ForeFlight Users: How to Add Map Overlays

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Have you watched the Missionary Bush Pilot videos on YouTube and wondered how Ryan gets those old chart overlays into ForeFlight?

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If you use ForeFlight in MSFS 2020, you can do the same. I’ve created a video below to show a quick and easy way to get these charts into ForeFlight as a georeferenced overlay. I used an old Papua New Guinea aeronautical chart as an example. Here’s what you’ll need:

  1. Get the chart here: https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/tpc/txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566_n-15a.jpg
    The site has other charts like this if you want to try using something else: Tactical Pilotage Charts - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online

  2. Get the FREE desktop version of MapTiler here. It’s simple to install and use: Map tiling software for creating fast interactive maps | MapTiler Engine

  3. Watch the short video to get started. Links to the full video version included in the description:

Hope this helps!

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