeflighttoavoidoldtrailsegmentsinthe
exportedGPXfile.Or,disablethereloadingofthetrailintheoptionsdialogonpage Startup.
ShowFlightPlaninSkyVector
OpensthedefaultwebbrowserandshowsthecurrentflightplaninSkyVector.Proceduresarenotshown.
Example:ESMSNEXI2BNILENL617ULMUGM609TUTBIZ101GUBAVSTM7CENBO.NotemissingSIDand
STARinSkyVector.
SaveWaypointsforApproaches
SaveWaypointsforSIDandSTAR
Saveprocedurewaypointsinsteadofprocedureinformationifchecked.Thisaffectsallflightplanexportandsave
formats.
Usethisifyoursimulator,GPSorFMCdoesnotsupportloadingordisplayofapproachprocedures,SIDorSTAR.
ProcedureinformationisreplacedwithrespectivewaypointsthatallowtodisplayproceduresinlimitedGPSorFMS
units.
Savingflightplanswiththismethodhasseverallimitations:
Severalapproachlegtypeslikeholds,turnsandprocedureturnscannotbedisplayedproperlybyusingjust
waypoints/coordinates.
Speedandaltitudelimitationsarenotincludedintheexportedlegs.
TheprocedureinformationisdroppedfromthesavedflightplanandcannotbereloadedproperlyinLittle
Navmap.Thus,youwillseethewaypointsofaSIDorSTARbutnotthedetailedprocedureinformation.Youhave
todeletetheaddedwaypointsandre-selecttheproceduresafterloading.
Duetotheselimitationsitisrecommendedtosaveacopyoftheflightplanwithfullinformationbeforeenablingoneof
theseoptions.
AddGoogleEarthKML
AllowsadditionofoneormoreGoogleEarthKMLorKMZfilestothemapdisplay.AlladdedKMLorKMZfileswillbe
reloadedonstartup.Reloadandcenteringcanbeswitchedoffinthe Optionsdialogonthe Startupand User
Interfacetab.
DuetothevarietyofKMLfilesitisnotguaranteedthatallfileswillshowupproperlyonthemap.
ClearGoogleEarthKMLfromMap
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RemovesallloadedKMLfilesfromthemap.
WorkOffline
StopsloadingofmapdatafromtheInternet.ThisaffectstheOpenStreetMap,OpenTopoMapandalltheotheronline
mapthemesaswellastheelevationdata.Ared Offline.indicationisshowninthestatusbarifthismodeisenabled.
Youshouldrestarttheapplicationaftergoingonlineagain.
SaveMapasImage
Savesthecurrentmapviewasanimagefile.AllowedformatsareJPEG,PNGandBMP.
PrintMap
Allowstoprintthecurrentmapview.SeePrintingtheMapformoreinformation.
PrintFlightPlan
Opensaprintdialogthatallowsyoutoselectflightplanrelatedinformationtobeprinted.SeeMapFlightPlanPrinting
formoreinformation.
Quit
Exitstheapplication.Willaskforconfirmationifthereisachangedflightplan.
FlightPlanMenu
Undo/Redo
Allowsundoandredoofallflightplanchanges.
SelectaStartPositionforDeparture
Aparkingspot(gate,ramporfuelbox),runwayorhelipadcanbeselectedasastartpositionatthedepartureairport.
AparkingpositioncanalsobeselectedinthemapcontextmenuitemSetasFlightPlanDeparturewhenright-clicking
onaparkingposition.Ifnopositionisselectedthelongestprimaryrunwayendisselectedautomaticallyasstart.
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Pictureabove:ThestartpositionselectiondialogforEDDN.
EditFlightPlanonMap
Togglestheflightplandraganddropeditmodeonthemap.SeeFlightPlanEditing.
NewFlightPlanfromRouteDescription
Opensadialogwiththeroutedescriptionofthecurrentflightplanthatalsoallowstomodifythecurrentflightplanor
enteranewone.FlightPlanfromRouteDescriptiongivesmoreinformationaboutthistopic.
CopyFlightPlanRoutetoClipboard
CopiestheroutedescriptionofthecurrentflightplantotheclipboardusingthesettingsfromtheFlightPlanfrom
RouteDescriptiondialog.
CalculateDirect
Deletesallintermediatewaypointsandconnectsdepartureanddestinationusingagreatcircleline.
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Youcancalculateaflightplanbetweenanykindofwaypoints,evenuser-definedwaypoints(right-clickonthemap
andselect AddPositiontoFlightplantocreateone).Thisallowsthecreationofsnippetsthatcanbemergedinto
flightplans.ForexampleyoucanusethisfeatureforcrossingtheNorthAtlanticwithvaryingdeparturesand
destinations.Thisappliestoallflightplancalculationmodes.
CalculateRadionav
CreatesaflightplanthatusesonlyVORandNDBstationsaswaypointsandtriestoensurereceptionofatleastone
stationalongthewholeflightplan.NotethatVORstationsarepreferredbeforeNDBandDMEonlystationsare
avoidedifpossible.Calculationwillfailifnotenoughradionavaidscanbefoundbetweendepartureanddestination.
Buildtheflightplanmanuallyifthisisthecase.
Thiscalculationcanalsobeusedtocreateaflightplansnippetbetweenanykindofwaypoint.
CalculatehighAltitude
UsesJetairwaystocreateaflightplan.
Calculatedflightplansalongairwayswillobeyallairwayrestrictionslikeminimumandaltitude.Theprogramwillalso
adheretoone-wayandmaximumaltituderestrictionsforX-Planebasednavdata.
Theresultingminimumaltitudeissetintheflightplanaltitudefield.Theflightplanaltitudefieldisnotchangedifno
altituderestrictionswerefoundalongtheflightplan.
Asimplifiedeast/westruleisusedtoadjustthecruisealtitudetoodd/evenvalues(thiscanbeswitchedoffinthe
Optionsdialogonthe FlightPlantab).
Thedefaultbehavioristojumpfromthedepartureairporttothenextwaypointofasuitableairwayandviceversafor
thedestination.Thiscanbechangedin Optionsdialogonthe FlightPlantabifVORorNDBstationsarepreferred
astransitionpointstoairways.
TheairwaynetworkofFlightSimulatorisnotcomplete(thenorthAtlantictracksaremissingforexample-these
changedaily),thereforecalculationacrosslargeoceanareascanfail.
Createtheairwaymanuallyasaworkaroundoruseanonlineplanningtooltoobtainaroutestringandusethe New
FlightPlanfromStringoptiontocreatetheflightplan.
Thiscalculationcanalsobeusedtocreateaflightplansnippetbetweenanykindofwaypoint.
CalculatelowAltitude
UsesVictorairwaystocreateaflightplan.Everythingelseisthesameasin CalculatehighAltitude.
CalculatebasedongivenAltitude
UsethevalueinthealtitudefieldoftheflightplantofindaflightplanalongVictorand/orJetairways.Calculationwill
failifthealtitudevalueistoolow.Everythingelseisthesameasin CalculatehighAltitude.
ReverseFlightPlan
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Swapsdepartureanddestinationandreversesorderofallintermediatewaypoints.Adefaultrunwayisassignedfor
thenewdeparturestartposition.
Notethatthisfunctiondoesnotconsiderone-wayairwaysintheX-Planedatabaseandmightresultinaninvalidflight
plan.
AdjustFlightPlanAltitude
ChangestheflightplanaltitudeaccordingtoasimplifiedEast/Westruleandthecurrentroutetype(IFRorVFR).
Roundsthealtitudeuptothenearesteven1000feet(ormeter)forwesterlyflightplansorodd1000feet(ormeter)for
easterlyflightplans.Adds500feetforVFRflightplans.
MapMenu
GotoHome
GoestothehomeareathatwassetusingSetHomeusingthesavedpositionandzoomdistance.Thecenterofthe
homeareaishighlightedbya symbol.
GotoCenterforDistanceSearch
Gotothecenterpointusedfordistancesearches.SeeSetCenterforDistanceSearch.Thecenterforthedistance
searchishighlightedbya symbol.
CenterFlightPlan
Zoomsoutthemap(ifrequired)todisplaythewholeflightplanonthemap.
CenterAircraft
ZoomstotheuseraircraftifdirectlyconnectedtoaflightsimulatororremotelyconnectedusingLittleNavconnectand
keepstheaircraftcenteredonthemap.
Thecenteringoftheaircraftcanbechangedinthe Optionsdialogonthe SimulatorAircrafttab.
DeleteAircraftTrail
Removestheuseraircrafttrail.Itisalsodeletedwhenconnectingtoaflightsimulator.Thetrailissavedandwillbe
reloadedonprogramstartup.
MapPositionBack/Forward
Jumpsforwardorbackwardinthemappositionhistory.Thecompletehistoryissavedandrestoredwhenstarting
LittleNavmap.
ViewMenu
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ResetDisplaySettings
Resetsallmapdisplaysettingsbacktodefault.
Pictureabove:Allsettingtoolbuttonshighlightedthatareaffectedby ResetDisplaySettings.
Details
MoreDetails
DefaultDetails
LessDetails
Increasesordecreasesthedetaillevelforthemap.Moredetailsmeansmoreairports,morenavaids,moretext
informationandbiggericons.
Notethatmapinformationwillbetruncatediftoomuchdetailischosen.Aredwarningmessagewillbeshowninthe
statusbarifthisisthecase.
Thedetaillevelisshowninthestatusbar.Rangeis-5forleastdetailto+5formostdetail.
ForceShowAddonAirports
Add-onairportsarealwaysshownindependentlyoftheotherairportmapsettingsifthisoptionisselected.Thisallows
viewingonlyadd-onairportsbycheckingthisoptionanddisablingthedisplayofhard,softandemptyairports.
ShowAirportswithhardRunways
Showairportsthathaveatleastonerunwaywithahardsurface.
ShowAirportswithsoftRunways
Showairportsthathaveonlysoftsurfacedrunwaysoronlywaterrunways.Thistypeofairportmightbehiddenonthe
mapdependingonzoomdistance.
ShowemptyAirports
Showemptyairports.Thisbuttonormenuitemmightnotbevisibledependingonsettingsinthe Optionsdialogon
the MapDisplaytab.Thestatusofthisbuttoniscombinedwiththeotherairportbuttons.Thismeans,forexample:
Youhavetoenablesoftsurfacedairportdisplayandemptyairportstoseeemptyairportshavingonlysoftrunways.
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Anemptyairportisdefinedasonewhichhasneitherparkingnortaxiwaysnorapronsandisnotanadd-on.These
airportsaretreateddifferentlyinLittleNavmapsincetheyarethemostboringofalldefaultairports.Emptyairportsare
drawngrayandbehindallotherairportsonthemap.
Airportshavingonlywaterrunwaysareexcludedfromthisdefinitiontoavoidunintentionalhiding.
X-Planeand3Dairports
ThefunctioncanbeextendedtoX-Planeairportswhicharenotmarkedas 3D.Thiscanbedonebychecking
ConsiderallX-Planeairportsnotbeing3Demptyinthe Optionsdialogonthe MapDisplaytab.Allairportsnotbeing
markedas 3Dwillbeshowningrayonthemapandcanbehiddenlikedescribedaboveifenabled.
Anairportisconsidered3Difitisstoredin XPLANE/CustomScenery/GlobalAirportScenery/Earthnavdata/apt.dat.
Thedefinitionof 3Disarbitrary,though.A 3Dairportmaycontainjustasingleobject,suchasalightpoleoratraffic
coneoritmaybeafullyconstructedmajorairport.
ShowVORStations
ShowNDBStations
ShowWaypoints
ShowILSFeathers
ShowVictorAirways
ShowJetAirways
Showorhidethesefacilitiesornavaidsonthemap.Navaidsmightbehiddenonthemapdependingonzoom
distance.
Airspaces
Notethatairspacesarehiddeniftheairportdiagramisshown.
ShowAirspaces
Allowstoenableordisablethedisplayofallairspaceswithoneclick.Usethemenuitemsbelowthisoneorthe
toolbarbuttonstodisplayorhidethevariousairspacetypes.
Theairspacestoolbarcontainsbuttonseachhavingadropdownmenuthatallowstoconfiguretheairspacedisplay
likeshowingorhidingcertainairspacetypes.Eachdropdownmenualsohas Alland Noneentriestoselector
deselectalltypesinthemenu.
ShowOnlineNetworkAirspaces
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Thisbuttonormenuitemisonlyvisibleifanonlinenetworkisenabled.
Itallowstohideorshowcenter,tower,ground,approachandotherairspacesfromthecurrentlyselectedonline
networkindependentlyofthesimulatororNavigraphairspaces.
Onlineairspacescanalsobeshownorhiddenbytypeusingthemenuitemsbelow.
Notethatthedisplayedairspacecirclesdonotdepicttherealairspaceboundariesbutaremerelyanindicatorforthe
presenceofanactivecenterortower.
SeeOnlineNetworksandOnlineFlying.
ICAOAirspaces
AllowsselectionofClassAtoClassEairspaces.
FIRAirspaces
AllowsselectionoftheClassFandClassGairspacesorflightinformationregions.
RestrictedAirspaces
ShoworhideMOA(militaryoperationsarea),restricted,prohibitedanddangerairspaces.
SpecialAirspaces
Showorhidewarning,alertandtrainingairspaces.
OtherAirspaces
Showorhidecenter,tower,modeCandotherairspaces.
AirspaceAltitudeLimitations
Allowsfilteringoftheairspacedisplaybyaltitude.Eitherbeloworabove10,000ftor18,000ftoronlyairspaces
intersectingwiththeflightplanaltitude.
Userpoints
Allowstohideorshowuser-definedwaypointsbytype.
Themenuitem UnknownTypesshowsorhidesalltypeswhichdonotbelongtoaknowntype.
Thetype Unknown showsorhidesalluserpointswhichareexactlyoftype Unknown.
SeeUser-definedWaypointsformoreinformationonuser-definedwaypoints.
ShowFlightPlan
Showorhidetheflightplan.Theflightplanisshownindependentlyofthezoomdistance.
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ShowMissedApproaches
Showorhidethemissedapproachesofthecurrentflightplan.Thisdoesnotaffectthepreviewinthesearchtab
Procedures.
Notethatthisfunctionchangestheactiveflightplanlegsequencing:Sequencingtheactivelegwillstopifthe
destinationisreachedandmissedapproachesarenotdisplayed.Otherwisesequencingwillcontinuewiththemissed
approachandthesimulatoraircraftprogresswillshowtheremainingdistancetotheendofthemissedapproach
instead.
ShowAircraft
Showstheuseraircraftandkeepsitcenteredonthemapifconnectedtothesimulator.Theuseraircraftisalways
shownindependentlyofthezoomdistance.
Theiconcolorandshapeindicatestheaircrafttypeandwhethertheaircraftisonground(grayborder).
Useraircraftinflight.
Aclickontheuseraircraftshowsmoreinformationinthe SimulatorAircraftdockwindow.
Moreoptionstochangethemapbehaviorwhileflyingcanbefoundinthedialog OptionsonthetabSimulatorAircraft.
Theaircraftcenteringwillbeswitchedoffwhenusingoneofthefollowingfunctions.Notethatthisdefaultbehavior
canbemodifiedintheoptionsdialog.
Double-clickintoatableviewormapdisplaytozoomtoanairportoranavaid.
Contextmenuitem Showonmap.
GotoHomeor GotoCenterforDistanceSearch.
Maplinkin Informationdockwindow.
ShowFlightPlan,whenselectedmanually,orautomaticallyafterloadingaflightplan.
CenteringaGoogleEarthKML/KMZfileafterloading
Thisallowsaquickinspectionofanairportornavaidduringflight.Todisplaytheaircraftagainuse MapPositionBack
orenable ShowAircraftagain.
ShowAircraftTrail
Showtheuseraircrafttrail.Thetrailisalwaysshownindependentlyofthezoomdistance.Itissavedandwillbe
reloadedonprogramstartup.
Thetrailisdeletedwhenconnectingtoaflightsimulatororitcanbedeletedmanuallybyselecting MainMenu-> Map-
> DeleteAircraftTrail.Thetrailisalsodeletedwhentheuseraircraftjumpsoverlargedistancewhenassigninga
newairport,forexample.
Thelengthofthetrailislimitedforperformancereasons.Ifitexceedsthemaximumlength,thetrailistruncatedand
theoldestsegmentsarelost.
ShowCompassRose
Showacompassroseonthemapwhichindicatestruenorthandmagneticnorth.Aircraftheadingandaircrafttrack
areshownifconnectedtoasimulator.
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Theroseiscenteredaroundtheuseraircraftifconnected.Otherwiseitiscenteredonthemapview.
SeeCompassRosefordetails.
ShowAIandMultiplayerAircraftorShips
ShowsAIandmultiplayeraircraftorshipsonthemap.Multiplayervehiclescanbedisplayedfrome.g.FSCloud,
VATSIMorSteamsessions.
Theiconcolorandshapeindicatestheaircrafttypeandwhethertheaircraftisonground(grayborder).
AIormultiplayeraircraftfromthesimulator.Thisincludesaircraftthatareinjectedbythevariousonlinenetwork
clients.AclickontheAIaircraftorshipshowsmoreinformationinthe SimulatorAircraftdockwindowinthetab AI/
Multiplayer.
Multiplayeraircraft/clientfromanonlinenetwork.SeeOnlineNetworks.Aclickontheonlineaircraftshows
informationinthe Informationdockwindowintheseparatetab OnlineClients.
Notethat,inX-Plane,shiptrafficisnotavailableandAIaircraftinformationislimited.
ThedisplayedvehiclesarelimitedbytheusedmultiplayersystemifLittleNavmapisnotconnectedtoanonline
networklikeVATSIMorIVAO.Multiplayeraircraftwilldisappeardependingondistancetouseraircraft.ForAIinFSX
orP3Dthisiscurrentlyabout100nauticalmilesoraround200kilometers.
Smallershipsareonlygeneratedbythesimulatorwithinasmallradiusaroundtheuseraircraft.
LittleNavmaplimitsthedisplayofAIvehiclesdependingonsize.Zoomclosetoseesmallaircraftorboats.
Onthelowestzoomdistanceallaircraftandshipsaredrawntoscaleonthemap.
AircraftlabelsareforcedtoshowindependentlyofzoomlevelforthenextfiveAI/multiplayeraircraftclosesttothe
userthatarewithin20nmdistanceand5000ftelevation.
Allaircrafticonscanbecustomized:User,AIandMultiplayerAircraftIcons.
ShowMapGrid
Showalatitude/longitudegridaswellasthemeridianandantimeridian(nearthedateline)onthemap.
ShowCountryandCityNames
Showcountry,cityandotherpointsofinterest.Availabilityoftheseoptionsdependsontheselectedmaptheme.See
Theme.
ShowHillshading
Showhillshadingonthemap.Availabilityoftheseoptionsdependsontheselectedmaptheme.SeeTheme.
Projection
Mercator
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Aflatprojectionthatgivesthemostfluidmovementandthesharpestmapwhenusingpicturetilebasedonlinemaps
themeslikeOpenStreetMaporOpenTopoMap.
Spherical
Showsearthasaglobewhichisthemostnaturalprojection.Movementcanstutterslightlywhenusingthepicturetile
basedonlinemapsthemeslikeOpenStreetMaporOpenTopoMap.Usethe Simple, Plainor Atlasmapthemesto
preventthis.
Onlinemapscanappearslightlyblurredwhenusingthisprojection.Thisisaresultfromconvertingtheflatimagetiles
tothesphericaldisplay.
Pictureabove:Sphericalmapprojectionwith Simpleofflinemapthemeselected.
Theme
Pleasenotethatalltheonlinemapsaredeliveredfromfreeservicesthereforefastdownloadspeedsandhigh
availabilitycannotbeguaranteed.Inanycaseitiseasytodeliverandinstallanewonlinemapsourcewithoutcreating
anewLittleNavmaprelease.SeeCreatingoraddingMapThemesformoreinformation.
OpenStreetMap
Thisisanonlineraster(i.e.basedonimages)mapthatincludesahillshadingoption.NotethattheOpenStreetMap
hillshadingdoesnotcoverthewholeglobe.
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Pictureabove:ViewatanItalianairportusingOpenStreetMapthemeandhillshading.
OpenMapSurfer
TheOSMRoadslayerprovidedbyHeidelbergUniversity.Thisthemeincludesoptionalhillshadingwhichisavailable
worldwide.
Notethatthehillshadingoptionofthismapismarkedexperimental.
Mapdataforthismapisprovidedby©OpenStreetMapcontributors,renderingbyGIScienceResearchGroup@
HeidelbergUniversityandmapstylingbyMaximRylov.
SRTM;ASTERGDEMisaproductofMETIandNASA.
Pictureabove:ViewatanItalianairportusingtheOpenMapSurferthemeandhillshading.
OpenTopoMap
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Anonlinerastermapthatmimicsatopographicmap.Includeshillshadingandelevationcontourlinesatlowerzoom
distances.
ThetilesforthismapareprovidedbyOpenTopoMap.
Pictureabove:ViewattheeasternAlpsusingOpenTopoMaptheme.AflightplanisshownnorthoftheAlps.
StamenTerrain
Aterrainmapfeaturinghillshadingandnaturalvegetationcolors.Thehillshadingisavailableworldwide.
MaptilesbyStamenDesign,underCCBY3.0.DatabyOpenStreetMap,underODbL.
Pictureabove:ViewshowingStamenTerraintheme.
CARTOLight(Newinversion1.4.4)
AverybrightmapcalledPositronwhichallowstoconcentrateontheaviationfeaturesonthemapdisplay.Themap
includesthesamehillshadingoptionastheOpenStreetMap.
MaptilesandstylebyCARTO.DatabyOpenStreetMap,underODbL.
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CARTODark(Newinversion1.4.4)
AdarkmapcalledDarkMatter.ThemapincludesthesamehillshadingoptionastheOpenStreetMap.
MaptilesandstylebyCARTO.DatabyOpenStreetMap,underODbL.
Simple(Offline)
Thisisapoliticalmapusingcoloredcountrypolygons.Boundariesandwaterbodiesaredepictedcoarse.Themap
includedinLittleNavmaphasanoptiontodisplaycityandcountrynames.
Plain(Offline)
Averysimplemap.ThemapisincludedinLittleNavmapandhasanoptiontodisplaycityandcountrynames.
Boundariesandwaterbodiesaredepictedcoarse.
Atlas(Offline)
Averysimplemapincludingcoarsehillshadingandlandcolors.ThemapisincludedinLittleNavmapandhasan
optiontodisplaycityandcountrynames.Boundariesandwaterbodiesaredepictedcoarse.
SceneryLibraryMenu
FlightSimulators
OnemenuitemiscreatedforeachFlightSimulatorinstallationordatabasefound.Thesemenuitemsallowswitching
ofdatabasesonthefly.ThemenuitemisdisabledifonlyoneFlightSimulatorwasfound.
TheloadedAIRACcycleisdisplayedonlyforX-PlanesincetheinformationisnotavailableforFSXorP3D
simulators.
YouhavetosetthebasepathtotheX-Planedirectoryinthe LoadSceneryLibraryDialogfirsttoenabletheX-
Planemenuitem.
ThismenuissynchronizedwithsimulatorselectionintheLoadSceneryLibraryDialog.Onceadatabaseis
successfullyloaded,thedisplay,flightplanandsearchwillswitchovertothenewlyloadedsimulatordata.
NotethattheprogramdoesnotkeepyoufromusingaX-Planescenerydatabasewhilebeingconnectedto
FSX/Prepar3Dorviceversa.Youwillgetunwantedeffectslikewrongweatherinformationifusingsucha
setup.
Theprogrammightchangealoadedflightplanifyouswitchbetweendifferentdatabases.Thiscanhappenifa
departurepositionissetintheplanwhichdoesnotexistintheotherdatabase.Click NewFlightPlanbeforeswitching
toavoidthis.
Navigraph
ThissubmenualsoindicatingtheAIRACcycleisaddedifaNavigraphdatabaseisfoundinthedatabasedirectory.
SeethechapterNavigationDatabasesformoreinformationaboutthesedatabasesandthethreedifferentdisplay
modesshownbelow.
UseNavigraphforallFeatures
CompletelyignoresthesimulatordatabaseandtakesallinformationfromtheNavigraphdatabase.
UseNavigraphforNavaidsandProcedures
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ThismodeblendsnavaidsandmorefromtheNavigraphdatabasewiththesimulatordatabase.Thisaffectsthemap
display,allinformationandandallsearchwindows.
DonotuseNavigraphDatabase
IgnorestheNavigraphdatabaseandshowsonlyinformationreadfromthesimulatorscenery.
ShowDatabaseFiles
OpenLittleNavmap'sdatabasedirectoryinafilemanager.SeeRunningwithoutFlightSimulatorInstallationformore
informationoncopyingdatabasefilesbetweendifferentcomputers.ThisallowsLittleNavmaptoberunonaremote
computer(e.g.Windows,MacorLinux)usingthesamedatabasethatwascreatedonthecomputerrunningtheflight
simulator.
LoadSceneryLibrary
Openthe LoadSceneryLibrarydialog.SeeLoadSceneryLibraryDialogformoreinformation.Thismenuitemis
disabledifnoflightsimulatorinstallationsarefound.
CopyAirspacestoX-PlaneDatabase
CopyairspaceinformationfromanFSXorP3DdatabasetoanX-Planedatabase.ThisisneededsinceX-Plane
comeswithlimitedairspaceinformation.
AllairspacesalreadyloadedfromX-Planearedeletedbeforecopying.SeeX-PlaneAirspacesformoreinformation.
YouhavetoswitchtoanFSXorP3Dsimulatordatabasefirsttoenablethismenuitem.
TheairspaceinformationisdeletedwhenreloadingtheX-Planedatabase.Thereforeyouhavetocopytheairspaces
againafterreloading.
UserdataMenu
SeeUser-definedWaypointsformoreinformationonuser-definedwaypoints.
ShowSearch
Raisethedockwindow Searchandthetab Userpointswhereyoucanedit,adddeleteandseachuser-defined
waypoints.
ImportCSV
ImportaCSVfilethatiscompatiblewiththewidelyusedformatfromPlan-Gandaddsallthecontenttothedatabase.
NotethattheCSVformatistheonlyformatwhichallowstowriteandreadallsupporteddatafields.
SeeCSVDataFormatforamoredetaileddescription.
ImportX-Planeuser_fix.dat
Importuser-definedwaypointsfromthefile user_fix.dat.ThefiledoesnotexistbydefaultinX-Planeandhastobe
createdeithermanuallyorbyexportingfromLittleNavmap.
Thedefaultlocationis XPLANE/CustomData/user_fix.dat.
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Theimporteduserpointsareoftype Waypoint whichcanbechangedafterimportusingthebulkedit
functionality.
TheformatisdescribedbyLaminarResearchhere:XP-FIX1101-Spec.pdf.
SeeX-Planeuser_fix.datDataFormatformoreinformation.
ImportGarminGTN
Readsuser-definedwaypointsfromtheGarmin user.wptfile.RefertothemanualoftheGarminunityouareusingfor
moreinformationaboutformatandfilelocation.
Theimporteduserpointsareoftype Waypoint whichcanbechangedafterimportusingthebulkedit
functionality.
SeeGarminuser.wptDataFormatformoreinformation.
ExportCSV
Createorappenduser-definedwaypointstoaCSVfile.Adialogasksifonlyselecteduserpointsshouldbeexported
andiftheuserpointsshouldbeappendedtoanalreadypresentfile.
Notethattheexportedfilecontainsanextracolumn RegioncomparedtothePlan-Gformat.Thedescriptionfield
supportsmorethanonelineoftextandspecialcharacters.Therefore,notallprogramsmightbeabletoimportthis
file.Ifneeded,adapttheuser-definedwaypoints.
ExportX-Planeuser_fix.dat
Onlyselecteduserpointsorallcanbeexported.Theexporteddatacanoptionallybeappendedtoanalreadypresent
file.
Notalldatafieldscanbeexportedtothisformat.Theidentfieldisrequiredforexport.
Also,youhavetomakesurethattheuserwaypointidentisuniquewithinthe user_fix.dat.
SeeX-Planeuser_fix.datDataFormatformoreinformationaboutlimitations.
ExportGarminGTN
Onlyselecteduserpointsorallcanbeexported.Theexporteddatacanoptionallybeappendedtoanalreadypresent
file.
Notalldatafieldscanbeexportedtothisformat.Theidentfieldisrequiredforexport.Somefieldslikethenameare
adaptedtolimitations.
SeeX-Planeuser_fix.datDataFormatformoreinformationaboutlimitations.
ExportXMLforFSX/P3DBGLCompiler
ThisexportoptionscreatesanXMLfilewhichcanbecompiledintoanBGLfilecontainingwaypoints.
Theregionandidentfieldsarerequiredforthisexportoption.
SeethePrepar3DSDKdocumentationforinformationonhowtocompiletheBGLandhowtoaddthistothe
simulator.
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CreateLogbookentries
Checkingthismenuitemenablesasimplelogbookfeature.
LittleNavmapwillcreateauserpointoftype Logbook oneachtakeoffandlandingwhenconnectedtoa
simulator.
Thesetwologbookentriescontainallavailableinformation,liketheflightplan,time,fuelconsumedandmuchmore.
Cleardatabase
Removealluser-definedwaypointsfromthedatabase.
ACSVbackupfilenamed little_navmap_userdata_backup.csviscreatedinthesettingsdirectory
C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\ABarthelbeforedeletingalluser-definedwaypoints.
LittleNavmapalsocreatesafulldatabasebackuponeverystart.SeeFiles.
ToolsMenu
FlightSimulatorConnection
Openthe ConnectdialogallowingLittleNavmaptoconnectdirectlytoaFlightSimulator,theLittleXpconnectX-Plane
plugin,orremotelyusingtheLittleNavconnectagent.SeeConnectingtoaFlightSimulatorformoreinformation.
ResetallMessages
Re-enablealldialogsthatweredisabledbyselecting Donotshowthisdialogagainorsimilarmessages.
Options
OpentheOptionsdialog.
WindowMenu
MapOverlays
Showorhidefloatingmapoverlays,liketheoverviewonthetopleftorthecompassonthetoprightcornerofthemap
window.
Search
FlightPlan
Information
FlightPlanElevationProfile
MenusandToolbars
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SimulatorAircraft
Legend
Openorclosethesedockwindows.Themapdockwindowcannotbeclosed.
MainToolbar,MapToolbar,MapAirspacesToolbar,MapOptionsToolbar,
FlightPlanToolbar,DockWindowToolbar,Statusbar
Showorhidethesetoolbarsandthestatusbar.
ResetWindowLayout
Resetthemainwindowlayoutbacktodefault.Thisinvolvesvisibility,positionandstateofalldockwindowsaswellas
thetoolbars.Thisfunctioncanbehelpfulifadockwindowgetslostonmultimonitorsetups.
HelpMenu
Contents(Online)
Showtheonlineusermanualinthedefaultwebbrowser.
Contents(Offline,PDF)
ShowtheincludedPDFusermanualinthedefaultPDFviewer.
NavMapLegend
Showthenavigationrelatedmaplegendinthe Legenddockwindow.Youcanalsoaccessthelegendhere:Navmap
Legend.
MapLegendforcurrentMapTheme
Showthemapthemedependentbaselegendinthe Legenddockwindow.Notethatthelegendisnotavailableforall
mapthemes.
AboutLittleNavmap
ShowversionandrevisionnumberforLittleNavmap,alsocontainslinkstothedatabasedirectory,configurationfile,
logfileandtheauthor'se-mailaddress.
AboutMarble
DisplayinformationabouttheMarblewidgetthatisusedtodownloadandshowthemaps.
MenusandToolbars
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AboutQt
DisplayinformationabouttheQtapplicationframeworkthatisusedbyLittleNavmap.
DontateforthisProgram
Opensthedonationwebpageinyourdefaultbrowser.
IfyouwouldliketoshowyourappreciationyoucandonateusingPayPal.
Donationsarepurelyoptionalbutgreatlyappreciated.
CheckforUpdates
Allowstomanuallycheckforupdates.Thiswillalsoshowupdatesthatwererecentlyignoredbypressingthe Ignore
thisUpdateonthenotificationdialog.
SeeCheckingforUpdatesformoreinformation.
Statusbar
Thestatusbaratthebottomofthemainwindowshowsvariousindications(fromlefttoright):
Lastactionorquickhelpexplainingamenuitemortoolbarbutton.
Connectionstatusforalocalorremoteconnection.Thetooltipprovidesmoredetailaboutthestatus,likethe
hostnameforremoteconnections.
Connecting...:Theprogramistryingtoestablishaconnectionwhichwasinitiatedeithermanuallyor
automatically.
Connected:Aconnectionwasestablished.
Disconnected:ThesimulatororLittleNavconnectexited.
Indicatorthatshowsairporttypes,airspaces,navaidsorAIvehiclescurrentlyvisibleonthemap.Thetooltipgives
moredetails.
Aredwarningmessage Toomanyobjectswillbeshowniftoomanyobjectsaredisplayedonthemapdueto
toohighadetaillevel.Themapdisplaywillbeincompleteifthishappens.
Ared Databaseemptymessagewillbeshownifthecurrentlyselecteddatabasehasnocontentandneedsto
beloaded.
Mapdetaillevel.Rangeis-5forleastdetailto+5formostdetail.
Onlinemapdownloadprogressindicator.Thisshowsthestateofthecurrentmapdownload.Thetextisprefixed
withared Offline.indicationifofflinemodeisenabled.
Done.:Allmapdataloadedsuccessfully.
WaitingforData...:Mapdataismissinginthecacheandwasrequested.Nowwaitingforreply.
WaitingforUpdate...:Mapdataisalreadyloadedbutexpiredaftertwoweeks.Waitingfornewdataafter
requestinganupdate.
Incomplete.:Downloadfailed.Notethattheprogressindicatorcanlooklikeitisstuckinthemessage
WaitingforData...ifnohillshadingisavailableforaOpenStreetMapregionorifyouzoomintooclose
whenusingcertainonlinemaps.
Zoomdistance(viewpointdistancetoearthsurface)innauticalmilesorkilometers.
Cursorpositiononmapaslatitudeandlongitudedependingonselectedunitinthedialog Options.
GroundelevationbelowthecursorafterashortdelayiftheGLOBEofflineelevationdataisselected.
MagneticvarianceatthecursorpositionindegreesWestorEast.
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Currentdateofmonthandzulu/UTCtime hours:minutes:seconds.Thisistherealworldtimeandnotthesimulator
time.Thetooltipgivesmoredateandtimeinformation.
Pictureabove:Statusbarofversion1.8.5withmessageaboutthelastactionontheleftside( Optionschanged.),the
connectionstatusandatooltipthatindicateswhatiscurrentlyshownonthemap.Allmapfeaturesareshown.The
mapdetaillevelisunchangedandthemapcoordinatesareshownonthebottomright.Altitudeatcursorisshowntoo
sinceofflineelevationdataisinstalled.Theonlinemapdownloadprogressindicatorshows Done.indicatingallmap
tilesweredownloaded.Zoomdistanceis7.8nauticalmiles.
MenusandToolbars
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MapDisplay
SeetheNavMapLegendfordetailsaboutthevarioussymbolsshownbythemap.
Moving
Useclickanddragtomovethemapandthemousewheeltozoominorout.Youcanalsousetheoverlaybuttonson
therightsideofthemap.
Alternativelyusethekeyboardtomovearoundthemap:
Cursorkeys:Scrollthemap
+and -:Zoominandout
Alt+Leftand Alt+Right:Goforwardorbackwardinthemappositionhistory
Ctrl++and Ctrl+-:Increaseordecreasedetails
Ctrl+Home:Gotohomepostion
Ctrl+End:Gotocenterfordistancesearch
Donotforgettoactivatethemapwindowbyclickingintoitbeforeusingkeysformovement.
MouseClicks
Asingleclickonanairport,navaid,airwaylineorairspaceshowsdetailsinthe Informationdockwindow.
Asingleclickonauseraircraft,AIaircraftormultiplayeraircraftshowsdetailsinthe SimulatorAircraftdockwindow.
Adouble-clickzoomsinshowingeithertheairportdiagramorthenavaidcloselyandalsoshowsdetailsinthe
Informationdockwindow.ThesameappliesforallAIormultiplayeraircraftorships.
Thedouble-clickandsingle-clickfunctionalitydoesnotworkforflightplanwaypointsorairportsiftheflightplanedit
modeisenabled.Theeditmodecanbedisabledusingthetoolbaror MainMenu-> FlightPlan-> EditFlightPlanon
Map.
Themouseclicksensitivitycanbeadjustedinthe Optionsdialogonthe Maptab.
Aircraft
TheuseraircraftandAIormultiplayeraircraftorshipswillbeshownonthemapiftheprogramisconnectedtoaflight
simulator.ColorindicatesuserorAIormultiplayervehicleandthesymbolshapeindicatesiftheaircraftisan
piston/turboprop,jet,helicopteroraship.Thesymboloutlinechangestograyifanaircraftisonground.
LittleNavmaplimitsthedisplayofAIvehiclesdependingonsize.Zoomclosetoseesmallaircraftorboats
AIandmultiplayeraircraftongroundareshownonlyonsmallzoomdistancestoavoidclutteredairports.Thismeans
thatanAIaircraftcandisappearfromthemapwhenlandingonanairport.
Onthelowestzoomdistanceallaircraftaredrawntoscaleasaretheparkingspotswhichmeansyoucaneasily
checkifyouraircraftfitsonanapron,parkingspotortaxiway.
Ayellowwindarrowandlabelsforthesituationaroundtheuseraircraftcanbedisplayedonthetopcenterofthemap.
Thedisplayedlabelsforaircraftcanbeconfiguredinthedialog Optionsontab MapDisplay.Nolabelsareshownfor
shiptraffic.
SeetheNavMapLegendfordetailsabouttheaircrafttype.
MapDisplay
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Tooltips
Hoveringthemouseoverthemapwillshowtooltipsforallmapobjectsincludingairports,VOR,NDB,airways,
parking,fuelbox,towers,aircraftandships.Thetooltipistruncatedandshowsamessage More...ifitgetstoolong.
Inthatcasereducedetailsorzoomincloser.
Thesensitivityforthetooltipdisplaycanbeadjustedinthe Optionsdialogonthe Maptab.
MapDisplay
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MapDisplay
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Picturesabove:TooltipwithinformationforanairportandaVORandatooltipwithinformationaboutairspaces.
Highlights
Airports,navaidsorotherfeaturesthatareselectedintheflightplantableorinasearchresulttablearehighlightedon
themapwithagreen/blackorayellow/blackringrespectively.
Waypointsthatareselectedintheprocedurepreviewarehighlightedwithablue/blackring.
Thesehighlightcirclesprovideallfunctionalityofvisiblemapobjects,eveniftheobjectsarenotshownatthecurrent
zoomdistance(ringisempty).Thisallowsdouble-clickforzoomin,single-clickforinformationdockwindowandall
contextmenuentries.
Youcanusethebutton ClearSelection ontopoftheflightplanandsearchwindowstoremoveanymap
highlights.
AirportDiagram
Thedisplaywillchangefromasingleicontoanairportdiagramifyouzoomindeepenoughtoanairport.The
diagramshowsalltaxiways,parkingpositions,gates,runwaysandmore.
Theairportdiagramprovidesmoreinformationthroughtooltipsforparkingandtowerpositions.Aright-clickona
parkingpositionopensthecontextmenuandallowstoselectthestartpositionforflightplandeparture.
Airspacesarehiddeniftheairportdiagramisshown.
SeetheNavMapLegendfordetailsabouttheairportdiagram.
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Pictureabove:HighlevelviewoftheairportdiagramofEDDH.
Pictureabove:Detailedviewoftheairportdiagram.Showsbluegatesontherightandafewgreengeneralaviation
rampparkingspotsontheleft.Longdisplacedthresholdofrunway33isvisible.Dashedyellowlinesindicatetaxi
paths.
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MapContextMenu
Themapcontextmenucanbeactivatedusingright-clickorthemenukey.Menuitemsareenabledordisabled
dependingonselectedobjectandsomemenuitemscontainthenameoftheselectedmapobjectforclarification.
ShowInformation
Showdetailedinformationinthe Informationdockwindowforthenearestairport,oneormoreairways,oneormore
airspacesorallnavaidsnearthecursor.
SeetheInformationDockWindowfordetails.
ShowProcedures
Opentheproceduresearchtabofthesearchdockwindowanddisplayallproceduresfortheairport.
SeeProcedureSearchformoreinformation.
MeasureGCDistancefromhere
Displaydistancesfromtheselectedoriginasyoumovethemouseoverthemap.Left-clickonthemaptoend
measuringandkeepthemeasurementline.Allmeasurementlinesaresavedandwillberestoredonnextstartup.
Youcanusethekeyboard,mousewheelorthemapoverlaystoscrollandzoomwhiledraggingaline.
Right-click,presstheescapekeyorclickoutsideofthemapwindowtocancelthemeasurementlineediting.
Measurementlinesusenauticalmiles,kilometersorstatuemilesasunit.Feetormeterwillbeaddedasunitifthe
linesareshortenough.Thisallowstomeasuree.g.takeoffdistanceforcrossingtakeoffs.
Agreatcirclegivestheshortestdistancefrompointtopointonearthbutdoesnotuseaconstantcourse.Forthat
reasonthemeasurementlinewillshowtwocoursevalues.Oneforthestartandonefortheendposition.
Courseisalwaysindicatedindegreestruewhichisindicatedbythesuffix °T.Additionalinformationlikeidentor
frequencywillbeaddedtothelineifthemeasurementstartsatanavaidoranairport.
Thewidthofdistancemeasurementlinescanbechangedinthedialog Optionsonthetab MapDisplay.
SeetheNavMapLegendfordetailsonmeasurementlines.
MeasureRhumbDistancefromhere
ArhumblineisalineofconstantcourseandusedbetweenthewaypointsofanairwayorwhenapproachingaVOR
orNDBstation.Distancebetweenpointsisslightlylongerthanthegreatcircleroute.
Thecourseforarhumblineisindicatedindegreesmagneticandtrue( °M, °Tor °M/Tifbothvaluesareequal).
Themagneticdeclinationtocalculatethemagneticcoursewillbetakenfromtheglobal magdec.bglfileattheoriginof
themeasurement.
Themagneticdeclinationofanairportornavaidwillbeusedifthemeasurementstartsatasuchapoint.Additional
informationlikeidentandfrequencywillbeaddedtothelineinthiscaseaswell.
SeeMagneticDeclinationforremarksonthattopic.
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RemoveDistancemeasurement
Removetheselectedline.Thismenuitemisactiveifyouright-clickontheendpointofadistancemeasurementline
(smallcross).
ShowRangeRings
Showmultipleredrangeringsaroundtheclickedposition.Thenumberanddistanceoftherangeringscanbe
changedinthe Optionsdialogonthe MapDisplaytab.Alabelindicatestheradiusofeachringinnauticalmiles.
Thewidthofallrangeringscanbechangedinthedialog Optionsonthetab MapDisplay.
ShowNavaidrange
Showaringaroundtheclickedradionavaid(VORorNDB)indicatingthenavaid'srange.Alabelshowsidentand
frequencyandtheringcolorindicatesthenavaidtype.
RemoveRangeRing
Removetheselectedringsfromthemap.Thismenuitemisactiveifyouright-clickonthecenterpointofarangering
(smallcircle).
RemoveallRangeRingsandDistancemeasurements
Removeallringsanddistancemeasurementlinesfromthemap.
SetasFlightPlanDeparture
Thisisactiveiftheclickisatanairport,anairportparkingpositionorafuelbox.Itwilleitherreplacethecurrentflight
plandepartureoraddanewdepartureiftheflightplanisempty.
Thedefaultrunwaywillbeusedasstartingpositioniftheclickedobjectisanairport.Theairportandparkingposition
willreplaceboththecurrentdepartureandstartpositionifaparkingpositionisclickedwithinanairportdiagram.
SetasFlightPlanDestination
Thismenuitemisactiveiftheclickisatanairport.Itwilleitherreplacetheflightplandestinationoraddtheairportif
theflightplanisempty.
AddPositiontoFlightPlan
Inserttheclickedobjectintothenearestflightplanleg.Theobjectwillbeaddedbeforedepartureorafterdestinationif
theclickedpositionisneartheflightplanendpoints.
Thetext Positionisreplacedwithanobjectnameifanairport,navaidoruserpointisattheclickedposition.
Auser-definedflightplanpositionisaddedtotheplanifnoairportornavaidisneartheclickedpoint.
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Auserpointisconvertedtoauser-definedflightplanpositionifaddedtotheplan.
AppendPositiontoFlightPlan
Sameas AddPositiontoFlightPlanbutwillalwaysappendtheselectedobjectorpositionafterthedestinationorlast
waypointoftheflightplan.
DeletefromFlightPlan
Deletetheselectedairport,navaidoruserflightplanpositionfromtheplan.
EditFlightPlanPosition
Changethenameorpositionofauser-definedwaypoint.SeeEditFlightPlanPosition.
Thelengthofthenameislimitedto10characterswhensavingtoaPLNfile.Otherflightplanformatshavestronger
limitationsonlengthandallowedcharacters.
Youcanalsoeditthecoordinatesdirectlyinsteadofdraggingtheflightplanposition(FlightPlanEditing).
SeeCoordinateFormatsforalistofformatsthatarerecognizedbytheeditdialog.
AddUserpoint
Addauser-definedwaypointtotheuserdata.Somefieldsoftheuserpointdialogarepopulatedautomatically
dependingontheselectedmapobject.
Coordinatesarealwaysfilled-in.Iftheselectedobjectisanairportornavaid,auserpointoftype Airportor Waypoint
respectivelyiscreatedandthefieldsIdent,Region,NameandAltitudearefilled-in.
Iftheselectedpositionisemptymapspace,auserpointoftype Bookmarkiscreatedatthisposition.Altitudeisfilled-in
ifGLOBEofflineelevationdataisinstalled.SeeFlightPlanElevationProfile.
SeeAddUserpointsformoreinformation.
EditUserpoint
Opentheeditdialogforauserpoint.Onlyenablediftheselectedobjectisauserpoint.SeeEditUserpoints.
MoveUserpoint
Movetheuserpointtoanewpositiononthemap.Onlyenablediftheselectedobjectisauserpoint.
Left-clicktoplacetheuserpointatthenewposition.Right-clickorpresstheescapekeytocanceltheoperationand
returntheuserpointtoitsformerposition.
DeleteUserpoint
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Removetheuser-definedwaypointfromtheuserdataafterconfirmation.Onlyenablediftheselectedobjectisa
userpoint.
ShowinSearch
Showthenearestairport,navaid,userpoint,onlineclientoronlinecenterinthesearchdialog.Thecurrentsearch
parametersarereset.
SetCenterforDistanceSearch
Setthecenterpointforthedistancesearchfunction.SeeDistancesearch.Thecenterforthedistancesearchis
highlightedbya symbol.
SetHome
Setthecurrentlyvisiblemapviewasyourhomeview.Thecenterofthehomeareaishighlightedbya symbol.
MapDisplay
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Legend
Bydefault,allspeedsaregiveninknots,distancesinnauticalmiles,altitudesandelevationsinfeet.Theunitscanbe
settoimperialormetricinthedialog Optionsonthetab Units.
Colors,sizeandtextlabelsofsomemapelementscanbechangedinthedialog Optionsonthetab MapDisplay.This
legendshowsthedefaultvalues.
Headingandcoursearesuffixedwith °Tfortruecourseor °Mformagneticcourse.
MapMarks
Symbol Description
Centerofthehomeposition.
Centerpointthatwillbeusedfordistancesearches.
Flightplanwithdistance,directionandmagneticcourseateachleg.
Flightplanprocedurelegwiththesameinformationasabove.
Activeflightplanleg
Flightplandeparturepositiononairport.Eitherparking,fuelbox,helipad,waterorrunway.
Topofdescentpointwithdistancetodestination.
Rangeringslabeledwithdistance.
VORorNDBrangeringslabeledwithidentandfrequency.ColorindicatesNavaidtype.
Greatcircledistanceandcoursemeasurementlineindicatinglengthandtrueheadingat
startanddestination.Thetwoheadingvalueswillbeequalforsmalldistances.Forshorter
distanceslengthisalsoshowninfeetormeters.
Rhumblineofequalbearingdistancemeasurementindicatingdistanceandtrueheading.
RhumblinesareusedtoapproachaVORorNDBortravelalongairways.Forshorter
distanceslengthisalsoshowninfeet.
Measurementlinesstartingfromanairportornavaidhavethesamecolorandadditional
identandfrequencylabels.Courseforrhumblineswillbeshowninmagneticifthenavaid
hasamagneticvariationattribute.
Ahighlightedairportornavaidselectedinthesearchresulttable.
Ahighlightedairportornavaidselectedintheflightplantable.
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Highlightedpositionsofaprocedureleginthepreview.Smallcircleshowfromandlarge
circletoposition.
Thincircleshowstherecommendedorrelatednavaidofaprocedureleg.Thiscanbea
VORDMEforaDMEarcapproachlegforexample.
CompassRose
Linethicknesscanbechangedindialog Optionsonthetab MapDisplay.
Symbol Description
Truenorth.
Magneticnorth.
Distancecirclesandmarksfromuseraircraftifconnected.
Solidlineshowsaircrafttrackindegreesmagneticifconnected.
Dashedlineshowsaircraftheadingifconnected.
AircraftandShips
Symbol Description
Currentuservehicleifconnectedtotheflightsimulator.Labelsvaryandcanbecustomizedin
Optionsonthetab MapDisplay.Theuseraircraftdependsonselectedaircraft(jet,
piston/turboproporhelicopter).Optionallyablackneedleprotrudingfromthenosecanshow
thecurrenttrack.
Useraircraftorshiponground
Needleshowingthecurrenttrackoftheaircraft.Aircraftnoseshowsheading.
Useraircrafttrailifconnectedtotheflightsimulator.
Windaroundtheuseraircraftwithdirectionindegreesmagneticandspeed.
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AIormultiplayeraircraft.Labelsvaryandcanbecustomizedin Optionsonthetab Map
Display.Thesymboldependsonaircrafttype(jet,piston/turboprop,helicopterorship).
Onlinenetworkaircraft/client.Labelsvaryandcanbecustomizedasabove.
Airports
Airportshavingcontroltowersareshownindarkblueothersinmagenta.Add-onairportnamesandidentsareshown
italicandunderlined.Airportsthatarepartoftheflightplanhavealightyellowtextbackground.
Thesymbolisshownsmallerifanairporthasnorunways.Thisisthecaseforsomeadd-onairportsthatuseanother
techniquelikephotoscenerytodisplayrunways.
Symbol Description
Airportswithhardsurfacerunwayslongerthan8,000ftor2,400meters.Allrunwayslongerthan
4,000ftorabout1,200metersareshown.Onlyforlowerzoomdistances.
Airportswithhardsurfacerunways.Whitelineshowsheadingoflongestrunway.
Airportswithsoftsurfacerunways.
Emptyairportsshowningray.Notaxiways,noparkingspotsandnoaprons.
Seaplanebasehavingonlywaterrunways.
Militaryairport.
Heliporthavingonlyhelipadsandnorunways.
Abandonedairport.Allrunwaysareclosed.
Airportsthathavefuelavailable.
Airportlabelshowingname,ident,ATISfrequency,elevation,lightedrunways( L)andlengthof
longestrunway.Thetextlabelsforanairportcanbechangedinthedialog Optionsonthetab
MapDisplay.
Navaids
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Navaidsthatarepartoftheflightplanhavealightyellowtextbackground.
Symbol Description
VORDMEincludingident,type(High,LoworTerminal)andfrequency.Compass
roseshowsmagneticvariationonlowerzoomdistances.
VORincludingident,typeandfrequency.
DMEincludingident,typeandfrequency.
TACANincludingident,type(High,LoworTerminal)andchannel.Compassrose
showsmagneticvariationonlowerzoomdistances.
VORTACincludingident,type(High,LoworTerminal)andfrequency.Compass
roseshowsmagneticvariationonlowerzoomdistances.
NDBincludingident,type(HH,H,MHorCL-compasslocator)andfrequency.
Waypointwithname.
User-definedwaypointwithname.
Invalidairport,waypoint,VORorNDBthatispartoftheflightplanbutcouldnotbe
foundintheSceneryDatabase.
Markerwithtypeandheadingindicatedbylensshape.
Jetairwaywithlabelshowingname,type(JetorBoth),minimumandmaximum
altitude.Textdependsonzoomdistance.Aprecedingarrowwillshowtheallowed
directioniftheairwayisone-way.
Victorairwaywithlabelshowingname,type(VictororBoth),minimumand
maximumaltitude.Textdependsonzoomdistance.Aprecedingarrowwillshow
thealloweddirectioniftheairwayisone-way.
ILSwithglideslope.Labelshowsident,frequency,magneticheading,glideslope
pitchandDMEindicationifavailable.
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Localizer.Labelshowsident,frequency,magneticheadingandDMEindicationif
available.
Procedures
SeechapterProceduresformoredetailedinformationonallthelegs.
Symbol Description
SID,STAR,approachortransitionleginpreviewwithdistance,directionandmagnetic
courseateachleg.
SID,STAR,approachortransitionlegwhichispartoftheflightplan.
Missedapproachleginpreview.
Missedapproachlegwhichisapartoftheflightplan.
Grayyellowfilledcircleindicatesaprocedurepointwhichisnotanavaidbutdefinedby
courseand/ordistancefromanavaid,analtituderestrictionormanualtermination.
Ablackcircleindicatesanoverflywaypoint.Canbeaprocedurepointoranavaid.
Flyaheading,trackoraholduntilmanuallyterminatedbyATC.
Interceptthenextapproachlegatacourseofabout45degrees.
Procedurelegthatisterminatedwhenreachingthegivenaltitude.
Afixdefinedbyacourseorheadinganddistancetoanavaid.
ThisfixisdefinedbyaheadingortrackwhichisterminatedbyreachingaDMEdistance.
Interceptacoursetothenextfixatanangleofabout45degrees.
AirportDiagram
Runway,taxiway,helipadandaproncolorsindicatesurfacetype.Whiteisusedforanunknownorinvalidsurfacetype
givenbyanadd-ondeveloper.
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Symbol Description
Runwaywithlength,width,lightindicator( L)andsurfacetype.
Runwayendwithidentandmagneticheading.
Displacedthreshold.Donotuseforlanding.
Overrunarea.Donotusefortaxi,takeofforlanding.
Blastpad.Donotusefortaxi,takeofforlanding.
Taxiwaywithnameandcenterline.
Closedtaxiway.
Semitransparentdottedapronsandtaxiwaysindicatethatnosurfaceisdrawn.Itmight
useaphototextureorsimplythedefaultbackground.
Tower.Redifatowerfrequencyisavailable.Otherwisejustviewposition.
Fuel
GArampwithparkingnumberandheadingtickmark.
Gatewithnumberandheadingtickmark.Secondringindicatesavailabilityofjetway.
Cargoramp
Militarycombatparkingorcargoramp.
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Unknown
VRP-visualreportingpoint
Waypoint
ElevationProfileLegend
Symbol Description
Groundwithdepartureelevationontheleftanddestinationairportelevationontheright.
Flightplanaltitude.
Topofdescentwithdistancetodestination.
Minimumsafealtitudeforflightplan.Thisiselevationplus1000feetroundeduptothenext
500ft.The1000feetbuffercanbechangedinthedialog Optionsonthetab FlightPlan
Minimumsafealtitudeforaflightplansegment.Thesamerulesapplyastotheminimum
safealtitudeforflightplan.
Useraircraftifconnectedtothesimulator.Labelsshowactualaltitudeandclimb/sinkrate.
Useraircrafttrailifconnectedtotheflightsimulator.
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CompassRose
Thecompassroseindicatestruenorth,magneticnorth,aircraftheadingandaircrafttrack.
Useraircraftheading,track,distanceringsandmarkersareshownifLittleNavmapisconnectedtoasimulator.The
roseiscenteredaroundtheuseraircraftifconnected.
Thecompassroseiskeptcenteredinthecurrentviewifnotconnectedtoasimulator.Magneticdeclinationisbased
onthedeclinationinthecenter.
Thesizeisadaptedtothemapviewsizebutnotlargerthan1000nmandnotsmallerthan4nm.
Linethicknesscanbechangedindialog Optionsonthetab MapDisplay.
Indicators
Truenorth.
Magneticnorth.
Distancecirclesandmarksfromuseraircraftifconnected.
Solidlineshowsaircrafttrackindegreesmagneticifconnected.
Dashedlineshowsaircraftheadingindegreesmagneticifconnected.
Examples
Pictureabove:Compassrosewithoutsimulator
connection.
Pictureabove:Compassrosecenteredarounduser
aircraft.
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MapFlightPlanEditing
Theflightplandraganddropeditingmodeisenabledbydefault.Itcanbetoggledusingthetoolbaror MainMenu->
FlightPlan-> EditFlightPlanonMap.
Youcanusethekeyboard,themousewheelorthemapoverlaystoscrollandzoomwhileeditingtheroute.
Notethattheflightplandraganddropeditingisbasedontheassumptionthatadirectconnectionbetweendeparture
anddestinationalreadyexists.
Alwaysselectdepartureanddestinationfirstifyouwouldliketobuildyouflightplanmanually.Thiswillconnectboth
pointswithagreatcircleline.Basedonthislineyoucanstarttoaddnavaidstoyourflightplan.
Notethatselectingairwaysisnotpossible.
Thecursorwillchangeintoacross ifanewnavaidcanbeaddedtoaleg.Acursor willbeshownifa
presentnavaidcanbereplacedbyanotheroneorifauserpositioncanbemoved.
Thefollowingfunctionalityisavailable:
Clickonaflightplanleg:Startseditingandaddsanewwaypointdependingonwherethenextclickisdone:
Onasingleairportandnavaid:Objectisinsertedintotheflightplansegment.
Onmultipleairportsornavaids:Amenupopsupthatallowsyoutoselecttheobjecttobeinserted.
Noairportandnonavaid:Auser-definedpositionisinsertedintotheflightplan.
Clickonwaypoint:Startseditingandreplacestheselectedwaypointwithanobjectdependingonwhereyou
clicknext:
Onasingleairportandnavaid:Objectreplacestheselectedwaypoint.
Onmultipleairportsornavaids:Amenupopsupthatallowstopicktheobjectthatshouldreplacethe
selectedwaypoint.
Noairportandnonavaid:Auser-definedpositionreplacesthewaypoint.
Clickondepartureordestination:Replacesthedepartureordestinationwithanobjectdependingonwhere
youclicknext:
Onasingleairport:Airportreplacesthedepartureordestination.Adefaultrunwayisassignedasstart
positionifthedepartureisreplacedwithanewairport.
Onanavaid:Objectreplacesdepartureordestinationwhichresultsinaninvalidflightplan.Theflightplan
canbesavedandloaded(awarningwillbeshown)butisunusablebytheflightsimulator.
Onmultipleairportsornavaids:Amenupopsupthatallowstoselecttheobjectthatreplacesdepartureor
destination.
Noairportandnonavaid:Auser-definedpositionreplacesthewaypointresultinginaninvalidflightplan.
Right-clicking,pressingtheescapekeyoranyclickoutsideofthemapwindow:Cancelcurrentoperation.
Limitationsifproceduresareused:Youcannotaddnavaidsinorbetweenprocedures,norcanyoudelete
procedurelegs.Thecursorwillnotchangeshapewhenyouhoveroveraprocedure.Thefollowingisnotallowed:
AddawaypointbetweendepartureairportandSID.
AddawaypointbetweenSTARorapproachanddestinationairport.
AddawaypointbetweenSTARandapproachortransition.
Moveorremovethefirstorlastwaypointofaprocedure.
Alldepartureordestinationproceduresareremovedifthedepartureordestinationairportismovedorreplaced.The
sameappliesifwaypointsareprependedbeforeorappendedafterdepartureordestination.
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Pictureabove:Insertinganavaidintoaflightplanlegbyclickingandmovingthelegline.Atooltipforthenavaidis
shown.
Pictureabove:ReplacingVORTRAintheflightplanwithanotheronebysimplyclickingandmovingthewaypoint
TRAontoKLO.Aselectionmenupopsupfordisambiguation.
MapFlightPlanEditing
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User-definedWaypoints
User-definedwaypoints(oruserpoints)allowforadding,editing,searching,exporting,andimportingbookmarks,
pointsofinterest,waypointsandmore.Youcanpickfreelywhichtypesyouwanttoseeasiconsonthemap.
Pictureabove:Anoverviewofuserpointfunctionalityshowinginformationontheleftdockwindow,highlighted
userpointsonthemap,userpointsselectedinthesearchwindowontheright,andthedropdownmenuopenedby
clickingtheuserpointiconinthedockwindow.
User-definedWaypointSearch
Thefunctionalityofthesearchfiltersandtheresulttableissimilartotheairportandnavaidsearch.SeeSearchDock
Windowforinformationaboutsearchfiltersandbuttons.
Additionalcontextmenuitemsandbuttonsallowadding,editing,anddeletingofuserpoints.
TopButtonsandadditionalMenuItems
SeeSearchResultTableViewContextMenuforadescriptionofcommoncontextmenuitemsacrossallsearch
dialogs.
AddUserpoint
Addauser-definedwaypointtotheuserdata.
Somefieldsofthenewuserpointdialogarepopulatedautomaticallydependingonaselecteduserpointor,ifnothing
isselectedinthesearchresulttable,basedonpreviousadditions.Thisallowstoquicklyaddsimilaruserpointstothe
databasewithouttheneedtore-enteralltheinformation.
Notethatyouhavetoaddthecoordinatesmanuallyifthedialogsstartsemptyi.e.nothingwasselectedintheresult
table.AdduserpointswiththemapcontextmenuAddUserpointtoavoidthisandhavethecoordinatesset
automatically.
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Seebelowformoreinformationabouttheadddialog.
EditUserpoint
Opentheeditdialogforoneormoreuserpoints.
Theeditdialogshowsacolumnofcheckboxesontherightsideifmorethanoneuserpointisselected.Theseallowto
choosethefieldstoedit.
Seebelowformoreinformationabouttheadddialog.
DeleteUserpoint
Removetheselecteduserpointsafteraconfirmationdialog.
ResetSearch
Clearsearchfiltersandreverttoshowingallentriesinthesearchresulttableview.
ClearSelection
Deselectallselectedentriesinthetableandremoveanyhighlightcirclesfromthemap.
Help
Displayaquickhelpinthetooltip.Clicktoopenthischapterofthemanualinthedefaultbrowser.
MenuButton
Dropdownmenubuttonthatallowstohideorshowsearchoptions.
Thedropdownmenuprefixesmenuitemswithachangeindicator *toshowthattherelatedfilterrowhas
modifications.
AddUserpointsDialog
ThedialogisshownwhenselectingAddUserpoint inthemapcontextmenu,usingthetopbuttoninthe
userpointsearchtab,orselecting AddUserpointfromthecontextmenuinthesearchresulttable.
Thedialogwillbepopulatedautomaticallydependingontheselectedmapcontext,theselectioninthesearchresult
tableorpreviousadditions.
Typecanbeselectedfromadropdownlistorenteredfreely.
Thefield Descriptionallowsmultilinetextandspecialcharacters.Formattinglikeitalicorboldisnotsupported.
Thefield Visiblefromallowstodefinevisibilityonthemapdependingonzoomdistance.Thezoomdistance
(viewpointdistancetoearthsurface)forthecurrentmapviewisshownintheStatusbar.Theuserpointwillbevisible
forallzoomdistancessmallerthanthevaluein Visiblefrom.Maximumvalueis3000nmandminimumvalueis1nm.
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Validcoordinatesarerequiredtoconfirmthedialog.SeeCoordinateFormatsforadetaileddescriptionofthe
recognizedcoordinateformats.Alabelbelowthecoordinatesdisplaystheparsedcoordinatesoranerrormessagein
casethecoordinatescouldnotbeparsed.
Allothertextfieldsareoptionalandcanbeleftblank.
TheuserpointisremovedonnextstartupofLittleNavmapwhen Temporaryuserpoint.Deleteonnextstartup.is
checked.
Thebutton Resetclearsallfieldswithexceptionofthecoordinatesandsetsthetypeoftheuserpointto Bookmark.
Pictureabove:Adddialogthathasbeenpopulatedautomaticallybycontext.Theuserright-clickedonanairportand
selected AddUserpointAirportFrankfurtamMain(EDDF).
EditUserpointsDialog
AsingleUserpoint
Theeditdialogshowsthesameeditfieldsasthedialogusedtoadduserpointsabove.
Additionalmetadatashownatthebottom:
LastChange:Dateandtimeofimport,creationorchange.
Importedfromfile:FileandpathofsourcefilefromCSV,X-PlaneorGarminimport.Youcanfiltertheuserpoint
searchforthisname.
Temporaryuserpoint-willbedeletedonnextstartup.Thisindicatesthattheuserpointistemporary.
Thebutton Resetundoesallmanualchangesandrevertsallfieldstotheiroriginalstate.
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Pictureabove:Editdialogforasingleuserpoint.
MultipleUserpoints
Ifmorethanoneuserpointwasselectedforediting,theeditdialogshowsacolumnofcheckboxesontherightside.
Ifchecked,thefieldtotheleftisunlockedandanytextenteredwillbeassignedtotherespectivefieldinallselected
userpoints.Uncheckedfieldswillnotbealteredforanyoftheuserpoints.
Incombinationwiththepowerfulsearchfunction,thisallowsforbulkchangeslikefixinganinvalidregionand
simultaneouslychangingthevisibilityrangefortheaffecteduserpoints:
1. Searchforalluserpointswiththeinvalidregion.
2. Selectalltheresultinguserpoints,e.g.byclickingononeoftheuserpointsamongthesearchresultsand
pressing Ctrl+Aorbyclickingonthetopleftcornerofthecolumnheader.
3. Right-clickoneofthehighlighteduserpointsandselect EditUserpointsfromthecontextmenu.
4. Clickthecheckboxtotherightofthe Region:fieldandchangetheregion.
5. Clickthecheckboxtotherightofthe Visiblefrom:fieldandadjustthevalue.
6. Click OK.
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Pictureabove:Editdialogformorethanoneuserpoint.Thefields Regionand Visiblefromwillbechangedforall
selectedpoints.Allotherfieldsremainunchanged.
Types
Theuserpointtypecanbeanytextstring.Ifthetextmatchesanentryfromthelistbelow,theappropriateiconisused.
Otherwise,theiconfor Unknown isused.
Typesandiconscanbecustomizedandnewtypescanbeadded.SeeUserpointCategoryIconsforinformationon
howtodothis.
Sometypesareusedasdefaultswhenaddingnewuserpoints.Thisdependsonthecontext,i.e.whatwasbelowthe
cursorwhenright-clickingonthemap.
Notethattheuserpointtypescannotbetranslatedtootherlanguagesfornow.
Airport:Defaultwhencreatingauserpointontopofanairport.
Airstrip
Bookmark:Defaulttypefornewuserpoints.
Cabin
Closedairport
Error
Flag
Helipad
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Location
Logbook:Typeofautomaticallyaddedlogbookentriesfortakeoffandlanding.SeemenuitemCreate
Logbookentries.
Marker
Mountain
Obstacle
Pin
POI
Seaport
Unknown:Typenamed Unknownandalltypeswhichdonotmatchthedefaulttypesinthislist.
VRP:Visualreportingpoint.
Waypoint:Defaultwhencreatingauserpointontopofanavaid.
CSVDataFormat
TheCSVdataformatisalignedtotheformatalreadyusedaroundtheflightsimulatorcommunityandother
applications.
Eachrowinthefilerepresentsauser-definedwaypoint.
Theminimumfieldsforimportare Type, Name, Ident, Latitudeand Longitude.Only Latitudeand Longitudeneed
tobefilled,therestcanbeempty.
AlltwelvefieldsaresavedwhenexportinguserpointsasCSV.Also,themultilinefield Descriptionisenclosedin
quotesifneededandpreserveslinebreaks.
Englishnumberformat(dot .asdecimalseparator)isusedinimportandexporttoallowexchangeoffileson
computerswithdifferentlanguageandlocalesettings.
LittleNavmapusesUTF-8encodingwhenreadingandwritingfiles.Thisisonlyrelevantifyouusespecialcharacters
likeumlauts,accentsorothers.Otherwiseencodingdoesnotmatter.
IfanapplicationfailstoloadaCSVfileexportedbyLittleNavmap,useLibreOfficeCalc,MicrosoftExceloranyother
spreadsheetsoftwarecapableofreadingandwritingCSVfilestoadapttheexportedfiletotheformatexpectedby
thatapplication.
SeeComma-separatedvaluesintheWikipediafordetailedinformationontheformat.
Exampleforanabsoluteminimaluserpointconsistingofcoordinatesonly:
,,,49.0219993591,7.8840069771
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Visiblefromwillbesettothedefaultof250nmandtheuserpointwillbeshownusingthe Unknown iconafter
import.
Exampleforaminimaluserpointrecordwithtype Mountain,identandnameforimport:
Mountain,MyPointofInterest,MYPOI,49.0219993591,7.8840069771
Visiblefromwillbesettothedefaultof250nmafterimport.
Exampleforanexporteduserpointwithtype Mountainandallfieldsset:
Mountain,MyPointofInterest,MYPOI,49.0219993591,7.8840069771,1200,2.0085027218,"View,Interesting,Point","Interestingpoi
nt""Eselsberg""-niceview",ED,250,2018-05-17T17:44:26.864
TakenoteofthefollowingchallengeswhenparsingCSVfiles:Inthefield Tags,thelist "View,Interesting,Point"is
enclosedindoublequotessinceitcontainscommas.Thefielddescription "Interestingpoint""Eselsberg""-niceview"
isenclosedindoublequotessincethetextitselfcontainsapairofdoublequotes( "Eselsberg")whichare,inturn,
escapedbyanotherdoublequoteeach.
CSVFields
Position Name Required Empty
Allowed Comment
1 Type Yes Yes
Oneofthepredefinedoruser-definedtypes.Theicon
for Unknownisusedifthetypedoesnotmatchoneof
theknowntypes.
2 Name Yes Yes Freetousefield.UsedforGarminexport.
3 Ident Yes Yes
RequiredonlyforGarminandX-Planeexport.Hasto
beauniquevalididentifierwithmaximumoffive
charactersfortheseexports.
4 Latitude Yes No Rangefrom-90to90degreesusingdot .as
decimalseparator
5 Longitude Yes No Rangefrom-180to180degreesusingdot .as
decimalseparator.
6 Altitude No Yes Mustbeavalidnumberifused.Unitisalwaysfeet.
7Magnetic
variance No Yes Ignoredonimportandsettoavalidcalculatedvalue
onexport.
8 Tags No Yes Freetousefield.GUIhasnospecialtagsearch.
9 Description No Yes Freetousefieldwhichallowslinebreaks.
10 Region No Yes
TwoletterICAOregionofauserpointorwaypoint.
UsedforX-Planeexport.Replacedwithdefaultvalue
ZZonX-Planeexportifempty.
11 Visible
from No Yes
Definesfromwhatzoomdistanceinnauticalmiles
(shownonStatusBar)theuserpointisvisible.Setto
250nmifemptyonimport.
12
Last
update
timestamp
No Yes
ISOdateandtimeoflastchange.Formatis
independentofsystemdateformatsettings.Format:
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.Example: 2018-03-
28T22:06:16.763.NoteditableinGUI.
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X-Planeuser_fix.datDataFormat
ThisallowstoreadandwritetheX-Plane user_fix.datfileforuser-definedwaypoints.Thefiledoesnotexistby
defaultandhastobesavedto XPLANE/CustomData/user_fix.dat.
TheformatisdescribedbyLaminarResearchinaPDFfilewhichcanbedownloadedhere:XP-FIX1101-Spec.pdf.
Thefileconsistsofaheaderandanumberofrowsfortheuserfixes.Eachrowhasfivecolumnswhichareseparated
byspaceortabcharacters.
Therearefivecolumnsofdatainthefile:
1. Latitude
2. Longitude
3. Ident
4. Airportident
5. Region
Examplefor user_fix.dat:
I
1101Version-datacycle1704,build20170325,metadataFixXP1101.NoCopyright(c)2017achwodu
50.8816670012.58666700PACECENRTZZ
-36.29987335174.71089172N0008NZNIZZ
99
Notethat,whiletheuser-definedwaypointsarenotdisplayedontheX-Planemap,theycanbeselectedand
usedtobuildflightplansintheX-PlanestockGPSandFMS.
Import
Examplelinefrom user_fix.databove:
50.8816670012.58666700PACECENRTZZ
ThecoordinatesarereadintotheLittleNavmapuserpointcoordinates.
Thefixident PACECisreadintotheIdentfieldinLittleNavmap.
Thefixairport ENRT(enroute:noairporthere)isreadintotheTagsfieldinLittleNavmap.
Theregion ZZ(invalidornoregion)isreadintotheRegionfieldinLittleNavmap.
Typewillbesetto Waypoint forallimportedfixes.
Export
Themappingisthesameasfortheimport.
Identtofixident.
Tagstofixairport.
Regiontofixregion.
Allotherfieldsareignored.
Theidentisadjustedtomatchauptofivedigitandlettercombination.Ageneratedidentisusedifthatisnotpossible
ortheidentisempty.
Fixairportisalways ENRTwhenexporting.
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Theregionisadjustedforatwoletterdigitandlettercombination. ZZisusedifthatisnotpossibleortheregionis
empty.
Theidenthastobeuniqueinthe user_fix.dat.Thereforeitisrecommendedtosetauniqueidentforeach
waypointmanuallyorleavethefieldemptysoLittleNavmapcangenerateanidentduringexport.
Garminuser.wptDataFormat
TheGarminuserwaypointfileisaCSVfile.Eachrowinthefilerepresentsauniqueuserwaypoint.
Theremustbefourcolumnsofdatainthefile:
1. Waypointident
2. Waypointnameordescription
3. Latitude
4. Longitude
Exampleofa user.wptfile:
MTHOOD,MTHOODPEAK,45.3723,-121.69783
CRTRLK,CRATERLAKE,42.94683,-122.11083
2WTER,2NMWESTTERRACINA,41.28140000,13.20110000
1NSAL,1NMNORTHSALERNOTOWN,40.69640000,14.78500000
Thewaypointidentcanbeupto10numbersorcapitallettersbuttheGTNwillshortenthenametothefirst6
characters.Nospecialcharactersorsymbolscanbeused.LittleNavmapadjuststheidentaccordingly.
Thewaypointnamecanbeupto25numbers,capitalletters,spaces,orforwardslash /characters.Thenameis
displayedwhenselectingwaypointstoprovideadditionalcontexttothepilot.LittleNavmapadjuststhename
accordingtolimitations.
Import
Examplelinefrom user.wptabove:
MTHOOD,MTHOODPEAK,45.3723,-121.69783
Theident MTHOODisreadintotheIdentfieldinLittleNavmap.
Thename MTHOODPEAKisreadintotheNamefieldinLittleNavmap.
ThecoordinatesarereadintotheLittleNavmapuserpointcoordinates.
Typewillbesetto Waypoint forallimportedwaypoints.
Export
Mappingoffieldsissameasimportbutallfieldsareadjustedtolimitations.
Note:Ifanimportedwaypointendsupbeingwithin0.001°latitudeandlongitudeofanexistinguserwaypointinthe
GTN,theexistingwaypointandnamewillbereused.
ExportXMLforFSX/P3DBGLCompiler
ThisexportoptioncreatesanXMLfilewhichcanbecompiledintoanBGLfilecontainingwaypoints.
Theregionandidentfieldsarerequiredforthisexportoption.Ifregionisemptyorotherwiseinvalid ZZisused.All
waypointsareoftype NAMED.
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SeePrepar3DSDKdocumentationforinformationonhowtocompileandaddtheBGLtothesimulator.
Example:
<?xmlversion="1.0"encoding="UTF-8"?>
<FSDataversion="9.0"xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="bglcomp.xsd">
<!--CreatedbyLittleNavmapVersion2.0.1.beta(revision2b14e14)on20180517T12:24:36-->
<Waypointlat="47.40833282"lon="15.21500015"waypointType="NAMED"waypointRegion="ZZ"magvar="4.02111530"waypointIden
t="WHISK"/>
<Waypointlat="47.39666748"lon="15.29833317"waypointType="NAMED"waypointRegion="ZZ"magvar="4.01835251"waypointIden
t="SIERR"/>
</FSData>
DatabaseBackupFiles
LittleNavmapcreatesafulldatabasebackuponeverystartsinceundofunctionalityisnotavailableforuserpoints.
YoucanalsousetheCSVexporttocreatebackupsmanuallysinceCSVallowstoexportthefulldataset.
SeeUserdataforinformationaboutdatabasebackupfiles.
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OnlineNetworks
TheonlinenetworkfunctionalityallowstoconnecttoVATSIM,IVAOorotheronlinenetworkswhichpublish
whazzup.txtfiles.Thiscoversdisplayofinformationforcenters,clientsandserversonthemap.
Networkspecificinformationlikeusernames,activecenters/towers,frequencies,flightplansandmuchmoreare
displayedworldwidewithoutlimitslikedistancetotheuseraircraft.
Notethatallrelatedwindowtabs,menuitemsandtoolbarbuttonsarehiddenifonlinenetworksaredisabled
whichisthedefault.
Accesstoonlinenetworkscanbeenabledandconfiguredinthedialog OptionsontabOnlineFlying.Predefined
optionsforthewellknownnetworksareavailableaswellasfreelyconfigurableones.
Pictureabove:Anoverviewofallonlinenetworkrelatedwindows,tabsandbuttons.
SimulatorandOnlineAircraftDuplicates
LittleNavmapfetchesdatafromonlinenetworksusinganintervalofthreeminutesdependingonsettingsand
network.
TheprogramalsofetchesAIormultiplayeraircraftfromthesimulatorwhichareupdatedabouttwotimesasecond.
Theseaircraftareinjectedintothesimulatorbythevariousonlineclientssotheyarevisiblewithinthesimulator.
Therefore,theuseraircraftandotherclientaircraftcanappearduplicatedonthemap.
LittleNavmaptriestoremovetheseduplicatesbymatchingtheaircraftregistration(simulator)andtheclientcallsign
(onlinenetwork).AircraftcanappearduplicatedifthisinformationisnotavailablewhichisthecaseforX-Plane.Refer
totheconfigurationofyouronlinenetworktoolhowtoaddthisinformation.
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MapDisplay
Clients
Onlinenetworkclientsortheiraircraftaredisplayedonthemapusingthe symbol.Thisincludessimulator
aircraftthatwererecognizedasonlinenetworkclients.
Theuseraircraftisalwaysdisplayedusingtheyellow orasimilarsymboldependingonaircrafttypeand
simulator.Usethe ShowinSearchmapcontextmenuitemtoseeyourownaircraftinthelistofonlineclients.
Informationforonlineaircraftisshownonthetab OnlineClientsintheInformationDockWindow.
Allotherfunctionalitylikecontextmenu,double-click,tooltips,maphighlightsandotherarethesameasfortheother
aircraft.
SeeAircraftandShipsinthelegendforallsymbols.
Pictureabove:Onlinenetworkclients/aircraftinsearchtab,map,tooltipandinformationwindow.
Centers
OnlinecentersaredisplayedascircularairspacesinLittleNavmapandprovidethesamefunctionalityastheother
airspaces(tooltips,informationandmore).Theycanbeenabledseparatelyfromtheotherairspacesbyusingthe
button ormenuitemShowOnlineNetworkAirspaces.
Notethatthecirclesdonotrepresenttherealairspacesandareonlyusedtoindicatethepresenceofan
activecenter,tower,groundorotherposition.
Detailedinformationforonlinecenters/airspacesisshownonthetab OnlineCentersintheInformationDockWindow.
Thefollowingtypesareavailableandcanbeenabledinthedropdownmenusontheairspacetoolbarorsubmenu
Airspaces:
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Observer:Circlesizeistakenfromthe VisualRangevalueofthecenter.
FlightInformation(Center):Uses VisualRange.
Delivery(Clearance):Uses VisualRange.
Ground:Showsacirclewithadiameterof10nm.
Tower:20nmcircle.
Approach:40nmcircle.
ACC(Center):Uses VisualRange.
Departure:Uses VisualRange.
Thesizeofthecircleshapescanbechangedintheconfigurationfile.SeeOnlineNetworkCenter.
Pictureabove:Onlinenetworkcenter/ATCinsearchtab,map,tooltipandinformationwindow.
OnlineNetworkClientSearch
OnlineNetworkCenterSearch
Thefunctionalityofthesearchfiltersinthesetwotabsandtheresulttablesaresimilartotheairportandnavaid
search.SeeSearchDockWindowforinformationaboutsearchfilters,buttonsandcontextmenuitems.
OnlineServerSearch
Displaysallonlineserversinatableandhasnosearchfunctionality.Youcanusethecontextmenutocopypartsof
theresulttableliketheIPaddress.
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SearchDockWindow
Thesearchdockwindowcontainsseveraltabswithsimilarfunctionalitythatallowstosearchforobjectsbyname,
identorothercriteria.
Airport,navaid,userpointandonlinesearchtabscontainmultiplerowsofsearchfilters.Theserowscanbeswitched
onandoffwiththedropdownmenuonthemenubutton onthetoprightintheairport,navaidanduserpoint
searchtabs.
Thedropdownmenuprefixesmenuitemswithachangeindicator *toshowthattherelatedfilterrowhas
modifications.Youcanusethistofindoutwhyasearchdoesnotgivetheexpectedresults.
Ifyoudonotgettheexpectedresultsornoresultsatallusethe ResetSearchmenuitem,button or
press Ctrl+Rtoclearallsearchcriteria.
Filtersaredefinedbyvariouscontrolswhicharemostlyselfexplaining.Onlytextfiltersandthetri-statecheckboxes
like Lighted, Approachor Closedneedafewextraremarksbelow.
Allfilterscanbeusedtogetherwhereallconditionshavetobemet( andoperator).Allfiltersexceptthedistance
searchfilterareappliedimmediately.Thedistancesearchisappliedafterashortdelayforeachchange.
Enteringthreeorfourcharactersinthe ICAOCodefieldoftheairportsearchtabwilltriggeraquicksearch
whichignoresallotherfiltersandshowstheairportsmatchingthatpartialorfullICAOcode.
Atooltiponthebluehelpbuttononthetoprightshowsinformationaboutsearching.
Textfilters
Thestandardistosearchforentriesthatstartwiththeenteredtext.
Theplaceholder *standsforanytext.Oncea *isincludedintheterm,thestandardsearch(matchstartoftext)is
nolongerused.Inthatcaseyoumighthavetoadda *attheendofthesearchtermaswelltogettheexpected
result.
Thesearchisnegated(findallentriesthatdonotmatch)ifthefirstcharacterinasearchboxisa -.
Notethatalloftheabovedoesnotapplytonumericfieldslike Runways:Minor Altitude:Max.
Tristatecheckboxes
Theseareusedtofilterairportsbypresenceofcertainfacilitiesorproperties.
BelowarethestatesastheyareshowninWindows10:
BlackBox:Conditionisignored.
Checked:Conditionmustmatch.
EmptyBox:Conditionmustnotmatch.
Colorsandlookofthesecheckboxesvarywiththemeandoperationsystem.Soinsteadofgrayanothercolormight
beused(redfillonLinuxora -formacOS).
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Thisfunctionisonlyavailableintheairportandnavaidsearch.
Thisfunctionallowsyoutocombineallothersearchoptionswithasimplespatialsearch.
Thecheckbox Distancehastobeselectedtoenablethissearch.Theresultwillincludeonlyairportsornavaidsthat
arewithinthegivenminimumandmaximumrangeofnauticalmilesfromthesearchcenter.Thisallowsyoutoquickly
searchforadestinationthatiswithintherangeofyouraircraftandfulfillsothercriterialikehavinglightedrunwaysand
fuel.
Thecenterforthedistancesearchishighlightedbya symbol.
Torestrictthesearchfurtheryoucanselectadirection(North,East,SouthandWest).
Checkthedropdownmenuforthechangeindicator *andthesearchfieldsforanyremainingtextifthedistance
searchdoesnotgiveanyorunexpectedresults.Use ResetSearchinthecontextmenuoftheresulttableorpress
Ctrl+Rtoclearallsearchcriteria.
PictureaboveAcomplexdistancesearch:Findallairportswithinadistancebetween200and400nauticalmiles
fromFrankfurt(EDDF).Airportsshouldhavearatinggreaterthan0andshouldhaveatleastonelightedrunway.
Militaryandclosedairportsareexcluded.Theresultingairportsarehighlightedonthemapbyselectingtheminthe
searchresulttable.
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PictureaboveAcomplexsearchforscenery:Thisexampleshowshowtofindspecificadd-onscenerybyusing
the SceneryPathsearchfield.ThisshowsallairportsoftheOrbxNewZealandSouthIslandadd-onscenerythathave
lightedrunways.
SearchResultTableView
Allselectedelementsinthetableviewwillbehighlightedonthemapusingablack/yellowcircle.SeeHighlightsfor
moreinformation.
Use Shift+Clickor Ctrl+Clicktoselecttwoormoreelements(multi-selection).
Header
Theheaderofalltableviewsallowsthefollowingmanipulation:
Clickonthetopleftcornerofthecolumnheader:Selectallresultrows.
Clickonacolumnheader:Sortascendingordescending(onlyforsearchresulttables-notforflightplantable).
Clickanddragonthecolumnheader:Changecolumnorder.
Double-clickoncolumnborder:Automaticallyfitcolumnsizetocontent.
Clickanddragoncolumnborder:Changecolumnwidth.
Clickintotheemptyspacebelowallrows:Deselectallentriesandremovehighlightsonthemap.
Theaboveappliestoalltableviewsintheprogramandpartiallyalsotothetreeviewoftheproceduresearch.
Theprogramsavesthesortorder,columnwidthsandpositionsuntil ResetViewisselectedinthecontextmenu.
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Pictureabove:Airportsearchresulttable.Alladditionalsearchoptionsarehiddenbyusingthedropdownmenuof
themenubuttononthetopright.
Pictureabove:NavaidsearchlimitedtoICAOregion LI(Italy)andVOR,VORTACandTACANstationsthathavea
rangeof100ormorenauticalmiles.
MouseClicks
Adouble-clickonanentryinthetableviewshowseitheranairportdiagramorzoomstothenavaidorotherfeature.
Additionally,detailsareshowninthe Informationdockwindow.Singleclickselectsanobjectandhighlightsitonthe
mapusingablack/yellowcircle.
TopButtons
Availablebuttonsandmenuitemsdependonsearchtab.
ResetSearch
Clearsearchfiltersandshowallentriesagaininthesearchresulttableview.
ClearSelection
Deselectallentriesinthetableandremoveanyhighlightcirclesfromthemap.
Help
Displayaquickhelpinthetooltip.Clicktoopenthischapterofthemanualinthedefaultbrowser.
MenuButton
Dropdownmenubuttonthatallowstohideorshowsearchoptions.
Thedropdownmenuprefixesmenuitemswithachangeindicator *toshowthattherelatedfilterrowhas
modifications.Youcanusethistofindoutwhyasearchdoesnotgivetheexpectedresults.
SearchResultTableViewContextMenu
Availablemenuitemsdependonsearchtab.
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ShowInformation
SameastheMapContextMenu.
ShowProcedures
Opentheproceduresearchtabofthesearchdockwindowanddisplayallproceduresfortheairport.
SeeProcedureSearchformoreinformation.
ShowonMap
Showeithertheairportdiagramorzoomstothenavaid,userpointorotherfeaturesonthemap.
FollowSelection
Themapviewwillbecentered-notzoomedin-ontheselectedfeaturewhenthisfunctionisenabled.
FilterbyEntriesincluding/excluding
Usethefieldunderthecursortosetasearchfilterthatincludesorexcludesthetextofthefield.Thisisonlyenabled
fortextcolumns.
ResetSearch
Clearsearchfiltersandreverttoshowingallentriesinthesearchresulttableview.
ShowAll
Thetableviewdoesnotshowallentriesinitiallyforperformancereasons.Thismenuitemallowstoloadandshowthe
wholesearchresult.Theviewswitchesbacktothelimitednumberofentriesafterasearchfilterismodifiedorthesort
orderischanged.Thenumberofall,visibleandselectedentriesisshownatthebottomofthetab.
Beawarethatshowingallnavaidsandairportscantakesometimeespeciallyiftheyarehighlightedonthemapwhen
selectingallentriesinthesearchresult.Theprogramdoesnotcrashbutneedsafewsecondstohighlightallthe
objectsonthemap.
ShowRangeRings
ShowNavaidrange
RemoveallRangeRingsandDistancemeasurements
SetasFlightPlanDeparture
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SetasFlightPlanDestination
AddPositiontoFlightPlan
AppendPositiontoFlightPlan
SameastheMapContextMenu.
Copy
CopytheselectedentriesinCSVformattotheclipboard.Thiswillobservechangestothetableviewlikecolumn
orderandsortorder.TheCSVincludesaheaderline.
SelectAll
Selectallvisibleentries.Toselectallavailableentriesthefunction ShowAllhastobeusedfirst.
ClearSelection
Deselectallentriesinthetableandremoveanyhighlightcirclesfromthemap.
ResetView
Resetsortorder,columnorderandcolumnwidthstodefault.
SetCenterforDistanceSearch
SameastheMapContextMenu.
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SearchDockWindow-Procedures
Thetab Proceduresallowspreviewingandaddingapproachanddepartureprocedurestotheflightplan.Procedures
ofaselectedairportarearrangedinatreewhichindicatesthedependenciesbetweenapproachesandtransitions.
NotethattheSIDandSTARnamesarelimitedto5charactersinFSXandP3DduetoalimitationintheBGLfile
format.Thereforeprocedurenamesareslightlymodified.However,thisdoesnotapplytoproceduresfroma
NavigraphorX-Planescenerydatabase.
SeetheProcedureschapterofthismanualformoredetails.
Procedurelegsareshownwhenaprocedurenodeisexpandedinthetree.Procedurescanbefilteredbyrunwayand
type.
Right-clickonaproceduretogetmoreoptionsinthecontextmenu,likecenteringthemapontheprocedureoradding
ittoyourflightplan.
Usethecontextmenuoftheflightplantabletoremoveprocedureslikeanyotherwaypoint.SeeDeleteSelectedLegs
orProcedure.
Procedurelegsarehighlightedinredifoneormorenavaidscouldnotberesolved.Awarningdialogwillbedisplayed
ifyoutrytoaddthisproceduretoaflightplan.
Pictureabove:ShowingatransitionandaRNAVapproach.Startandendpointofatransitionlegarehighlightedon
themap.
ProcedureTree
Legsareshownindarkbluewhilemissedapproachlegsareshownindarkredcolor.
Boldredtextindicatesanerrorintheleg.Theprocedureisincompleteandshouldnotbeusedinaflightplan.
Description:Eitherdescriptionoftheprocedureorflightinstructionforprocedurelegs.
Course°M:Magneticcourseforaleg.
Dist./Time:Distanceofflyingtimeforaleg.Holdscanhavealegtimeinminutesoralegdistanceinnautical
miles.
Ident:Identoftheinitialfixornameoftheprocedure.Fixnameforlegs.
Restriction:Eitherminimumaltitudeforenrouteairwaysegment,procedurealtituderestrictionorprocedure
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speedlimit.A /separatesaltitudeandspeedrestriction.Thefollowingaltituderestrictionsexistforprocedures:
Numberonly:Flyataltitudeorspeed.Example: 5.400or 210.
PrefixA:Flyatorabovealtitudeorspeed.Example: A1.800.
PrefixB:Flyatorbelowaltitudeorspeed.Example: B10.000or B220.
Range:Flyatorabovealtitudeoneandatorbelowaltitudetwo.Example: A8.000,B10.000.
Altitudeandspeedlimit:Valuesseparatedby /.Example: A8.000,B10.000/B220.
Speedlimitonly:Aprefixed /indicatesnoaltitudebutaspeedrestriction.Example: /B250.
Remarks:Showsfly-over,turndirectionorrelatednavaidforaprocedureleg.
TopButtons
TypeFilter(AllProcedures)
ThetypefilterisnotavailableforanFSXorP3Dstockdatabase.AnavdataupdateisneededtogetSIDandSTAR
procedures.
ThisfilterisalwaysavailableforaX-PlanedatabasewhichcontainsSIDsandSTARsalreadyinthestockdata.
Thetypefilterallowstheselectionsbelow:
AllProcedures:SID,STARandapproaches
DepartureProcedures:OnlySID
ArrivalProcedures:STARandapproaches
OnlyApproachesandTransitions:NoSIDandnoSTAR
Therespectivetransitionsarealwaysshown.
RunwayFilter(AllRunways)
Thisfilterisalwaysavailableandhelpstofindproceduresforacertaindepartureorarrivalrunway.
ClearSelection
Deselectallentriesinthetableandremoveanyhighlightcirclesfromthemap.
Help
Openthischapterofthemanualinthedefaultbrowser.
ProcedureTreeContextMenu
ShowonMap
Centerthemapontheselectedprocedure.
FollowSelection
Themapviewwillbezoomedontheselectedprocedurewhenthisfunctionisenabled.
InsertintoFlightPlan/UseasDestination/UseasDeparture
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Textandfunctionalityofthismenuitemdependsontheselectedproceduretypeandwhethertheprocedure'sairport
isalreadythedepartureordestinationairportofthecurrentflightplan.
Usethecontextmenuoftheflightplantabletoremoveprocedures.SeeDeleteSelectedLegsorProcedure.
Ifatransitionisselected,thecorrespondingprocedure(approach,SIDorSTAR)isaddedorreplacedaswell.
Insert...intoFlightPlan:
Thismenuitemwilladdtheselectedproceduretothecurrentflightplan.Aprocedureofthesametype(SID,STARor
approachwithorwithouttransition)willbereplacedifalreadypresentintheflightplan.
Use...asDestinationor Use...asDeparture:
Thiswilladdorreplacethedestinationordepartureairportandaddtheselectedprocedure.
Iftheflightplanisempty,thedepartureordestinationairportisaddedtotheflightplanaswell.
ExpandAll/CollapseAll
Expandallproceduressothattheirlegsandtransitionsareshownorcollapsethetree.
ResetSearch
Clearsearchfiltersandreverttoshowingallproceduresinthetree.
ClearSelection
Deselectthecurrentlyselectedprocedureandremovethepreviewfromthemap.
ResetView
Resetcolumnorderandcolumnwidthstodefault.
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NavigationDatabases
LittleNavmapcanuseuptotwodatabasesinparallel:
1. Simulatordatabase:CreatedbyreadingthescenerylibraryofFSX,P3DorX-Plane.
2. Navigationdatabase:ProvidedbyNavigraph.Doesnothavetobecompiledandcanbeupdatedbythe
NavigraphFMSDataManager.
LittleNavmapisbundledwithanavigationdatabasefromarecentAIRACcyclethatisenabledperdefault.
SeeInstallNavigraphUpdatesonmyhomepageforinformationhowtoupdateLittleNavmap'snavigation
data.
Threedisplaymodescanbeselectedfromthemenu SceneryLibraryasshownbelow.
UseNavigraphforallFeatures
UsesonlyinformationfromtheNavigraphdatabase.
Notethatairportinformationislimitedinthismode.Thismeansthataprons,taxiways,parkingpositions,runway
surfaceinformationandfuelinformationarenotavailable.Additionally,smallerairportsmightbemissing.
Runwaylayoutmightnotmatchtherunwaylayoutinthesimulatorifyouusestockorolderairportscenery.
Anadvantageofthismodeisthatapproachproceduresalwaysmatchtheairportrunwaylayout.
Pictureabove:AirportdiagramforEDDNfromsimulatorscenery(X-Plane)asshowninthemodes Donotuse
NavigraphDatabaseand UseNavigraphforNavaidsandProcedures.
Pictureabove:AirportEDDNfromtheNavigraphdatabasewhile UseNavigraphforallFeaturesisenabled.Note
missingrunwaysurfaceinformationandmissingaprons,taxiwaysandparkingpositions.
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DonotuseNavigraphDatabase
CompletelyignorestheNavigraphdatabaseandshowsonlyinformationreadfromthesimulatorscenery.
UseNavigraphforNavaidsandProcedures
DefaultmodeafterinstallationorupdateofLittleNavmap.
ThismodeblendsnavaidsandotherfeaturesfromtheNavigraphdatabasewiththesimulatordatabase.Thisaffects
themapdisplay,allinformationwindowsandandallsearchwindows.
Thefollowingfeaturesaretakenfromthesimulatordatabasewhenusingthismode:
Airports(also Searchdockwindow,tab Airport)
Aprons
Taxiways
Parkingpositions
COMfrequencies
ILS
ThefollowingfeaturesaretakenfromtheNavigraphdatabase:
Navaids(waypoints/intersections,VOR,NDB,marker)whichaffects:
Searchdockwindow,tab Navaid
Flightplancalculation
RouteDescription
Procedures(approaches,SIDsandSTARs).Thisaffects:
Searchdockwindow,tab Procedures
Loadinganddisplayofproceduresfromflightplans.
Airways
Airspaces
Limitationsinthismode
LittleNavmapignoresanymismatchesbetweenproceduresandrunwaysduetoairportupdatesandwillnot
displayawarning.Updateanairportusingpaywareorfreewaresceneryifyoufindthatanapproachordeparture
proceduredoesnotstartatarunwayendofanairport.
Procedurescannotberecognizedwhenselecting ShowProceduresinthemenuifanairporthaschangeditsICAO
ident(e.g. KulikLake:identchangedfrom LKKto PAKL).Ifyoususpectsuchacaseusethemode UseNavigraph
forallFeaturestogettheproceduresfortheairport.
Theairportsearch Proceduresonlyconsidersproceduresavailableinthesimulator.Switchto UseNavigraphfor
allFeaturestolookforairportsthathaveproceduresfromtheNavigraphdatabase.
ILSplacementorpresencemightnotmatchapproachproceduresifanairporthasanewILSwhichisnotpresent
instocksceneryoranoldsceneryadd-on.IfyouencounteranILSapproachwithoutILSstation,switchto Use
NavigraphforallFeaturestoovercomethislimitation.
UsingthefsAerodatanavdataupdatewillmitigateorevenremoveallofthelimitationsabovesinceitwillsynchronize
thesimulatorscenerywiththeNavigraphdatabase.
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Pictureabove:Anextremeexampleforrunway/proceduremismatch.TheapproachfromtheNavigraphdatabase
cycle1707endsatthenotvisiblerunway09whiletheoutdatedsceneryfromFSXshowstheairportatthewrong
position.EDVKwasrebuildnorthofCaldenin2013.TheOpenStreetMapbackgoundshowsthenewairport.
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FlightPlanFormats
LittleNavmapsupportsseveralflightplanformats,allofwhichhavedifferentlimitations.Onlysomeoftheseformats
canbeloadedandsaved.
Theprogramusesdifferent Saveas...filedialogsinsteadofjustone.Thismeansthedirectoryforeachfileformatis
retainedseparately,removingtheneedtonavigatebackandforthbetweentheFSXflightplandirectory,theP3D
flightplandirectoryandtheX-PlaneFMSoutputdirectory.
Notethedifferencebetween SaveFlightPlanas...and ExportFlightPlanas...: Exportdoesnotchangethe
currentfilenamewhile Saveas...does.
FeatureTable
ThetablebelowshowsthecapabilitiesofLittleNavmapandthesupportedflightplanformats(X=supported,0=not
supported):
Format Read Write Airw. VFR/
IFR
User
Wpt.
Names
Dep.
Parking
Cruise
Alt.
Ground
speed Proc.
FSXPLN
annotated X X X X X X X X X
FSXPLN X X X X X X X 0 0
FS9PLN
clean X 0 X X X X X 0 0
FSCPLN X 0 X 0 X 0 0 0 0
X-Plane
FMS11 X X X 0 X 0 X 0 X
X-Plane
FMS3 X X 0 0 X 0 X 0 0
FLP X X X 0 0 0 0 0 X
RealityXP
GNSFPL 0 X 0 0 X 0 0 0 0
RealityXP
GTNGFP 0 X X 0 X 0 0 0 X
Flight1GTN 0 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0
PMDGRTE 0 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0
TXT 0 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0
MajesticDash
FPR 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IXEG737FPL 0 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0
FLTPLAN
foriFly 0 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0
ProSim
companyroutes.xml 0 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0
PLNfor
BBSAirbus 0 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0
2
1
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UFMC 0 X X 0 0 0 0 0
FPLfor
XFMC 0 X X 0 0 0 0 0
FlightFactor
corte.in 0 X X 0 0 0 X 0
GPX 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0
Procedurewaypointsareexcludedfromallfileformatsbydefault,exceptforGPX.YouhavetousetheGPSorFMS
inthesimulatortoselectprocedures.
YoucanenablesavingofwaypointsbycheckingthemenuitemsSaveWaypointsforApproachesand/orSave
WaypointsforSIDandSTAR.
Adialogisshownifanyunsupportedfeaturesaredetectedinthecurrentflightplanwhentryingtosaveaplan.You
candisablethisdialogforfuturesavesifyouknowwhatyouaredoing.
Thecurrentfilenameandtypewillchangeifyousaveaplantoaformatthatisreadableandwritable.Thisdoesnot
happenwhenexporting.
Anexampleshowshowtheprogramdealswiththelimitedformats:
1. Createaflightplanincludingprocedures.
2. SaveasPLN-currentfilenamechangestonewfilename NAME.pln.
3. SaveasFMS-awarningisshownandaftersavingthecurrentfilenamechangestonew NAME.fms.
4. Restartprogram- NAME.fmswillbereloadedandproceduresarelost.
5. NowexportasGFP-Currentfilenameremains NAME.fms.
UserWaypointNames
Userwaypointnameswillbeadaptedtoformatlimitationswhensaving.Thatmeansthatwaypointnamescanchange
whenreloadingaflightplan.
PLN:MaximumlengthforFSXorPrepar3Dis10charatersandnospecialcharactersareallowed.Unsupported
characterswillberemovedandthelengthwillbetruncated.
FMS:Nospacesallowed.Thesewillbereplacedwithunderscores( _).
FLP:Alluserwaypointnameswillbereplacedbycoordinates.
FSXPLN
TheformatFSXPLNisusedasadefaultformatbecauseitsupportsmostfeaturesandallowstoincludeadditional
informationinformofannotationswhichwillbeignoredbyflightsimulatorsandmostothertools.
NotethatP3Dv4.2overwritestheflightplanwhenloading,whicherasesallannotations.Saveacopyofthe
plantoanotherlocationifyouliketokeepallinformationaboutproceduresorspeed.
FS9PLN
FileformatoftheFlightSimulator2004.UsesthesamePLNextensionastheFSXPLNformat.LittleNavmapcan
onlyreadthisformat.ThereforeawarningdialogisshownbeforeoverwritingafilewiththenewerFSXPLNformat.
CleanPLN
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ThisisthesameastheFSXPLNbutwithoutadditionalannotationswhichcontaininformationaboutselected
proceduresorgroundspeed.Usethisformatifanapplicationcannotdealwiththeannotatedformat.
FMS11(X-Plane)
NewX-PlaneFMSformatwhichcanbeloadedintothestockGPS,theG1000andtheFMSofX-Plane11.10.Thisis
thedefaultsaveformatforX-PlaneFMSnow.UsetheexportfunctiontosaveoldFMSversion3files.
ThisformatissupportedasofX-Plane11.10.ItcanalreadybeusedinthebetaversionsbutmightcrashX-
Planeversion11.05andbelow.
LittleNavmapcanreadandwritethisformat.
Storethesefilesintothe Output/FMSplansdirectoryinsidetheX-Planedirectory.
FMS3(X-Plane)
X-PlaneFMSformatwhichcanbeloadedintothestockGPSandFMSofX-Plane10and11.05.Theformatisvery
limitedandbasicallystoresonlyalistofwaypoints.
LittleNavmapcanreadandwritethisformat.
Storethesefilesintothe Output/FMSplansdirectoryinsidetheX-Planedirectory.
FLP
AformatthatcanbereadbytheX-PlaneFMS(nottheX-PlaneGPS),AerosoftAirbusandotheradd-onaircraft.
Supportsairwaysandprocedures.
YoucanloadthesefilesintotheX-PlaneFMSincludingairwayinformation.ProceduresaresavedintheFLPbut
cannotloadedyetbytheFMS.Youhavetoselectthesemanuallyafterloadingtheflightplan.
Storethesefilesintothe Output/FMSplansdirectoryinsidetheX-PlanedirectoryifyouwanttousetheminX-Plane.
FPL(RealityXPGarminGNS)
FlightplanformatasFPLfileusablebytheRealityXPGNS530W/430WV2.
Thisfileformatcanonlybeexported.Readingisnotsupported.
SeebelowforinformationonknownproblemswhenexportingflightplandatafortheGNS.
LittleNavmapconsidersthe GNSAPPDATAenvironmentvariableifset.SeetheGNSmanualformoreinformation.
ThedefaultdirectorytosavetheflightplansfortheGNSunitsis C:\ProgramData\Garmin\GNSTrainerData\GNS\FPLforall
simulators.ThedirectorywillbecreatedautomaticallybyLittleNavmaponfirstexportifitdoesnotexist.
GFP(RealityXPGarminGTN)
SaveflightplanasGFPfileusablebytheRealityXPGTN750/650Touch.
Thisfileformatcanonlybeexported.Readingisnotsupported.
SeebelowforinformationonknownproblemswhenexportingflightplandatafortheGTN.
LittleNavmapconsidersthe GTNSIMDATAenvironmentvariableifset.SeetheGTNmanualformoreinformation.
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GarminGTNTrainer6.41
ThedefaultdirectorytosavetheflightplansfortheGTNunitsis C:\ProgramData\Garmin\Trainers\GTN\FPLNforall
simulators.ThedirectorywillbecreatedautomaticallybyLittleNavmaponfirstexportifitdoesnotexist.
GarminGTNTrainer6.21
Ifyou'reusingthetrainerversion6.21thenthedefaultpathis C:\ProgramData\Garmin\GTNTrainerData\GTN\FPLN.You
havetocreatethisdirectorymanuallyandthennavigatetoitinthefiledialogwhensaving.LittleNavmapwill
remembertheselecteddirectory.
GFP(Flight1GarminGTN)
ThisistheflightplanformatusedbytheFlight1GTN650/750.
Thisfileformatcanonlybeexported.Readingisnotsupported.
SeebelowforinformationonproblemswhenexportingflightplandatafortheGTN.
ThedefaultdirectoriestosavetheflightplansfortheGTNunitsare:
Prepar3Dv3:C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\LockheedMartin\Prepar3Dv3\F1TGTN\FPL.
Prepar3Dv4:C:\ProgramFiles\LockheedMartin\Prepar3Dv4\F1TGTN\FPL.
FlightSimulatorX:C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\MicrosoftGames\FlightSimulatorX\F1GTN\FPL
YoumightneedtochangetheuserprivilegesonthisdirectoryifyoursavedflightplansdonotshowupintheGTN.
Giveyourselffullcontroland/orownershipofthisdirectorytoavoidthis.
AtypicalsymptomisthatyoucansavetheflightplaninLittleNavmapandyoucanalsoseethesavedplaninLittle
Navmap'sopendialogsbutitdoesnotshowupintheGTNunit.Changetheprivilegesoftheexportdirectoryas
mentionedaboveifthatisthecase.
Thefileisasimpletextformatcontainingonlyonelineoftext.Exampleforthecontentofaflightplanfilenamed KEAT-
CYPU.gfp:
FPN/RI:F:KEAT:F:EAT.V120.SEA.V495.CONDI.V338.YVR.V330.TRENA:F:N50805W124202:F:N51085W124178:F:CAG3:F:N51846W124150:F:CYPU
RTE(PMDG)
APMDGRTEfile.Filelocationdependsontheusedaircraftbutisusually PMDG\FLIGHTPLANSinthesimulatorbase
directory.
TXT(JARDesignandRotateSimulations)
AsimplefileformatusablebyJARDesignorRotateSimulationsaircraft.Locationdependsontheusedaircraftwhich
isusuallyintheX-Planedirectory aircraft.
Thefileisasimpletextformatcontainingonlyonelineoftext.Exampleforthecontentofa TXTfilenamed
CBZ9CYDC.txt:
CBZ9SIDAIRIEV324YKAB8DURAKSTARCYDC
FPR(MajesticDash)
FlightplanformatfortheMajesticSoftwareMJC8Q400.Notethattheexportiscurrentlylimitedtoalistofwaypoints.
Theflightplanhastobesavedto YOURSIMULATOR\SimObjects\Airplanes\mjc8q400\nav\routes.
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NotethattheFMCintheDashwillshowinvalidcoordinateswhenyoupress INFOonawaypointorairport.Theflight
plan,navigationandautopilotarenotaffectedotherwise.
FPL(IXEGBoeing)
ExportsthecurrentflightplanasaFPLfileusablebytheIXEGBoeing737.TheformatisthesameasTXTbutwitha
differentfileextension.
Thefileshouldbesavedto XPLANE\Aircraft\X-Aviation\IXEG737Classic\coroutes.Youhavetocreatethedirectory
manuallyifitdoesnotexist.
corte.in(FlightFactorAirbus)
AformatfortheFlightFactorAirbus.Thefileisnottruncatedandflightplansareappendedwhensaving.
FlightplansaresavedinaslightlyextendedATSroutenotationwhichalsoallowstosavethecruisealtitudeand
approachprocedures.Editthefilewithasimpletexteditorifyouwanttoremoveflightplans.
Example:
RTEETOPS002EINN06UNBE2AUNBEGDCT5420NDCTNICSON236AALLEXQ822ENEDCTCORVTKJFKI22RJFKBOS01CI30FL360
RTEEDDFEGLLEDDF25CBIBT4GBIBTIUZ29NIKUL610LAMEGLLI27RLAMCI25FL330
FLTPLAN(iFly737NG)
FlightplanformatfortheiFly737NGforFSXorP3D.Thefilehastobesavedto
YOURSIMULATOR/iFly/737NG/navdata/FLTPLAN.
Procedurescannotbesaved.
companyroutes.xml(ProSim)
AflightplanformatforProSim.Theflightplanisappendedtothefile companyroutes.xmlwhensaving.Removeflight
plansmanuallyinatexteditor.
LittleNavmapcreatesuptotwobackupfileswhensavingtheflightplan: companyroutes.xml_lnm_backupand
companyroutes.xml_lnm_backup.1.
Procedurescannotbesaved.
Example:
<?xmlversion="1.0"encoding="UTF-8"?>
<companyroutes>
<routename="EFMAESGT">EFMARUNGAN872TEBN623BEDLAN866NEGILESGT</route>
<routename="LGIRLEDA">LGIRSUDUJ65TRLUM601RUTOMM601QUENNQ123LULIXP167GINOXUM601BCNUN975SELVALEDA</route>
</companyroutes>
PLN(BBSAirbus)
ThisformatisfortheBlackboxSimulationsAirbusforFSXorP3D.Savethisto YOURSIMULATOR/Blackbox
Simulation/CompanyRoutesor YOURSIMULATOR/BlackBoxSimulation/AirbusA330dependingonaircrafttype.
Thisformatcannotsaveprocedures.
UFMC(UniversalFlightManagementComputer)
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AflightplanformatfortheUFMC.Theformatdoesnotallowsavingofprocedures.
Savetheflightplanto XPLANE\CustomData\UFMC\FlightPlans.
FPLforX-FMC(UniversalFMCforX-Plane)
SaveflightplanasFPLfilefortheX-FMC.Theformatdoesnotallowsavingofprocedures.
ThefileshouldbesavedtoPathto XPLANE\Resources\plugins\XFMC\FlightPlans.
GPX
GPXisnotaflightplanformat.
TheGPSExchangeFormatcanbereadbyGoogleEarthandmostotherGISapplications.
Theflightplanisembeddedasarouteandtheflownaircrafttrailasatrackincludingsimulatortimeandaltitude.
Theroutehasdepartureanddestinationelevationandcruisealtitudesetforallwaypoints.Waypointsofall
proceduresareincludedintheexportedfile.Notethatthewaypointswillnotallowtoreproduceallpartsofa
procedurelikeholdsorprocedureturns.
NotesabouttheGarminFormatsGFPandFPL
VariousproblemscanappearwhenreadingexportedflightplansintotheGarminunits.Mostofthesearearesultof
theGarminnavigationdatabasewhichusesdataofanolderAIRACcycle(mostly1611atthetimeofwriting).
Updatedsimulatororadd-ondatabases(liketheoneinLittleNavmap)canusethelatestnavdataoranoldonefrom
FSXorP3Dstockdata.X-Plane11.10stocknavdataiscurrentlybasedon1611.
Anywaypoints,airwaysorproceduresthatareremoved,addedorrenamedovertimecancauselockedwaypointsor
othermessageswhenreadingaflightplanintotheGNSorGTN.
ItiseasytoremovelockedwaypointswithintheGNSorGTNtoenabletheflightplantobeactivated.Refertothe
documentationoftheGarminunit.
LittleNavmapallowstochangetheGarminexporttoreplaceallwaypointswithuser-definedwaypointstoavoid
locking.Whilethisisasufficientapproachtoavoidthelockedwaypointsitcomeswithafewlimitations:
Departureanddestinationairportarenotsavedasuser-definedwaypoints.ThesehavetoexistintheGarmin
navigationdatabase.
Navaidinformationlikefrequenciescannotbedisplayedsincethewaypointcannotberelatedtotheradionavaid.
ProcedureslikeSIDandSTARcannotbesavedwiththeflightplanandhavetobeselectedmanually.
TheGTN(nottheGNS)changesallnamestoageneric USERWPT...scheme.
Theexportofuser-definedwaypointscanbeenabledintheoptionsdialogontab FlightPlan.
.TheFPRformatdoesallowsavingofairwaysandproceduresbutthiswillbeimplementedinafuturerelease
ofLittleNavmap.↩
.User-definedwaypointswillberenamedwhenloadingintotheGTN.↩
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FlightPlanDockWindow
UpperPart
Thetopshowsalabelthatcontainsdeparture,departureposition(parking,runwayorhelipad),destination,flightplan
distance,travelingtime,usedproceduresandflightplantype.
Besidesthelabeltherearethreeinputfieldsontopofthisdockwindow:
Speed(kts):Groundspeed.Thevalueofthisfieldisusedonlyforcalculatingtravelingtimesinthetableview:
LegTimeand ETA(estimatedtimeofarrivalatawaypointgiven0:00asstarttime).Itissavedasanannotation
withtheflightplanandnotusedforsimulatoruseraircraftcalculations.
Cruisealtitude(ft):Thisvalueissavedwiththeflightplanandisalsousedtocalculateanairwayflightplan
basedongivenaltitude.Thisfieldissetautomaticallytotheminimumaltitudeforaflightplanifaplanalong
VictororJetairwaysiscalculatedandaltituderestrictionswerefound.SeeCalculatebasedongivenAltitude.
FlightPlanType(IFRorVFR):Thisissavedwiththeflightplan.
FlightPlanTable
Thetableviewallowsthesameoperationsasthesearchtableviewexceptsorting.Seehereformoreinformation.
Allselectedelementsintheflightplantableviewwillbehighlightedonthemapusingablack/greencircle.See
Highlightsformoreinformation.Use Shift+Clickor Ctrl+Clicktoselecttwoormoreelements(multi-selection).
TheactiveflightplanlegishighlightedinmagentawhenLittleNavmapisconnectedtoasimulator.
Procedurelegshavedarkbluecolorandlegsofamissedapproachhaveadarkredcolor.
Ifawaypointofaflightplancannotbefoundinthedatabaseitwillbedisplayedinred.Thiscanhappeniftheused
AIRACcyclesdonomatch.Thesameappliestoairways.Thepositiononthemapisstillcorrect.
Pictureabove:Thewaypoint ALTAGandpartsoftheairway V324couldnotbefoundinthedatabase.
TableColumns
Ident:ICAOidentofthenavaidorairport.
Region:Twoletterregioncodeofanavaid.
Name:Nameofairportorradionavaid.
ProcedureType:Thetypeofthisleg'sprocedure. SID, SIDTransition, STAR, STARTransition, Transition,
Approachor Missed.
AirwayorProcedure:Containstheairwaynameforenroutelegsorprocedureinstruction.
Restriction:Eitherminimumaltitudeforenrouteairwaysegment,procedurealtituderestrictionorprocedure
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speedlimit.A /separatesaltitudeandspeedrestriction.Thefollowingaltituderestrictionsexistforprocedures:
Numberonly:Flyataltitudeorspeed.Example: 5.400or 210.
PrefixA:Flyatorabovealtitudeorspeed.Example: A1.800.
PrefixB:Flyatorbelowaltitudeorspeed.Example: B10.000or B220.
Range:Flyatorabovealtitudeoneandatorbelowaltitudetwo.Example: A8.000,B10.000.
Altitudeandspeedlimit:Valuesseparatedby /.Example: A8.000,B10.000/B220.
Speedlimitonly:Aprefixed /indicatesnoaltitudebutaspeedrestriction.Example: /B250.
Type:Typeofaradionavaid.
Freq.:Frequencyorchannelofaradionavaid.
Range:Rangeofaradionavaid.
Course°M:**Thisisthestartcourseofthegreatcirclerouteconnectingthetwowaypointsoftheleg.Usethis
courseatdepartureifyoutravellongdistanceswithoutnavaids.Beawarethatyouhavetochangeyoucourse
constantlywhentravelingalongagreatcircleline.
Direct°M:**Thisistheconstantcourseoftherhumblineconnectingtwowaypointsofaleg.Dependingonroute
anddistanceitcandifferfromthecourseofthegreatcircleline.Usethiscourseifyoutravelalongairwaysor
towardsVORorNDBstations.OpposedtothecourseshownbytheflightsimulatorGPSunitthiswillgiveyouthe
preciseradialwhenapproachingaVORorNDBonaflightplan.
Distance:Distanceoftheflightplanleg.
Remaining:Remainingdistancetodestinationairportorprocedureendpoint(usuallytherunway).
LegTime:Flyingtimeforthisleg.Calculatedbasedonthegivengroundspeed.
ETA:Estimatedtimeofarrival.Thisisastaticvalueandnotupdatedwhileflying.
Remarks:Turninstructions,flyoverorrelatednavaidforprocedurelegs.
Pictureabove:The FlightPlandockwindow.TheflightplanusesaSIDfordepartureandaSTAR,atransitionand
anapproachforarrival.
MouseClicks
Adouble-clickonanentryinthetableviewshowseitheranairportdiagramorzoomstothenavaid.Additionally,
detailsareshowninthe Informationdockwindow.Asingleclickselectsanobjectandhighlightsitonthemapusinga
black/greencircle.
TopButton
ClearSelection
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Deselectallentriesinthetableandremoveanyhighlightcirclesfromthemap.
FlightPlanTableViewContextMenu
ShowInformation
SameastheMapContextMenu.
ShowonMap
Showeithertheairportdiagramorzoomtothenavaidonthemap.Thezoomdistancecanbechangedinthedialog
Optionsonthetab Map.
MoveSelectedLegsup/down
Moveallselectedflightplanlegsupordowninthelist.Thisworksalsoifmultiplelegsareselected.
Airwaynameswillberemovedwhenwaypointsintheflightplanaremovedordeletedbecausethenewflightplan
legswillnotfollowanyairwaybutratherusedirectconnections.
Proceduresorprocedurelegscannotbemovedandwaypointscannotbemovedintooracrossprocedures.
DeleteSelectedLegsorProcedure
Deleteallselectedflightplanlegs.Use Undoifyoudeletelegsaccidentally.
Thewholeprocedureisdeletediftheselectedflightplanlegisapartofaprocedure.Deletingaproceduredeletesits
transitiontoo.
EditNameofUserWaypoint
Allowstochangethenameofauser-definedwaypoint.Thelengthofthenameislimitedto10characters.
CalculateforselectedLegs
Thisisasubmenucontainingentriesforflightplancalculationmethodsasdescribedhere:
CalculateRadionav, CalculatehighAltitude, CalculatelowAltitudeand Calculatebasedon
givenAltitude.
Calculateaflightplanfragmentbetweenthefirstandlastselectedwaypoint.Allexistinglegsinbetweenaredeleted
andreplacedwiththecalculatedflightplanfragment.
Thismenuisonlyactivewhenmorethanoneflightplanlegisselectedandneitherthefirstnorthelastselectedrowis
aprocedure.Youcaneitherselectthefirstandthelastleg( Ctrl+Click)andstartthecalculationoryoucanselecta
wholerangeoflegs( Shift+Clickanddrag)beforecalculation.
Thisfunctioncanbeusefulifyouhavetocrossoceaniclegsthatarevoidofairways:
1. Setdepartureanddestination.
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2. Findthelastwaypointonanairwaybeforeenteringtheocean.Choosetheclosesttotheflightplanline.Addthe
waypointtotheflightplan.
3. Selectdepartureandthiswaypointandcalculatetheflightplanfragment.
4. Repeattheprocessforthefirstwaypointonanairwayclosetothecoastofyourdestinationcontinent.
5. Selectthiswaypointandthedestinationandcalculatetheflightplanfragment.
Whilenotentirelyrealistic,thisisasensibleworkarounduntilLittleNavmapsupportsNATorPACOTtracks.
ShowRangeRings
SameastheMapContextMenu.
ShowNavaidrange
Showtherangeringsforallselectedradionavaidsintheflightplan.Simplyselectalllegsoftheflightplananduse
thisfunctiontodisplayarangecircleforeachradionavaidintheflightplan.
Otherwise,thesameastheMapContextMenu.
RemoveallRangeRingsandDistancemeasurements
SameastheMapContextMenu.
Copy
CopytheselectedentriesinCSVformattotheclipboard.TheCSVwillincludeaheader.Thiswillobservechangesto
thetableviewlikecolumnorder.
SelectAll
Selectallflightplanlegs.
ClearSelection
Deselectallcurrentlyselectedflightplanlegsandremoveanyhighlightcirclesfromthemap.
ResetView
Resetthecolumnorderandcolumnwidthstodefault.
SetCenterforDistanceSearch
SameastheMapContextMenu.
FlightPlanDockWindow
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Procedures
General
Departureandarrivalprocedureswilltypicallybeusedwhenflyinganairliner,butsmalleraircraft,too,havetouseat
leastanapproachprocedureattheirdestinationwhenflyingIFR.Flightsimulatorstockdataprovidesonlyapproaches
andtransitions.SIDsandSTARsarenotavailable.Thesecanbeaddedbynavdataupdates.
Anairlineflightcontainingallvariationscanusethefollowingproceduresorsegments:
1. Departureairport
2. SID
3. SIDTransition
4. Enrouteairwaysystem
5. STARtransition
6. STAR
7. Transitiontoapproach
8. Approach
9. Destination
AsmallaircraftIFRflightcanusethefollowingproceduresorsegments:
1. Departureairport
2. Enrouteairwaysystem
3. Transitiontoapproach
4. Approach
5. Destination
Notethattransitionsmakeonlysensetogetherwithanapproach,aSIDoraSTARwhichwillguideyoutoorfromthe
runway.Youcanselectatransitiononlytogetherwiththerespectiveprocedure(althoughtheSIDmaybeemptyand
consistonlyofatransition).Ifyoudeleteaprocedurefromtheflightplan,itstransitionwillbedeletedtoo.
ProcedureinformationissavedtogetherwithaflightplanasanannotationinthePLNfileandwillberestoredbyLittle
Navmapwhenloadingtheflightplan.
Procedurewaypointsareexcludedfromallflightplanformatsbydefault.YouhavetousetheGPSorFMSinthe
simulatortoselectprocedures.
ProcedurewaypointsarenotsavedintheflightplansincethePLNformatdoesnotsupportallthedifferentlegtypes
andtheflightsimulatorwouldnotbeabletodisplaythemcorrectly.SelecttheproceduresmanuallyinyourGPSor
FMCasneeded.
YoucanenablesavingofwaypointsbycheckingthemenuitemsSaveWaypointsforApproachesand/orSave
WaypointsforSIDandSTAR.
InsertingaProcedureintoaFlightPlan
Right-clickonanairportinthemap,theairportsearchtable,ortheflightplantable,andselect ShowProcedures(or
ShowDepartureProcedures, ShowArrivalProcedures)fromthecontextmenu.Thiswillshowthetab Proceduresinthe
dockwindow Search.
Insertaprocedureintotheflightplanusingthecontextmenuintheproceduretreeview.
SeeProcedureSearchformoreinformation.
DeletingaProcedurefromaFlightPlan
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DeletingaProcedurefromaFlightPlan
Deletingasinglelegthatispartofaprocedurewillremovethewholeprocedureanditstransition.Deletingalegthat
ispartofatransitionwillremoveonlythetransition.
Pictureabove:Abouttoremovethetransition MUNoftheapproach RNAVBEGENfromtheflightplan.
Limitationswheneditingaflightplanwithprocedures
Deletingalegofaprocedurewillremovethewholeprocedurefromtheflightplan.
Youcannotmoveaprocedurelegupordownneithercanyoumoveoraddaflightplanlegintoaprocedure.
Youcannotaddwaypointsinbetweenprocedures(e.g.betweenaSTARandanapproach).Waypointscanonly
beaddedtotheroutebetweendepartureandarrivalprocedures.
YoucannotaddwaypointsbetweendepartureairportandaSIDprocedure.
Youcannotaddwaypointsbetweenarrivalprocedureanddestinationairport.
IfyoudeleteorreplacethedepartureairportallSIDproceduresareremovedtoo.
Ifyoudeleteorreplacethedestinationairportallapproachandarrivalproceduresareremovedtoo.
FlyingProcedures
Procedurelegsarepre-calculated,withtheexceptionofholdsandprocedureturns.Thismeansyoucanflythem
mostlyastheyaredrawnonthemap.Ifindoubtabouthowtoflyaleg(e.g.iftoomanylinesareoverlapping)lookat
theproceduretableintheflightplanwindow.
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Holds
Noentryorexitprocedureisshown.Youhavetofindaproperentryprocedureyourself.Holdshaveastraightleg
flyingtimeinminutesoradistance.
Ifatimeisgiven,flytheholdasusual:
1. Enteratthefixusingaproperentryprocedure
2. Doastandardturn
3. Flythestraightlegforthegiventime(typicallyoneminute)
4. Dostandardturn
5. Flytofix
6. ExitholdwhendoneorinstructedbyATC
Donotfollowthelinesexactly,theyarejustanindicatorforwhattofly.Anexceptionareholdswhereadistanceis
givenforthestraightleg.Theholdsizewillmatchthedistanceinthiscase.
Pictureabove:Aholdwith2nauticalmilesstraightsegmentlength.Enterandexitat ZUNADandflyatorabove2600
feet.Courseis61°magneticdegrees.
ExitingaHold
LittleNavmapwilldetectwhenaholdisexitedandadvancetheactivelegtothenextoneifoneofthetwoconditions
ismet:
1. Ifthenextlegcontinuesafterorattheholdfix:Whenapproachingtheholdfixafteronecircuitcontinue
straighton.Thenextlegwillbeactivatedafterhalfanauticalmileuptoonenauticalmile.
2. Ifthenextlegstartsbeforetheholdfix:Exittheholdatitsfix.Exitrightturnholdstotheleftandviceversa
(i.e.turnoutsidethehold).Proceedtothefixofthenextlegwhichwillbeactivated.
Youcanactivatethenextlegmanuallyifyoudonotexittheholdatitsfix.Right-clickintheflightplantableonthe
nextlegandselect ActivateFlightPlanLeg.
Procedureturns
Theflightsimulatordatamovestheturnpointofaprocedureturn10nauticalmilesoutfromthefixwhichisusuallytoo
faraway.
Flytheprocedureturnasusual:Minimumoneminutefromthefix.Usemoreifyouneedspacetocatchthenextfix
afterthecoursereversal.Thenturnusinganteardroporastandard45/180degreeturn.Again:Followthe
procedures,notthelines.
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Pictureabove:Aprocedureturn.Flyatleastoneminuteoutbound61°from ABERN,turnleftto16°,flyoneminute,
turn180°andflyto LAMMB,then242°to ABERN.
Distances
Allprocedurelegs,withtheexceptionofholdsandprocedureturns,areincludedwhencalculatingflightdistance.This
meansthetotalflightplandistanceaswellasthetopofdescentpointwillchangewhenselectinganapproachora
transition.
Thetopofdescentpointcalculationdoesnotconsideraltituderestrictionsinprocedures.
SpecialLegTypes
Allprocedurelegtypes( TracktoFix, InitialFixandmore)thatareshowninLittleNavmaparebasedonthe
ARINC424pathterminatorconcept.Adeeperknowledgeoftheselegtypesisnotimportantforthesimulatorpilot
withtheexceptionoftwotypesthatareaddedbyLittleNavmap.
StartofProcedure:Thislegisaddedifaproceduredoesnotstartwithaninitialfixbutratherwithacourse,
headingortracktoafix.Itindicatesthefirstpositionoftheprocedureandisnotrelatedtoafix.
ProceedtoRunwayinaSID:ThefirstlegofaSIDtoindicatethestartpositionontherunway.Theprogrammight
fallbacktotheairportcenteriftherunwaycouldnotbefound.Thealtituderestrictionindicatestheelevationof
therunway.
ProceedtoRunwayinanapproach:Thislegisaddedtoanapproachproceduretoshowthecourselinefroma
missedapproachpoint(MAP)totherunwayend.Itisaddedifanapproachdoesnotendwitharunwayfixand
hasanaltituderestriction50feetabovethethreshold.
FixTypesinaProcedure
Waypoints:Terminalwaypointsorradionavaids.Somearemarkedas flyoverintheapproachtable.
Radialanddistance:Example: WIK/7nm/291°M.Afixdefinedbyacourseorheadinganddistancetoanavaid.
DistancetoDME:Example: WIK/9nm.Thisfixisdefinedbyaheadingortrackwhichisterminatedbyreachinga
DMEdistance.
InterceptCoursetoFix:Interceptacoursetothenextfixatanangleofabout45degrees.
InterceptLeg:Interceptthenextapproachlegatacourseofabout45degrees.
Altitude:Alegorholdthatisterminatedbyreachingacertainaltitudeandisusedmostlyonmissed
approaches.Sincethedistancedependsontheaircraft,2nauticalmileslengthareusedforthisleg.Youcan
ignorethelineandproceedtothenextlegoncethealtitudecriteriaissatisfied.
Manual:Flyaheading,trackoraholduntilmanuallyterminatedbyATC.
Runwayfixesareprefixedwith RW.Theyusuallyhaveanaltituderestrictionafewfeetabovetherunway.Higher
altituderestrictions(i.e.>500ft)indicateacirclingapproach.
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AltitudeandSpeedRestrictions
Restrictionsareshownonthemapandintheflightplantable.
Numberonly:Flyataltitudeorspeed.Mapexamples: 5400ftor 210kts.
PrefixA:Flyatorabovealtitudeorspeed.Mapexample: A1800ftor A200kts.
PrefixB:Flyatorbelowaltitudeorspeed.Mapexample: B10000ftor B240kts.
Range:Flyatorabovethefirstaltitudeandatorbelowthesecondaltitude.Mapexample: A8000B10000ft.Same
forspeed.
RelatedNavaids
Manyfixeshavearelatedorrecommendednavaid.ThiscanbeaVOR,NDB,ILSorawaypoint.Therelatednavaid
comeswithradialanddistancevaluesthatcanbeusedtolocatewaypointswhenflyingwithoutGPSorsimplyfor
crosscheckingtheposition.
MissedApproaches
Missedapproachlegsareactivatedoncethesimulatoraircraftpassesthelastpointofanapproach.Thedisplayof
remainingflightplandistancewillswitchtodisplayofremainingdistancetolastmissedapproachleg.
Nomissedapproachlegsareactivatedifmissedapproachesarenotshown.
LegHighlightsontheMap
Uptothreepointswillbehighlightedwhenclickingonaprocedureleginthetreeinthesearchwindow:
Asmallbluecircleshowsthebeginningoftheleg.
Theendofthelegisshownbyalargebluecircle.
Athincircleshowsthelocationoftherecommendedorrelatedfixifavailable.
InvalidData
Alegentrywilldrawnredifanavaidwasnotresolvedduringthescenerydatabaseloadingprocess.Thishappens
onlywhenthesourcedataisnotvalidorincomplete.Inthiscase,theresultingprocedureisnotusableandawarning
dialogwillbeshownifessentialnavaidsaremissing.
FlightPlanProcedures
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EditFlightPlanPosition
Thisdialogallowstoeditauser-definedflightplanpositionthatwasaddedwith AddPositiontoFlightPlanor
AppendPositiontoFlightPlan.
Name
YoucanenteranystringbutallinvalidcharacterswillberemovedwhensavingasaFSX/P3DPLNfile.Otherfile
formatshavemorelimitations.
Allowedareupperandlowercaseletters,digits,underscore _andspace.Allothercharactersareremovedwhen
theflightplanissavedandlongnamesaretruncatedto10characters.
Coordinates
YoucanalsoeditthecoordinatesdirectlyinthisdialogbesidesusingthedraganddropMapFlightPlanEditing.This
canbeusefulifyou'dliketoaddwaypointswithwellknowncoordinateslikevisualreportingpoints.
Thetooltipofthecoordinateinputfieldshowstheavailableformats.
SeeCoordinateFormatsformoreinformation.
Pictureabove:Editingauser-definedflightplanposition.
FlightPlanEditPosition
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FlightPlanRouteDescription
Thisdialogallowsyoutocreateaflightplanfromaroutedescriptionasgeneratedorprovidedbyvariousonline
services.
The NewFlightPlanfromRouteDescriptiondialogopenswiththeroutedescriptionforthecurrentflightplanwhichalso
containsinformationaboutspeedandcruisealtitudeifenabled.
Thetophalfofthedialogholdstheroutedescriptioninputfield,whilethebottomhalfshowsanymessages,warnings
orerrorsthatoccurduringreading.
Themenubutton providesadropdownmenuthancanbeusedtocustomizethegeneratedroutestring.
Thedescriptionparserwilltrytouseasmuchoftherouteaspossibleevenifpartsoftheflightplanlikewaypointsor
airwayscannotbefoundornamesareambiguous.Youwillseewarningsinthebottomhalfifthatisthecase.
Ifaroutecoversalongdistanceandcontainsawaypointnamewhichisnotunique,awrongwaypointmightbeadded
totheflightplan.Correctorremovethiswaypointmanually.
ManywaypointsandairwayswillnotbefoundifroutedescriptionsfromthelatestAIRACsourcesareusedtogether
withFSX/P3Dstockdatafrom2005.Itisrecommendedtouseanavigationdataupdateforthestockscenerywhen
readingroutedescriptionsfromonlinesourceslikeRouteFinder,OnlineFlightPlanner,SimBrieforSkyVector.
Ifanavdataupdateisnotanoption,picktheonlineservice'sAIRACcyclethatisclosesttothecyclethenavigation
dataofyourflightsimulatorisbasedon.
NotethatevenflightplanscalculatedinLittleNavmapcannotbeconvertedbackexactlyinsomecases.Thishappens
duetonavaidambiguitieslikeNDBandVORstationshavingthesamenamesorerrorsinthesourcedata.
Thecruisespeedandaltitudeareusedtocreatetheflightplanifgiven.Otherwisethecruisealtitudeisautomatically
determinedbytheflightplantype(IFRorVFR)andtheminimumaltitudeoftheusedairwaysegments.
SIDandSTARproceduresrequireanavdataupdateexceptforX-Planewhichalreadycomeswithacomplete
navigationdatabase.
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Pictureabove:Aroutedescriptionthatwasreadsuccessfullywithafewwarningsaboutignoredelements.The
waypoint LLLcouldnotbefound.Speed,altitude,SIDandSTARwererecognized.Thegroundspeedof433knotsis
calculatedbasedongivenmachnumber0.74andstandardatmosphereconditions.
Buttons
ToClipboard:Copythecurrentdescriptionasplaintexttotheclipboard.
FromClipboard:Inserttextfromclipboardintotheinputfield.Theinsertedtextisconvertedtouppercaseandall
invalidcharactersareremovedfromthetext.
UpdatefromFlightPlan:Createtheroutestringfromthecurrentflightplanagain.Usethisafterchangingsettings
withdropdownmenubutton.
ReadRouteDescription:Readstheroutedescriptionanddisplaysanymessages,warningsanderrorsinthe
bottomhalfofthedialog.Thecurrentflightplanisnotaffectedbythisaction.
IFR/ VFR:Definesthetypeofthegeneratedflightplanandtheautomaticallydeterminedcruisealtitude.
MenuButton :
Adddepartureanddestinationairport:Notethatdisablingthisoptionwillresultinaroutestringwhichcannot
bereadbackintoaflightplan.
AddDCT(direct)instructions:Add DCTforanydirectwaypointconnectionsintheflightplan.
Addcruisespeedandaltitudeinstruction:Addcruisealtitudefromflightplanandgroundspeedassetinthe
flightplandockwindow.
AddSIDandSTAR:AddSIDandSTARnamesifanyareusedfordepartureorarrival.
AddgenericSIDandSTAR:Addthegeneric SIDand STARkeywordsifnorealSIDand/orSTARwere
selected.
AddWaypointsinsteadofAirways:Doesnotinsertanyairwaynamesbutuseswaypointsonly.
CreateFlightPlan:Closesthedialogandcreatesanewflightplanfortheparsedroutedescriptionandreplaces
thecurrentplan.Youhavetoclick ReadRouteDescriptionbeforeyoucancreateaflightplan.
Format
Theroutedescriptionhastofollowtheformatrulesbelow:
FROM[ETD][SPEEDALT][SID][.TRANS][ENROUTE][STAR][.TRANS]TO[ETA][ALTERNATES]
Allelementsinsquarebracketsareoptional.
FROMand TO:Thesearetherequired3or4letteridentsfordepartureanddestinationairports.
Examples: KEAT, CYPU, S16.
ALTERNATES:Alternateairportsareoptionalandaresimplyappendedtotheflightplan.Alternatescannotbeusedin
combinationwithanapproachprocedure.
SPEEDALT:Anoptionalentrythatcontainsthecruisespeedandaltitude.Seebelowforadetails.
ENROUTE:Thisisalistofeither WAYPOINToran AIRWAYWAYPOINTformingtheactualflightplan.Thefirstentryhastobe
anairport,waypoint,VORorNDB.
WAYPOINT:Awaypoint,VOR,NDB,airportoruser-definedcoordinates.Seebelowforadetailsaboutcoordinates.A
waypointcanbeprefixedwith DCTtoindicateadirectconnectionnotusinganairway.Waypointscanbesuffixedwith
anoptional /SPEEDALTvaluealthoughthisisignored.
Examples: TAU, BOMBI, AST, CL, EDDF.
AIRWAYWAYPOINT:Airwayandendwaypointontheairwayseparatedbyaspace.
Examples: V495CONDI, V338YVR, V330TRENA.
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SID.TRANSand STAR.TRANS:Eitherthewords SIDor STARorrealSID,STARandtransitionnameswheretheoptional
transitionisseparatedbya ..Thegenerickeywords SIDand STARcreateadirectconnectiontotheenroutepart.
Examples: RDHK2.HOLLE, OHIO3.LFK, RDHK2, OHIO3.
Featuresnotsupported
ETDand ETA:Fourdigitdepartureandarrivaltimeattachedtotheairportidentareignored.
WAYPOINT.SPEEDALT:Forexample BOMBI/N0090A060.Altitudechangesatwaypointsarenotsupportedandignoredwhen
reading.
SpeedandAltitude
Cruisinggroundspeedandcruisinglevelnotseparatedbyaspace.
Speedisprefixedwith:
K:Kilometersperhourfollowedbyafourdigitvalue.
N:Knotsfollowedbyafourdigitvalue.
M:Machfollowedbyathreedigitvalue.Themachvalueisconvertedtoknotsgroundspeedassumingstandard
atmosphereconditionsatthegiveflightaltitude.
Altitudeisprefixedwith:
F:Flightlevelinthreedigits.
S:Metricflightlevelinthreedigitsoftensofmeters.
A:Altitudeinhundredsoffeetinthreedigits.
M:Altitudeintensofmeterinfourdigits.
Examples:
N0410F310410knotsatflightlevel310.
M071F320Mach0.71atflightlevel320.
K0790M0710790kilometersperhourat7100meters.
Coordinates
Coordinatescanbesuppliedindifferentformats:
Degreesonly(7characters):Twodigitsandnorth/southindicatorplusthreedigitsandeast/westindicator.
Example: 51N010E
Degreesandminutes(11characters):Twodigitsdegrees,twodigitsforminutesandnorth/southindicator.Then
threedigitsfordegrees,twodigitsforminutesandeast/westindicator.
Example: 4010N03822W.
Degrees,minutesandseconds(15characters):Twodigitsdegrees,twodigitsforminutes,twodigitsforseconds
andnorth/southindicator.Thenthreedigitsfordegrees,twodigitsforminutes,twodigitsforsecondsandeast/west
indicator.ThisformatisusedbySkyVectorforexample.
Example: 481200N0112842E.
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NorthAtlantictrackpoints(NAT).Twodigitsdegreesnorthandtwodigitsdegreeswestfollowedbycharacter N.
Example: 5010N.
Coordinatewaypointpairswithdegreesandminutesasaboveandprefixedwithnorth/southandeast/west
indicator.
Examples: N4200W02000or N4200/W02000.
GarminGFPformat(13characters)north/southindicator,twodigitsdegrees,threedigitsforminutesby10.Then
east/westindicator,threedigitsdegrees,threedigitsminutesby10.ThisformatisusedbytheFlight1GTN650/750.
Example: N48194W123096
FlightPlanDescriptionExamples
FrankfurtMain(EDDF)toFiumicino(LIRF):
Directconnection:
EDDFLIRFor EDDFDCTLIRF.
VORtoVOR:
EDDFFRDKPTBOACMPLIRF.
Sameasabovewithdeparturetime( ETD)andarrivaltime( ETA)whichbothwillbeignored:
EDDF1200FRDKPTBOACMPLIRF1300.
Sameasaboveonflightlevel310at410knots:
EDDFN0410F310DCTFRDDCTKPTDCTBOADCTCMPDCTLIRF
UsingJetairways:
EDDFASKIKT844KOVANUL608TEDGOUL607UTABAUM738NATAGY740LORLOM738AMTELM727TAQLIRF
Sameasaboveonflightlevel310atmach0.71withanadditionalspeedandaltitudeat NATAGwhichwillbe
ignored:
EDDFM071F310SIDASKIKT844KOVANUL608TEDGOUL607UTABAUM738NATAG/M069F350Y740LORLOM738AMTELM727TAQSTARLIRF
User-definedwaypointswithdegree/minutenotationandanalternateairport LIRE:
EDDFN0174F2554732N00950E4627N01019E4450N01103ELIRFLIRE
FlightplanusingSIDandSTARprocedureswithtransitions:
KPWARDHK2.HOLLEATOKAJ25FUZJ33CRIEDJ50LFKOHIO3.LFKKHOU
FlightplanusingthegenericSIDandSTARkeywords:
KPWASIDATOKAJ25FUZJ33CRIEDJ50LFKSTARKHOU
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FlightPlanElevationProfileDockWindow
Thisdockwindowshowsthegroundelevationandflightplancruisealtitudetogetherwillallflightplanwaypoints.Itis
onlyavailablewhenaflightplanisloaded.TheuseraircraftwillbeshowntooifLittleNavmapisconnectedtothe
simulator.
ElevationprocessingisdoneinthebackgroundsincedatahastobedownloadedandcomputationisCPUintensive.
Therefore,theupdateoftheelevationdisplaycantakefromafewsecondsuptohalfaminute.Thisbackground
updateisstartedaftercreatingorchangingtheflightplanorwhennewelevationdatawasdownloaded.Thedisplay
willbeupdatedaccordinglywhenevernewdataisavailable.
Closethe FlightPlanElevationProfilewindowifyouthinkthatitcausesperformanceproblemsorstutters.All
updateswillstoponcethewindowisclosed.
Beawarethattheelevationdisplaycoversonlytheflightplanandwillnotchangethedepictionifyougetoffflightplan
withyoursimulatoraircraft.
Theflightplanisonlyshownatcruiselevelandthedescentsegment.Although,youwillseeyouruseraircraftand
trailclimbinganddescending.
OnlineElevationData
Notethattheonlineelevationdatadoesnotcoverallcountriesandcurrentlyendsat60degreesnorth.Thedata
containsmultipleknownerrors.
Thecalculationofonlineelevationpointsislimitedtoflightplansegmentsnotlongerthan2000nauticalmilestoavoid
overloading.Addmorewaypointsorcalculateaflightplantoavoidthislimitation.
OfflineElevationData
UsingthefreelydownloadableGLOBE-GlobalLandOne-kmBaseElevationProjectelevationdatahasseveral
advantages:
Fasterupdates
Worldwidecoverage
Noknownerrors
Displayofaltitudebelowthecursorinthestatusbar
SeethedialogCacheandFilesintheoptionsdialogforinstructionshowtodownloadandinstalltheGLOBEdata.
ProfileWindow
Additionalinformationisshowninalabelontopofthewindowifthemouseishoveredoverthediagram.The
correspondingpositionwithintheflightplanishighlightedonthemaptoo.
Followinginformationisshowninthetoplabelifconnectedtoaflightsimulatorwithanactivesession:
Distancefromuseraircrafttoflightplandestination
Distancetothetopofdescent
Inaddition,theinformationbelowisshowninthetoplabelwhenhoveringthemouseoverthediagram:
Fromandtowaypoint
FlightPlanElevationProfileDockWindow
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Distancefromdepartureandtodestinationfromthepositionofthemousecursor.
Groundelevationatcursorposition.
Flightplancruisealtitudeaboveground.
Safealtitudeforthecurrentflightplanlegatthepositionofthemousecursor.
Formoreinformationseethe Navmaptabinthe LegenddockwindowortheNavMapLegendfordetails.
Pictureabove:Flightplanelevationprofilewithlineindicatingthemousehoveringposition.Orangelinesshow
minimumsafealtitudeforflightplansegments.Topofdescentpointisshownontheupperrightpartofthewindow.
FlightPlanElevationProfileDockWindow
106

InformationDockWindow
Thisdockwindowcontainstextinformationaboutairportsinseveraltabsaswellasinformationforoneormore
navaids,airwaysinanothertabplusanadditionaltabshowingairspaceinformation.
Atab Weatheralsoincludesdecodedweatherinformationfortheselectedairport.
Allinformationcanbecopiedtotheclipboardasformattedtext.Usethecontextmenuofthetextfieldsoruse Ctrl+A
toselectalland Ctrl+Ctocopythecontenttotheclipboard.
Informationisshownwhenselectingoneofthe ShowInformationfor...contextmenuitemsinthemap,flightplan
dockwindoworthesearchresulttable.Oneairportandallnavaidsareloadedintotheinformationdisplayifmultiple
objectsareclosetowhereyouright-clickedonthemap.
Abluelink Mapallowsjumpingtotheshownairportornavaidonthemap.Additionallinksforhelipadsareavailablein
thetab Runways/Helipads.
Anairwayisalwaysdisplayedwithallitswaypoints.Clickanybluewaypointlinktocenterthemaparoundthe
waypoint.
Theinformationaboutairportsandnavaidsincludesoneormorelinksatthebottomoftheobjectinformationin
section Scenery.TheselinkspointtothematchingBGL(FSX,P3D)orDAT(X-Plane)filesthatcontaininformation
abouttheairportornavaid.Clickthelinkstoopenthecontainingfolderinyourfilemanager(e.g.WindowsExplorer).
Ifpossible,thematchingfilewillbeselectedautomatically.
MultiplelinkscanappearforairportssincethesecanbemodifiedbymultipleBGLorDATfilesfromdifferentadd-on
sceneriesornavdataupdates.
InformationDockWindow
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Pictureabove:Airportinformationoverview.Additionaltabsshowinformationforrunways,COMfrequencies,
approachesandweather.
InformationDockWindow
108

Pictureabove:Navaidinformation.Twonavaidswereclosetothecursorwhenclicked.
SimulatorAircraftDockWindow
ThisdockwindowshowsinformationabouttheuseraircraftandaboutAIormultiplayeraircraftinseveraltabs.Little
Navmaphastobeconnectedtothesimulatortoenablethisfeature.SeeConnectingtoaFlightSimulatorformore
informationonthistopic.
TabAircraft
Givesanoverviewabouttheuseraircraftandshowstype,weightandfuelinformation.
InformationDockWindow
109

Pictureabove:AircraftinformationwhenconnectedtoaFlightSimulator.
TabProgress
Showsinformationsimilartoaflightmanagementcomputerabouttheuseraircraft.Thiscoversflightplanprogress,
altitude,speed,ambientandenvironmentparameters.
InformationDockWindow
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Pictureabove:Progressandambientinformationofthecurrentflightsituation.Somefieldsortableslike Next
Waypointareonlyavailablewhenaflightplanisloaded.
TabAI/Multiplayer
InformationaboutanAIormultiplayeraircraftfromthesimulator(notonlinenetworks)orshipisdisplayedinthistabif
avehicleisclickedonthemap.
InformationDockWindow
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Thisalsoincludestheaircraft'sdepartureanddestinationairportsthatcanbeshownonthemapbyclickingonthe
bluelinks(onlyforFSXorP3Dandifaflightplanisfiled).
NotethatinformationonAIaircraftislimitedonX-Plane.Onlyposition,altitudeandheadingcanbedisplayed.
Pictureabove:InformationaboutanAIaircraft.
LegendDockWindow
Containstwotabs:Onetab Navmapexplainingthevariousairportandnavaidsymbolsandatab Mapwhichshowsthe
generallegendforthebasemapliketheOpenStreetMapforexample.
Thecontentsofthe Navmaplegendarealsoavailableintheonlinemanual:NavMapLegend.
Notethatthegeneralmaplegendisnotavailableforallmapthemes.
InformationDockWindow
112

Weather
LittleNavmapcandisplayMETARsfromseveralsources:
FSXorP3Difconnected.Thisalsoappliestonetworksetups.
X-Planerealtimeweatherfromthe METAR.rwxfile.NotavailablewhenLittleNavmaprunsonadifferentcomputer
thanyourflightsimulator.
NOAAonlineweatherservice
VATSIMnetworkonlineweatherservice
HiFiSimulationTechnologies:
ActiveSkyNext(ASN)
AS16
ActiveSkyforPrepar3Dv4(ASP4)
Youcandefineinthe Optionsdialogonthe WeathertabwhichsourcesareusedtodisplaytheMETARinformationin
tooltipsorthetab Weatherinthe Informationdockwindow.
YouhavetosetthebasepathforX-Planeinthe LoadSceneryLibrarydialogtoenablereadingoftheweatherfile.
Certainfeatureslikeregionsofmanuallycreatedweatherfilesarenotsupported.
METARsareshownintheairporttooltipsandonthe Airportoverviewtab.Decodedweatherinformationforall
sourcesisavailableinthetab Weather.
ThedateandtimeinformationofthedecodedweatherdisplayishighlightedinrediftheMETARinformationisolder
thansixhours.
NotesaboutX-Planeweather:LittleNavmapcanonlyreadtheX-Plane METAR.rwxfilewhichcontainsdownloaded
onlineweather.TheprogramcannotreadcustomweathersituationsfromX-Plane.Ifyouusecustomweather,Little
Navmaponlyhasaccesstothelocalweatheraroundtheaircraft.BeawarethatLittleNavmapmightdisplay
informationfromanobsoleteorinactivedownloadedweatherfile.
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Pictureabove:Decodedweatherinformationfromtwoonlinesources.Flightsimulatorisnotconnected.
FlightSimulator
WeatherinformationfromaflightsimulatorortheX-Plane METAR.rwxfallsinoneofthreecategories,dependingonthe
selectedairport:
Station:Theairporthasaweatherstation.Thisisthemostpreciseweatherindication.
Nearest:Theselectedairporthasnoweatherstationandthereportfromtheclosestexistingweatherstationwas
fetched.TheidentofthecloseststationaswellasdistanceandelevationareshownintheMETARandonthe
decodedweathertab.Notethatthethisweatherstationisnotnecessarilyanairport.
Interpolated(notforX-Plane):Theweatherisinterpolatedbytheflightsimulatorusingthreestationsclosestto
theselectedairport.FSXandP3Donlyprovidenon-interpolatedweatherforairportsclosetotheuseraircraft.
Theweatherforotherairportsisalwaysinterpolated.TheidentoftheselectedairportisusedintheMETAR
reportforthiskindofweatherreport.
Theflightsimulatorweatherisupdatedevery15secondstocatchchangesintheweathertheme.
LittleNavmapwatchestheX-Plane METAR.rwxfileforchangesandwillapplyupdatesimmediately.
Notethatthenearestweatherwillnotnecessarilydepicttheweatherattheselectedstationduetotheinterpolation
betweenmultiplestationswhichisdonebythesimulator.
Online-NOAAandVATSIM
Onlineweatherfrombothsourcesisupdatedevery10minutes.
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ActiveSky
AllActiveSkyprogramsarerecognizedautomaticallyonstartupforeachsimulator.The current_wx_snapshot.txtand
activeflightplanwx.txtfilesareloadedandmonitoredforchanges.Weatherwillbereloadedandupdatedinthe
informationdisplayifnecessary.
Youcanalsoselectthe current_wx_snapshot.txtfilemanually.InthatcasetheMETARsfromthisfilearedisplayedfor
allinstalledflightsimulators.The activeflightplanwx.txtwillbeloadedfromthesamedirectory.
ManualfileselectioncanalsobeusefulifanewActiveSkyversionisnotsupportedbyLittleNavmapyet.
DepartureanddestinationweatherwillbedisplayedifaflightplanisloadedinoneoftheActiveSkyprograms.A
suffix Destinationor DeparturewillindicatetheusageofActiveSkyflightplanweatheronthetab Weather.Thisgives
ActiveSkyusersthemostpreciseweatherindicationfordepartureanddestination.
Notethattheindicationof Departureor DestinationdependsentirelyontheflightplanloadedinActiveSkyandnot
theflightplaninLittleNavmap.
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Printing
PrintMap
Opentheprintpreviewdialogallowingthecurrentmapviewtobeprinted.
Printingiscurrentlylimitedtothescreenresolutionofthecurrentmapview.Togetalessblurryprintoutenlargethe
mapwindowasmuchaspossible.Youcanundockthemapwindowtoachievethis.
Pictureabove:Printpreviewdialogforthecurrentmap.
PrintFlightPlan
Printthecurrentflightplantogetherwithdepartureanddestinationairportinformation.
OptionsforcustomizingtheFlightPlanTable
Theprintedflightplantablewillhavethesameorderofcolumnsastheflightplantableinthedockwindow.Columns
willbeomittedfromprintingiftheirwidthisreducedtominimumsize.SeeTableViewformoreinformation.
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Pictureabove:Thecolumn Nameiscollapsedandwillnotbeaddedtotheprintedflightplantable.
OptionsforDepartureandDestination
Overview:Printtheairportoverviewasshowinthe Informationdockwindowontab Airport.
Runways/Helipads:Printrunwayandhelipadinformation.
Includerunwayswithsoftsurface:Includerunwayswithsoftsurfaceslikegrass,gravelandothers.
Detailedrunwayinformation:Includedetailedinformationfortherunwayendslikeapproachlighting,VASItypes,
ILSinformationandmore.
COMfrequencies:Includecommunicationfrequenciesliketower,ATIS,UNICOMandothers.
Weather:Printthedecodedweatherforallenabledsourcesasshownonthetab Weatherinthe Informationdock
window.
Generaloptions
Printflightplantable:Printtheflightplanasseenintheflightplantable.
Textsize:Reducethetextsizetoavoidunnecessarylinebreaksorincreaseitforbetterreadability.
Pictureabove:Printflightplanoptionsdialog.
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LoadSceneryLibraryDialog
ThisdialogallowsloadingofthescenerylibrarydatafromallfoursupportedflightsimulatorsintotheLittleNavmap
internaldatabase.Thescenerylibrarytoloadcanbeselectedinthe Simulator:dropdownbox.
Thedialogshowsinformationaboutthecurrentlyselecteddatabaseincludingthenumberofloadedairports,database
versionandmore.
FSXandP3Donly:Thebasepathandthe scenery.cfgpathwillbeshownintwotexteditfieldsforthecurrently
selectedsimulator.Thesefieldsarepopulatedautomatically,butcanbechangedtoanyothervalidlocation.All
valuesaresavedindividuallyforeachflightsimulatortype.
X-Planeonly:X-Planecannotberecognizedautomatically.Youhavetoselectthebasepathmanually.OnWindows
thatcanbeapathlike C:\Simulators\X-Plane11,theexecutablebeing C:\Simulators\X-Plane11\X-Plane.exe.
Loadingascenerylibrarycantakefrom2to15minutesdependingonyoursetupandamountofsceneryadd-ons.
Youcanspeedthisupbyexcludingdirectoriescontainingneitherairportnornavigationdatainthe Optionsdialogon
the SceneryLibraryDatabasetab.
ForFSX/P3D,allairportsthatarenotlocatedinthedefault ScenerydirectoryofFSX/P3Dareconsideredtobeadd-
onairports.ForX-Plane,allairportslocatedinthe CustomScenerydirectoryofX-Planeareconsideredtobeadd-on
airports.Add-onairportsarehighlightedonthemapusingemphasized(boldanditalic)text.
Ifanadd-ononlycorrectsairportelevationsornavigationdata,itmightbeundesirabletodisplaytheupdatedairports
asadd-onairportsonthemap.Youcanexcludefolderspopulatedbythisadd-onfromtheadd-onrecognitioninthe
Optionsdialogonthe SceneryLibraryDatabasetab.
SeeOptionsformoreinformationaboutexcludingscenery.
Ifyoucanceltheloadingprocessoriftheloadingprocessfails,thepreviousscenerylibrarydatabaseisrestored
immediately.
Themenu SceneryLibrary-> FlightSimulatorsissynchronizedwiththesimulatorselectioninthedialog.Oncea
databaseissuccessfullyloaded,thedisplay,flightplanandsearchswitchinstantaneouslytothenewlyloaded
simulatordata.
Notethatthefinalnumberofairports,navaidsandotherobjectsshowninthe LoadSceneryLibrarydialogarelower
thanthecountsshownintheprogressdialog,because,afterthedatahasbeenloaded,aseparateprocessremoves
duplicatesanddeletesstockairportsthatwerereplacedbyadd-ons.
FSXorP3Donly:Theprogramtriestofindthebasepathsand Scenery.cfgfilesautomatically.Thetypicallocations
ofthe Scenery.cfgforWindows7/8/10are:
FlightSimulatorX:C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\FSX\Scenery.cfg
FlightSimulator-SteamEdition:C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\FSX-SE\Scenery.cfg
Prepar3Dv2:C:\Users\YOUR_ACCOUNT_NAME\AppData\Roaming\LockheedMartin\Prepar3Dv2\Scenery.cfg
Prepar3Dv3:C:\ProgramData\LockheedMartin\Prepar3Dv3\Scenery.cfg
Prepar3Dv4:C:\ProgramData\LockheedMartin\Prepar3Dv4\Scenery.cfg
Anerrordialogisshownafterloadingifanyfilescouldnotbereadordirectorieswerenotfound.Inthiscaseyou
shouldcheckiftheairportsoftheaffectedsceneriesdisplaycorrectlyandshowthecorrectinformation.Theerror
dialogallowscopyandpasteofformattedtextwhichisusefulforerrorreporting.
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The LoadSceneryLibrarydialogshowsthelasttimeofloading( LastUpdate:),theprogramandthedatabaseversion.
Majordatabaseversiondifferencesindicateincompatibledatabases.Theprogramwillaskiftheincompatible
databasescanbeerasedonstartupbeforethescenerydatabasecanbereloaded.Minordatabasedifferences
indicatecompatiblechangeswhereareloadisrecommendedbutnotrequired.
X-PlaneAirportsandNavdata
LittleNavmapreadsairportandnavaiddatafromX-Plane's *.datfiles.Tocheckaversionofafileyoucanopenitin
atexteditorthatiscapableofdealingwithlargefiles.Thefirstlinesofthefilewilllooklike:
A
1100GeneratedbyWorldEditor1.6.0r1
11549000A4JohnsonCitySTOLport
...
Thefirstnumberinthesecondlineisthefileversion.Hereitis 1100.
LittleNavmapcanreadthefollowingX-Planesceneryfiles:
Airports( apt.dat):Version850upto1100.ThiscoversX-Plane10airportsandolderadd-onscenery.Newer
filesthan1100mightworkbutarenottested.
Navdata( earth_awy.dat, earth_fix.datand earth_nav.dat):Version850upto1100.ThisexcludesX-Plane10
navdatafiles.Newerfilesthan1100mightworkbutarenottested.
Procedures( ICAO.datinthe CIFPdirectory):AllproceduresfromX-Plane11.
Airspaces( *.txt):Theincluded usa.txtandallfilesinOpenAirformat.Seenextchapterformoreinformation.
Additionallythefiles user_fix.datand user_nav.datintheX-Planedirectory CustomDataareread.
X-PlaneAirspaces
AllfilesinOpenAirairspaceformatwillbeloadedwhenreadingtheX-Planescenerylibrary.
YoucanalsocopyairspacesfromapresentFSXorPrepar3Ddatabaseifyouownthesesimulators.SeeCopy
AirspacestoX-PlaneDatabase.
Notethatairspacefilescanhaveerrorswhichmaypreventtheloadingofanairspacefile.Theseharderrorsare
reportedafterloadingthescenerylibrary.Othererrorsonlyaffectingsingleairspacesorthegeometryarereportedin
thelogfileonly.
X-Plane11comeswithasingleairspacefilethatcanbefoundin YOUR_XPLANE_DIRECTORY/Resources/default
data/airspaces/usa.txt.AdditionalairspacefilescanbedownloadedfromtheOpenAirspaceDirectory,Soaring
Services,openAIPorLuftraumdatenDeutschlandforexample.
Airspacefilesmusthavea .txtextensionandareloadedfromthefollowingdirectoriesbyLittleNavmap:
YOUR_XPLANE_DIRECTORY/Resources/defaultdata/airspaces
YOUR_XPLANE_DIRECTORY/CustomData/Airspaces
YOUR_ACCOUNT_NAME/Documents/LittleNavmap/X-PlaneAirspaceswhere Documentsisthedocumentsdirectoryinyour
language.
ThefilescanbeencodedinanyUTFformatbutmusthaveaBOMtoberecognizedproperly.OtherwiseWindows
ANSIcoding( Windows-1252)isused.Specialcharacterslikeumlautsoraccentsarenotdisplayedcorrectlyinnamesif
theencodingisnotcorrect.Allotherfunctionalityisunaffected.
YoucanconvertthefilesusinganyadvancededitorlikeNotepad++forexample.
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Airspaceswillappearasduplicatesinthemapifanairspacefileisfoundinmorethanoneofthesedirectories.
IfX-Planecrasheswhenloadingcertainairspacefiles,movethesefilestothefolder Documents/LittleNavmap/X-
PlaneAirspacesinstead.Thisway,theairspacesareatleastavailableinLittleNavmapwhichismoreerror
tolerant.
LoadSceneryLibraryDialogOptions
Simulator:Selectthesimulatortoload,showdatabasestatisticsinthelabelabove.
ResetPaths:Resetallpathsbacktodefaultvalues.
FlightSimulatorBasePathand Select...:Thepathtothebasedirectoryoftheselectedflightsimulator.This
usuallythedirectorycontainingthe FSX.exeor Prepar3D.exe.Thisisthebaseforallrelativepathsfoundinthe
scenery.cfgfile.
SceneryConfigurationFileand Select...(onlyFSXandP3D):Thefile scenery.cfgofthesimulator.Youcan
alsocreatecopiesoftheoriginalfile,modifythembyremovingoraddingsceneriesandselectthemherefor
loading.
ReadinactiveSceneryEntries(onlyFSXandP3D):Thiswillreadallsceneryentries,alsotheinactive/disabled
ones.Thisishelpfulifyouuseatooltodisablescenerybeforeflyingbutstillwanttoseealladd-onsceneriesin
LittleNavmapwithoutreloading.
ReadPrepar3Dadd-on.xmlpackages(onlyP3Dv3andv4):Ifenabled,readsP3Dv4orv3 add-on.xmlpackages.
Thesearereadfromsubdirectoriesof C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\Documents\Prepar3Dv4Files\Add-onsand
C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\Documents\Prepar3Dv4Add-ons.
Load:Startsthedatabaseloadingprocess.Youcanstoptheloadingprocessatanytimeandtheprevious
databaseisrestored.Thedialogisclosedandtheprogramwillswitchtoshowtheloadeddatabaseonceitis
successfullyloaded.
Close:Keepallsettingsandchangesinthedialogandcloseitwithoutloadinganything.
Pictureabove:LoadSceneryDialog.ScenerydataisalreadyloadedforFSX.
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Pictureabove:ProgressdialogshownwhileloadingthescenerylibraryintoLittleNavmap'sinternaldatabase.
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ConnectingtoaFlightSimulator
Thesetupprocedureisdifferentforlocalconnectionsandremote(networked)connectionstoaflightsimulator.
LittleNavmapcanconnectdirectlyifallprogramsarerunningonthesamecomputer.TheLittleNavconnectagentis
neededifLittleNavmapisusedonaremotecomputer.
LocalConnection
AllSimulators
OpentheconnectiondialoginLittleNavmapbyselecting MainMenu-> Tools-> FlightSimulatorConnectionand
choosethesimulatortowhichtheconnectionshouldbeestablished.
Pictureabove:LittleNavmapconnectdialogsetupforalocalconnectiontoFSXorP3D.Theconnectionwillbe
establishedmanually.
Select ConnectdirectlytolocalFlightSimulator.
Nowclick Connect.ThedialogwillcloseandLittleNavmapwilltrytoestablishaconnectioninthebackground.
Clicking Closekeepsallchangesandclosesthedialogwithoutestablishingaconnection.
Enable Connectautomaticallyifyoudonotwanttoconnectmanually.Thestartorderofprogramsdoesnotmatterif
thisischeckedandLittleNavmapwillfindthesimulatoronceitisstartedorwhenitisalreadyrunning.Thisisthe
recommendedsetting.
Deselect FetchAIormultiplayeraircraftor FetchAIormultiplayershipstodisablethetransferofthisinformationto
theprogram.ThiscanbeusefulforperformancereasonsifyouuselargeamountsofAIbutdonotwanttoseeitin
LittleNavmap.
X-Plane
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YouhavetointalltheincludedLittleXpconnectplugintouseLittleNavmapasamovingmapwithX-Plane.
ThepluginisbundledwithLittleNavmapandcanbedownloadedseparatelytoo.
Copythewholeplugindirectory LittleXpconnectintothedirectory pluginsinthedirectory ResourcesintheX-Plane
installation.Thecompletepathshouldlooklike .../X-Plane11/Resources/plugins/LittleXpconnect
YoucanchecktheX-Planepluginmanagertoseeifitisloadedcorrectly.
WhenconnectingwithLittleNavmapselecttheoption ConnectdirectlytoalocalX-Planesimulator.
RemoteConnection
UseraircraftandweatherinformationistransferredtoLittleNavmaponaremotecomputerbyusingtheLittle
Navconnectagentontheflyingcomputerwhichcircumventstheerrorproneandtedioussetupofaremote
SimConnectconnection.
NotethatweatherinformationcannotbetransferredacrossaremoteconnectionfromX-Plane.
YouhavetoextracttheZIParchivethatcontains littlenavmap.exeand littlenavconnect.exeonbothcomputers.Then
loadthescenerydatabaseonthecomputerrunningthesimulatorandcopythedatabaseovertotheremote
computer.SeeRunningwithoutFlightSimulatorInstallationfordetails.
MakesurethatthemajorversionsofLittleNavmapandLittleNavconnectmatch,otherwiseyoumightgetanerror
message.UsetheversionofLittleNavconnectwhichisincludedintheLittleNavmapdownloadarchiveifunsure.
ForX-PlaneyoualsohavetoinstalltheLittleXpconnectplugin.Seethefile README.txtindirectory LittleXpconnect
forinstallationinstructions.
StartLittleNavconnectontheFlyingComputer
LittleNavconnectisbundledtogetherwiththeLittleNavmapdownloadarchive.StartLittleNavconnect
(littlenavconnect.exe)onthecomputerrunningthesimulatorandtakenoteofthemessagethatisprintedinthe
loggingwindow.Youonlyneedthecoloredvalueswhichtellyouthenameandaddressofthecomputerrunningthe
simulator.YoucanusetheIPaddressorthehostname.
LittleNavconnectcanprintmultipleIPaddressesorhostnamesdependingonyournetworkconfiguration.Thiscan
happenifyouhaveEthernetpluggedinandareconnectedusingwirelessLANtoo,forexample.Youhavetotryifyou
areunsurewhichonetouse.AlsomakesuretosetuptheWindowsfirewallproperlytoallowcommunicationbetween
littlenavmap.exeand littlenavconnect.exeonbothcomputers.
Pictureabove:LittleNavconnectisrunningandwaitingforaFlightSimulator.Itisrunningonthecomputer
win10.fritz.boxwiththeIPaddress 192.168.2.13.
ChangetheportinLittleNavconnect's Optionsdialogifyouseeanerrormessagelikeshownbelow:
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StartLittleNavmapontheClient/RemoteComputer
OpentheconnectiondialoginLittleNavmapbyselecting MainMenu-> Tools-> FlightSimulatorConnection.
Pictureabove:ConnectdialogwithcorrectvaluestoaccessthecomputerrunningthesimulatorandLittle
Navconnectasshownabove.
Nowdothefollowingafteropeningthedialog:
1. Select ConnecttoaremoteFlightSimulator.
2. Addthevalueforhostname.ThiscanbeeitherthehostnameortheIPaddressprintedbyLittleNavconnect.
3. Checkthevaluefortheport. 51968isthedefaultvalueandusuallydoesnotneedtobechanged.
4. Clickconnect.ThedialogwillcloseandLittleNavmapwilltrytoestablishaconnectioninthebackground.
Establishingaconnectioncantakesometime,dependingonyournetwork.Theaircraftwillshowuponthemapand
onthe SimulatorAircraftdockwindowonceaflightissetupandloadedonthesimulator.Ifnoflightisloadedyet
(i.e.thesimulatorstillshowstheopeningscreen),youwillseethemessage Connected.Waitingforupdate.inthe
SimulatorAircraftdockwindow.
Notethatitcantakeawhileuntilanerrorisshownifyouusedthewrongvaluesforhostnameorport.
Selecting Connectautomaticallyisrecommended.Thestartorderofallthreeprograms(simulator,LittleNavconnect
andLittleNavmap)doesnotmatterifthisischeckedandtheprogramswillfindeachother.
Deselect FetchAIormultiplayeraircraftor FetchAIormultiplayershipsin Tools-> OptionsofLittleNavconnectto
disablethetransferofthisinformationacrossthenetwork.Thiscanbeusefulforperformancereasonsifyouuselarge
amountsofAIbutdonotwanttoseeitinLittleNavmap.
ConnectDialogOptions
Disconnect:Disconnectthecurrentsessionandstopautomaticreconnect.
Connect:Trytoconnect.Anerrordialogwillbeshownifnoconnectioncanbeestablished.LittleNavmapwill
constantlytryagainif Connectautomaticallyisenabled.
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Close:Closethedialogwithoutanychangestothecurrentconnectionstatus.
Connectautomatically:LittleNavmapwilltrytoconnectconstantlyifthisisenabled.Thisistherecommended
setting.
Allconnectionattemptswillstopimmediatelyifyoudeselectthisbutton.
Youhavetoclick Connectoncetostarttheautomaticconnectionattemptsaftercheckingthisbutton.
UpdateTimeInterval:Allowedrangeis50millisecondsupto1second.LittleNavmapfetchesdatafroma
simulatorusingthistimeinterval.Increasethisvalueifyouexperiencestuttersorlaginthesimulator.Alower
valuewillresultinmorefluidmapupdatesinLittleNavmap.
FetchAIormultiplayeraircraftand FetchAIormultiplayerships:DisablesfetchingofAIvehicles.These
settingsareappliedimmediately.NotethatshiptrafficisnotavailableforX-Plane.
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CheckingforUpdates
LittleNavmapwillautomaticallycheckitshomepageforavailableupdatesonstartup.Frequencyandupdate
channelsareconfigurable.Seebelowforconfigurationoptions.
Youcanalwayscheckmanuallyforupdatesbyselecting MainMenu-> Help-> CheckforUpdates.
Notethattheinstallationstillhastobedonemanually.
Notification
Thedialogshowingavailableupdatescontainsachangelog,variousothermessagesandoneormoredownload
links.
IgnorethisUpdate
Pressingthisbuttonwillputtheshownversiononablacklist.Youwillnotseeanyremindersforthisversionagainbut
fornewerversions.
Thisbuttonisnotvisiblewhencheckingmanually.
Notethatamanualcheckforupdatesignorestheblacklistedupdates.
RemindmeLater
Dismissthedialog.Youwillbenotifiedagainonnextstartupdependingonselectedfrequency.Youcanalsopress
theescapekeytotriggerthisaction.
Thisbuttonisnotvisiblewhencheckingmanually.
Pictureabove:Updatenotificationdialogshowinganavailablebetaversionincludingchangeloganddownloadlink.
Options
CheckforUpdates:
Daily, Weeklyor Manual.
Select MainMenu-> Help-> CheckforUpdatestosearchmanuallyfornewversions.
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Notethatthedailyorweeklycheckisonlydonewhenstartingtheprogram.
UpdateChannels:
StableVersionsonly:Thiswillshowonlynotificationsfortestedandstableversionswithacompletemanual.
StableandBetaVersions:Willadditionallycheckforbeta/testversions.Betaversionsareprogramreleasesthat
alreadycontainallplannedfeaturesforastablereleasebutarestillnottestedcarefully.Themanualmightbe
incomplete.
Stable,BetaandDevelopmentVersions:LittleNavmapwillalsoshownotificationsfordevelopmentreleases.Theseare
neithercompletenorwelltested.Featuresmightchangeovertimeandthemanualisnotupdatedfornew
functionality.
Abackupofallsettingsisrecommendedbeforerunningadevelopmentversion.
CheckforUpdatesnow
Checksforupdatesimmediately.Thiswillusethecurrentsettingsasshowninthedialog.Itwillalsoshownotifications
forupdatesthatwereignoredbypressingthe IgnorethisUpdateonthenotificationdialog.
Pictureabove:Updatenotificationsettingsindialog Options.
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OptionsDialog
Mostoptionsareself-explainingandtooltipscontainmoredetailedexplanationsifapplicable.
Youcanimmediatelychecktheeffectofyourchangesonthemapdisplaybymovingthedialog Optionstotheside
andpressing Apply.
Thebutton RestoreDefaultsonlyrestorestheoptionsofthisdialogbacktodefault.Othersettingslikemapdisplay,
tableviewsordockwindowpositionsarenotaffected.ToresetallsavedsettingscompletelyseeTroubleshoot.
Startup
AllowstocustomizewhatshouldbeloadedandshownonstartupofLittleNavmap.
Youcanalsoconfigurethefrequencyoftheautomaticupdatecheckandchannels.SeeCheckingforUpdatesfor
moreinformation.
UserInterface
Hasoptionsfortextsizesininformationwindowsandflightplanaswellasthesearchresulttable.
Youcanalsochangetheoverallstyleforthegraphicaluserinterface.Theuserinterfacestylescontaina Nightmode
thatcanbeusedfornightflightsindarkrooms.Youcanalsodimthemapandelevationprofiledisplay.
Arestartisnotneededbutrecommendedafterchangingastyle.
Thecolorsforthestyles Fusionand Nightcanbechangedbyeditingconfigurationfiles.SeeCustomizeformore
information.
Thistabalsocontainsoptionstoforcetheprogramlanguageandlocalesettings(number,dateandtimeformats)to
Englishifyoudonotwanttouseatranslateduserinterface.
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Pictureabove:Tab UserInterfaceusingthestyle Night.
Map
Hasmaprelatedcustomizationoptions.Allowstosettheclicksensitivity,zoomdistancesandmore.
MapDisplay
Thistabcontainsoptionsforsymbolandtextsizes,flightplanandaircrafttrailcolorsandmore.
Therightsideofthetabcontainsatreeviewthatallowstoselectthetextlabelsthatshouldbeshownatairports,user
aircraftandAI/multiplayeraircraft.
Pictureabove:Tab MapDisplay.
Units
YoucanchangeallunitsthatareusedbyLittleNavmaponthistabbetweennautical,imperialandmetric.Mixed
settingslikemeterforaltitudeandnauticalmilesfordistancearepossible.
Notethatanynumbersusedintheprogramarenotconvertedwhenchangingunits.Thatmeansthatyouwill
haveaminimumaltitudebufferof1000meterafterchangingthesetting AltitudeandElevationfromfeetto
meter.Thisalsoappliestoflightplanaltitude.Therefore,donotforgettoadaptthesenumbersafterchanging
units.
SimulatorAircraft
Allowstochangevariousaspectsaroundthedisplayoftheuseraircraft.Allsettingsresultinginamorefluidaircraft
displaywillusemoreCPUandcanpotentiallyinducestuttersinthesimulator.
Centermaponaircraftandnextflightplanwaypoint
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Themapiszoomedtoshowboththeaircraftandthenextactivewaypointontheflightplanifthisisenabled.
Thedefaultmodeistosimplycenterthemapontheaircraft.
Themapwillfallbacktothedefaultmodeifnoflightplanisloaded.
Donotuseboxmodeforfollowingtheaircraft.Movethemapconstantly.
Mapwillfollowtheaircraftconstantlywhenchecked.Thisisalsousedfor Centermaponaircraftandnextflightplan
waypoint.
ThisoptionwillcauseLittleNavmaptoconsumemoreCPUresourceswhileflying.
Simulatoraircraftscrollboxsize(percentofmapwindowsize)
Smallervalueskeeptheaircraftcenteredandwillmovethemapoften.Largevalueswillupdatethemaponlywhen
aircraftreachesmapboundary.
Thissettingisignoredwhen Centermaponaircraftandnextflightplanwaypointischeckedandaflightplanisset.
Keepactivelegontopofflightplantable
Theactive(magenta)legwillbeshownontopoftheflightplantablewhenanewlegisactivated.
Allowscrollingandzoominginthemap
Themapwillstopfollowingtheaircraftforthegiventimeiftheuserdoesanyinteractionwiththemaplikescrollingor
zooming.Youcanquicklycheckoutthedestinationoryouroverallprogress,andafteryoustopinteractingwiththe
map,LittleNavmapwillreturntofollowingyouraircraft.
Jumpbacktoaircraftandresumeaircraftfollowingafterthistime
Timeuntilaircraftfollowingisactivatedagainafteranymapinteractionlikescrollingorzooming.
CacheandFiles
MapDisplay
HereyoucanchangethecachesizeinRAMandondisk.Thesecachesareusedtostorethedownloadedimages
tilesfromtheonlinemapsliketheOpenStreetMap,OpenMapSurferorOpenTopoMap.
Allimagetilesexpireaftertwoweeksandwillbereloadedfromtheonlineservicesthen.
Notethatareductionofsizeorerasingthediskcacheisdoneinbackgroundandcantakeawhile.
TheRAMcachehasaminimumsizeof100MBandamaximumsizeof2GB.
Thediskcachehasaminimumsizeof500MBandamaximumsizeof8GB.
FlightPlanElevationProfile
ThebottompartofthistaballowstoinstallthethefreelydownloadableGLOBE-GlobalLandOne-kmBaseElevation
Projectelevationdata.
DownloadtheZIParchivefromthelinkinthedialogandextractit.Selecttheextracteddirectoryusing SelectGLOBE
Directory...so,thatitpointstothefiles a10gto p10g.Thelabelinthedialogwillshowanerrorifthepathisinvalid.
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Pictureabove:Tab CacheandFileswithproperlyselectedGLOBEelevationdata.
FlightPlan
Hereyoucansetpreferencesforflightplancalculationoradjusttheruleofthumbforthetopofdescentdisplay.
Weather
Youcanselectthevariousweathersourcesthatshouldbeshowninthe Informationdockwindoworinthemap
tooltips.
Theweathertype FlightSimulatorwilleitherdisplayweatherfromtheFSXorP3DconnectionorfromX-Planes
METAR.rwxweatherfile.
ActiveSkycanonlybeselectedifeitherActiveSkyNext,AS16orActiveSkyforPrepar3Dv4areinstalledorthe
weatherfileisselecteddirectly.SelectingtheActiveSkyweatherfiledirectlycanbeusefulifyourunanetworked
setup.UseWindowssharesoracloudservicetogetaccesstothefileontheremotecomputer.
TheURLsoftheNOAAandVATSIMweathercanbemodifiedifyouliketouseanothersourceortheserviceschange
theURLs.
ThetestbuttonsfortheonlineweatherservicescanalsobeusedtofindoutifLittleNavmapcanconnecttoInternet.
Checkyourfirewallsettingsifthesefail.
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Pictureabove:Tab WeatherwithmanuallyselectedActiveSkyweatherfileonanetworkshare.
OnlineFlying
Thistaballowstochangesettingsforonlinenetworks.
Notethatallrelatedwindowtabs,menuitemsandtoolbarbuttonsarehiddenifthisissetto None.
SeeOnlineNetworksforanoverview.
Notallnetworksmightbeenableddependingonrelease.
Pictureabove:Tab OnlineFlyingwithVATSIMnetworkenabled.
OnlineService
None
Disablesallonlineservicesandhidesallrelatedwindowtabs,menuitemsandtoolbarbuttons.Nodownloadswillbe
done.
VATSIM
UsesthepredefinedconfigurationfortheVATSIMnetwork.Noothersettingsareneeded.
Theupdateratedependsonconfigurationandistypicallythreeminutes.
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IVAO
UsesthepredefinedconfigurationfortheIVAOnetwork.Noothersettingsareneeded.
Theupdateratedependsonconfigurationandistypicallythreeminutes.
CustomwithStatusFile
Thisoptionallowstoconnecttoaprivatenetworkandwilldownloada status.txtfileonstartupwhichcontains
furtherlinkstoe.g.the whazzup.txtfile.
Custom
Thisoptionallowstoconnecttoaprivatenetworkandwillperiodicallydownloada whazzup.txtfilewhichcontains
informationaboutonlineclients/aircraftandonlinecenters/ATC.
Settings
StatusFileURL
URLofthe status.txtfile.Youcanalsousealocalpathlike C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\Documents\status.txt.
Thisfileisdownloadedonlyonstartupoftheprogram.
Apushbutton TestallowstocheckiftheURLisvalidandshowsthefirstfewlinesfromthedownloadedtextfile.
Thisdoesnotworkwithlocalpaths.
ThestatusfileformatisexplainedintheIVAOdocumentationlibrary:StatusFileFormat.
WhazzupFileURL
URLofthe whazzup.txtfile.Youcanalsousealocalpathlike C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\Documents\whazzup.txt.
Thisfileisdownloadedaccordingtothesetupdaterate.
Apushbutton TestallowstocheckiftheURLisvalid.Thetestdoesnotworkwithlocalpaths.
ThewhazzupfileformatisexplainedintheIVAOdocumentationlibrary:WhazzupFileFormat.
UpdateEvery
Setstheupdateratethatdefineshowoftenthe whazzup.txtfileisdownloaded.
Allowedvaluesare30to1800seconds,180sbeingthedefault.
Youcanusesmallerupdateratesforprivateonlinenetworkstoimprovemapdisplayupdates.
Donotuseupdateratessmallerthantwominutesforofficialonlinenetworks.Theymightdecidetoblockthe
applicationifdownloadsareexcessive.
Format
IVAOor VATSIM.Dependsontheformatusedbyyourprivatenetwork.Trybothoptionsifunsure.
SceneryLibraryDatabase
Allowstoconfiguretheloadingofthescenerylibrarydatabase.
NotethatthesepathsapplytoallFlightSimulators,FSX,P3DandX-Plane.
Youhavetoreloadthescenerydatabaseinorderforthechangestotakeeffect.
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SelectPathstoexcludefromloading
Alldirectoriesincludingsub-directoriesinthislistwillbeomittedwhenloadingthescenerylibraryintotheLittle
Navmapdatabase.Youcanalsousethislisttospeedupdatabaseloadingifyouexcludedirectoriesthatdonot
containairportsornavaids(landclass,elevationdataandothers).
SelectPathstoexcludeadd-onrecognition
Allscenerydatathatisfoundoutsideofthebaseflightsimulator Scenerydirectoryisconsideredanadd-onandwill
behighlightedonthemapandalsoconsideredduringsearchforadd-ons.
Youcanusethislisttomodifythisbehavior.
Add-ons,likeOrbxFTXVectororfsAerodataaddsceneryfilesthatcorrectcertainaspectsofairportslikeelevation,
magneticvarianceorothers.Alltheseairportswillberecognizedasadd-onairportssincealltheirfilesarenotstored
inthebaseflightsimulator Scenerydirectory.
Insertthecorrespondingdirectoryintothislisttoavoidunwantedhighlightingoftheseairportsasadd-ons.
Pictureabove:Tab SceneryLibraryDatabasewiththreedirectoriesexcludedfromloadingandtwodirectories
excludedfromadd-onrecognition.
Examples
Providedyoursimulatorisinstalledin C:\Games\FSX.
ORBXVector
Excludethedirectoriesbelowfromadd-onrecognition.Donotexcludethemfromloadingsinceyouwillseewrong
airportaltitudes.
C:\Games\FSX\ORBX\FTX_VECTOR\FTX_VECTOR_AEC
C:\Games\FSX\ORBX\FTX_VECTOR\FTX_VECTOR_APT
Flight1UltimateTerrainEurope
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Excludethesedirectoriesfromloadingtospeeduptheprocess:
C:\Games\FSX\Scenery\UtEurAirports
C:\Games\FSX\Scenery\UtEurGP
C:\Games\FSX\Scenery\UtEurLights
C:\Games\FSX\Scenery\UtEurRail
C:\Games\FSX\Scenery\UtEurStream
C:\Games\FSX\Scenery\UtEurWater
ORBXRegions
Excludethesedirectoriesfromloading:
C:\Games\FSX\ORBX\FTX_NZ\FTX_NZSI_07_MESH
C:\Games\FSX\ORBX\FTX_NA\FTX_NA_CRM07_MESH
C:\Games\FSX\ORBX\FTX_NA\FTX_NA_NRM07_MESH
C:\Games\FSX\ORBX\FTX_NA\FTX_NA_PNW07_MESH
C:\Games\FSX\ORBX\FTX_NA\FTX_NA_PFJ07_MESH
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RunningwithoutFlightSimulatorInstallation
Youcanuse littlenavmap.exeonallcomputersnomatterifSimConnectoraflightsimulatorareinstalledornot.
FollowthesestepsifyouwanttoinstallLittleNavmaponacomputernotcontaininganyflightsimulatorinstallationfor
anetworkedsetup,forexample.Nofunctionalityisaffectedexceptdirectconnectcapabilitywhicharenotneededin
thiscase.
Thisscenarioistypicallyusedwhenconnectingtotheflightsimulatortowatchtheprogressofaflightremotely.
Flightplanscanbecreated,loadedandsavedontheclientcomputer.Youonlyhavetomakesurethattheseare
transferedtotheflightsimulatorcomputerusingWindowssharesorbyothermeans.
TheseinstructionsapplytoWindows,macOSandLinuxcomputersequally.
1. InstallLittleNavmaponbothyourflyingcomputerandtheclientcomputerwithoutsimulator.
2. Startitontheflyingcomputerandgeneratethescenerylibrarydatabases.SeeLoadSceneryLibraryDialog
aboveformoreinformation.
3. Select MainMenu-> SceneryLibrary-> ShowDatabaseFilesontheflyingcomputer.Thiswillopenthedirectory
containingthedatabasefilesinafilemanagerlikeWindowsExplorerorAppleFinder.Youwillfindoneormore
databasefilelike little_navmap_fsx.sqlite, little_navmap_p3dv3.sqliteor little_navmap_xp11.sqlite.
4. ExitLittleNavmapontheflyingcomputer.
5. StartLittleNavmapontheclient/remotecomputerandselect SceneryLibrary-> ShowDatabaseFiles.
6. ExitLittleNavmapontheclientcomputersoyoucancopythedatbasefiles.
7. Copythedatabasefilestoyourclientcomputerusingnetworkshares,USBsticksorwhateveryoulike.Usethe
filemanagerwindowsopenedbytheproceduresabove.
8. StartLittleNavmapontheclientcomputer.Themenu SceneryLibraryshouldcontainanentryforeachcopied
databasefileornoentryatallifonlyonedatabasefilewascopied.Airporticonsshouldbevisibleonthemapin
eithercase.Thereisnoneedtoreloadthescenerylibrarydatabasenowsinceyoujustcopiedafully
populateddatabasefile.
SeetheConnectingtoaFlightSimulatorforinformationaboutnetworkedsetups.
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CustomizingGeneral
LittleNavmapcreatesmultipleconfigurationfilesinthedirectory C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\ABarthelwhen
started.Theseallowextendedcustomizationoftheprogram.
ThefilesusetheWindows- INIstylethathasgroupsinsquarebracketsand key=valuelines.Seehereformore
informationaboutthistypeofconfigurationfiles.
NotethatyouhavetorestartLittleNavmaptoseeanychanges.Also,donoteditthefileswhileLittleNavmapis
runningsinceitmightoverwriteyourchanges.
Toundoallchangessimplydeleteafile.ItwillbecreatedagaincontainingthedefaultvalueswhenLittleNavmapis
started.
SinglelinescanalsobedeletedandwillberestoredwiththedefaultvaluewhenLittleNavmapisstarted.
Keysandvaluesarecasesensitive.Orderinthefilesisnotimportantifthekeysremainintheirrespectivesections.
Theprogrammightreorderthekeyswhensavingorupdatingthefiles.
Version
SomeoftheINIfilescontainasection [Options]withakey Versionasshownbelow.
[Options]
Version=2.0.1
DonotdeletethissinceLittleNavmapreliesonthisinformationwhenupdatingthefile.Itwillresetthefile
occasionallywheneverthedefaultsettingschange.Abackupwillbecreatedtosaveyouruser
customizations.
Addthisversionsectiontoallnewfiles.Otherwise,LittleNavmapmightresetthecontent.
Examplesforbackupfiles: little_navmap_mapstyle_backup_2.0.0.inior little_navmap_mapstyle_backup.ini.
Thefilewillbebackedupandresetifyoudeleteorchangetheversion.
GUI
Onlytwouserinterfacestylescanbecustomized.Theseare Fusionand NightandcanbefoundinthedialogUser
Interfacetaboftheoptionsdialog.Thesetwostylesareavailableonalloperatingsystems.
Twofilesaregeneratedthatallowthecustomizationforallwindow,buttonanddialogcolors.Theseare:
C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\ABarthel\little_navmap_fusionstyle.ini
C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\ABarthel\little_navmap_nightstyle.ini
ThekeynamesinthesefilesarederivedfromtheQtpaletteoptions.Eachkeyconsistsofthegroupandrolename
separatedbyanunderscore.Seebelowformoreinformationonthecolorformatsused.
Seehereformoreinformationaboutgroupsandroles.
OnlineNetworkCenter
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Theconfigurationfile C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\ABarthel\little_navmap.iniallowstochangethesizeofthe
onlinenetworkcentercircles.
Radiusisinnauticalmiles.Thevisualrangeisusedifradiusis-1.Nocircleisdrawnifthevalueis0.
Donotdeletethisfilesinceitcontainsallprogramsettings,maphistory,openedfilesandmore.Editonlythe
keysshownbelow.
[Online]
CenterRadiusACC=-1
CenterRadiusApproach=20
CenterRadiusDelivery=-1
CenterRadiusDeparture=-1
CenterRadiusFIR=-1
CenterRadiusGround=5
CenterRadiusObserver=-1
CenterRadiusTower=10
MapDisplay
Thefile C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\ABarthel\little_navmap_mapstyle.iniallowstocustomizevariousaspectsof
themapdisplayandiscurrentlylimitedtocolorsandpens.Mostkeynamesareselfexplaining.Seebelowformore
informationaboutcolorvalues.
ColorFormat
Colorcanbeinoneoftheseformatswhicharecommonlyusedinwebdesign:
#RRGGBBeachofR,G,BandAisasinglehexdigit.Eachcolorvaluerangesfrom00-FF(decimal0-255)
#AARRGGBBfirsttwodigitscontainthealpha/transparencyvalue. 00equalstofullytranparentand FF(decimal
255)toopaque.
SVGcolorname
SVGcolornameisoneofthecolorsdefinedinthelistofSVGcolorkeywordnamesprovidedbytheWorldWideWeb
Consortium;forexample, steelblueor gainsboro.Notethatyoucannotenteranalphachannelvalueifyouusea
colorname.
Youcanusethew3schoolscolorpickertogetthehexvaluesforacolor.
Examples:
Active_Highlight=#308cc6
AlertFillColor=darkred
ApproachFillColor=#3060808a
PenFormat
Apencontainsthefollowingvaluesinacommaseparatedlist:
Colorasdescribedabove
Penwidthasafloatingpointvaluemeasuredinpixels.Youhavetouse .asdecimalseparatornomatterwhat
yourlocaledefines.
Penstyle.Oneofthefollowingvalues: Solid, Dash, Dot, DashDotand DashDotDot.
Examples:
RestrictedPen=#fd8c00,2,DashDotDot
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ModecPen=#509090,2,Solid
NationalParkPen=#509090,2.1,Solid
Icons
TochangeanicondownloaditfromtheGithubsourcerepositoryIconResourcesorextracttheincludedfile Little
Navmap/customize/icons.zip.
Modifytheiconandsaveitintothesettingsdirectory C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\ABarthel.LittleNavmapwill
automaticallydetectandusetheicononnextstartup.
TheformatislimitedtoSVG(ScalableVectorGraphics(SVG)Tiny1.2Specification)whereadvancedgraphics
effectsliketextureswillnotwork.
YoucanusethefreevectordrawingprogramInkscapetoedittheicons.RestartLittleNavmaptoseethechanges.
User,AIandMultiplayerAircraftIcons
Alliconsforuser,AI/multiplayeraircraft,helicoptersandshipsarestoredintheprogrambutcanbeoverloadedbythe
user.
Theiconsare:
aircraft_boat_ground_user.svg
aircraft_boat_ground.svg
aircraft_boat_user.svg
aircraft_boat.svg
aircraft_helicopter_ground_user.svg
aircraft_helicopter_ground.svg
aircraft_helicopter_user.svg
aircraft_helicopter.svg
aircraft_jet_ground_user.svg
aircraft_jet_ground.svg
aircraft_jet_user.svg
aircraft_jet.svg
aircraft_small_ground_user.svg
aircraft_small_ground.svg
aircraft_small_user.svg
aircraft_small.svg
aircraft_online.svg
aircraft_online_ground.svg
Thesuffixesarechosenbyvehicletype,status(groundorairborne)anduserorAI/multiplayer.Theiconisfor
airbornevehiclesif groundismissingandforAI/multiplayervehiclesif userismissing.Forhistoricalreasonsall
iconsareprefixedwith aircraft.
UserpointCategoryIcons
Iconsforuserpointcategoriesarestoredintheprogrambutcanbeoverloadedbytheuseraswell.
Defaultcategoryiconscanbeoverloadedwithanothericonbyplacingafilewithoneofthedefaultcategorynamesin
thesettingsdirectory.
Newcategoriescanbeaddedbyplacinganewiconadheringtoacertainnamepatterninthedefaultdirectory.
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userpoint_Airport.png
userpoint_Airstrip.png
userpoint_Bookmark.png
userpoint_Cabin.png
userpoint_Closed.png
userpoint_Error.png
userpoint_Flag.png
userpoint_Helipad.png
userpoint_Location.png
userpoint_Logbook.png
userpoint_Marker.png
userpoint_Mountain.png
userpoint_Obstacle.png
userpoint_Pin.png
userpoint_POI.png
userpoint_Seaport.png
userpoint_Unknown.png
userpoint_VRP.png
userpoint_Waypoint.png
Thetextbetweenthefirstunderscore _andthe .pngendingdefinesthecategory.Forexample userpoint_My
Places.pngcreatesanewcategory MyPlaces.
Donotusespecialcharacterslike /forcategories.Onlyletters,digits,space,underscoreanddashesareallowed.
Umlautsandaccentedcharactersarenoproblem.
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CreatingoraddingMapThemes
ToaddanarbitraryonlineorofflinemaptoLittleNavmapsimplyaddthemapdirectoryfromadownloadedorself
createdmapthemetothe data\maps\earthdirectory.
ThefullpathtotheDGMLfile(seelinksbelowformoredetailsaboutDGML)describingthemapmustbe c:\Own
Programs\LittleNavmap\data\maps\earth\opencyclemap\opencyclemap.dgmlifyouliketoaddtheOpenCycleMapforexample.
TheDGMLfilecanrefertoanonlinemapserviceorincludedofflinemapdata.Usuallyamapthemecontainsmany
morefilesthanonlytheDGML.
Themenu MainMenu-> Map-> Themeandthetoolbardropdownboxwillreceiveanentryforeachadditionalmap
theme.
Theoptions ShowCountryandCityNamesand ShowHillshadingareenabledforalladditionalmapthemesbutmightnot
workdependingonpropertiesdefinedinthemap'sDGMLfile.
MoremapsandinformationaboutmapconfigurationandDGMLfilescanbefoundhereontheMarble/KDEpages:
DownloadmoremapsfortheMarblewidget(onlyEarthmapsaresupportedin LittleNavmap):AdditionalMaps
Atutorialthatshowshowtocreateamapthemebasedontiledimages:Marble/CustomMaps
AtutorialshowinghowtocreateamapthemebasedonOSMSlippyMaps:Howtocreatemapthemesbasedon
OSMslippymaps
HowtocreateahistoricalmapforMarble:HistoricalMapsforMarble
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CoordinateFormats
Thischapterbrieflydescribestherecognizedcoordinateformatsinflightplanpositiondialogsanduserpointdialogs.
Theinputfieldshowsamessagebelowwhichindicatesifthecoordinateswererecognizedandshowsthetranslated
coordinatesinthepresetformataschosenindialog Optionsontab Units.Aredmessageisshownincaseoferror.
Checkthedisplayedtranslatedcoordinatestoverifythatyourinputwasparsedcorrectly.
Pictureabove:Editingauser-definedflightplanposition.Tooltipgivesaquickhelponcoordinateformats.
General
Latitudehastobefirstandlongitudesecond.
N/SandE/Wdesignatorsarerequired.Casedoesnotmatter.
Degree,minuteandsecondsignscanbeomittedifnumbersareseparatedbyspaces.
Aspaceisonlyrequiredtoseparatelatitudeandlongitudeordegrees/minutes/secondsifnounitsignsareused.
Decimalseparatorcanbeperiod(English)orthelocaledependentseparatorlikee.g.comma(German).
OtherFormats
Thesehavetobegivenexactlyasshownintheexamples.
Degreesandminutes: N44124W122451, N14544W017479or S31240E136502
Degreesonly 46N078W
Degreesandminutes 4620N07805W
Degrees,minutesandseconds 481200N0112842E(Skyvector)
Degreesandminutesinpair N6500W08000or N6500/W08000
NATtype 5020N
Examples
Degrees,minutesandseconds: N49°26'41.57"E9°12'5.49"or 49°26'41.57"N9°12'5.49"E
Degreesanddecimalminutes: N54*16.82'W008*35.95', N5233.58E1317.26or 49°26.69'N9°12.09'E
Decimaldegreesonly: 49.4449°N9.2015°Eor N49.4449°E9:2015°
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Files
Logs
LogfilesofLittleNavmaparestoredinthesedirectories:
Windows: C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\abarthel-little_navmap.log
Linux: /tmp/abarthel-little_navmap.log
macOS: /var/folders/RANDOMIZED_DIRECTORY_NAME/abarthel-little_navmap.log
Theprogramkeepsthreelogfilesandrotatestheseoneachstartup.Soyoumayfinduptothreelogs:
abarthel-little_navmap.log, abarthel-little_navmap.log.1and abarthel-little_navmap.log.2.
Makesuretosendthecorrectlogfileafteracrash.Theprogramwillrotatethelogfilesonrestart.Ifunsuresendall
copiesinaZip-file.
Ifyouliketoreportanissuewhenloadingthescenerydatabase:Loadthedatabaseandquittheprogram.Thencopy
thelogfiletoanotherfolderbeforerestartingtheLittleNavmap.
Configuration
Allconfigurationfilesformyprogramsarestoredinthesedirectories:
Windows: C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\ABarthel
LinuxandmacOS: $HOME/.config/ABarthel
little_navmap.ini:INIstyleconfigurationfile.Textfile.
little_navmap.history:Themappositionhistory.Binaryfile.
little_navmap.track:Theuseraircrafttrack.Binaryfile.
Threemoreconfigurationfilesarecreatedforcustomizationofcolorsandstyles:
little_navmap_fusionstyle.ini:INIstyleconfigurationfileforcustomizingtheGUIcolorsofthestyle Fusion.
little_navmap_nightstyle.ini:Asabovebutforthestyle Night.
little_navmap_mapstyle.ini:INIstyleconfigurationfile.Textfile.Usedforcustomizationofthemapdisplay.
SeeCustomizationformoreinformation.
LittleNavmapmightresetthesefileswhenupdated,butonlyaftercreatingbackupfiles.
DiskCache
Thediskcachethatisusedtostoreallthedownloadedonlinemaptileimagescanbefoundhere:
Windows C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Local\.marble\data
LinuxandmacOS: $HOME/.local/share/marble
YoucandeletethecachemanuallytosavespaceifLittleNavmapisnotrunning.
Databases
Databasesarestoredinthedirectories:
Windows: C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\ABarthel\little_navmap_db
LinuxandmacOS: $HOME/.config/ABarthel/little_navmap_db
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AllthesedatabasesareSQLitefileswhichcanbeviewedwithe.g.DBBrowserforSQLiteifyou'reinterestedin
relationaldatabases.
Donotmodify,move,renameordeletedatabaseswhileLittleNavmapisrunning.
SceneryLibrary
Thenumberoffilesdependsonwhichsimulatorsyouhaveinstalledandwhichscenerylibrariesyou'veloaded.
Thefilesare:
little_navmap_.sqlite:Anemptydummydatabase.
little_navmap_fsx.sqlite:FlightSimulatorX
little_navmap_fsxse.sqlite:FlightSimulator-SteamEdition
little_navmap_p3dv2.sqlite:Prepar3Dv2
little_navmap_p3dv3.sqlite:Prepar3Dv3
little_navmap_p3dv4.sqlite:Prepar3Dv4
little_navmap_xp11.sqlite:X-Plane11
little_navmap_navigraph.sqlite:Navigraphnavdatabase.Canbeeithertheincludeddatabaseoranupdate
installedbytheNavigraph_FMSDataManager.
Userdata
Thefile little_navmap_userdata.sqlitecontainstheuser-definedwaypoints.
LittleNavmapcreatesabackupcopyonstartupandkeepsuptofourbackupfiles: little_navmap_userdata_backup.sqlite
to little_navmap_userdata_backup.sqlite.3.Youcancopythesefilesbacktotheoriginaldatabase
little_navmap_userdata.sqliteifyoudidsomethingwrong.
OtherDatabaseFiles
Additionalfileslike
little_navmap_compiling.sqlite,
little_navmap_compiling.sqlite-journal,
little_navmap_temp.sqlite,
little_navmap_temp.sqlite-journal,
little_navmap_onlinedata.sqliteor
little_navmap_onlinedata.sqlite-journal
areusedbytemporaryprocesseslikethedatabasecompilationoronlinenetworkdata.Thesecanbeignored.
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Tutorials
General
Thetutorialsarebasedon:
FSXorP3DscenerybutcanbeeasilyadaptedtoX-Plane.
Analreadyloadedscenerydatabasewhichnormallyhappensrightafterthefirststartup.
ThestocknavigationdataofFSXorP3D.Differencesmightappearifyouusenavdataupdatesorairportscenery
add-ons.
Allfunctionswillbereferredbythenamesinthemainmenubyusing MenuName-> MenuItem.Theiconsareshown
aswell,soyoucanfindthebuttonsononeofthetoolbars.Screenshotswillprovidemorehelp.
QuickStart
Tohaveacleancommonbase,Irecommendthefollowing:
Select Window-> ResetWindowLayouttogetallthedockwindowsbackintotheirdefaultplace.
Usethemaptheme OpenStreetMapwithhillshading enabled.
Resetthemapdisplaysettingsin Map-> ResetDisplaySettingstomakesurethatallneededfeaturesareshown
onthemap.
Select File-> NewFlightPlan tostartwithacleanflightplan.
Tutorials
1. BuildingaVFRFlightPlanThistutorialwillshowhowtocreateasimpleflightplanbasedonthemapandits
contextmenus.
2. BuildinganIFRFlightPlanwithApproachProceduresThislongtutorialwillshowyouhowtocreateamore
complexIFRflightplanincludingapproachprocedures.Itintroducestheadvancedairportsearchfunctionality,
thespatialsearchandtheautomaticflightplancalculation.
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BuildingaVFRFlightPlan
General
Thistutorialwillshowhowtocreateasimpleflightplanbasedonthemapanditscontextmenus.
TheflightwilltakeusthroughthelovelyvalleysoftheFrenchalps.Youcanusethisflightplanforanysmallaircraft
likethefreeFlight1Cessna162SkyCatcherorthedefaultCessna172.
TheflightwillonlygothroughClassEairspace.ThereisnoneedtocontactATC.
Theflightplanis:Meythet(LFLP)Parking11,RampGASmalltoChalles-les-Eaux(LFLE),41nm,0h24m,Direct
DepartureAirport
Findthedepartureairport:ClickintothemapandzoomtotheFrenchAlps.Youcanusethefollowingfunctionsto
navigate:
Themapoverlayontheleft.
Themouse(clickanddrag)tomoveandthemousewheeltozoom.
Thecursorkeystomoveandthekeys +and -forzoominginandout(clickintothemapwindowtoactivateit
beforeusingthekeys).
Usetheback andforward buttonstojumpinthepositionhistorylikeawebbrowser.
SeealsoMapDisplay.
Lookforthedepartureairport Meythet(LFLP)aroundhere:
Closerwithtooltip:
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Now:
Zoominuntilyouseetheairportdiagramshowingtaxiways,runwaydetails,parkingpositionsandmore.
Zoominfurtheruntilyouseethewhiteparkingnumbers.
Right-clickonthecenterofoneofthegreenrampparkingspots(11isusedhere).
Choose SelectAirportMeythet(LFLP)/Parking11asFlightPlanDeparture inthecontextmenu.
Thiswillselectyourdepartureparkingpositionwhichwillbehighlightedbyablack/yellowcircle.Theairportwillbe
addedtotheflightplanasdeparturetoo.
Youcanalsoclickontheairporticonandselectitfordeparture.Arunwaywillbeautomaticallyassignedasdeparture
position.
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EnRouteWaypoints
Weaddthewaypointsnow:
ScrollalongthevalleytothesoutheastacrossthelakeLacd'Annecy.
Click AppendPositiontoFlightPlan .Theclickedpositionwillbeaddedasanuser-definedwaypointtothe
endofyourplan.
Clickundo orredo ifyoudon'tlikewhatyoujustadded.
Anotherfunctionis AddPositiontoFlightPlan whichwillinserttheclickedpositiontothenearestflightplanleg.
Youcanusethistoadduser-definedpositions,airportsornavaidsinthemiddleofaflightplan.Thenearestlegwill
bechosenautomaticallybyLittleNavmap.
LittleNavmapwillautomaticallyassignnamestotheuser-definedwaypoints.Youcanleavetheseastheyareor
replacethemwithamoremeaningfulname.
Tochangeawaypointnameright-clickontheuserwaypointandselect EditNameofUserWaypoint .Usenearby
villages,mountains,lakesorotherpointsofinterest.
Theflightsimulatorlimitsthenametoacertainlengthandtocertaincharacters.Nothingwillbeaddedtothenameifit
istoolongorifyoutypethewrongcharacters.
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Keepaddingpointsandstayawayfromthemountainsuntilyou'reat Challes-les-Eaux(LFLE).
DestinationAirport
Toaddthedestination:
Right-clickon Challes-les-Eaux(LFLE)
Select SetAirportasFlightPlanDestination .
Nowthereisaflightplan.Yoursmightlookabitdifferent.
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Youcanalsousethedraganddropfeaturetomovepointsoraddnewones.Enableitbychecking FlightPlan->
EditFlightPlanonMap andclickonaflightplanwaypointtomoveit.Clickonaflightplanlegtoaddanew
waypointintothisleg.
SeeMapFlightPlanEditingformoreinformation.
CruiseAltitude
Changetheflightplantypeto VFRifnotalreadydone.
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Nowcheckthecruisealtitude:
Lookattheflightplanelevationprofile.Thereisaredlineindicatingtheminimumsafealtitude.
Adjusttheflightplancruisealtitudeuntilyou'reabovetheredline.
Select FlightPlan-> AdjustFlightPlanAltitude togetthecorrectaltitudeadjustedbythehemispherical
rule.
NotethatthedefaulthemisphericalruleisnotcorrectforFranceuntilyouchangeitintheoptionsdialog,butI'llavoid
thisforthesakeofsimplicitynow.
Youprobablynoticedthatyouwillgetclosetogroundnearthedestination.Bepreparedtocircumventsome
mountainsthere.
Airspaces
Nowlookifyourflightplantouchesanyairspaces.
Clickintooneoftheairspacesnearbystartanddestinationandhavealookattheinformationdockwindow.Thereare
severalairspaces:
GenevaTMASector8whichstartsat9,500feetabovemeansealevel(MSL).Thisishigherthanourcruisealtitude
andwon'taffectus.
TwoClassEairspaces.Theinformationwindownotesforthese: Controlled,IFRandVFR,ATCclearancerequiredfor
IFRonly.NoproblembecausewewillflyusingVFR.
Thesituationissimilaratthedestination.
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Groundspeed
Nowadjustthespeedtoyourexpectedgroundspeed.Thisallowstheprogramtoestimateflyingtimeforthewhole
planandforthelegs.
ThespeedissavedasanannotationinthePLNfile.SowhenyouloadtheplanintoLittleNavmapitwillrestorethe
givenspeed.Thespeedvaluehasnoeffectinthesimulator.
Notethattheplanisstaticandwillnotchangeduringflight.
Savetheplanusing File-> SaveFlightPlan .Theprogramusuallyfindstherightdirectoryfortheflightplans
andgivesasensiblenamebydefault.
Flying
FollowthestepsbelowtogetamovingmapandseeyouraircraftinLittleNavmap:
Openthedialog Connectusing Tools-> FlightSimulatorConnection andcheckif Connectautomaticallyis
selected.Enableitifnot.LittleNavmapwillfindthesimulatornomatterifitisalreadystartedorwillbestarted
later.
Click Connectwhichwillclosethedialog.
Enable Map-> CenterAircraft .Themapwilljumptothesimulatoraircraftandkeepitcenteredifan
activeflightisloaded,i.e.thesimulatorisnotintheopeningscreen.
Startthesimulatorifnotalreadydone,loadtheflightplanandgoflying.
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SeealsoConnectingtoaFlightSimulator.
LookingatPlaceswhileFlying
Theprogramwillstopfollowingyouraircraftifyoustartanyactionthatzoomsintoanairportornavaid(double-click,
toolbarbuttonorlinkintheinformationwindow):
Double-clickonthedestinationairportforexampletozoomtotheairportdiagram.
Whendoneclickthebackbutton untilyouarebackatyouraircraft.
Thenenable Map-> CenterAircraft againtokeeptheaircraftcentered.
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BuildinganIFRFlightPlanwithApproachProcedures
ThistutorialwillshowyouhowtocreateamorecomplexIFRflightplanincludingapproachprocedures.Itintroduces
theadvancedairportsearchfunctionalityandtheautomaticflightplancalculation.
Whilethistutoriallooksquitelengthyitisnormallyamatterofhalfaminutetogetaflightplanifyouknowwhereto
go.Theplanningeffortshownhereisbiggertohighlightsomeofthemoreadvancedfeaturesoftheprogram.
YoushouldatleastreadthroughtheVFRtutorialBuildingaVFRFlightPlan.
TheflightplanwillgoacrosstheUKusinganIFRcapableaircraft.Itsmaximumrangeshouldbemorethan600
nauticalmilesincludingreservesandacruisealtitudeof10,000feet.
Iwillnotgointodetailedfuelplanningproceduresinthistutorial.Thatisanotherstoryforanothertime.
Thetutorialassumesthefollowingpreconditions:
Youleftyouraircraftat Bembridge(EGHJ)attheendofthelastflightortreatthisasyouhomebase.
Youdon'tknowwhereyouwanttoflytoday.
Youknowtherequirementsforyouraircraft:
Range
Minimumrunwaylength
Hardrunways
Needaparkingspotatthedestination
Fuelforflyingback
CleanupSearch
Gotothedockwindow Searchandfollowthestepsbelow:
Right-clickintotheresulttableandselect ResetSearch togetridofallsearchcriteriathatmayaffectthe
query.
Clickthemenubutton andmakesurethatthesearchgroups Facilities, Runway, Parkingand Distance
fromMarkarechecked.Deselectallothersyoudon'tneed.
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AssignDeparture
Nowlookforthedepartureairport:
Enter EGHJinthe ICAOCodesearchfieldonthetopleft(casedoesnotmatter).
Right-clickontheairportintheresulttable.
Choose SetasFlightPlanDeparture .Thiswillassignadefaultrunwayasastartposition.
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Yourflightplanhasoneentrynow.Thisisalreadysufficientifyouwanttoflyapatternandliketoseedistance,speed
andtimeinformationtotheairport.
Startingfromarunwayisnotquiterealistic.Let'sselectaparkingposition:
Goto FlightPlan-> SelectaStartPositionforDeparture .
ChooseoneoftheGAsmallramppositions.
Click Okandthepositionwillbehighlightedonthemap.
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Alternativelyyoucanalsoselectthestartpositiondirectlyonthemap'scontextmenuasdescribedintheVFRtutorial.
SeealsoSetasFlightPlanDeparture
SearchforDestination
Nowlookforasuitabledestinationairport:
Right-clickon EGHJinthesearchresultagain.
Select SetCenterforDistanceSearch .Youcanalsodothisinthemap.Thisisthecenterpointforthe
spatialsearch.
Clearthe ICAOCodesearchfieldnow(itisacommonmistaketoleavethetextfieldsfilledwhendoingdistance
searcheswhichwillgiveyouanemptyresulttable).
Wewillnowlookforairportsthatareinrangeoftheaircraftbutnottooclose.Also,certaincriteriahavetobefulfilled,
likehavingparkingspotsthatfittheaircraftandarunwaywhichislongenough.
Youcanalsofindairportsinaircraftrangebyusingtherangeringswhereyoucanright-clickintothemaponyour
departureairportandselect ShowRangeRings ,althoughthisfunctiondoesnotallowthedetailedairportfilters.
Wewillusethespatialsearchinsteadofrangeringssincewe'dliketoseeonlysuitableairportsforoutaircraft.
Checkthefollowingintheairportsearchtab:
1. Rating:We'dliketogetairportsthatareeitheradd-onsorhavebasicsceneryrequirements,liketaxiways,
parkingspotsandmore.Everythingelseisboring.
2. Procedures:Showonlyairportsthathaveprocedurestospiceuptheapproachabit.
3. Deselect Militaryand Closed(clickthecheckboxestwice):Thiswillreturnonlycivilianairportsandavoid
airportsthathaveallrunwaysclosed.
4. Alsocheck Avgassowecanfillupforourreturntripanddon'thavebegforfuelatanearbyroad.
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5. Inthecombobox AnyornoRampselect AtleastRampGAsmall.Thiswillincludeonlyairportsintheresultthat
havesuitableparkingspots.
6. Inthecombobox AnySurfaceselect AnyisHardtoavoidairportshavingonlysoftsurfacedrunways.
7. Selectaminimumrunwaylengthof2,500feetforyouraircraftinthefield Runways:Min:.
SeealsoSearchDockWindow-AirportsandNavaids.
Youcanalsolimitthemaximumrunwaylengthifyouarelookingforashortlandingchallenge,butnotnow.
Thesearchresultchangesontheflywhiledoingalltheseadjustments,thoughwearenotthereyet:
Check Distance:toactivatethespatialsearch.
Changethemaximumdistanceto600andtheminimumto400nauticalmiles(toavoidshorthops).Theresult
tablewillnowupdatewithasmalldelaysincethedistancesearchismorecomplex.
Tofindonlyairportsnorthofyourpositionselect Northinthecombobox AnyDirection.Notethatthesearch
resultissortedbydistancewiththeclosestairportfirst.
Chooseanairportforyourtrip.Weuse Wick(EGPC)forthistutorial.
Right-clickonWickintheresulttable.
Select ShowInformation .Thiswillfillthetabsinthedockwindow Information.
Selectthetab Weatherandlookforthewinddirectiontogetanideaoftheexpectedlandingrunway.StartAS16
orActiveSkyNextifyouareusingthese.
Forthistutorialweassumethatthewindsfavorrunway13.
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SeealsoWeather.
SelectanApproachProcedure
We'llselectanapproachprocedurenow:
Gobacktothesearchresult.
Right-clickontheairportWickagain.Select ShowProcedures .Thiswillpopuptheproceduresearchtab.
Choose Runway13inthe AllRunwayscomboboxtoseeonlyapproachesfor13.
Select ExpandAllinthecontextmenutoseealsothetransitionsforeachapproach.
Choose ApproachVORDME13FD13using Transition(Full)WIK10sinceweexpecttolandonrunway13andarrive
fromsouth.
Thetoplabelintheproceduresearchshows Wick(EGPC)ApproachVORDME13FD13Transition(Full)WIK10fortheselected
approachand/ortransition.Youcanalsoseeapreviewonthemap.
Right-clickonthetransitionandselect ShowApproachandTransitiononMap .Thiswillcentertheprocedureonthe
map.Youcanhoverthemouseoverthewaypointsoftheapproachtoseemoreinformationinatooltip.Youcanalso
clickonthelegsintheproceduretreetoseetherespectivestartandendpoints.
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Theprocedurelookssufficientlycomplicatedtomakeaninterestingapproach.
Moreinformationonproceduresearch:SearchDockWindow-Procedures.AlsoseeProceduresforgeneral
informationonprocedures.
Ifyoulikewhatyouseeright-clickagainonthetransitionandselect UseEGPCandApproachandTransitionasDestination
.
Thiswilldotwothings:
1. AddWickasthedestinationairporttotheflightplan.Anypreviousdestinationintheflightplanwillbereplaced.
2. Addtheapproachanditstransitiontotheflightplan.Theprocedurelegsuseadarkbluecolorandthemissed
approachlegsuseadarkredcolorintheflightplantable.Flightplanenroutelegsareblack.Again,anyprevious
procedureisreplacedwiththisnewone.
Aboutaddingtransitionandapproaches:Approachesandtransitionsarecloselyrelatedwhichisalreadyindicated
bythetreestructureintheproceduresearchtab.Youcanaddanapproachalonebutatransitionalwaysbelongsto
anapproach.
Youhavetoselectthetransitiontoaddorshowboth,approachandtransition.
CalculateaFlightPlan
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Nowwehavethedepartureairport,anapproachprocedureandthedestinationallconnectedbyaline.Nextistheen
routepartoftheflightplan:
Set IFRastheflightplantypeinthedockwindow FlightPlan.Thisallowstheautomaticflightplancalculation
toadjustthecruisealtitude.
Click FlightPlan-> CalculatelowAltitude tostarttheautomaticflightplancalculationforVictorairways.
Thecalculationwillcreatearoutefromyourdepartureairporttotheintialfixofthetransition.
Theflightplancruisealtitudeisautomaticallyadjustedaccordingtothehemisphericalrule(therulecanbechangedin
Tools-> Options onthetab FlightPlan),thealtituderestrictionsoftheairwaysandtheflightplantype( VFR
or IFR).Youcanseetheminimumaltitudeforeachairwaysegmentintheflightplantableinthecolumn Restriction.
Thealtitudecanalsobeadjustedaccordingtothehemisphericalrulebyclicking FlightPlan-> AdjustFlightPlan
Altitude .
Nowtheminimumaltitudeof16,000feetisabittoohigh.
Therefore,tryanalternatecalculationmethodwhichlimitsyourcruisealtitude:
Enter10,000feetinthe Flightplanaltitudefield.
Clickon FlightPlan-> CalculatebasedongivenAltitude .Thiswillresultinaflightplanthatusesonly
airwayshavingaminimumaltitudebeloworequalto10,000feet.NotethatyoucangetamixofVictorandJet
airwaysdependingonusedaltitude.Thecalculationmightalsofailifyousetthecruisealtitudetoolow.
Usethisflightplanfornow.
Savetheplanusing File-> SaveFlightPlan .Theprogramusuallyfindstherightdirectoryfortheflightplans
andgivesasensiblenamebydefault.
Thewaypointsoftheapproachprocedurearenotsavedintheflightplan.Youhavetoselecttheapproachinyour
GPSorFMCinthesimulatororflyitbyradionavaidsandastopwatch.
WhatLittleNavmapsavesinthePLNaretheprocedurenameswhichallowstheprogramtorestoretheapproach
whenloadingthePLNfile.
Thetoplabelintheflightplandockwindowreadsnow:
Bembridge(EGHJ)Parking1,RampGASmalltoWick(EGPC)
ViaWIK10andVORDMEFD13torunway13
517nm,5h10m,LowAltitude
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Adjustthegroundspeedintheflightplandockwindowaccordingtotheusedaircrafttogetabettertimeestimate.
Theplanmightlookdifferent,dependingifyouusestocknavaidsornavdataupdates.
Nowyoucancheckifyoupassthroughanyairspaces:
Enableairspacesbyselecting Map-> Airspaces-> ShowAirspaces ifnotalreadydone.
Check Map-> Airspaces-> Atflightplancruisealtitude inthemenuorthetoolbarmenubutton.
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Thiswilldisplayonlyairspacesonthemapthatarerelevantforyourcruisealtitude.Youcanalsoselect Below10000ft
onlytoseeallrelevantairspacesintheclimbordescentphase.Usethetooltipsonthemaptogetinformationabout
airspacesliketype,minimumandmaximumaltitude.
Flying
Openthedialog Connectusing Tools-> FlightSimulatorConnection andcheckif Connectautomaticallyis
selected.Enable,ifnot.
LitteNavmapwillfindthesimulatornomatterifitisalreadystartedorifitisstartedlater.Click Connect.
SeealsoConnectingtoaFlightSimulator.
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Enable Map-> CenterAircraft .Themapwilljumptothesimulatoraircraftandkeepitcentered.Thiswill
happenonlyifanactiveflightisloaded,i.e.thesimulatorisnotintheopeningscreen.
Startthesimulatorifnotalreadydone,loadtheflightplanandgoflying.
TopofDescent
Atopofdescentindicationisdisplayedonthemapandintheelevationprofilewhichalsoshowsthedistancefromtop
ofdescenttothedestination.Thisnumberincludesthedistanceofapproachprocedures(excludingholds).
Notethataltituderestrictionsarenotconsideredyetinthetopofdescentcalculation.
Youcanchangethedescentrulein Tools-> Options onthetab FlightPlan.Thedefaultis3nauticalmiles
for1,000feet.
Thetab Progressinthedockwindow SimulatorAircraftwillshowthedistancetothetopofdescentinthe FlightPlan
Progresssection:
FlightPlanProgress
ToDestination: 74nm
TimeandDate: 21.05.1712:33UTC
LocalTime: 14:33CEST
TODtoDestination: 64nm
ToTopofDescent: 10,1nm
Thesection Altitudewillshowtheverticalpathdeviationafterpassingthetopofdescent:
Altitude
Indicated: 5,090ft
Actual: 5,051ft
AboveGround: 5,051ft
GroundElevation: 0ft
VerticalPathDev.: -511ftbelow▲
ChangingProcedures
Nowtheweatherhaschangedrequiringanapproachtorunway31:
Right-clickonthedestinationairportatthebottomoftheflightplantable.
Choose ShowProcedures .
Thenchangetherunwayfilterto Runway31.
ExpandtheapproachVORDME31toseethetransition.
Selectthetransition.
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Thelabelontopofthewindowshowsnow ApproachVORDME31FD31Transition(Full)CHINN.
Right-clickontheselectedtransition.
Choose UseEGPCandApproachandTransitionasDestination fromthecontextmenuwhichwillreplacethe
currentprocedureinyourflightplanwiththenewone.
Thetoplabelintheflightplandockwindowreadsnow:
Bembridge(EGHJ)Parking1,RampGASmalltoWick(EGPC)
ViaCHINNandVORDMEFD31torunway31
526nm,5h15m,LowAltitude
Tocompletelygetridofaprocedure:
Selectanylegoftheprocedureintheflightplantable.
Right-clickandchoose DeleteselectedLegorProcedure toremovethewholeprocedure.Alternativelypress
the Delkey.
IfATCclearsyoutotheinitialfixoftheprocedure:
1. Deleteanyintermediatewaypointsbetweenyourcurrentaircraftpositionandtheinitialfixoftheprocedure:Right-
clickintheflightplantableandselect DeleteselectedLegorProcedure forallwaypointsbetweenyour
currentaircraftpositionandtheinitialfixorstartoftheprocedure.Avoiddeletingyourapproach(youcanalso
right-clickonaflightplanwaypointonthemapanddeleteitfromthecontextmenu).
2. Thenright-clickonyouraircraftonthemapandselect AddPositiontoFlightPlan .
Thiswillgiveadirectconnectionfromyourcurrentaircraftpositiontothestartoftheprocedurewhichyoucanuseto
getcourseanddistancetotheintialfix.
Below:Afterchangingtheapproachprocedureandaddingauser-definedwaypointattheaircraftpositiontotheflight
plan.Nowwegetcourseandaltitudeindicationsforadirectlegtothestartofthetransition(43nmand314degrees
magneticcourse).
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GoingMissed
Irecommendhidingthemissedapproachesonthemapbyunchecking Map-> ShowMissedApproaches .This
helpsunclutteringthemapdisplay.
Ifthemissedapproachisnotshown:Theprogresswindowshowsdistanceandtimetodestination.Activating
thenextleg(showninmagentacolor)willstopifthedestination(i.e.therunwaythreshold)isreached,evenwhen
passingthethreshold.
Ifthemissedisshownandtheaircraftpassestherunwaythreshold:Thefirstlegofthemissedapproachis
activatedandsimulatoraircraftprogresswilldisplaytheremainingdistancetotheendofthemissedprocedure.
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TipsandTricks
ShowallNavaidRangesofaFlightPlan
Selectalllegsintheflightplantable,thenright-clickonanylegandselect ShowNavaidRange .Thiswillplacea
rangeringaroundeveryradionavaidintheflightplan.
SeealsoShowNavaidrange.
Removetherangeringsbyselecting RemoveallRangeRingsandDistanceMeasurements .
UsethemeasurementlinestogetaVORRadialIntersection
Measurmentlinescanstartatairportsornavaidswheretheyusethemagneticvariationifavailable.Youcanuse
themtofindanairportbyradialanddistanceifyouliketonavigatetheoldfashionedway.
BelowisanexamplethatgetsradialanddistancefromtwoVORsfor ETUO.Measurementlinescanalsostartat
NDBsorwaypoints.Notethesuffix Mwhichindicatesmagneticcourse.
SeealsoMeasureGCDistancefromhereandMeasureRhumbDistancefromhere.
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UsethemeasurmentlinesforApproachGuidance
Right-clickontheairportandchoose MeasureRhumbDistancefromhere .Pullthelineusingtheopposingcourseto
3nauticalmilesouttogetguidanceforthefinalapproach.
SearchforAdd-OnAirports
Youcanusethescenerypathtolookforadd-onairportsofacertaindeveloper.Clickononeoftheadd-onairports
andcopytherelevantpartofthepathfromtheinformationwindow.Insertthispathfragmentintothe SceneryPath
inputfieldintheairportstabofthesearchdockwindow.Add *atthebeginningandattheendsinceitisonlypartof
apath.
SeealsoTextFilters.
Selectallintheresulttabletogetallairportshighlightedonthemap.
UsetheSearchFunctiontoplanaRoundtheWorldTrip
Thespatialsearchfunctionisusefultoplanaroundtheworldtour.Assumeyou'dliketogoeast:
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1. Gotothedockwindow Search,right-clickintotheresulttableandselect ResetSearch togetridofall
searchcriteriathatmayaffectthequery.
2. Setyourdepartureairport.
3. Right-clickonyourdepartureairportinthesearchoronthemapandselect SetCenterforDistanceSearch .
Thisisthecenterpointforthespatialsearch.
4. Addanyadditionalcriteriainthesearchlikelightedrunways,procedures,fuel,minimumrunwaylengthandmore.
5. Adjusttheminimumandmaximumdistance,setdirectionto Eastandclickthecheckboxbefore Distance.
6. Selectallintheresulttabletoseetheairportsonthemap.
7. Chooseyournextdestinationairport.
8. Addasdestination.
9. Calculateplan.
10. Fly.
11. Backto2.untilyouaredonearoundtheworld.
Picturebelowshowsaqueryresultforairportsintheeast.Notethattheblack/yellowhighlightcircleshavetooltipstoo
nomatteriftheairportisvisibleornot.
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TipsforoldandslowComputers
SaveCPUCycles
Dialog Options-> Map-> Detailswhilescrolling...:Use Normal...
Dialog Options-> SimulatorAircraft-> SimulatorAircraftscrollboxsize...:Useahighervaluetoreducemap
updates.
Closethewindow FlightPlanElevationProfile.Itwillstopallbackgroundprocessingwhenclosed.
Avoidairspaces.Switchthemoffusingthe buttonontheairspacestoolbar.
SwitchoffallAItrafficinthedialog Connect.Seehere.
Usethemapprojection Mercator.Itconsumeslessresourcessinceitcanusethedownloadedimagetilesasis
anddoesnottransformthemtothesphericalformat.
ReduceMemoryConsumption
Replacethecompletesection [Settings]inthe little_navmap.iniwiththesectionbelowtoreducecachesizes.
[Settings]
DatabaseCacheKb=5000
InfoQueryAirportCache=100
InfoQueryAirportSceneryCache=100
InfoQueryAirwayCache=100
InfoQueryApproachCache=100
InfoQueryComCache=100
InfoQueryHelipadCache=100
InfoQueryIlsCache=100
InfoQueryNdbCache=100
InfoQueryRunwayCache=100
InfoQueryRunwayEndCache=100
InfoQueryStartCache=100
InfoQueryTransitionCache=100
InfoQueryVorCache=100
InfoQueryWaypointCache=100
MapQueryAirspaceLineCache=100
MapQueryApronCache=100
MapQueryHelipadCache=100
MapQueryParkingCache=100
MapQueryRunwayCache=100
MapQueryRunwayOverwiewCache=100
MapQueryStartCache=100
MapQueryTaxipathCache=100
Troubleshoot
Programcrashesonstartup:Deletethesettingsandthedatabasefiles.InWindows7,8or10thesecanbe
foundin c:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\Appdata\Roaming\ABarthel.Delete(orbetter:renameormove)thefiles
little_navmap.ini, little_navmap.track, little_navmap.historyandthedirectory little_navmap_db.Trytodeletethe
databasefirstifthesecausetheproblem.Thentrytodeletethesettingsfilesifremovingdatabasesdidnothelp.
Programstartsslowly:Thiscanhappenifadistancesearchisenabledinoneofthesearchtabs.Thesearchis
executedateachstart.Simplydisablethedistancesearchorresetthesearchoptionstoavoidtheslowstartup.
Onlinemapsdonotloadorupdate:CheckyourfirewallsettingsifWindowsblocksanyoutgoingconnections.
Alsocheckiftheofflinemodewasnotenabledaccidentallyinmenu File.CheckifLittleNavmapcanconnectto
theinternetbygoingtotheoptionsdialogontab Weather.Useoneofthebuttons TestforNOAAorVATSIM
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weather.LittleNavmapcannotreachtheinternetifthesefail.
ZoomcanbetoofastwhenusingatouchpadwithOpenStreetMap,OpenTopoMaporoneoftheotheronline
mapthemes.Usethe Plain, Simpleor Atlasmapthemesorusetheoverlayzoombuttonsorthekeyboard( +
and -).
side-by-sideconfigurationerror:YouarerunningLittleNavmaponacomputerwithoutsimulator(i.e.no
SimConnect)installationifyougetthiserror.Use littlenavmap-nosimconnect.exeinsteadwhichprovidesall
functionalityexceptdirectconnectionandscenerydatabaseloading.Note: littlenavmap-nosimconnect.exeisnot
usedanymoreasofLittleNavmapversion1.4.4.Youcanuse littlenavmap.exeonallcomputersnomatter
ifSimConnectisinstalledornot.
Searchshowsnoresultorunexpectedresults:Checkthedropdownmenuforthechangeindicator *and
thesearchfieldsforanyremainingtextifthedistancesearchdoesnotgiveanyorunexpectedresults.Use Reset
Searchinthecontextmenuoftheresulttableorpress Ctrl+Rtoclearallsearchcriteria.
Searchorflightplantablesshowsstrangecolumnnameslike airport_idorothers:Thiscanhappenifthe
programisupdated.Use ResetViewinthecontextmenuoftheresulttable.
OnlinemapslikeOpenStreetMaporOpenTopoMapmapscanendupblurredwhenusingfunctionalitylike
CenterFlightPlanor GotoHome.Zoomonceinandoutusingthemousewheel,overlayzoombuttonsor
keyboardtofixthis.
Theflightplanelevationprofilehaserrorsorinvalidelevationdata:Theonlineelevationdatacontains
severalknownerrors.UsetherecommendedGLOBEofflineelevationdata.Seehereforinformationhowto
installtheofflinedata.
OpenStreetMapshowsadarkgraybackgroundonsomeplaceswithouthillshadingcoverage(forexample
NewZealand).UseanothermapthemeorswitchoffhillshadingfortheOpenStreetMap.
Loadingofthescenerydatabasetakestoolong:Excludescenerydirectoriescontainingonlylandclass,
elevationdataorotherforLittleNavmapirrelevantdata.Youcandothatinthe Optionsdialogonthe Scenery
LibraryDatabasetab.SeeOptions.
Crashwhileloadingthescenerylibrarydatabase:Youcanexcludescenerydirectoriesinthe Optionsdialog
onthe SceneryLibraryDatabasetabifloadingofanadd-onBGLcausestheprogramtocrash.Donotrestartthe
programafteritshowsthecrashdialogandinsteadloadthelogfilewhichistypically
C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\abarthel-little_navmap.log.ThepathmayvarydependingonyourWindows
installation.Searchforthelastlineinthelog-filethatlookslike:
[2016-10-1422:58:21.903defaultINFO]unknown:===="404of521(77%)""APX41080.bgl"
Nowsearchfor APX41080.bglandexcludeitsdirectoryfromloadinginthe Optionsdialog.
KnownProblems
Someairportadd-onsdonotmodifythestockairportsbutonlyaddnewsceneryandbuildings.Theseadd-ons
willnotberecognizedassuchandarethereforenothighlightedonthemap(italicandunderlinedtext).
Add-ondevelopershavetouseallkindofworkaroundstoavoidFSXorP3Dlimitationswhichmeansthedisplay
andinformationgivenforadd-onairportsisnotalwayscorrect.AlotofthesechangesarealsodonetomakeAI
behaveproperly.Typicalexamplesare:Airportswithoutrunways,airportswithrunwaydimensions0by0ftor0ft
runwaywidth,taxiwayswith0ftwidth,seeminglyclosedtaxiways,duplicateairports,duplicaterunwaysinwater,
taxiwaysinwater,militarygatesatcivilianairportsandmore.
Routedescriptionparsingcanskipwaypointsinrarecasesevenforpreviouslycalculatedflightplans.Thiscan
happenduetofragmentedairways,errorsinthesourcedataorambiguitiesbetweennavaids.
SomeKML/KMZfilesdonotshowuponthemap.AddingacenterpointpushpintotheKML/KMZfilecanfixthis.
CoverageforonlineelevationandOpenStreetMaphillshadingdataislimitedandcurrentlyendsat60degree
north.UsetheOpenTopoMap,OpenMapSurferorStamenTerrainmapthemeswhichhaveworldwidecoverage
forhillshading.
Thereareerrorsintheonlineelevationsourcedata(likeinnorthernItaly,PoValleyorLakeTiticacainPeruand
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Bolivia)whichwillshowupintheflightplanelevationprofile.
TheMercatorprojectionshowsoccasionaldisplayproblemsdependingonzoomdistancelikehorizontallines
neartheantimeridianormissingflightplansegments.
TheMarblefloatingmapoverlaysonthemapcanbeconfiguredbutdonotsaveallsettingsexcepttheirvisibility.
Flightplanandairwaysaredrawnusinggreatcirclelinesinsteadofrhumblines.Distanceandcoursearenot
affectedbythis.
Magneticvarianceispartiallynotset(forexampleVORDMECambridgeBayYCB)orinconsistentbetween
airportsanadjacentnavaids.Thisisanerrorinthesource.
Airportsaremisplaced(forexampleCaboSanLucas,MM15inMexico)comparedtothebackgroundmaps.This
isanerrorinthesourcedataandcannotbefixed.
Mapprintoutscanbefuzzysincetheydependonscreenresolution.Asaworkaroundincreasethesizeofthe
visiblemapwindow.
Verylongroutelegscandisappearfromthemapwhenzoomingin.Thelabelisstillvisiblethough.
Tooltipsoflargeairspacescanappearatwrongplaces.
ScrollingthemapcanbeveryslowforsomecomplexX-Planeairports.
Thewrongproceduresarerestoredsometimesiftheflightplanisreloadedwhenanairporthasmorethanone
procedurewiththesamename.
Proceduresaredrawnincorrectlyinsomecases.
Theairportsearchattribute Proceduresdoesnotworkcorrectlyinthemixeddatabase.Itwillshowonlysimulator
airportshavingproceduresinsteadofusingtheNavigraphairportstatus.
HowtoreportaBug
IfsomethinggoeswrongsendmeanyinvolvedfileslikeKML,PLNorBGL(ifcopyrightpermits),LittleNavmap'slog
fileandconfigurationfilewhichbothcanbelocatedintheaboutdialog.Mye-mailaddressesareshownintheabout
dialogofLittleNavmapaswell.
Addallnecessaryinformation:
Operatingsystem:
Windows:7,8or10
macOS:ElCapitan,SierraorHighSierra
Linux:whichdistributionandversion
Simulator:
X-Plane:10,11.05or11.10betaversion
FSX,FSXSE,P3DV4orV4.1
Addanyflightplansorotherfilesifinvolvedintheerror
Pleaseaddallstepsthatarenecessarytoreproducetheerror.
Ifpossiblesendmethelogfile.
Pleasecompresslogfilesusingziptoavoidstuffingmymailbox.
Whenanerroroccursduringloadingofthescenerylibrarysendmetheoffendingfileifsizepermits.Thefullname
andpathofthefileisshownontopoftheerrordialogifaspecificisthecause.
Ifyou'reconcernedaboutprivacywhensendinglogfiles:Thelogfileswillcontainallsystempaths(likeyour
Documentsdirectory)whichwillalsoincludeyourusernameasapartofthepath.Theymightalsocontainyour
computer'snameandIPaddressinyournetwork.
Iwouldsuggestyouremovethisinformationifyou'reconcernedaboutit.
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Innocasearefilenamesofanythingbuttheflightsimulatororitsconfigurationfilesincluded.Nonamesorcontents
ofpersonalfilesareincludedinthelogfiles.
Istronglyrecommendsendingthelogfilesbyprivateforummessageorbyemailandnotattachthemtoforumposts
wheretheyarepubliclyvisible.
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3D
X-Planeairportwhichcontainsatleastone3Dobject.Maybeafullyconstructedmajorairport.
Add-onairport
ThisisanairportthatwasfoundoutsidetheFlightSimulatordefaultsceneryfolderwhenloadingthedatabase.
ArrivalProcedure
Approach,transitionorSTARprocedure.
BGL
Abinaryfilewiththeextension BGLwhichispartofaflightsimulatorscenerycontainingairport,navaidorairway
information.Thesefilescanalsocontaintraffic,landclass,elevationorotherinformationwhichisnotrelevantforLittle
Navmap.
DAT
AtextfileformatusedbyX-Planetostoreairport,navaidandprocedureinformation.
DepartureProcedure
SIDprocedure.
CSV
Comma-separatedvaluestextfile.
DME
Distancemeasuringequipmentoraradionavaid.
Emptyairport
Anairportthathasnotaxiways,noparkingpositionsorgates,noapronsandisnotanadd-onairportandisnota
waterairport.
Fix
Thistermreferstoawaypoint,radionavaidorancalculatedpointonaprocedure.
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FLP
FlightplanformatusedbytheX-PlaneFMS,AerosoftAirbusandotheradd-onaircraft.
FMS
X-Planeflightplanformat.
FS9
FlightSimulator2004.
FSX
FlightSimulatorXorFlightSimulator-SteamEdition.
GIS
AgeographicalinformationsystemlikeGoogleEarthforexample.
InitialFix
Thisisthefirstfixofaprocedure.
Navaid
VOR,VORTAC,TACAN,NDBorwaypoint/intersection.
NDB
Nondirectionalbeacon-radionavaid.
P3D
Prepar3Dv2tov4.
Parking
GAramp,cargoramp,fuelboxorgate.
PLN
FSXandP3Dflightplanformat.Cansaveallinformationinflightplansusingannotations.
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Procedure
Approach,transition,SIDorSTAR.
Radionavaid
VOR,VORTAC,TACANorNDB.
Rating
Airportzerotofivestarratingdependingonfacilities.
SceneryLibraryDatabase
Thisisaninternaldatabase(SQLite)thatiscreatedbyLittleNavmapwhenreadingalltheflightsimulatorBGLorDAT
files.Itallowsfastcomplexsearchesandmapdisplay.
SID
Standardinstrumentdeparture.
SimConnect
Aprogramminginterfacethatallowsapplicationstoreadandwriteflightsimulatorparameters.
STAR
Standardterminalarrivalprocedure.Usuallyfollowedbyatransitionandanapproach.
Startposition
Usedfordepartureinflightplans.Eitherrunway,helipad,GAramp,cargoramp,fuelboxorgate.
TACAN
Tacticalairnavigationsystem-radionavaidusedbymilitaryaircraft.
VOR
VHFOmniDirectionalRadioRange-radionavaid.
VORDME
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VHFOmniDirectionalRadioRangewithdistancemeasuringequipment-radionavaid.
VORTAC
Co-locatedVHFomnidirectionalrange(VOR)beaconandtacticalairnavigationsystem(TACAN)beacon.
Userpoint
Auser-definedwaypointlikeabookmark,pointofinterestorvisualreportingpoint(VRP).
VRP
VisualreportingpointforVFRflights.Auserpointtype.
POI
Generalpointofinterest.Auserpointtype.
FlightPlanPosition
Auser-definedwaypointwhichispartoftheflightplan.
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