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Map tiles when crossing W180° to the east (or west) not added

Started by FlyingAxx, October 21, 2013, 07:39:51 PM

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FlyingAxx

Hi Tim,

First I like to thank you for the new version which makes Plan-G3 usable for me again (no sticking labels anymore). However, the issue I like to report could be graven somehow into the used maps and probably you cannot do anything about it.

If you are planning a flight that crosses W180°, e.g. from PADK to PASY (two Aleutian airports, distance 343 nm), Plan-G tells you to fly heading 273 for about 100 nm, then turn straight east around Mother Earth at Lat N52.2° and finally again 260 nm with the initial heading. The distance calculation does not reflect this. >:D  However, Google Maps just adds the next tile(s) and this can probably done here as well. Okay, I know that such a flight wouldn't likely operated today under VFR....  ;)

BTW, no harm meant!
Axel
Regards,
Axel

tim arnot

No, unfortunately it's a limitation of the map renderer - it doesn't support wraparound.

Tim. @TimArnot