[UPDATE: 3.0.5] Little Navmap

This version contains mostly bug fixes, adaption to MSFS scenery library changes, support for the new X-Plane TCAS scheme and a reworked web user interface.

Version 2.6.12.beta was an unofficial beta release.

► Little Navmap 2.6.13 released - Downloads

Known Issues

Read the linked chapter below to minimize issues when loading flight plans into MSFS:
► User Manual - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Airports and Navdata.

See user manual for general known problems:
► User Manual - Known Problems.

See user manual for limitations and issues around Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020:
► User Manual - Known Problems - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.

Important Notes

  • You have to update/reinstall Little Navconnect and Little Xpconnect if you use these since the data protocol has changed. This version is compatible with Little Navconnect 2.6.11 and Little Xpconnect 1.0.24 or newer.
  • Aircraft label settings are reset back to default. Adjust these in the options dialog on page Map Display 2.
  • All MSFS scenery library related changes need at least MSFS version 1.16.2 .
  • MSFS users need to reload the scenery library to new features like SID and STAR.
  • Do not use the scenery library mode Do not use Navigraph Database if you have the Navigraph udpate installed. You will see errors in procedures. Instead update the scenery database of Little Navmap using the Navigraph FMS Data Manager.

Changes from 2.6.11 to 2.6.13

Flight Plans

  • Corrected loading and saving of GPX tracks. Now also saving timestamps and considering disconnected trail segments. A flight where the aircraft was moved or warped during flight results in a straight line connecting the two segments. Changing aircraft, restarting the simulator or Little Navmap results in disconnected trail segments.
  • Fixed issue causing error messages on flight plan elevation profile calculation if destination airport is below sea level and an approach procedure is used.
  • Flight cruise altitude was set wrongly after calculating route with metric altitude units.
  • Now omitting visual reporting points (like VP123) and other obscure numbered waypoints from route calculation. Also ignoring half degree points like H5711 in north atlantic now. Simplified and optimized loading of routing network.
  • Fixed issue where a flight plan calculation resulted in not optimal routes. This happened when a nearby navaid connected to the airway system could not be found.

Flight Plan Export

  • Enabled departure parking position for MSFS flight plan export and import. Enabled check for parking position for MSFS export which shows a warning if starting on a runway. You can also set a fuel pad as starting position but note that runways and helipads as starting positions will be ignored by MSFS.
  • More relaxed user waypoint naming conventions for MSFS. Now allowing more special characters.
  • Corrected Aerosoft CRJ flight plan export as far as possible. Now exporting a list of waypoints instead of airway routes for MSFS CRJ to minimize issues when loading plan in aircraft. Adapted changed keywords in .flp file and compressing airway segments now. #632
  • Added export of modified PLN format for Integrated Simavionics / ISG devices and gauges.
  • Export option for MSFS PMS50 GTN750 Garmin added. This export saves the flight plan using a fixed filename fpl.pln.
  • Now always adding procedure entry and exit waypoints for flight plan export formats not supporting procedures like FSX/P3D PLN. User can an additional waypoint in the simulator if needed.
  • Corrected default flight plan pattern to use departure and destination ident if flight plan pattern is empty. Used departure airport ident wrongly before.
  • Changes to allow updates for new export formats.
  • Now clearing invalid procedures (red error message below flight plan table) before saving LNMPLN. Reloading a saved LNMPLN clears any error messages now.

Procedures and Scenery Library

  • Now fully recognizing SID and STAR from MSFS scenery library. Many thanks to icykoneko for implementing this. #649
  • Adapted loading of approach procedures and some airport structures to new MSFS changes since 1.16.2. This fixes the issue of empty and not selectable approaches in the procedure tab.
  • Constant turn radius legs in procedures are now correctly depicted for MSFS.
  • Fixed issue where some navaids did not get airport ident assigned if in different BGL file.
  • Other improvements for procedure drawing.
  • Added speed limit for MSFS procedure legs.
  • Now checking all MSFS procedures before saving in the database. A warning will be logged and the procedure will be omitted if not valid.
  • Now omitting closed ■■■■■ airport structures having no runways and no start positions which are used by MSFS as POIs.
  • Fixed issue where an error was shown when loading Library.xml files from add-on aircraft.
  • Library.xml files are now considered when excluding folders from loading.
  • Removed exception for invalid files in X-Plane CIFP path. Now simply writing a warning to the log file.

Map

  • Fixed issue where tooltips and click regions for route preview were wrongly active when showing more than on logbook entry highlighted.
  • Added new airspace types MCTR, TRSA and GCA where GCAis for unknown and general types. #607
  • Function Center map on aircraft and next flight plan waypoint now uses defined box for aircraft and waypoint to avoid aircraft or next waypoint leaving screen space. More improvements to aircraft centering to avoid permanent updates or hanging view.
  • Corrected flight plan editing on map which could cause various issues if editing near a missed approach which is hidden on the map.
  • Removed wrongly drawn procedure point underlay (like overfly indication) from intercept point for legs.
  • Now updating online centers (transceivers) in VATSIM network every five minutes. Fixes issue where user had to restart LNM to update VATSIM centers.

Logbook

  • Logbook entry now uses a separate aircraft trail which does not include previously flown segments from other flights.
  • Corrected storing of local real time in logbook. Now uses a time format with timezone (not shown in logbook search result table).
  • Avoiding crash if previously created logbook entry cannot be found on landing.

User Interface and General

  • Completely reworked web user interface. Now with mouse wheel zoom, a mode to follow the user aircraft and more. Big thanks to u-an-i for implementing this!

  • Now using new X-Plane TCAS AI and traffic scheme based on sim/cockpit2/tcas/targets datarefs. Note that X-Plane provides only limited information about AI or multiplayer aircraft. Only transponder code, position, groundspeed, vertical speed and heading are available. #525

  • Fetching transponder code for all simulators now.

  • Added transponder code to user and AI aircraft. Now showing in tooltips, information and map.

  • Added transponder code option to aircraft labels. Note that aircraft label settings are now reset back to default.

  • Added properties to transferred simulator aircraft data to avoid future incompatibilities when adding new values.

  • Increased data version to 11 to force incompatibility. This requires to update/install Little Navconnect and Little Xpconnect as well.

  • Added links in flight plan table header to quickly get information and jump to departure, departure parking and destination on map.

  • Added clickable airport link to procedure search header to get information and jump to airport on the map.

  • Corrected issue where airport files were not found in related documents folder when using translated file and folder names. Adapted all translations to this change.

  • Added new userpoint icons based on Bushtalk Radio categories.

  • Little Xpconnect: Offloaded loading of aircraft files and scanning for keys to separate thread to avoid blocking main thread on startup. This could have caused stutters when starting X-Plane.

  • Chinese translation revised. Thanks to Tong Hui and yudongx for their effort.

  • Small updates to user manual regarding MSFS limitations.

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This version contains bug fixes, small user interface improvements and support for the new IVAO interface which allows higher update rates.

Links

► Little Navmap 2.6.14 released - Downloads

Known Issues

Read the linked chapter below to minimize issues when loading flight plans into MSFS:
► User Manual - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Airports and Navdata.

See user manual for general known problems:
► User Manual - Known Problems.

See user manual for limitations and issues around Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020:
► User Manual - Known Problems - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.

Important Notes

  • MSFS: Avoid the scenery library mode Do not use Navigraph Database if you have the Navigraph update for MSFS installed. You will see errors in procedures. Instead directly update the scenery database of Little Navmap using the Navigraph FMS Data Manager.
  • The manual is not updated for the webserver / web user interface changes. Scroll by clicking or tapping and zoom by using the mouse wheel or the two-finger pinch gesture.
  • The table column order and width for the search results is reset to default for the tabs Online Clients and Online Servers.

Changes from 2.6.13 to 2.6.14

Flight Plan

  • Fixed issue where waypoints being part of a missed approach were removed when saving a flight plan. #728
  • Now disabling Add Alternate in map context menu for empty flight plan to avoid crash when selecting without plan.
  • Enabled information display on right click or double click in flight plan table for navaids which are part of a procedure. Menu item was wrongly disabled before. #727
  • Fixed problem where flight plan could be internally corrupted after saving. This caused a wrong warning about invalid destination airports when exporting plans and other issues like disappearing flight plan legs.
  • Fixed issue where Garmin Base Camp could not load GPX files. Added missing attributes and default namespace in XML according to specification.
  • Now avoiding ICAO region when exporting MSFS flight plans since it is not reliable for airports and the sim garbles the flight plan when loading. Example: Direct EDMG to LHSK.
  • Reworked resolving of departure parking, helipad or runway positions from flight plan. Now omitting positions which are too far away from saved position for all simulators now. Fixed issue where helipad starting position was not loaded correctly in some cases.
  • Saving and loading departure type (runway, parking, helipad, etc.) to LNMPLN now.
  • Reorganized and cleaned up text in tab Fuel Report.

Logbook

  • Now omitting flight plan when saving a logbook entry instead of saving an invalid plan with missing waypoints. This happens if no flight plan was set while flying. Note that you still might see an exception if you try to save a flight plan from older log entries from flights without a plan.
  • Now ignoring invalid or missing flight plans when saving GPX files from logbook entry. Previously showed an exception Invalid LNMPLN flight plan file ".". No waypoints found..
  • Adjustments for flying user aircraft detection to avoid creating log entries for low passes. #693

Procedures

  • Now correcting final procedure legs where last altitude restriction is wrongly below airport elevation. This can happen due to errors in scenery libraries or runway threshold elevation being below general airport elevation. Little Navmap refused to build the elevation profile if this happened. #711
  • Fixed issue where a far away VOR was selected instead of a closer ILS with the same ident when resolving fixes for procedures. Example: LJMB SID PETO5D RWY 32 showed a 800 NM leg towards a remote VOR.
  • Corrected display issue in flight plan table where DME terminated procedure legs showed the wrong navaid and the wrong distance. Example: EGPH I06 via TLA showed D322O+5 instead of TLA+20.

User Interface

  • Added Toggle Flight Simulator Connection function with keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+A in tools menu. This allows to quickly connect to the simulator.
  • Added previously missing keyboard shortcuts for functions ViewShow Aircraft (Ctrl+Alt+B) and ViewShow Aircraft Trail (Ctrl+Alt+T).
  • Added keyboard shortcuts for map themes: Ctrl+Alt+1 to Ctrl+Alt+6 for default themes.
  • Fixed issue where coordinates for online aircraft map link were not updated in information panel. Clicking on the link Map showed the wrong aircraft position as a result. #722
  • VOR now shows Calibrated declination and Magnetic declination in information window where the latter one is the environment value.
  • Added flown distance and takeoff time to progress tab. This is also available without flight plan.

Scenery Library

  • Fixed issue where empty folders like OneStore in the wrong place confused detection of MSFS. Now also checking for file .../fs-base/layout.json in required path.
  • Now logging empty, invalid or inaccessible XML and JSON files while scanning for MSFS or P3D scenery instead of throwing an exception. #720
  • Now computing ARINC approach id (e.g. I27C) for all approaches from FSX, P3D and MSFS to allow better procedure detection when loading flight plans across different simulator databases.

Other

  • Added support for IVAO JSON 2 format in whazzup parser. Removed unneeded attributes for online airspaces and clients. Resetting online client, center and server search result table layout for database schema changes. Update rate is now 15 seconds for IVAO instead of two minutes. #722
  • Several updates to the internal webserver / web user interface by u-an-i.
  • X-Plane and Little Xpconnect: Now using more datarefs from flightmodel which are not affected by failures. #693
  • Updated Qt libraries to 5.12.11.

See the included CHANGELOG.txt file or here online for a complete list across all versions.

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This version contains bug fixes, small user interface improvements, support for MSFS scenery library changes and a new airport ident search for X-Plane.

Links

► Little Navmap 2.6.15 released - Downloads

Known Issues

Read the linked chapter below to minimize issues when loading flight plans into MSFS:
► User Manual - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Airports and Navdata.

See user manual for general known problems:
► User Manual - Known Problems.

See user manual for limitations and issues around Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020:\
► User Manual - Known Problems - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.

Important Notes

  • All simulators: Reload the scenery library to get the changes. Also update Little Navmap on remote/networked computers before copying a new scenery library database. Older Little Navmap versions will crash with the new databases.
  • MSFS: Avoid the scenery library mode Do not use Navigraph Database if you have the Navigraph update for MSFS installed. You will see errors in procedures. Instead directly update the scenery database of Little Navmap using the Navigraph FMS Data Manager.
  • The manual is not updated for the webserver / web user interface changes. Scroll by clicking or tapping and zoom by using the mouse wheel or the two-finger pinch gesture.
  • The table column order and width for the search results is reset to default for the search result table in tab Airports.
  • The status bar can be hidden in some cases. Show it again by selecting WindowShow Statusbar.
  • The window layout might be different after updating in some cases. Reset it to default using WindowReset Window Layout to Default or load a saved window layout.

Changes from 2.6.14 to 2.6.15

General

  • Changed weather download process to minimize user interface freezes during wind aloft or METAR downloads with slow internet connections. #737
  • Correcting VATSIM weather address which was taken over wrongly from old versions in some cases. The wrong address caused quickly repeating downloads.
  • Now allowing to set departure airport as alternate in the map context menu. The menu item was wrongly disabled before.
  • Added estimated flight time to top of descent and destination to profile header.
  • Menu WeatherAirport Weather now allows to disable the weather source which also disables all file accesses. The airport weather menu item and toolbar button will disabled if this is selected.
  • Added function to disable the moving of dock windows by click and drag on the title bar. Uncheck Allow Window moving in menu Window to avoid accidental movement of dock windows which might mess up the window layout. You can still resize the dock windows at the border.
  • Fixed issue where flight plan calculation window header text was not updated on flight plan changes.
  • Fixed crash when decoding procedures. Example: Sumburgh (EGPB), approach ILS 27, transition D064L for P3D scenery.
  • Fixed crash that occured when moving flight plan legs in empty or one leg plan with the keyboard.
    Now updating context menu items in flight plan table accordingly.
  • Showing status bar again which might be hidden after recent updates.

MSFS

  • Adapted MSFS scenery library loader to new scenery file structures in MSFS introduced in version 1.18.9. This is needed to avoid missing procedures. #735
  • Several fixes in MSFS flight plan export. Approach transition waypoints are now removed. Removing airway for STAR entry waypoints. SID and STAR transitions can be used now. Keep in mind that some information will be lost when reloading MSFS PLN files. Several problems with MSFS flight plan import remain.
  • Localizer approaches were not recognized when loading MSFS PLN files into Little Navmap. Fixed now.
  • Corrected export for circling approaches and localizer backcourse approaches in MSFS PLN which can now be loaded.

X-Plane

  • Added ICAO, FAA, IATA and local airport codes to search result table as well as in information and tooltips. This is only used by X-Plane. Move the columns in the search result table out of the way by clicking and dragging the column header or shrink them to minimum if you’re not an X-Plane user. Note that Navigraph additionally provides IATA codes while FSX, P3D, and MSFS do not provide any additional official codes at all. #706
  • Enabled search for the additional airport codes in ident field in airports tab. This means that Little Navmap matches all internal, ICAO, FAA, IATA or local idents to the search input.
  • X-Plane internal idents (X..., five or more characters) are now hidden throughout the whole user interface except in information and tooltips if an airport has one or more official idents assigned. The internal ids might show up occasionally, e.g. in the flight plan table when switching simulators.
  • The flight plan route description now uses and outputs one of the official codes for airports if available.
  • Fixed issues with X-Plane flight plan export where airports have an internal ident different from official ICAO and FAA codes.
  • Fixed missing display for X-Plane airport flatten attribute.
  • Fixed potential crash in search functions for airport.
  • Resetting table layout for airport search since columns have changed. #707
  • Added columns faa and local to airport table and removed column xpident in database schema. Database minor version updated to 20.

See the included CHANGELOG.txt file or here online for a complete list across all versions.

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Links

► Little Navmap 2.6.16 released - Downloads

Known Issues

Read the linked chapter below to minimize issues when loading flight plans into MSFS:
► User Manual - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Airports and Navdata.

See user manual for general known problems:
► User Manual - Known Problems.

See user manual for limitations and issues around Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020:
► User Manual - Known Problems - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.

Changes from 2.6.15 to 2.6.16

X-Plane flight plan export and loading #741

  • Now falling back to DEP/DES keywords in X-Plane FMS flight plan files. These keywords denote departure or destination as a waypoint or a not identifiable airport opposed to ADEP/ADES. This avoids loading issues in X-Plane FMS and third party tools. Flight plans should be loadable in X-Plane FMS and GPS in any case. The conditions for this case are below:
    • Airport ident is longer than four characters. Example: White Lake (XC0004).
    • Airport has ICAO and this does not match internal id. Example: Torres with official ICAO id SSTE using internal ident of SBTR.
    • Airport has no ICAO but FAA code which does not match the internal id. Example: Red Lion with FAA code JY73 using internal ident of N73.
    • Airport has neither of above but a local code which does not match internal. Example: Edmonton Cooking Lake having local code of CEZ3 and internal X-Plane ident EZ3.
  • Now truncating all X-Plane airport idents to six characters. Also the ones used in intermediate waypoints.
  • Enabled loading of X-Plane FMS plans with truncated airport ids.

General

  • Added airport elevation to tab Runways and airport transition altitude in tab Weather in information window.
  • Fixed issues with flight plan and waypoint remarks being truncated when saving plan as HTML, printing plan or copying plan as CSV (Ctrl+C in table).
  • Fixed issues when copying CSV text to clipboard in flight plan table and search result tables (Ctrl+C in table). Wrong columns were copied into the CSV text if columns in the table were reordered.
  • Added missing flight plan remarks field to HTML export and print.
  • Table columns which are shrinked to minimum width are now excluded from export to HTML and CSV.
  • Fixed issue where the wrong flight plan columns were printed or exported to HTML or columns were missing. This happened if the user rearranged the flight plan table columns by moving the headers around.
  • Small corrections to options dialog text, aircraft labels on the map (TCAS vs XPDR) and airport labels on the map.
  • More tolerance for finding airports when loading flight plans. Trying all available internal and official ids (ICAO, FAA, IATA and local) now.
  • Now also showing ILS frequency for final approach in flight plan table for circling as well as IGS, LDA, LOC and SDF approaches if navaid is present.

Web interface

Fixes provided by u-an-i.

  • Fixed JavaScript errors on desktop due to pointer move after generalizing touch zoom.
  • Now giving user commands always priority if server does not respond.
  • Adjusted fast map refresh to not produce images too large at for slow connections.

See the included CHANGELOG.txt file or here online for a complete list across all versions.

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This release adapts Little Navmap to the latest MSFS changes that cause crashes when loading the scenery library, as well as other fixes and improvements that also affect X-Plane.

Hotfix for SSL intialization failure

Install vcredist_x64_2010.exe and vcredist_x86_2010.exe to fix this issue.

Links

► Little Navmap 2.6.17 released - Downloads

Known Issues

Read the linked chapter below to minimize issues when loading flight plans into MSFS:
► User Manual - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Airports and Navdata.

See user manual for general known problems:
► User Manual - Known Problems.

See user manual for limitations and issues around Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020:
► User Manual - Known Problems - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.

Changes from 2.6.16 to 2.6.17

MSFS

  • Fixed crashes when loading scenery library of MSFS SU6. #799
  • Corrected MSFS airport detection. Now ignoring airport closed flag which removes many POI wrongly detected as airports.
  • Reduced warnings for unknown BGL records to avoid flooding the log with messages and crashing when reading scenery.

Map

  • Limited minimum detail level to -2 to avoid confusion about missing map features when user selects a too low value. Now resetting details to default on update.
  • Fixed issue where runway offset markings were not visible on unknown runway surfaces like when using scenery library mode Use Navigraph for all Features.
  • Corrected drawing for logbook entries where departure or destination airport could not be found in the scenery library database.

Options

  • Changed IVAO weather URL to use HTTPS (secure connection). The URL is now reset to the new default on first startup.
  • Fixed issue where AI and user aircraft tooltip settings were not restored in options.

Flight Plan

  • Corrected flight plan calculation using radio navaids. Selected navaids were too close in some cases. Example: PAYA MDO ODK CDB ELF DUT PADK where CDB and ELF are too close resulting in zig-zag routing.
  • Added heading for departure parking position to LNMPLN flight plan format.
  • Adjusted cost factor for flight plan calculation to avoid direct calculation (no airways at all) on the last two ticks of the slider. Default value for slider after installation is not centered.
  • Fixed issues where departure position type (runway, parking, helipad or airport) was not saved in LNMPLN after changing start position to a runway or assigning departure airport. Departure position type now set correctly to runway after assigning a runway automatically.

Logbook Search

  • Fixed broken search for departure and destination airport in logbook.
  • Disabled not working airport filters in logbook search context menu (Filter by ... in context menu). These will be enabled again in a later version.
  • X-Plane: Fixed several issues where an airport using official ids (ICAO, FAA, IATA or local) was not found in logbook context menu, logbook edit dialog and information display for log entries.

Other and User Interface

  • Fixed issue where an internal cache gave wrong results which caused random wrong airport assignments when working with flight plans or after switching scenery library databases.
  • Removed slow down in internal airport queries when searching by official codes. This caused short freezes when clicking on an airport for information in some cases.
  • Fixed several issues where airports were wrongly identified as X-Plane airports. Corrected display of airport ids.
  • Fixed issue where a X-Plane was still wrongly detected while using scenery library mode Use Navigraph for all Features.
  • X-Plane: Adjusted display options for official airport codes. IATA is now used before internal ident in all cases. Route description now shows IATA code as well if available.
  • Adjustments to flight plan and aircraft centering when getting close to ground while flying. Now avoiding too close zoom.
  • Added Pilot Nav to airport link list.
  • Removed Work offline option in file menu since it is of limited use and causes too many problems if users check this inadvertently.
  • Fixed bug with wrong airspace assignment for class F and G when reading OpenAir files. #797
  • Better coordinate parsing. Removing separators |, ;, _ and : for latitude and longitude now.
  • Fixed several typos in user interface and more small user interface improvements.

Build and Development

  • Now using Qt libraries 5.15.2.
  • Changed build to use OpenSSL library provided by the Qt installer on Windows.
  • Updated flight plan schema file lnmpln.xsd and LNMPLN file format documentation in the user manual.

See the included CHANGELOG.txt file or here online for a complete list across all versions.

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Known Issues

Read the linked chapter below to minimize issues when loading flight plans into MSFS:

► User Manual - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Airports and Navdata.

See user manual for general known problems:

► User Manual - Known Problems.

See user manual for limitations and issues around Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020:

► User Manual - Known Problems - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.

Changes from 2.6.17 to 2.6.18

This release adapts Little Navmap to the latest MSFS changes that cause problems when loading the scenery library as well as more fixes and improvements affecting other simulators too. This release contains only the most important or easy to integrate issues. Development is going on in parallel for the next release 2.8 and an alpha version 2.7 was already released.

User Interface

  • Removed hillshading option since server providing the data was shut down by User:theDJ. This will be replaced by other maps in the next version of Little Navmap. #838
  • Fix for Windows icon notification preventing toolbar hiding on windows with Raise Windows options enabled.
  • Docking Allowed setting is now applied to map window as well.

MSFS

  • Fixed issue where all airports were recognized as add-on with MSFS update 9 due to new folder fs-base-genericairports.
  • Corrected detection of MSFS Navigraph update due to name change in manifest.json. This fixes issues where add-on airports did not update scenery correctly.
  • Fixed issues for updating airports by disabling a corner case from FSX and P3D which does not apply to MSFS. Before a feature was not updated if the new airport did not contain new features like aprons or taxiways. Example LICC add-on.
  • Corrected closed airport logic for MSFS. Now fully relying on closed airport flag for MSFS to get consistent behavior with the simulator. This can result in closed airports having open runways and open airports having all runways closed. #876
  • Fixed issue in scenery library loader where airports were wrongly recognized as MSFS POI dummies.

Weather

  • Fixed IVAO weather download to use new interface. IVAO weather URL is now reset to new value on update.
  • Added reset buttons for weather URLs in options dialog.

Flight Plan

  • Fixed issue where wrong distance was calculated for disconnected course to fix flight plan legs which resulted in wrong leg and cursor positions in elevation profile.
  • Fixed issue where flight plan distance to destination was not correct in some cases.
  • Fixed issues with anti-meridian detection and line split resulting in kinks in flight plan depiction around 180° East and West.

Logbook

  • Fixed issue where all logbook attachments were replaced with the files from the first edited entry when doing bulk edit. #829
  • Query for airport by official code failed if ICAO columns was not available or not populated. Could not find airport in logbook entry dialog when using MSFS. #808
  • Increased limit in logbook statistics from 250 to 1000 rows.

Other

  • Now skipping empty lines in X-Plane file header which appear in some malformed apt.dat files.
  • Fixed issue when downloading NAT tracks containing PBCS TRACKS AS FOLLOWS/V W X/END OF PBCS OTS.
  • Now dropping all artificial waypoints created only for procedure or airway resolution.

See the included CHANGELOG.txt file or here online for a complete list across all versions.

All files are checked by VirusTotal.

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Links

► Little Navmap 2.6.19 released - Downloads

Known Issues

Read the linked chapter below to minimize issues when loading flight plans into MSFS:

► User Manual - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Airports and Navdata.

See user manual for general known problems:

► User Manual - Known Problems.

See user manual for limitations and issues around Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020:

► User Manual - Known Problems - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.

Changes from 2.6.18 to 2.6.19

User Interface

  • Fixed issue where main window could not be resized below 1000 pixels. Minimum limit is now 300 pixels.

  • Changed style Night to improve visibility for checked icon menu items and menu separator lines which were barely visible before.

Map Display

  • Disabled GLS and other virtual paths which were wrongly shown as ILS when using latest Navigraph databases updated for future versions of Little Navmap.

  • Fixed issue where new user airspaces were not drawn after reading from disk.

Flight Plan and Elevation Profile

  • Fixed issue which appeared when airport altitude is reported higher from simulator than runway altitude from navdata for procedures. Program showed wrongly a violated altitude restriction at runway and refused to build elevation profile.

  • Fixed issue where alternate airport was lost and error message remained after switching scenery library databases.

  • Corrected mapping of parking names for empty or invalid MSFS parking spots which broke reloading of parking positions from flight plans. Exported MSFS PLN files now have correct parking name set for these cases.

  • Fixed issue where flight plan leg in elevation profile had wrong position offset related to restriction.

  • Fixed issue where elevation profile could not be calculated if a STAR has an At Altitude restriction.

  • Fixed missing waypoints in MSFS flight plan export for all distance, altitude or otherwise terminated procedure legs.

  • Fixed issue where MSFS SID and STAR cannot be loaded due to missing runway in database.

  • Extended waypoint coordinate parser for all ARINC 424 Code Convention full degree waypoint formats like 57N30, 5730E or 57S30. Flight plan route description can now read these waypoints independent if they are in the navdata or not.

  • Improvements to Flightgear XML flightplan files import and export. Thanks to @colingeniet at Github for the fixes.

Scenery Library

  • Database minor version updated to 21. Reloading is adivsed to see bug fixes.

  • Added push request #6 of @flpduarte. Fixed bug in which Little Navmap would only read and display a single transition from addon (Community) SIDs and STARs, despite these procedures actually having more than one transition. This happens when using the latest MSFS SDK (SU9 or later).

  • Now saving invalid and null parking names from MSFS with indicator NONE into the database to allow handling in flight plans.

  • Fixed issue where airport frequencies were written as 0 instead of null for MSFS resulting in wrong search results.

  • Now skipping empty X-Plane apt.dat files to avoid program freezing in an empty loop for malformed files.

Other

  • Now decreasing connection rate for long running sessions using autoconnect to avoid loss of internal SimConnect resources. An attempt to connect is made every 30 seconds after half an hour and every minute after one hour. Workaround for SimConnect issue mentinoned in #91.

Development and Build

  • Moved version number to variable VERSION_NUMBER in file littlenavmap.pro instead of coding it into sources.

  • Now writing files version.txt and revision.txt files into install folder allowing deployment scripts to automatically name archives. These files can be used to identify a version without opening the program.

See the included CHANGELOG.txt file or here online for a complete list across all versions.

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You have to use the beta for MSFS SU11 or later. Version 2.6.19 does not work anymore with MSFS.

Notes

This is a public beta release which is feature complete but might have small issues.

This changelog also explains new features. First look here if anything is not clear or missing.

First a big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!

This version is ready for MSFS SU11 and for the X-Plane 12 beta. See known issues below.

X-Plane users: In any case reinstall Little Xpconnect from this package. Otherwise fuel flow
calculation or other functions might not work correctly in Little Navmap.

Little Navmap probably reminds you to reload scenery library databases after updating. Please do
so to benefit from new features and bug fixes.

Note that certain settings and table layouts are reset to default after updating.

Use one of the scripts Little Navmap Portable.cmd (Windows),
Little Navmap Portable.command (macOS) and Little Navmap Portable.sh (Linux) to let
Little Navmap store all settings, databases and caches in the installation folder (portable mode) to try out the program.

Some features like MSA, vertical paths or en-route holdings require either X-Plane, the included
AIRAC 1801 database or a Navigraph database newer or equal than AIRAC 2201.

See here for a list of issues done.
More issues are solved than publicly known on Github. This changelog lists the most important.

Please report if something does not work or does not work as expected.

Known Issues MSFS

  • Active pause in MSFS breaks the connection and does not allow to reconnect.
    Use the Escape key for normal pause to avoid problems.
  • Some third-party plugins like traffic add-ons might cause connection issues when used together
    with Little Navmap and MSFS.
  • The autoconnect function of Little Navmap does not work reliably with MSFS. Connect manually
    after starting your flight if you see problems.
  • Little Navconnect can have the same issues as Little Navmap since it always uses
    autconnect. Start the simulator first and then Little Navconnect.

Known Issues

  • Running Little Navmap with autoconnect for P3D, FSX or MSFS for several hours without starting
    the simulator leaks a small amount of resources. This is mitigated by reducing the connection
    rate automatically after 30 minutes. Disable autoconnect or quit the program to avoid this.
  • En-route holding courses were not correct due to an error in declination calculation. This was
    fixed with AIRAC cycle 2210.

Changes from 2.8.1.beta to 2.8.2.beta

Windows Builds

There are two builds of Little Navmap and Little Navconnect for Windows available now. :

  • Windows 64-bit: For MSFS and all X-Plane versions.
  • Windows 32-bit: For FSX and Prepar3D.

Note that Little Navmap and all related programs are interoperable across the network (Little Navmap and Little Navconnect)
as well as the X-Plane plugin (Little Navmap, Little Navconnect and Little Xpconnect).

User Manual and Help

X-Plane

  • Little Xpconnect version 1.0.30 now adds items in X-Plane plugin menus to set AI fetch and performance options. See README.txt or
    Little Navmap User Manual - Little Xpconnect.
  • Internal changes in Little Xpconnect to mitigate probable simulator stutters with X-Plane 12.
  • Change Little Xpconnect build for Linux to use a minimum of dependencies to avoid issues with X-Plane 12.
  • Calculating RNP value now correct for procedures from X-Plane data.

MSFS

  • Fixed issue where airport city names were missing since MSFS SU11 beta. Note that country names
    are not available from the simulator.
  • Changed fuel detection for MSFS. An airport now gets Avgas and Jet A availability assigned if it
    has a fuel pad (which has no fuel type information). Now showing only Fuel for MSFS if both are
    available. #918
  • Added GFP flight plan export for TDS GTNXi and MSFS IniBuilds Airbus.
  • Added workaround for wrong on-ground state in MSFS AI.

General

  • Added option to hide dock window title bars in menu WindowShow Dock Window Title Bars.
    Uncheck this to get more screen space inside the main window.
  • Added function MapGoto User Aircraft to the toolbar.
  • Copied MapDelete Aircraft Trail back to the toolbar. Enabling question dialog for this
    action again to avoid accidental deletion.
  • Added zoom out on takeoff option. See Options on page Simulator Aircraft checkbox Zoom out on takeoff.
  • Added cleanup function for logbook which removes invalid logbook entries that can result from
    pattern work or repeated approches. Main menu LogbookCleanup Logbook Entries or logbook
    table context menu.
  • Added menu item AircraftWarning for Aircraft Type Mismatch which is enabled per default.
    This allows to disable the warnings for aircraft types which are often wrong from the simulator.
  • The default performance profile which is created when using menu AircraftNew Aircraft Performance
    is now based on the data of a Cessna C172 and named Example Performance Profile. This avoids warning
    messages when using a new performance profile. Adapt it to your aircraft as needed.
  • Changed aircraft performance type error to warning. Removed warning about wrong aircraft type
    from fuel report.
  • Now clearing undo/redo data in logbook and userpoint databases if updating from 2.8.1.beta. This
    happens only once during update and was implemented due to a bug in 2.8.1.beta which could leave
    the databases in inconsistent state.
  • Fixed parsing of coordinates for ARINC formats when lat/lon is swapped in the user interface.
  • Corrected display of endurance which differed from map and progress display. Now using 10 second
    rolling average for both values.
  • Removing artificial waypoints from procedure preview for tooltip, context menu and information to
    fix duplicate waypoint entries in context menu. This type of waypoints is present in the database
    but should not be shown in the user interface.
  • Fixed issue where paths were stored with the wrong separators in the scenery library database on
    Windows.
  • Removed built-in map legend. This now available either online or in the included PDF user manual.
    The HTML manual can now be downloaded from the User Manual Page.
  • Fixed missing tooltip and information click for RNP/GLS approaches when having ILS disabled.
  • Fixed issue where changing AI aircraft TAS labels affected other settings.
  • Now clearing out departure and destination alternates from SimBrief to avoid strange routing.
  • Now always using IFR for SimBrief imported flight plans. For all other functions the current
    IFR/VFR state is kept. #943
  • Now downloading track automatically after changing sources in Flight Plan
    Oceanic Track Sources.
  • Fixed several issues where values were not reset after using Restore Defaults in options dialog.
  • Adjustments to map display features like Show selected altitude range (green banana), turn path
    indicator Show turn flight path and AI aircraft labels.
  • Changed layout and texts in search dock window to allow a slightly smaller window.
  • Updated stock icon translations. Translated userpoint types now shown in tooltip and information
    tab.
  • Fixed hanging wait cursor after userpoint or logbook import exception.
  • German translations updated.
  • Updated French translation by Patrick.
  • Many more user interface and text corrections and improvements.
  • Added command line language code option -l or --language for user interface.

Wind

  • Resetting wind source to NOAA on update now. Adjust as needed.
  • Changed user interface for wind for more consistency. Removed wind checkbox from fuel report
    header and added drop down box which mirrors the items in menu WeatherWind source.
  • Added manual wind layer altitude to fuel report which is independent from flight plan cruise
    altitude.
  • Improved indications in wind tooltip to show manually selected wind altitude layer, altitude of
    shown wind barbs and flight plan cruise altitude indication.
  • Performance optimizations. Wind barbs now drawn sparse at higher zoom levels and near the
    poles. #940

macOS

  • Fixed issues with macOS aliases. These can now be used in X-Plane Custom Scenery.
  • Default style on macOS after first start is now Fusion and also reset on update since the default
    macOS style is too clunky.
  • Removed check for wrong macOS version on program startup.
  • Raised macOS minimum requirement to 10.13 High Sierra.
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Notes

This is a public beta release which is feature complete but might have small issues.

This version is ready for MSFS SU11 and for the X-Plane 12 beta. See known issues below for MSFS.

Draft user manual available here:
Little Navmap - User Manual
.

See here for user manual downloads:
User Manuals - Beta Releases.

This changelog also explains new or moved/changed features.
First look here if anything is not clear or missing.

X-Plane users: In any case reinstall Little Xpconnect from this package. Otherwise fuel flow
calculation or other functions might not work correctly in Little Navmap.

Little Navmap probably reminds you to reload scenery library databases after updating. Please do
so to benefit from new features and bug fixes.

To try out the program: Use one of the scripts Little Navmap Portable.cmd (Windows),
Little Navmap Portable.command (macOS) and Little Navmap Portable.sh (Linux) to let
Little Navmap store all settings, databases and caches in the installation folder (portable mode).

Note that certain settings and table layouts are reset to default after updating.
Some features like MSA, vertical paths or en-route holdings require either X-Plane, the included
AIRAC 1801 database or a Navigraph database newer or equal than AIRAC 2201.

See here for a list of issues done.
More issues are solved than publicly known on Github. This changelog lists the most important.
Please report if something does not work or does not work as expected.

A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!

Known Issues MSFS

  • Active pause in MSFS breaks the connection and does not allow to reconnect.
    Use the Escape key for normal pause to avoid problems.
  • Some third-party plugins like traffic add-ons might cause connection issues when used together
    with Little Navmap and MSFS.
  • The autoconnect function of Little Navmap does not work reliably with MSFS. Connect manually
    after starting your flight if you see problems.
  • Little Navconnect can have the same issues as Little Navmap since it always uses
    autoconnect. Start the simulator first and then Little Navconnect.

Other Known Issues

  • Running Little Navmap with autoconnect for P3D, FSX or MSFS for several hours without starting
    the simulator leaks a small amount of resources. This is mitigated by reducing the connection
    rate automatically after 30 minutes. Disable autoconnect or quit the program to avoid this.
  • En-route holding courses were not correct due to an error in declination calculation. This was
    fixed with AIRAC cycle 2210.

Changes from 2.8.2.beta to 2.8.3.beta

Flight Plan Export

  • Fixed duplicate waypoints in some formats like FMS 3 with departure or destination runway selected.
  • Fixed dot in GFP export separating waypoints wrongly.
  • Waypoints resulting from departure and runway selection (extended runway center line and other points)
    are now omitted in all export formats for complex aircraft and third-party Garmin units to avoid
    issues when loading. Use the aircraft FMS or MCDU to select a departure or approach runway.

Map Display

  • Better alignment for ILS feathers with runway due to rounding errors. This does not
    affect offset ILS.
  • Fixed issue where ILS heading was offset after switching scenery library databases.
  • Optimizations for ILS display. Now omitting details and alignment on higher zoom levels.
  • MSA, holdings and MORA grid are now shown when using MSFS and scenery library mode
    Do not use Navigraph Database. Buttons and menu items in View were previously disabled.
  • Fixed on-ground indication for MSFS user aircraft (gray icon border now restored on ground).

Aircraft Performance

  • Fixed issues where merge aircraft performance dialog window showed the example profile values.
  • Omitting warning message about wrong aircraft type now when using new example performance profile.

Weather

  • Fix for X-Plane 12 METAR file name changes. Made file selection more tolerant and applied
    optimizations for faster reading. #950
  • Added delayed loading for information display to avoid freezes when loading X-Plane METAR files.
    Added wait pointer when loading X-Plane METAR files. Optimizations for loading.
  • Added hours and colored warning for more than 3 (orange) and more than 6 hour (red) old METAR reports
    in airport tab, airport tooltip and airport weather tab.

User Interface

  • Fixed issue where flight plan was centered on startup despite using
    On startup show on mapLast position or Home position on options page Startup and Updates.
  • Changed X-Plane FMS export menu item for X-Plane 12 to avoid misunderstandings. #949
  • Fixed program freeze when trying to load user airspaces with an empty path or an empty list of
    file extensions.
  • Updated program translations: Brazilian Portuguese by Ricardo, French by Patrick, Italian by Flavio and German.

Command Line and Portable Mode

  • Added option l / --log-path to put log files into a separate folder.
  • Adapted portable scripts to store log files into folder Little Navmap Logs.
  • Fixes for overriding log and settings paths when using portable mode scripts. Paths and files are now
    correctly referenced and shown in about dialog and tools menu.
  • Corrected wrong settings file name from little_navmap to little_navmap.ini when using portable mode.
    Rename the file to restore your settings if using portable mode.

Help

  • User manual updated.
  • Now automatically using HTML help files from folder help/en or other supported language
    codes if installed. Download help from
    User Manuals - Beta Releases and extract the zip file to
    .../Little Navmap/help/en to use the offline user manual.

Little Xpconnect Version 1.0.31

  • Updated Linux build and removed unneeded dependencies to shared libraries.
    This helps to avoid conflicts with other plugins.

Internal

  • Completely restructured build system to make all OS versions automatically in virtual
    machines running on Linux.
  • Added scripts for generating announcement post and Github release drafts automatically.

These changes help to make more frequent releases.

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Notes

This is a public beta release which is feature complete but might have small issues.

This version is ready for MSFS SU11 and for the X-Plane 12 beta. See known issues below for MSFS.

Draft user manual available here:
Little Navmap - User Manual
.

See here for user manual downloads:
User Manuals - Beta Releases.

This changelog also explains new or moved/changed features.
First look here if anything is not clear or missing.

X-Plane users: In any case reinstall Little Xpconnect from this package. Otherwise fuel flow
calculation or other functions might not work correctly in Little Navmap.

Little Navmap probably reminds you to reload scenery library databases after updating. Please do
so to benefit from new features and bug fixes.

To try out the program: Use one of the scripts Little Navmap Portable.cmd (Windows),
Little Navmap Portable.command (macOS) and Little Navmap Portable.sh (Linux) to let
Little Navmap store all settings, databases and caches in the installation folder (portable mode).

Note that certain settings and table layouts are reset to default after updating.

See here for a list of issues done.
More issues are solved than publicly known on Github. This changelog lists the most important.
Please report if something does not work or does not work as expected.

A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!

Known Issues MSFS

  • Active pause in MSFS breaks the connection and does not allow to reconnect.
    Use the Escape key for normal pause to avoid problems.
  • Some third-party plugins like traffic add-ons might cause connection issues when used together
    with Little Navmap and MSFS.
  • The autoconnect function of Little Navmap does not work reliably with MSFS. Connect manually
    after starting your flight if you see problems. Little Navconnect can have the same issues as
    Little Navmap since it always uses autoconnect. Start the simulator first and then Little Navconnect.

Changes from 2.8.3.beta to 2.8.4.beta

  • Flight plan is now saved to a temporary file on exit if created from scratch. This avoids the question
    dialog when exiting the program after building a new plan. This means: You create a new flight plan from
    scratch and Little Navmap will not ask to save the plan when exiting. Instead the same plan
    is reloaded on next startup. Continue editing without saving and the changed plan will be
    reloaded on next startup. You can still use the Save and Save as functions as before.
  • Now allowing arbitrary points for departure and destination. This covers all navaids, user points
    and coordinates which can be used as start or destination points. The elevation profile is now
    calculated without error messages for these kind of flight plans. Note that you have to install the
    GLOBE elevation data to get the correct elevations for these points. You have to use the Add to flight plan menu item, the Append to flight plan menu item, the keyboard shortcut
    Ctrl+Alt+Click (add), Shift+Alt+Click (append) or the drag and drop flight plan editing to add
    arbitrary points as departure or destination. Note these flight plans are not supported by all
    simulators or add-ons.
  • Fixed for label placement on flight plan line. Label is now placed aside if the options
    Transparent line or Text background are not used in options on page Map Display Flight Plan.
  • Fixed performance issue when loading X-Plane 12 METAR and GRIB (wind) files resulting in temporary
    program freezes. Now only reading the latest three METAR and the latest GRIB file.
  • Now removing area/country codes from X-Plane country names.
  • Now also taking userpoint names into flight plan waypoint if ident is missing.
  • Reverted change “MSA, holdings and MORA grid are now shown when using MSFS and scenery library
    mode Do not use Navigraph Database”. The scenery library mode Do not use Navigraph Database now
    strictly fetches all data from the simulator database which results in certain features being
    disabled in this mode.
  • Updated Italian translation by Flavio Borgna.
  • More small text, translation and user interface fixes.
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Notes

This is a release candidate for the next major release of Little Navmap.

This version is ready for MSFS SU11 and for the X-Plane 12 beta. See known issues below for MSFS.

The user manual is available here:
Little Navmap - User Manual
.

See here for user manual downloads:
User Manuals - Beta Releases.

This changelog also explains new or moved/changed features.
First look here if anything is not clear or missing.

X-Plane users: Reinstall Little Xpconnect from this package. Otherwise fuel flow
calculation, X-Plane weather information or other functions might not work correctly in Little Navmap.

Little Navmap probably reminds you to reload scenery library databases after updating. Please do
so to benefit from new features and bug fixes.

Note that certain settings and table layouts are reset to default after updating. These are
mentioned in the list of changes below.

See here for a list of issues done.
More issues are solved than publicly known on Github. This changelog lists the most important.
Please report if something does not work or does not work as expected.

A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!

Known Issues MSFS

  • Active pause in MSFS breaks the connection and does not allow to reconnect.
    Use the key Esc for normal pause to avoid problems.
  • Some third-party plugins like traffic add-ons might cause connection issues when used together
    with Little Navmap and MSFS.
  • The autoconnect function of Little Navmap does not work reliably with MSFS. Connect manually
    after starting your flight if you see problems. Little Navconnect can have the same issues as
    Little Navmap since it always uses autoconnect. Start the simulator first and then Little Navconnect.

Changes from 2.8.4.beta to 2.8.5.rc1

Flight Plan, Export and Procedures

  • Update flight plan saving to files. Changes are now kept in a background file without asking for
    save. This is now also true if a plan was already saved to a file. You can disable this behavior on
    options page Startup and Updates by disabling Load last used flight plan. The temporary plan is
    stored in the settings folder as file little_navmap.lnmpln besides little_navmap.ini.
  • Corrected export format MSFS IniBuilds A310 and updated default export paths.
  • Fixed issues where the table layout in multi export options was lost at times.
  • Avoid overwriting Flight Plan with not matching departure and destination now enabled per
    default on new installations. You can disable this setting in the options dialog on page Flight Plan if needed.
  • Fixed regression where waypoint altitude was missing in X-Plane FMS flight plan export.
  • Fixed safe altitude not updated in flight plan table if elevation profile window is hidden. Now
    always calculating elevation data in background.
  • Improved airport matching between simulator and navdata when selecting procedures. Example:
    Scandinavian Mountains (ICAO ESKS) was not found since it has an internal X-Plane ident of XESV5
    but its ICAO code is equal to the internal X-Plane ident ESKS for the closed Strängnäs Airbase.
    Now relying more on coordinates when checking for airports using official ids.
  • Fixes for flight plan export. Now saving display ident (ICAO, IATA or others) instead of X-Plane
    internal for airport into LNMPLN files now. This eases exchange of plans with other simulators.
  • Fixed export for X-Plane FMS to use ADEP/ADES keywords when using procedures at airport.
  • Corrected display for procedures usable with all or parallel runways in procedure search tab.
    The tree display now shows a list of runways or All again instead of a wrong single runway.
  • Adjusted warning for descent fuel flow to allow slightly more fuel flow than in cruise phase.

Map

  • Adjusted airport drawing. Corrected size of minor airport symbols at higher zoom levels. Airports
    are now shown up to zoomlevels of 8000 km for Spherical and 10000 km for Mercator projection.
  • Smaller font for airport labels on large zoom levels.
  • Adjusted size of airport add-on highlight on map.
  • Now showing top of climb and top of descent on map and in elevation profile even if very close to
    departure or destination.

Weather

  • Weather reading for X-Plane 12 fixed which failed to recognize new files if the weather folder
    was intially empty. This affected METAR and GRIB (winds aloft) files.
  • Added warning message if X-Plane 11 or 12 weather files cannot be read due to broken weather
    paths or wrong simulator base path in dialog Load Scenery Library.
  • Changes in display of wind barbs to avoid flooding the map with symbols. More optimizations to
    speed up map rendering at high zoom levels.

User Interface

  • Fixed wrong display of airways in tooltip and information tab on NDB and VOR having no airways
    attached.
  • Changed status bar to avoid growing and shrinking fields. Now keeping maximum size to avoid jitter.
  • Now keeping the undock map window state to avoid a messed up layout after a restart when using
    Restore Defaults. The Allow to undock the map window option on page Map is now unchanged
    after resetting settings.
  • Simplified update notification dialog to show only HTML message from server. Removed Download in Browser button as well as header information and Download now.
  • Warning for performance file aircraft type mismatch is now reset to off on update since MSFS
    causes too many issues. You can enable this again in menu AircraftWarning for aircraft type mismatch if you use another simulator than MSFS.
  • Corrected logic for edit and save aircraft performance to avoid wrong questions to save file.
  • Added changelog item to help menu.
  • Enabled missing tooltips with full path on aircraft performance recent menu.
  • Updated French translations by Patrick.
  • Updated Italian translations by Flavio.

Little Xpconnect Version 1.0.32

  • Adapted new weather and environment datarefs to X-Plane 12 changes.
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Notes

This is a release candidate for the next major release of Little Navmap.

This version is ready for the latest MSFS and for X-Plane 12. See known issues below for MSFS.

The updated user manual is available here:
Little Navmap - User Manual
.

See here for user manual downloads:
User Manuals - Beta Releases.

This changelog also explains new or moved/changed features.
First look here if anything is not clear or missing.

X-Plane users: Reinstall Little Xpconnect from this package to get but fixes and changed. Otherwise fuel flow
calculation, X-Plane weather information or other functions might not work correctly in Little Navmap.

Little Navmap probably reminds you to reload scenery library databases after updating. Please do
so to benefit from new features and bug fixes.

A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!

Known Issues MSFS

  • Active pause in MSFS breaks the connection and does not allow to reconnect.
    Use the key Esc for normal pause to avoid problems.
  • Some third-party plugins like traffic add-ons might cause connection issues when used together
    with Little Navmap and MSFS.
  • The autoconnect function of Little Navmap does not work reliably with MSFS. Connect manually
    after starting your flight if you see problems. Little Navconnect can have the same issues as
    Little Navmap since it always uses autoconnect. Start the simulator first and then Little Navconnect.

Changes from 2.8.5.rc1 to 2.8.6.rc2

General

  • Fixed case of wrong elevation profile error if restrictions at end of STAR conflicts with restrictions at
    beginning of an approach transition. Example: EHAM, arrive using STAR NORK2A via ARTIP and R18R.
  • Now checking regularily for updates instead of only on startup. Update notification messages
    might now also pop up after startup except when being connected to a simulator or having a dialog
    window open. Not that the update check across the network is still done only every day, week or
    month.
  • Changed display of missed approaches in procedure preview. Missed approaches can now also be
    disabled for the procedure preview on the toolbar or in view menu Show missed approaches.
  • Fixes for approach transition and STAR procedures when drawing flight plan.
  • Corrected display in airport information for missing paths.

Little Xpconnect Version 1.0.33

  • Added menu item Load AI Aircraft Information which allows to disable the background loading of
    .acf files.
  • Fixed an issue where ICAO type and other values of AI and multiplayer aircraft were messed up.
  • Now detecting on-ground status correctly for AI or multiplayer aircraft.
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Notes

This is a stable release of Little Navmap.

See
Screenshots of new 2.8 Features
for an overview of new features.

This version is ready for the latest MSFS and for X-Plane 12. See important known issues below for MSFS.

The updated user manual is available here:
Little Navmap - User Manual.

See here for user manual downloads:
User Manuals - Stable Releases.

This changelog also explains new or moved/changed features.
First look here if anything is not clear or missing.

X-Plane users: Reinstall Little Xpconnect from this package to get but fixes and changed.
Otherwise fuel flow calculation, X-Plane weather information or other functions might not work
correctly in Little Navmap.

Little Navmap probably reminds you to reload scenery library databases after updating. Please do
so to benefit from new features and bug fixes.

A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!

Known Issues MSFS

Active pause in MSFS breaks the connection and does not allow to reconnect.
Use the key Esc for normal pause to avoid problems.

Changes from 2.6.19 to 2.8.7

This list describes the most obvious changes. See below for details and changes between the beta
and candidate releases as well as links to the related user manual chapters.

See Screenshots of new 2.8 Features
for an overview of new features.

Help

  • Updated English user manual:
    Little Navmap - User Manual.
    Adapted to new features and is available online as well as included as PDF
    (see User Manuals - Stable Releases).
  • Now automatically using HTML help files from folder help/en or other supported language codes
    if installed. Download help from
    User Manuals - Stable Releases
    and extract the zip file to .../Little Navmap/help/en to use the offline user manual.
  • Added changelog item to help menu.
  • Removed built-in map legend. This now available either online or in the included PDF user manual.
    See online
    Little Navmap User Manual - Legend
    or from the menu Help.

Windows Builds

There are two builds of Little Navmap and Little Navconnect for Windows available now:

  • Windows 64-bit: For MSFS and all X-Plane versions.
  • Windows 32-bit: For FSX and Prepar3D.

See Little Navmap User Manual - Windows Builds for details.

User Interface

  • Changed status bar to avoid growing and shrinking fields. Now keeping maximum size to avoid
    jitter.
  • Added option to hide dock window title bars in menu WindowShow Dock Window Title Bars.
    Uncheck this to get more screen space inside the main window.
  • Added airport transition level for X-Plane and Navigraph data.
  • Resetting flight plan table, airport search result table and navaid search result table view on
    update now to avoid display of wrong columns or missing table columns.
  • Added introductory dialog for first time users explaining further steps.
  • Swapped Shift+F11 and F11 functions. Fullscreen is now F11 since this is a common shortcut
    for most applications.
  • All actions for None and All in toolbar button dropdown menus can now toggle between states
    none, all and last selected state. Click All a second time to revert to the previous selection.
    #762
  • Now checking for base folder structure (Little Navmap Documents) only on first startup to avoid
    issues when changing language. Folder structure can be now be created manually from Tools
    Create Directory Structure. #782
  • Added warning message when using scenery library with not matching simulator in connect dialog.
    This shows up when connecting to MSFS with an active X-Plane scenery database, for example.
  • Separated tab bar reset into a new menu item Reset Tabs to Default in menu Window. Window
    layout and and tabs can now be reset separately.
  • Added show map cache to menu ToolsFiles.
  • Changed symbol for nautical miles to correct official NM.
  • Fixed issues with macOS aliases. These can now be used in X-Plane Custom Scenery to link to
    add-ons.
  • Default style on macOS after first start is now Fusion and also reset on update since the default
    macOS style is too clunky.
  • Removed check for wrong macOS version on program startup to avoid false warnings.
  • Raised macOS minimum requirement to 10.13 High Sierra.
  • Updated French translations by Patrick.
  • Updated Italian translations by Flavio.

Flight Plan

  • Flight plan is now saved to a temporary file on exit. This avoids the question dialog when
    exiting the program after building or modifying a plan. This means: You create a new flight plan
    from scratch or modify a present one and Little Navmap will not ask to save the plan when exiting.
    Instead the same plan is reloaded on next startup. Continue editing without saving and the changed
    plan will be reloaded on next startup. You can still use the Save and Save as functions as
    before. You can disable this behavior on options page Startup and Updates by disabling Load last used flight plan. The temporary plan is stored in the settings folder as file
    little_navmap.lnmpln besides little_navmap.ini.
  • Avoid overwriting Flight Plan with not matching departure and destination now enabled per
    default on new installations. You can disable this setting in the options dialog on page Flight Plan if needed.
  • Now allowing arbitrary points for departure and destination. This covers all navaids, user points
    and coordinates which can be used as start or destination points. The elevation profile is now
    calculated without error messages for these kind of flight plans. Note that you have to install the
    GLOBE elevation data to get the correct elevations for these points. You have to use the Add to flight plan menu item, the Append to flight plan menu item, the keyboard shortcut
    Ctrl+Alt+Click (add), Shift+Alt+Click (append) or the drag and drop flight plan editing to add
    arbitrary points as departure or destination. Note these flight plans are not supported by all
    simulators or add-ons.
  • Magnetic course of flight plan legs is now always calculated using normal magnetic declination.
    VOR calibrated declination is ignored. Other options to display VOR inbound and outbound magnetic
    course are now available. See
    Little Navmap User Manual - Magnetic Declination.
  • Added optional inbound and outbound VOR course to aircraft progress display considering VOR
    calibrated declination. This is always shown when the next or last waypoint is a VOR, VORDME or
    VORTAC. Enable this in ToolsAircraft progress display options → branch Next Waypoint
    Leg course from and Leg course to.
  • Removed Ignore declination of VOR and other radio navaids on options page Flight Plan since
    there are other ways to display VOR inbound and outbound magnetic course now.
  • Removed merging (e.g. grouping of multiple deletions into one) of same changes for undo or redo
    in flight plan operations. Now single changes can be undone.
  • Changed flight plan calculation to a normal non-blocking dialog window also to avoid the short
    popping up on start. Note that these non-blocking dialog windows can be put behind the main window
    and show up in the Windows or other task lists as well.
  • Highlight of active in flight plan table can be disabled in options on page Flight Plan. #785
  • Removed forced assignment of runways if no parking is set for departure. An airport can now be
    used as a departure point. Improved parking selection dialog.
  • Related navaids in flight plan table and other places in program now use notation with prefix R
    like R090 for radials instead of °M.
  • Changed flight plan table column selection to use configuration tree dialog including a
    description column. Can also be used to disable header and footer labels in flight plan window.
  • Added optional footer line in flight plan table which shows distance, time and fuel for selected
    flight plan entries. Flight plan table options (menu ToolsFlight Plan Table Options
    Flight Plan Table FooterSelected Flight Plan Legs) allows to disable selection and error
    footer lines in flight plan table. #892
  • Added safe altitude display in flight plan table (orange line in elevation profile). Can be
    enabled in menu ToolsFlight Plan Table Options.
  • Users can now select departure runway with extended runway center line instead of a SID. See
    context menus or menu Flight Plan´ -> Select Departure Runway`.
  • An offset angle relative to runway heading can now be selected when choosing the destination
    runway (former Create Procedure function). See context menus or menu Flight Plan´ -> Select
    Destination Runway`.
  • Added departure and approach runway information to flight plan table header.
  • Added header label in flight plan tab Remarks showing used scenery data, cycle and performance.
  • Added column for related/recommended fixes and navaids in flight plan table. These are now shown
    with frequency and radial in flight plan table, elevation profile and other places.
  • Added latitude/longitude columns shown in user selected format to flight plan table as well as
    CSV and HTML export.
  • Improved start position selection dialog (menu Flight PlanSelect a Start Position). Added
    runway dimensions, runway facilities and surface. User can now search for airline codes or other
    texts in the parking, runway or helipad entries. Airport center is always added as an option.
  • Improved error messages in tooltip on error label in flight plan tab. Removed redundant error
    label in elevation profile. Showing aircraft performance related warnings now in flight plan table
    footer which can be disabled.
  • Fixed issue where flight plan was centered on startup despite using On startup show on map
    Last position or Home position on options page Startup and Updates.
  • Resetting flight plan table, airport search result table and navaid search result table view on
    update now to avoid display of wrong columns or missing table columns.

Flight Plan Export

  • Added functionality to fetch and send flight plans to/from SimBrief to file menu. Use menu File
    Open Flight Plan from SimBrief and Export Flight Plan to SimBrief. Follow instructions in
    dialog windows. #828
  • Waypoints resulting from departure and runway selection (extended runway center line and other
    points) are omitted in all export formats for complex aircraft and third-party Garmin units to
    avoid issues when loading. Use the aircraft FMS or MCDU to select a departure or approach runway.
  • Several fixes for X-Plane flight plan export.
  • Added file patterns for multi export which can be set for each format. Improved context menu,
    keyboard shortcuts and error messages in multi export options. Added bottom label in multi export
    options dialog to preview export file path and name as well as other information. #751
  • Added reading support for Garmin GFP flight plan files. These are text files containing the
    flight plan after the prefix FPN/RI:.
  • FileExport Options are now unchecked for this update since these often cause issues. Now
    showing warning dialog if these options are enabled.
  • Added X-Plane 12 FMS export which uses the same X-Plane format but a different folder.
  • Added separate export option for PMDG MSFS aircraft.
  • Added flight plan export for iFly Jets Advanced Series. #817
  • Added GFP flight plan export for TDS GTNXi and MSFS IniBuilds Airbus.
  • Added support for MSFS parking suffix to allow reloading LNMPLN flight plans. Example EDDG, 18A
    to 18E. MSFS still cannot load parking positions with suffix. Not even its own ones.
  • Changes to Flightgear plan import and export: Waypoints with missing coordinates can now be
    loaded. Waypoints marked <type>basic</type> can now be exported and loaded. Thanks a lot to
    colingeniet at Github for the fix
  • Changed GPX loading and saving to use millisecond accuracy. Fixed timezone issues when loading
    and saving GPX. GPX loading now reads both millisecond and second ISO date. #907

Weather

  • Added hours and colored warning for more than 3 (orange) and more than 6 hour (red) old METAR
    reports in airport tab, airport tooltip and airport weather tab.
  • Added warning message if X-Plane 11 or 12 weather files cannot be read due to broken weather
    paths or wrong simulator base path in dialog Load Scenery Library.

Wind

  • Resetting wind source to NOAA on update now. Adjust as needed.
  • Changed user interface for wind for more consistency. Removed wind checkbox from fuel report
    header and added drop down box which mirrors the items in menu WeatherWind source.
  • Added manual wind layer altitude to fuel report which is independent from flight plan cruise
    altitude.
  • Improved indications in wind tooltip to show manually selected wind altitude layer, altitude of
    shown wind barbs and flight plan cruise altitude indication.
  • Performance optimizations. Wind barbs now drawn sparse at higher zoom levels and near the poles.
    #940
  • Added more layers for winds aloft download to get more accuracy at lower levels.
  • Changed wind altitude levels in toolbar button to use a slider instead of fixed altitude levels.

Aircraft Performance

  • The default performance profile which is created when using menu AircraftNew Aircraft Performance is now based on the data of a Cessna C172 and named Example Performance Profile.
    This avoids warning messages when using a new performance profile. Adapt it to your aircraft as
    needed.

  • Added menu item AircraftWarning for Aircraft Type Mismatch which is disabled per default.
    This allows to enable warnings if aircraft type in the performance profile does not match the one
    in the simulator aircraft. Recommended is to disable this when flying MSFS and keep it enabled for
    X-Plane and all other simulators.

  • Warning for performance file aircraft type mismatch is reset to off on update since MSFS causes
    issues with this function. You can enable this again in menu AircraftWarning for aircraft type mismatch if you use another simulator than MSFS.

  • More warnings for invalid fuel flow and speed values in aircraft performance: Climb fuel flow is smaller than cruise fuel flow, Descent fuel flow is higher than cruise fuel flow, Climb speed is higher than cruise speed and Descent speed is much smaller than cruise speed.

  • Added simulator type to aircraft performance file, edit dialog and display.

  • Added display for average wind at cruise level only in tab Fuel Report.

Options

  • Reordered pages in options and added new pages Map Display Keys, Map Display Labels, Map Display User and Map Display Flight Plan. Removed page Map Display 2.
  • Added new page Map Display Labels in options and moved tree settings from Map Display 2 to
    it. Setting description is now shown in a second column instead of tooltips.
  • Added option for tooltips in menus which is off per default. Option to show tooltips in whole
    program is now reset to enabled. Menu tooltips are not available on macOS.
  • Now keeping the undock map window state to avoid a messed up layout after a restart when using
    Restore Defaults. The Allow to undock the map window option on page Map is now unchanged
    after resetting settings.
  • Added option to disable startup image screen (splash screen) on page Startup and Updates.
  • Added option to change main toolbar icon size on page Display and Text.

Undo / Redo

  • Added progress dialog for long undo operations in logbook and userpoints which can happen when
    undoing the import or a bulk change of large datasets. Operations can be canceled now.
  • Fixed performance issues for undo and redo operations resulting in frozen program.
  • Fixed issue where import of logbook or userpoint data resulted in a messed up undo state.
  • Logbook and userpoint undo function assigned to Ctrl+Shift+Z and Ctrl+Shift+Y to avoid
    overlap with flight plan undo/redo functions.

Updates

  • Simplified update notification dialog to show only a HTML message from the server. Removed
    Download in Browser button as well as header information and Download now to simplify release
    management.
  • Little Navmap now checks regularily for updates instead of only on startup. Update notification
    messages might now also pop up after startup except when being connected to a simulator or having a
    dialog window open. Note that the update check across the network is still done only every day,
    week or month.

X-Plane 11 and 12

  • Scenery library data compilation adapted for X-Plane 12 folder changes. #867
  • Little Navmap now requires x-plane_install_11.txt and x-plane_install_12.txt as well as a
    valid installation path to be recognized. Run the X-Plane installer or X-Plane once to create this
    file so that Little Navmap can detect the simulator.
  • Now supporting X-Plane 12 METAR airport weather reports and GRIB winds aloft by checking folder
    Output/real weather. Added folder configuration in options on page Weather Files. #926
  • Fixed issue where X-Plane 12 add-on airports were not read from Custom Scenery in some cases.
    Airports not included in the file scenery_packs.ini are now treated like enabled. #927
  • Corrected userpoint export and import to and from user_fix.dat for X-Plane 11 and 12. Exporting
    and importing waypoint flags and full name for X-Plane 12 now. The Little Navmap Userpoint tags
    field is used to load and save the ID of the airport terminal area as well as the waypoint type.
    Waypoint type is based on ARINC 424 field type definition 5.42. Spaces are replaced by underscores
    ‘_’ for userpoint tags. Alternatively double quotes and spaces can be used. Example tags:
    EDDF V__ is a VFR Waypoint at airport EDDF, ENRT "I " is an en-route unnamed charted intersection
    and ENRT R__ is an en-route named intersection.

Little Xpconnect

See also
Little Navmap User Manual - Little Xpconnect.

  • Fixed an issue where ICAO type and other values of AI and multiplayer aircraft were messed up.
  • Now detecting on-ground status correctly for AI or multiplayer aircraft.
  • Little Xpconnect now adds items in the X-Plane plugin menu to set AI fetch and more performance
    options.
  • Adapted new weather and environment datarefs to X-Plane 12 changes.
  • Little Xpconnect now supports Apple Silicon / ARM 64 machines. The Zip file contains two folders
    Little Xpconnect arm64 for Apple Silicon and newer Intel machines and Little Xpconnect x86 for
    older Intel machines. See link above. #923
  • Changed Little Xpconnect build for Linux to use a minimum of shared library dependencies.

Map Display User Interface

  • Replaced map theme and map projection boxes in toolbar with a new tool button having a drop down
    menu (dark globe icon on toolbar). This saves space in the toolbar area. Removed Map Projection and Theme Toolbar.
  • Combined the three toolbar buttons for map detail into one drop down menu button on the toolbar
    containing a slider and reset menu item. Moved map detail level settings from menu ‘View’ to menu
    Map.
  • Added toolbar drop down menu button for a more detailed airport display filter including runway
    length, type, procedures and light status.

Map Display

  • Added turn prediction line for user aircraft also having tick marks for one NM distance. This is
    disabled by default in menu ViewShow Turn Flight Path.
  • Added option to display selected autopilot altitude range as a dark green arc on the map. Enable
    this in menu ViewShow selected altitude range. Note that some add-on aircraft misuse the
    autopilot altitude which results in a wrong display. #247
  • Added display on map and elevation profile for GLS/RNP paths. Showing information for these
    virtual approach paths in tooltip and info window now. Enable RNP/GPS path display in menu View
    NavaidsShow GLS/RNP Approach paths or elevation profile context menu.
  • New option to show aircraft endurance as circle around user aircraft. This is based on reserves,
    contingency, fuel load, current fuel flow and ground speed (but not wind). Enable in menu View
    Show Aircraft Endurance. Note that this shows the endurance based on current fuel flow. Numbers
    on range ring shown in warning and error colors depending on endurance. #341
  • Added forced navaid display for recommended navaids from used procedures including indication in
    tooltip. This means that a related VOR being part of a procedure in a flight plan is shown even if
    the display of VOR is disabled. This allows to have a clean map with only flight plan related
    navaids.
  • Added display of MSA (minimum sector altitude) diagrams on map similar to range rings. Can be set
    by user in map, flight plan table, airport search and navaid search context menus. Enable display
    of MSA icons in menu ViewNavaidsShow MSA Sectors. Enable a larger scaled display by
    right clicking on the MSA icon and selecting Add MSA diagram at .... #498
  • Added option for MSA diagram transparency and text size in options on page Map Display User.
  • Added display of en-route holdings to map display, map context menu, information display and
    tooltips. Old saved user defined holdings are discarded. #363
  • Unpaved, heliports and water airports are now shown smaller than paved airports depending on zoom
    level. Now adjusting airport label font size depending on zoom and minor airport status. Minor
    airports have a smaller symbol and text on higher zoom distances.
  • Added button and menu item to disable online aircraft and simulator AI separately. #754
  • Added new range ring dialog allowing to add a label, change the coordinates or change the color.
    Removed range ring setting from options dialog since radii can now be changed when adding rings.
  • Display of a feature category is now automatically enabled on the map after adding an user
    feature like range rings.
  • Added function to zoom and jump to defined coordinates on map in main menu and map context menu.
    See map context menu MoreJump to Coordinates ....
  • Added Go to User Aircraft menu item in menu Map and toolbar plus keyboard shortcut
    Ctrl+PgUp.
  • Added tooltip for distance measurement lines showing distance, label, initial and final course.
  • Outbound and inbound VOR calibrated declination now ignored per default in normal route leg
    course shown in the moving labels.
  • AI aircraft label visibility is now adjusted depending on aircraft ground status and details.
  • Final course for measurement lines at VOR is now calculated based on VOR calibrated declination.
  • Fixed issue where ILS heading was offset after switching scenery library databases.
  • Moved whole map configuration to a file maplayers.xml embedded in program. This can be
    overridden in configuration folder for a detailed map display customization. Program is watching
    overloaded file in settings folder for changes and updates map accordingly. See file
    maplayers.xml and embedded comments for more information here:
    maplayers.xml.

Map Display Options

  • Added option on page Map Display Labels to show start and end course labels also considering
    VOR calibrated declination. Useful when flying VOR to VOR. Labels are shown at a fixed position at
    start or end of flight plan legs.
  • Added option to show compass rose with true heading. See options on page Map Display Labels in
    branch Compass Rose.
  • Outline color (old and default style in Little Navmap) and semi-transparent (like SkyVector)
    for flight plan can now be selected. Option for semi-transparent flight plan line also affects
    logbook preview and procedure preview. See options on page Map Display Flight Plan.
  • New options for semi-transparent highlight circles. Colors for highlights can now be changed.
    Page Map Display User.
  • Added option to disable magenta highlight for active leg in options on page Map Display Flight Plan in checkbox Highlight active leg. #785
  • Added optional label Distance and Bearing from User for AI aircraft. This can be enabled in
    options on page Map Display Labels, branch AI, Multiplayer and Online Client Aircraft in line
    Distance and Bearing from User. #708
  • Added options for measurement lines thickness, color and font size. These can be changed in
    options on page Map Display UserDistance measurements.
  • Added size option for highlight marks in options on page Map Display UserCircle Size.
  • Added option for navaid radial display when drawing a measurement line from a VOR, VORTAC or NDB.
    Default is off. Enable this in options on page Map Display Labels branch Measurement Lines. #860
  • Added options for display of user and AI aircraft coordinates on map. Page Map Display Labels.
    #700
  • Added AGL label option for user aircraft on map. See Map Display Labels.
  • Added optional display of red ice warning labels on map (not in elevation profile) on page Map Display Labels. #745
  • Wind pointer is now kept when disabling aircraft display. Wind pointer can be disabled separately
    in options on page Map Display Labels in branch Top of Map.
  • Split delete options for user feature types like range rings or measurement lines for all feature
    types in menu Map and Reset all for a new Flight. Holdings and traffic patterns can now deleted
    independently, for example.
  • New option for verbose tooltips on page Map. Default is enabled. Disable this to get brief
    tooltips when hovering the mouse cursor over the map.
  • Option to hide user feature tooltips (traffic patterns, measurement lines and others) on page
    Map added.
  • Added option to reverse all mouse wheel functions in map and elevation profile in options dialog
    on page User Interface.

Map Display Themes

  • Added MapTiler, MapBox and Thunderforest map themes plus required API key and token assignments.
    See
    Little Navmap User Manual - Map Display Keys
    for more information on using these maps.
  • Themes requiring keys or tokens are marked with a * in menu and dropdown box. A dialog window
    with more information is shown when selecting a map theme needs more information. See options on
    page Map Display Keys for key or token input.
  • Fixed graphical “smearing” issues with maps not covering the whole view like the
    Norway N50 Topo Map.

DGML for Map Theme Developers

  • All themes are added to the drop-down list by name as extracted from the DGML files. Now checking
    visibility flag in DGML. Themes having this set to false are excluded. All themes are now shown
    without distinction between user or stock.
  • Added option to pass key/value pairs to replace in DGML map configuration files. This is needed
    for online maps requiring API keys or tokens. These keys are collected from DGML map configuration
    files and can be edited in options on page Map Display Keys. #85
  • Added new key {language} in DGML for custom map request URLs. This allows to fetch Google map
    tiles using the user interface language instead of getting map labels in random languages. Append
    &amp;hl={language} to the download URL path in Google map themes to force map tiles in the user
    interface language or &amp;hl=en to force all maps in English. This fixes issue with random
    language used for labels in some maps. Note that you have to clear the tile cache to see the
    changes. See
    User Manual - Disk Cache.
  • Added commented example for DGML configuration including new keys in
    data/maps/earth/example/example.dgml.

Airspaces

  • Changed loading of user airspaces now by showing a separate loading dialog similar to the scenery
    library dialog. Removed user airspace paths and patterns from options dialog. #490
  • Added reader for IVAO and VATSIM JSON boundaries. You can now read IVAO JSON and VATSIM GeoJSON
    files. Currently you can find IVAO boundaries here:
    Airspace Boundaries.
    VATSIM boundaries are available here
    VATSPY Data Project.
  • Added two sliders in airspace toolbar button dropdown menu for minimum and maximum altitude in
    500 ft steps to show overlapping airspaces. #612

Elevation Profile

  • Added display of required (by approaches) or calculated optional vertical descent flight path
    angle to elevation profile map and tooltip. Calculated vertical angle is shown with transparent
    background and required angle is shown with yellow background. #803
  • Showing optional vertical track line from user aircraft on the elevation profile. Enable this by
    checking Show Vertical Track in the elevation profile context menu. #247
  • Added options to display vertical path angle and speed to reach the next waypoint at the
    calculated altitude. Can be shown in elevation profile (ToolsElevation Profile Display Options) as aircraft label and in aircraft progress tab (ToolsAircraft Progress Display Options). Made aircraft labels in elevation profile optional.
  • Vertical paths in approaches are now considered like altitude restrictions and enforced while
    calculating profile. Error messages can appear if altitude restrictions related to a vertical path
    are violated by a too low cruise altitude.
  • Added option to vertically and horizontally zoom to aircraft and destination point in elevation
    profile. Enable this in context menu of the elevation profile (Zoom to aircraft and destination).
    #868
  • Added top header to elevation profile optionally showing course, distance and related navaid.
    Optional flight plan line labels added to elevation profile. Profile labels can now be set in
    options dialog. Added context menu item to disable top label in profile.
  • Added display options for profile on options page Map Display Labels in branch Elevation Profile.
  • Added optional display of altitude and speed restriction labels in elevation profile. #601
  • Moved elevation profile display settings from page Map Display in options dialog into a
    separate configuration dialog. Added menu item in Tools, elevation profile context menu and a
    button in elevation profile window for configuration options.
  • Fixed several cases of wrong elevation profile errors where profile could not be calculated.

Flight Plan Route Description

  • Flight plan route description window is now non-blocking and allows to continue working with the
    main window while opened. Note that the non-blocking dialog window can be put behind the main
    window and shows up in the Windows or other task lists. Update description by clicking Load from Flight Plan after changing plan on the map or flight plan table.
  • Flight plan route description string is now saved independently from flight plan and reloaded on
    startup.
  • Changes done by clicking Create Flight Plan can now be undone in the tab Flight Plan.
  • Enabled undo/redo in the description input field. Use keyboard shortcuts or the context menu to
    undo changes.
  • Removed Read Route Description button in route description window and replaced its
    functionality with a delayed automatic update. Results updated while typing.
  • Removed IFR/VFR selection box from route description window. The flight plan type is now
    taken from the tab Flight Plan.
  • Extended waypoint coordinate parser for all ARINC 424 Code Convention full degree waypoint
    formats like 57N30, 5730E or 57S30. Flight plan route description can now read these
    waypoints independent if they are in the navdata or not.
  • Added separate help area in route description window. Open or close the help area with the blue
    help button at the right.
  • Added new options to route string dialog: Write STAR and transition reversed (format
    TRANS.STAR or TRANS STAR) and Write SID/STAR and transition space separated.
  • Now reading both space and dot separated notation SID TRANS, SID.TRANS as well as
    STAR TRANS, TRANS STAR, STAR.TRANS and TRANS.STAR in route description.
  • Fixed issues where airways were wrongly detected in route description.

Online Flying #761 and #754

  • Completely reworked removal of duplicate aircraft (shadow aircraft) coming from both the
    simulator and the online network. Registration/callsign match function is now replaced by a
    distance and altitude match. There is no need to have matching registration/callsign values now.
    This applies to the user aircraft as well as multiplayer aircraft.
  • Added note for simulator and online shadow aircraft in tooltip and information window.
  • Showing connected online network in main window title bar now.
  • Moved option Remove duplicate aircraft from online service and simulator to page Online Flying in options dialog.

Logbook

  • Added footer line to logbook search which shows summed up values for travel times and distances
    for selected logbook entries.
  • Added simulator and real travel time to logbook search result table.
  • Logbook entry dialog is now pre-filled with all data (flight plan, performance and trail) from
    current session. This can be removed by pressing reset.
  • Added cleanup function for logbook which removes invalid logbook entries that can result from
    pattern work or repeated approches. Main menu LogbookCleanup Logbook Entries or logbook
    table context menu.

Flying and User Aircraft

See
Little Navmap User Manual - User Aircraft Centering
for more explanations.

  • Removed confusing move/zoom gesture when on ground with simple aircraft centering. Now keeping
    current zoom value when jumping back to user aircraft.
  • Added option to modify zoom for aircraft and next waypoint. Options on page Simulator Aircraft
    input field Zoom Distance.
  • Added zoom out on takeoff option. See Options on page Simulator Aircraft checkbox Zoom out on takeoff.
  • Added distance option to zoom in on aircraft touchdown in options on page Simulator Aircraft.
  • Added separate timeout to jump back to current active leg for flight plan table on page
    Simulator Aircraft.

Search

  • Added random destination finder in airport search tab to select a random departure and arrival
    from the current search result. Enable this by checking Random Flight in the drop down menu
    button. Thanks to u-an-i for implementing this.
  • Added undo/redo functionality to logbook and userpoint search tabs. Can be accessed in main menu,
    context menu or shortcuts. The undo/redo information is saved in the database and permanent between
    restarts. Warning dialogs before deleting entries removed. #280
  • Added literal search using double quotes for navaid and airport idents. Example: Search for “TAU”
    including the double quotes to find exactly the two VORs with this id instead of waypoints like
    TAURA.
  • Idents in airport or navaid search can now be separated by space to search for a list. Example:
    Enter LIRF EDDF without quotes to find these two airports.

Procedures

  • Added procedure preview showing all available procedures of an airport on the map. Enable with
    new button in airport search tab on the top or from Preview all procedures context menu. View is
    updated automatically when changing search parameters in procedure tab.
  • Procedures can now be selected into flight plan by right-clicking on a waypoint or other fix of a
    procedure preview in the map.
  • Procedures and custom arrival and departures can now be deleted from the map context menu when
    right-clicking on a flight plan procedure waypoint.
  • Added name search filter in procedure search tab. This filters the procedures by the content of
    the field Ident. The parameter is saved between sessions.
  • Added separate procedure filters for STAR and all approach types like ILS, RNAV or VORDME.
  • Added indicator for transitions (T) in procedure search tab for SID, STAR and approaches.
    Number of transitions is shown in the remarks column.
  • Added display of aircraft category and required navigation performance indicator to procedures
    and procedure legs in flight plan table and procedure search.
  • The vertical angle now shown in procedure leg restrictions in flight plan and procedure search.
    #803
  • Changed display of missed approaches in procedure preview. Missed approaches can now also be
    disabled for the procedure preview on the toolbar or in view menu Show missed approaches.

User Aircraft Progress

  • Added user aircraft progress tab configuration using a tree control which allows to select data
    fields to show. The dialog also shows a description for each progress data field. Open this
    configuration dialog by clicking on the small button on the top right in the progress tab (gear
    symbol) or by using the context menu. #768
  • Added new data fields fuel load, gross weight, real time, top of climb and autopilot selected
    altitude to aircraft progress.
  • Showing vertical path and required descent rate in aircraft progress in descent and approach
    phase.
  • Endurance in progress tab now considers reserves and contingency fuel.
  • Added options to display speeds, altitude and vertical speed in other than selected default
    units. This is for indicated and actual altitude as well as indicated, ground and vertical speed in
    the progress display tab. Enable this in menu ToolsAircraft Progress Display Options. #656

Information

  • Now showing the canonical path (i.e. symbolic links, Windows shortcuts and Windows junctions
    resolved to the real path) for airport add-ons in information display. This means that the real
    installation location of linked add-ons using symbolic links, shortcuts, junctions or aliases is
    shown now.
  • Added ChartFox to airport information in link section. You have to be
    logged into ChartFox to see charts.
  • Added radial and distance to related navaid in waypoint information for special waypoints like
    D095J which is 95°M and 10 nm from VOR SUM.
  • Added display of transition level to information airport and weather tab. Only X-Plane or
    Navigraph.
  • Showing detailed waypoint description now if available (Navigraph and X-Plane). Examples are
    Named, RNAV, VFR or Off Airway. #321

Userpoints

  • A userpoint category is now automatically enabled after adding one on the map. This helps to
    avoid confusion when a userpoint is hidden right after adding.
  • Added separate symbol size and text options for userpoints. See page Map Display User.
  • Updated stock icon translations. Translated userpoint types are now shown in tooltip and
    information tab. Note that translated types cannot be used in search.

Scenery Library Database

  • Now allowing a no simulator state of the program instead of always showing a X-Plane
    installation. This avoids the confusing X-Plane state despite not having it installed.
  • Now supporting symbolic links (all OS), Windows junctions and Windows shortcuts (.lnk files) as
    well as macOS aliases in MSFS Community and X-Plane Custom Scenery folders.
  • Fixed exclude file, exclude directory and exclude add-on recognition to work with symbolic links,
    shortcuts or junctions.
  • Scenery library database can now be loaded in background which allows the user to plan a flight
    while loading. Progress dialog is not blocking access to the program now and can be brought into
    background. Loading dialog now gives an option to use or discard a database after loading.
  • Now notifying user about wrong scenery library modes after loading. Considers MSFS and Navigraph
    special cases. Allows user to change to the recommended mode after loading.
  • Now showing a warning dialog on startup and database switch if user has a stale simulator
    database loaded. The warning shows if the scenery library database was created with a previous
    Little Navmap version or if it is older than two months.
  • Now adding suffix ... reload advised to database in scenery library menu if a database was
    loaded with a previous version of Little Navmap or if database was loaded two months ago. This is
    a reminder for users to reload after simulator updates or updates of Little Navmap.
  • Added Validate Scenery Library Settings in menu Scenery Library which helps to set the
    correct scenery library mode.
  • Now hiding artificial waypoints created internally for procedure or airway resolution from
    search, information and tooltips.
  • ILS and GLS/RNP information is now always taken from Navigraph database except when using Do not use Navigraph Database. As a result ILS course might probably not match for older scenery data or
    airport add-ons. Select Do not use Navigraph Database temporarily if this is an issue.
  • Corrected issues with runways designated by true course like BGTL. Approaches were missing runway
    assignments and could not be resolved before. #870

MSFS

  • Changed handling for MSFS file Content.xml for SU10 and fixed crash when reading new file
    layout. Corrected layer ordering for MSFS scenery library to adhere to priorities in file
    Content.xml.
  • Fixed issue where airport city names were missing since MSFS SU11 beta. Note that country names
    are not available from the simulator.
  • Changed fuel detection for MSFS. An airport now gets Avgas and Jet A availability assigned if it
    has a fuel pad (which has no fuel type information). Now showing only Fuel for MSFS if both are
    available. #918
  • Now ignoring invalid waypoints with empty ICAO region code and invalid type as they appear in
    some MSFS add-on sceneries. This fixes the exception NOT NULL constraint failed: tmp_waypoint.region ... when loading. #910
  • Now also loading BGL files from missions to catch respective airports.
  • Fixed bug where Little Navmap would only read and display a single transition from add-on
    (Community) SIDs and STARs, despite these procedures actually having more than one transition. This
    happens when using the latest MSFS SDK (SU9 or later). Thanks a lot to
    flpduarte at Github for the fix.
  • Added notification message for encrypted MSFS add-ons when reading the scenery library. This
    helps to identify unreadable airports where the layout in Little Navmap will not match the layout
    in the simulator.

Command Line #431

Start program with the help option -h from a terminal to see available command line options.

See
Little Navmap User Manual - Command Line Options
for details.

  • Added scripts for portable execution: Little Navmap Portable.cmd (Windows), Little Navmap Portable.command (macOS) and Little Navmap Portable.sh (Linux). All settings, databases and
    cache folders are saved to the installation folder when starting the program with these scripts.
    See
    Little Navmap User Manual - Portable Execution.
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This is a stable release of Little Navmap fixing crashes and other bugs.

X-Plane: Update your Little Xpconnect installation as well with the included version 1.0.34 to
avoid wrong timezone calculations.

See Screenshots of new 2.8 Features for an overview of new features.

This version is ready for the latest MSFS and for X-Plane 12. See important known issues below for MSFS.

The user manual is available here: Little Navmap - User Manual.

See here for user manual downloads: User Manuals - Stable Releases.

A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!

Known Issues MSFS

Active pause in MSFS breaks the connection and does not allow to reconnect even when restarting Little Navmap. Use the key Esc for normal pause or click the toolbar button for pause to avoid problems. You can restore the connection by toggling the active pause on the toolbar button.

See also MSFS Common Problems in the FAQ.

Changes from 2.8.7 to 2.8.8

Flight Plan and Export

  • Added export option for X-Plane CIVA Navigation System. Files exported as FMS 3 split up into
    partitions containing nine waypoints. Procedure waypoints are included.
  • Fixed issues with multi export file selection that appeared when using a file export pattern
    without suffix.
  • Made loading of X-Plane FMS plans more tolerant for invalid files. Now throwing error messages in
    case of invalid coordinates to avoid crash.
  • Adjustments for flight plan calculation for better results with less airway usage at the right of
    the slider Prefer.
  • Updated NAT track download address to new https://www.notams.faa.gov/common/nat.html to avoid error
    messages on download. Addresses can be changed in little_navmap.ini in section [Track].
  • Fixed wrong flight plan read while importing from SimBrief and changing plan with download dialog open.

Flight Plan Route Description

  • Corrected reading of a flight plan having SID and STAR with the same transition waypoint
    resulting in incomplete plans from SimBrief import. Example: MUHA EPMAR3 MAXIM SNDBR2 KMIA KMCO. #975
  • Fixed crash while typing when entering incomplete route description texts.
  • Fixed several issues when reading and writing a route description using space separated transitions.
    This avoids error messages when reading flight plans from SimBrief.
  • Flight plan cruise altitude is now adjusted to adhere to airway and procedure altitude
    restrictions. This avoids creating new plans with initial restriction errors.
  • Tear off drop down menu in route description dialog can now be reopened again after closing dialog.

Map Display and Elevation Profile

  • Fixed issue with disappearing aircraft trail and other map lines near anti-meridian. #976
  • Now suppressing VASI display in elevation profile if approach has a large offset course compared
    to the runway. The VASI slope cannot be used in these cases.
  • Omitting wrong X-Plane runway shoulders for water runways on map.
  • Moved flight plan table colors to little_navmap_mapstyle.ini. Added new section [FlightPlan].

Online Flying

  • Fixed crash because of missing icon for unknown aircraft types. #973
  • Added white aircraft icon with question mark for invalid aircraft types like online boats.
  • Now ignoring boat traffic in aircraft shadow resolution.
  • Adjusted shadow aircraft detection online vs. simulator to better resolve duplicate aircraft when
    flying online.

Scenery Library

  • Fixed several issues with new X-Plane 12 runway surface types. Runways were previously dropped
    for unknown surface types. This resulted in airports registered without runways and having a
    helipad symbol assigned in some cases.
  • Now reading new X-Plane asphalt and concrete textures.
  • Corrected behavior when clicking Load Scenery Database which could open the loading dialog
    again and crash while still waiting for confirmation on database usage.
  • Fixed issue with mapped drives on Windows where add-on airports were not detected if having MSFS
    installed on such a drive. #967

User Interface and Other

  • Corrected window order when using Keep in Foreground to avoid blocked or hidden dialogs after
    loading scenery library.
  • The Keep in Foreground status is now applied to all non-blocking dialog windows like ‘Flight
    Plan Calculation’ and ‘Flight Plan Route Description’ to avoid windows being blocked and hidden
    by main window.
  • Added userpoint type Addon to highlight airports with a yellow ring similar to detected add-on
    airports.
  • Fixed issue where bearing and distance to user aircraft was not updated in tooltips for parking spots.
  • Fixed regression where tooltips disappeared quickly when being connected to a simulator.
  • Now correcting logbook time if off by one day at arrival due to wrong time and date jumps while
    flying (caused by warp or similar tools). This previously resulted in negative travel times.
  • Corrected logbook and userpoint import functions where first row in CSV files caused an error message
    if using quoted names.
  • Fix for wrong names in options dialog. #965
  • Fixes to avoid crash with duplicate ids when adding userpoints or logbook entries after import. #985
  • Solved issue with crash when doing undo or redo quickly using keyboard shortcut repeats.
  • Wind calculation functions are now more tolerant for invalid coordinates to avoid crashes.
  • Corrections to statusbar and time. Time now correctly suffixed with UTC.
  • Updated program translation for Brazilian Portuguese by Ricardo.
  • Disabled Spanish translation since it did not receive updates for a long time and has other issues.
  • Reverted workaround for MSFS unreliable on-ground indication for user aircraft.
  • Updated SimConnect.dll to latest from SDK version 0.20.5.0.
  • Corrected SSL library in Linux package to fix SSL handshake errors. Now adding correct OpenSSL
    version 1.1 to the folder lib to avoid loading of a wrong system library version 3. #974

X-Plane and Little Xpconnect

  • Fixed wrong date and timezone calculation in Little Xpconnect 1.0.34 which resulted in wrong or
    jumping endurance and turn anticipation display.
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This is a stable release of Little Navmap fixing crashes and other bugs.

X-Plane: Update your Little Xpconnect installation as well with the included version 1.0.34 to
fix wrong TAS and GS speeds.

macOS users: Keep in mind that you have to clear the quarantine flag for Little Xpconnect on update. See Clearing the Quarantine Flag on macOS.

This version is ready for the latest MSFS and for X-Plane 12. See important known issues below for MSFS.

The online user manual is available here:
Little Navmap - User Manual.

See here for user manual downloads:
User Manuals - Stable Releases.

A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!

Special thanks to Max Hille for finding the issue with Xpconnect on Linux and X-Plane 12!

Known Issues MSFS

Active pause in MSFS breaks the connection and does not allow to reconnect even when restarting Little Navmap.
This is a MSFS issue. Use the key Esc for normal pause or click the toolbar button for pause to avoid problems.
Note that you can also start active pause the usual way (keyboard or joystick) but end it with the MSFS toolbar button.
This keeps the connection intact.

The active pause problem was fixed with the MSFS SU12 Beta version.

Loading a flight plan containing user defined points (coordinates) results in some positions of the plan
placed at the North Pole. Note this was fixed with the MSFS SU12 Beta.

See also MSFS Common Problems in the FAQ.

Changes from 2.8.8 to 2.8.9

Map Display

  • AI aircraft with unreliable on-ground status injected by third party traffic tools are now
    corrected if there is vertical speed or ground speed. This helps to avoid flying aircraft
    hidden wrongly on the map.
  • Changed speed display for AI and user aircraft. Now showing ground speed on ground in map display
    labels and progress tab for AI if user and AI aircraft are moving. Disabled wrong IAS and TAS display
    labels for user aircraft on ground.
  • Fixed en-route holdings drawn with the wrong turn direction.
  • Added turn direction for en-route holding tooltips and information window.
  • Fixed issue where map highlights remained after putting a dock widget like search to the bottom
    of dock stack.
  • Added margins to map display text labels to improve readability.
  • Airport diagrams now shown earlier on map when zooming in.
  • Updated map themes on Little Navmap Downloads - Map Themes.
  • Removed unneeded Marble map theme legend files.
  • Increased maximum number of entries in map position history.
  • More adjustments and fixes for better drawing.

Flight Plan and Export

  • Corrected loading of flight plan routing network which was incomplete due to new MSFS RNAV waypoint type.
    This resulted in calculated flight plans using too many direct-to instead of airways when using
    Do not use Navigraph Database in the scenery library menu. #1001
  • Better error checking for flight plan export file pattern in multi export options. Added
    validation and error messages for export file patterns and file extensions. A file pattern with
    errors is now always highlighted red also if not selected for export.
  • Now resetting empty file patterns in multiexport to default values on loading. This fixes issues where
    the configuration was not migrated correctly from earlier versions and exported files used a flight
    plan name without file extension.
  • Now falling back to correct default file pattern on flight plan export if the pattern in the
    multi export options dialog is empty.
  • Fixed crash when loading X-Plane FMS files with negative airport elevation. Made flight plan
    loading more robust in general.
  • Increased maximum length for user waypoint names to 80 characters in MSFS PLN flight plan file export
    to allow descriptions.
  • Fixed inconsistencies for course display in flight plan leg in table, aircraft progress,
    elevation profile and the map.
  • Removed not applicable inbound and outbound VOR course display in aircraft progress at procedure legs.

User Interface

  • Fixed issue where the wrong runways were fetched for ILS in information and tooltips. As a
    result ILS were declared Offset to Runway showing the wrong runway heading.
  • Corrected airport ident to use displayed value from map and flight plan table in context menus
    to avoid confusing mismatches of airport idents between map and context menu. Now additionally
    showing display ident and internal ident in airport search context menu.
  • Added menu item ToolsFiles and DirectoriesShow Map Installation Directory
    to ease installation of new map themes.
  • Changed reading of MSFS scenery library. Now also reading manifest content type AIRCRAFT since
    aircraft add-ons may contain airports as well.
  • Fix for stacked dock windows appearing in the wrong order after un-minimizing main window. #1000
  • Updated user manual for customization, map theme installation, SimBrief changes and cold weather
    altitude correction.
  • Fixed elevation profile losing display reverting to a gray area when resetting view after vertical zoom.
  • Fixed issues with dock windows moved to the wrong screen on multi screen configurations.
  • Added AirNav.com to airport link list.
  • Fixed regression where red warning text for empty database was missing in status bar.
  • Several other small text fixes.

Weather

  • Fixed several issues with warnings about X-Plane weather files. Now warning
    if simulator is not installed or weather files are missing. Dialogs can be disabled.
  • Adapted to read new winds aloft file names from X-Plane which were introduced with version 12.04b2.
  • Made reading of GRIB wind files more error tolerant. Checking for wrong or empty files now.

X-Plane and Little Xpconnect Version 1.0.35 and 1.0.36

  • Fixed ground speed used wrongly as true airspeed for X-Plane AI and multiplayer aircraft.
    Ground speed is now correctly shown.
  • Added fix from Max Hille (maxhille (Max Hille) · GitHub) to avoid X-Plane 12 issues
    with light colors and ignored exclusion regions on Linux after installing plugin. #983
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This is a stable release of Little Navmap which fixes small bugs, crashes and adds small improvements.

X-Plane: Update your Little Xpconnect installation as well with the included version 1.0.37 to
fix issues with AI injection tools.

macOS users: Keep in mind that you have to clear the quarantine flag when updating Little Xpconnect. See
Clearing the Quarantine Flag on macOS.

The online user manual is available here:
Little Navmap - User Manual.

See here for user manual downloads:
User Manuals - Stable Releases.

A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!

Special thanks to Max Hille for finding the issue with Xpconnect on Linux and X-Plane 12!

MSFS Notes

The active pause problem was fixed with the MSFS version SU12.

Loading a flight plan with user-defined points placed at the at the North Pole has been fixed
with MSFS version SU12.

See also MSFS Common Problems in the FAQ.

Changes from 2.8.9 to 2.8.10

  • Navigraph selection is now remembered for each simulator selection separately. This means that
    the Navigraph selection is automatically changed when switching between simulators. The simulator
    and Navigraph selection is reset on the first startup on update. Use the menu item
    Scenery LibraryValidate Scenery Library Settings to check your settings.
  • Created a clone of the scenery library settings validation menu item Scenery Library
    Validate Scenery Library Settings on the toolbar.
  • Added support for ActiveSky for X-Plane 12. Little Navmap detects the ASX 12 files
    automatically when selecting the X-Plane 12 scenery library.
  • Changed flight plan export for TDS GTNXi to add waypoint coordinates for disambiguation as well
    as procedures. This should help with flight loading issues due to navdata cycle mismatches.
  • Added TDS GTNXi export using waypoints only.
  • Density altitude added to airport weather report in window Information on tabs
    AirportWeather.
  • Added density altitude to aircraft progress if aircraft is on ground. This is disabled per
    default and can be enabled in the menu ToolsAircraft Progress Display Options by checking
    Density Altitude in branch Environment.
  • ILS, GLS and RNP approach slopes in elevation profile can now be forced to display for all
    approach types:
    • Disable ILS or GLS/RNP on the toolbar or in the menu ViewNavaids to see only flight
      plan related navaids on the map and approach related navaids in the elevation profile. This means
      you won’t see an ILS slope for a VOR approach, for example.
    • Enable ILS to see slopes in the elevation profile independent of the approach type. A
      destination runway or an approach has to be selected to see the slope.
  • Menu item MapRemove all Highlights and Selections (shortcut Ctrl+H) now also clears
    the multi procedure preview (Preview all Procedures in procedure search context menu).
  • Added link Show Procedures besides link Map to related airport information tabs to avoid
    context menu use for departure or destination airport.
  • Now copying flight plan cruise altitude over to the flight plan calculation window when opening
    or changing it in flight plan window.
  • More accuracy for flight plan calculation preference slider.
  • Added blue question mark help buttons to information and aircraft progress windows linking to the
    related user manual chapters.
  • Fixed userpoints category not being enabled after assigning a new type to a userpoint.
    This avoids the confusing disappearance of a userpoint after changing the type.
  • Added workaround for missing translations in MSFS for AI or multiplayer aircraft. Needs a reload
    of the scenery library.
  • Adjusted airport rating calculation for MSFS. Now setting airports having only automatically
    generated apron snippets to zero rating which equal to Empty Airport. Fix needs reloading
    the scenery library.
  • Now using correct localizer width in map for Navigraph and MSFS navaids. Localizer width added to
    ILS information display in tab Navaids and map display depiction. Note that this is only
    available for FSX, P3D, MSFS and future Navigraph databases. Needs a reload of the scenery
    library. #1011
  • Wind pointer size on top of map now depends on set font size for map.
  • Corrected VOR to/from courses which were omitted before or after procedures.
  • Fixed crash when using the MSFS toolbar plugin or other web services of Little Navmap.
  • Fixed issue with Italian translation using wrong units in search window. #1012
  • Issue with disappearing navaids being part of missed approach selection fixed.
  • Updated included SimConnect.dll in 64-bit build for MSFS to SDK 0.21.0.0.
  • Other corrections to map drawing of procedures and selected legs.
  • Updated user manual for functionality changes.

Little Xpconnect X-Plane plugin Version 1.0.37

  • Fixed fetching of aircraft registrations/tailnumbers for AI and online aircraft.
  • Better logic to read AI aircraft from add-ons where some use the new TCAS interface and some the
    old multiplayer interface.
  • Added version number to menu item Little Xpconnect.
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This is a stable release of Little Navmap which fixes several bugs and crashes and adds
improvements as well as new features.

Note that the installation of map themes has changed. Furthermore, there are changes in the scenery library
menu and in the flight plan route description. See below for more information.

The updated online user manual is available here:
Little Navmap - User Manual.

See here for user manual downloads:
User Manuals - Stable Releases.

A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!

Changes from 2.8.10 to 2.8.11

Flight Plan and Export

  • Now recognizing runway assignments from SimBrief when downloading flight plans. This fixes the
    random runway assignment after import.
  • Now resolving SID and STAR transitions when loading MSFS PLN flight plan files. This also works
    for the SimBrief exported plans where the STAR name is omitted on the first waypoint. Note that
    this is not 100 percent reliable due to deficits in the MSFS PLN file format design.
  • Trying to automatically select approach transitions for matching STAR waypoint similar as
    MSFS if an approach procedure is selected when importing MSFS PLN files.
  • Improved X-Plane FMS export. Airports with procedures are now always saved with keywords ADEP or
    ADES to allow manual departure or arrival procedure selection in the GPS or FMS.
  • Added warning if the scenery library mode Use Navigraph for all Features is enabled when
    exporting X-Plane FMS files to avoid issues when selecting procedures in the FMS or GPS.
  • Fixed wrong error message when calculating elevation profile due to required vertical angle
    conflicting with an altitude restriction. Example: Airport LTFM with approach I17LX and other
    ILS at LTFM. Vertical angle is now ignored in such cases.
  • Fixed issue with excessive fight plan altitude on loading causing program freeze and crash.
    This can happen when importing a flight plan using a format which does not provide cruise altitude
    information like FMS in some cases or FSC PLN.
  • Now using best guess to set cruise altitude automatically after loading flight plan format without
    support for cruise altitude. This is based on procedure and airway restrictions.
  • Added warning dialog if cruise altitude cannot be loaded from flight plan and has to be estimated.
  • Applying best guess now for flight plan type (IFR/VFR) when loading flight plan formats not
    supporting this.
  • Now attempting to load SID, STAR and respective transitions from FSC PLN files.
  • Added workaround for broken X-Plane FMS flight plans having partially invalid altitude information.
  • Rounding error related procedure altitude violations corrected when using metric altitude.
  • Fixed issues with wrong flight plan cruise altitude when using metric altitude.
    Rounding errors in cruise altitude when loading and saving plans with metric altitude are minimized now.
  • Added new optional element CruisingAltF to LNMPLN file format to avoid rounding errors when using
    metric units.
  • Now using metric speed and altitude designators in route description if units are set accordingly
    in options on page Units.
  • Fixed issue where imported flight plan (for example in FMS or PLN format) could be overwritten with the
    LNMPLN format after updating the plan from a route string.
  • Fixed issues with default filename generation having CRUISEALT parameter. Now using local altitude
    unit as set in options.
  • Adjusted route string reader to prefer a close VOR or waypoint before a NDB with the same ident.
  • Fixed flight plan export and save functions to avoid suggesting filenames containing /, \
    or other invalid characters.
  • Fixed issue where airway information in flight plan at STAR entry was dropped after manually
    adding a STAR.
  • Now removing first waypoint RW from X-Plane FMS 11 if a departure runway is selected. This avoids
    confusing the stock FMS and GPS which gave wrong turn indications.

Flight plan route description

  • The lower part of the input field can now be used as a scratch pad. The upper bold highlighted
    section separated by an empty line is the current route description which is read and interpreted.
    The lower gray description texts are a part of the scratch pad. These are saved on program exit but
    ignored apart from that.
  • The function Create flight plan now reads the first paragraph in the input field, i.e. until
    the first empty line.
  • ‘Load from flight plan’ inserts the route description on top of the input field and leaves other
    texts below intact.
  • Added undo/redo buttons to route description dialog window.
  • Fixed issues where airways and waypoints were dropped in some cases.

Scenery Library

  • Added optional automatic navdata selection depending on simulator and AIRAC cycle. The new option in
    menu Scenery LibraryNavigraphSelect Automatically is enabled per default and selects
    the right navdata mode when switching between simulators or after compiling the database. The automatically
    selected mode can be seen in the disabled menu items in menu Navigraph or in the window title bar.
    Little Navmap User Manual - Navigraph
  • The mode Use Navigraph for all Features is now enabled per default on first run after a fresh
    installation to have airports available if the simulator database is empty This is independent of
    the AIRAC cycle.
  • Added option to include extra directories for scenery library scanning. Extra folders extending
    MSFS Community, X-Plane Custom Scenery or FSX/P3D Addon Scenery can be added in
    options on page Scenery Library Database in the top list. #959
    Little Navmap User Manual - Scenery Library Database
  • Added message in dialog window Load Scenery Library indicating excluded folders. This is a
    hint since wrong and unintended exclusions can often cause issues like missing airports.
  • More cleanup for MSFS airport names. Now removing leading and trailing space from all names to
    allow search since some airport names are entered wrongly with spaces.
  • Fixed issue where MSFS navdata update was recognized despite having its folders excluded.
  • Fixed country names appearing as language keys when compiling MSFS. Names are now empty again
    since MSFS does not provide these.
  • Corrected detection and reading of Navigraph navdata update in MSFS. Now reading airports from
    update. Navdata and procedures are omitted. Wrongly excluded package is now read. Speed up for
    reading scenery library by ignoring unused procedures from navdata update. #1019
  • Workaround for missing aircraft model translations since MSFS SU12.
  • Now adding start positions for runways and parking spots in Navigraph navdata compiler to allow
    departure parking selection for runways as well when using mode Use Navigraph for all Features.
    This change will appear with future Navigraph navdata updates.
  • Updated included Navigraph cycle 1801 to cover above mentioned database changes.
  • X-Plane 12 manually corrected localizers file is now read.
  • Corrected overzealous filter for MSFS airport dummy structures which removed add-on helipads or
    airports. Example add-on: willicopta-spital-la-chaux-de-fonds-lsh9 which did not show up.

Userpoints

  • Added quick Mark Airport as Add-on function in all related context menus in map, flight plan
    table and airport search result table. This inserts a userpoint of type Addon without additional
    editing. The labels of this userpoint type (yellow ring) are not shown on map to avoid overlap
    with the airport labels. You can add your own types starting with text Addon. These will be
    treated the same way.
    Little Navmap User Manual - Mark Airport as Add-on
  • Added cleanup function for userpoints to remove empty or duplicates by several criteria. See menu
    UserpointsCleanup Userpoints or the context menu in the userpoint search result table.
    Little Navmap User Manual - Cleanup Userpoints
  • Userpoint CSV import is now one undo step for all selected files to avoid confusion after
    selecting more than one file for import.

Logbook

  • Fixed takeoff and landing detection in logbook for airports without runways like heliports.
    These are now always registered in the logbook. Now falling back to any nearest airport on
    takeoff or landing if no runways were found.
  • Reworked logbook statistics dialog. Enabled sorting for all columns (click on the column header)
    and removed the 1000 rows limit. The view loads more rows when scrolling down if needed.
  • Added query Aircraft hours flown to logbook statistics. #1026

Map Display

  • Added option to read map themes outside the installation folder. You can select a map theme
    folder in options on page Cache and Files below Map Display Themes. This is empty and therefor
    disabled per default. Put the map folders like google-maps-sat or us-vfr-sectionals directly
    into the selected folder and restart Little Navmap to detect the new map themes.
    This helps to avoid the re-installation of map themes after each update.
    Little Navmap User Manual - Map Themes
  • Removed not working Clear Cache from page Cache and Files. Clear the map cache by going
    directly to the folders using menu ToolsFiles and directoriesShow map cache.
    Delete folders for related map themes there to clear the cache. #619
    Little Navmap User Manual - Cache and Files / Map Display
  • Added airport filter to hide military airports. Airport filters are reset after update.
  • Fixed potential issue with steps effect when drawing lines like the aircraft trail.
  • Now adding runway true heading to labels if declination is excessive as in Antarctica.
  • Now rounding the entry altitude for destination runways to nearest 10 feet or meter to avoid
    confusing single digit values.
  • Added option to hide AI on ground on options page Map Display. This is enabled per default and can help
    to avoid hidden AI if traffic tools do not update the on-ground status of aircraft properly.
  • Improved measurement line drawing. Added new measurement line label text colors to configuration
    file little_navmap_mapstyle.ini (look for DistanceMarker).
  • Measurement label now aligned with line.
  • Avoiding flickering course values while dragging measurement line.
  • Better measurement line handling: Tooltip and hotspot for measurement lines is now origin and end.
    The line can be moved from both ends.
  • Measurement lines can now be the origin of a userpoint showing its label.
  • Added option for airway display at flight plan legs in options on page Map Display Labels in
    branch Flight Plan. This is disabled per default.
  • Adjusted settings for offset localizer to also detect slightly offset KJFK 22R. This is indicated
    by Offset Localizer in the tooltip.

User Interface

  • Reading correct ICAO aircraft designator from MSFS aircraft.cfg files for user aircraft now.
    This allows to get the right ICAO aircraft designator like B738 or C172 which is used to
    match the aircraft performance to the simulator aircraft resulting in a warning in case of mismatch.
    You might need to adapt the aircraft performance files in some cases to avoid the warning message like
    User aircraft type "BE58" in simulator is not equal to type "EPIC" used in performance file.
    Adapt performance and menu AircraftEdit Aircraft Performance. Change the field Aircraft type
    on the tab Aircraft accordingly.
    [Little Navmap User Manual - Aircraft Type]48. Aircraft Performance Edit — Little Navmap User Manual)
  • Changed the airspace category toolbar buttons and menu items to a more logical order.
  • Fixed several issues in dialog window and when creating folder structure for user files from
    menu ToolsCreate Directory Structure for saving Files.
  • The web server is now only restarted on parameter change in options. This avoids the hanging due
    to unneeded restart on exit or cancel. #1019
  • Now allowing comma separated coordinates for decimal coordinate formats like 50,07477,8,54053 or
    50.07477,8.54053. Spaces before and after the comma are allowed.
    Little Navmap User Manual - Coordinates
  • Added capability to read Google Earth or Google Maps coordinates with space separated degree
    and decimal minutes like -54 50.60, -68 17.73.
  • Added option for Google coordinate output format in options on page Units.
  • Fixed issue where a search for userpoint type was not applied on startup.
  • Fixed freeze after error dialog when moving or deleting GLOBE path.
  • Fixed occasional freeze or crash when loading the elevation profile on startup.

User Manual

  • Adapted included and online user manual to changes.
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This is a stable release of Little Navmap which fixes several bugs and adds
improvements as well as new features.

Notable changes: Windows Installation program, Prepar3D v6 support,
fix for MSFS waypoint moved to North issue, Little Navconnect tray icon and more.

Also update Little Navconnect if you’re using it to
avoid crashes that were introduced with 2.8.12.rc1.
.

The updated online user manual is available here:
Little Navmap - User Manual.

See here for user manual downloads:
User Manuals - Stable Releases.

A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!

Changes from 2.8.11 to 2.8.12

Installation and Startup

  • Added Inno Setup installer packages. This installs
    Little Navmap for all users in the folders Program Files for the 64-bit package or
    Program Files (x86) for the 32-bit package. Both can be installed in parallel. The installer
    creates start menu entries for all included programs as well as most important files and links.
    File types can optionally be associated with Little Navmap which allows to load a flight plan by
    double clicking on a LNMPLN file in Windows Explorer or other file managers. Little Navmap is
    then either started or a running instance is used to load a plan. See
    Little Navmap User Manual - Installation.
    Note that there is no need to install or modify any files in the installation folder. See also
    Little Navmap User Manual - Map Themes.
  • Removed restart requirement after installing MSVC Redistributables in 64-bit Windows
    installer (from 2.8.12.rc1).
  • Improved the detection of an already running instance of Little Navmap. Removed warning dialog
    for Program is already running situation. Instead the Little Navmap window is brought into
    foreground and any file passed to the program is opened. Furthermore, all files passed on the
    command line without parameters are checked for type and are loaded accordingly. This is working
    on Windows, macOS and Linux. See also
    Little Navmap User Manual - Command Line Options.
  • Now allowing to run more than one Little Navmap instance when using separate configuration folders.
  • Updated MSFS SimConnect DLL to the latest version 0.21.1.0.

Map

  • Added configuration option for degree grid in view menu. Select menu View
    Show Map Grid Configuration to change color of grid lines and labels.
  • Fixed issue where split user aircraft trails from previous version 2.8.10 were read wrongly
    and appeared all connected to one.
  • Corrected loading of oceanic tracks to avoid disappearing flight plan after load.
  • Now creating two backups for main trail file little_navmap.track to avoid data loss on update.
  • Now backing up configuration and track files with ..._update-backup.N suffix after installing
    and starting a new version to avoid data loss.
  • Corrected issue where map grid was drawn below landmass in some offline maps.
  • Menu and toolbar items for airspace altitude filter are now correctly selected again after
    restart.
  • Fixed missing flight plan waypoint tooltips and click spots with airway or track display enabled.
  • Added theme open flightmaps to included map themes.
    This is a modified version of the map theme by
    AmbitiousPilots including changes
    from b-faller.
  • Now showing top level map image tile correctly for open flightmaps instead of an black area.
  • Fixed more issues with the external map theme folder where maps having more than one layer like
    the open flightmaps map theme could not be used.
  • Updated map theme file example.dgml.
  • Corrected checking for duplicate elements of sourceDir in map theme DGML files for maps having
    more than one layer. This avoids the issue where different map themes might overwrite data in the
    cache folder.

Userpoint and Logbook

  • Fixed problem where no error was shown when importing invalid userpoint or logbook CSV files.
  • Fixed issue where an aborted CSV import might corrupt the undo data in some cases.
  • Update CSV import and export for userpoints to allow unit suffixes in altitude. Now detecting
    suffixes m for meter and f for feet to import altitude in respective units. Feet is
    default when using no suffix.
  • Fixed various issues with units in userpoint edit dialog. Now correctly setting and displaying
    metric units for Visible from and Elevation or altitude. Corrected Visible from display in
    userpoint search result table. Now using more precision in userpoint altitude to avoid rounding
    errors between units.

Flight Plan and Export

  • Corrected wrong error message for procedures having a MAP lower than airport elevation.
    Example: FAUP RNAV UP1F1 (R35)
  • Fix in flight plan export for MSFS where several waypoints are moved to North. Thanks to Github user
    eaides for the hint. #1038
  • Added selection box for IFR or VFR flight plan type to route description.

Other

  • Fixed issues where X-Plane simulator weather was not loaded from manually set folder without a
    X-Plane installation. The weather was not loaded and wrong warning dialog was shown.
    This is the case when Little Navmap runs on an networked or remote computer and the weather
    is loaded from a shared network drive from the flying computer.
  • Flight plan route description dialog is now updated on style change.
  • Moved AI and online aircraft menu items to sub-menu in View to avoid menu size limitation.
  • More fixes in weather to skip unneeded reading of ActiveSky weather files. These are now read
    on demand if ActiveSky sky options like tooltips are enabled.
  • Fixed crash when copying log file on size overflow which was introduced with 2.8.12.rc1.
    This resulted in a random crash to desktop while loading the scenery library.
  • Fixed crash when loading Active Sky files if Active Sky file path was set manually and removed
    later on.
  • Corrected menu items and toolbar buttons which remained disabled after connecting to simulator.

Little Navconnect Version 2.8.7

  • Added support for system tray icon. Close button on window frame now optionally minimizes window
    to system tray. Enable this in menu WindowMinimize to system tray. The tray icon is always
    visible. System tray icon shows last five messages from log in tooltip. #712
    See Little Navconnect User Manual - Tray.
  • Tray icon has a context menu to restore window, show settings and more. Left click on the tray icon
    to restore or minimize the Little Navconnect window.
  • New option WindowStart minimized to system tray to start program without opening a window.
  • Fixed various issues with text field updates causing warnings in log file.
  • Updated user manual.
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Notes

This is a stable release of Little Navmap which fixes several bugs and adds
improvements as well as new features.

Notable changes: Direct to waypoint function, search refined and simplified,
convert procedure to waypoints for editing, route description using runways and approaches,
load and save aircraft trail as GPX, search in options dialog window, hints in options,
wind in runway and procedure selection, install Little Xpconnect from menu Tools,
crash and issue reports, colored aircraft trail and more.

Also update Little Navconnect and Little Xpconnect if you’re using one of them.
Little Navmap will show a notification dialog if you use an outdated version of Little Xpconnect.
You can update and install Little Xpconnect from the menu Tools in Little Navmap now.

Little Navmap will show a reminder to reload the scenery library databases to get improvements.

macOS users: Keep in mind that you have to clear the quarantine flag when updating Little Xpconnect. See
Clearing the Quarantine Flag on macOS.

The updated online user manual is available here:
Little Navmap - User Manual.

See here for user manual downloads:
User Manuals - Stable Releases.

A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!

Changes from 2.8.12 to 3.0.4

See below for changes from 3.0.3.rc1 to 3.0.4.

User Manual and FAQ

  • Frequently asked questions updated.

  • Revised the user manual. Added more tips, hints and screenshots.

  • User manual is updated for all new functions. All help buttons and links point to the right chapters.

  • Added sub-menu User Manual - Helpful Chapters with important help links in main menu.

  • Removed offline PDF manual in program and installer. You can download the user manual in PDF and other
    formats from the page User Manuals. This page is also linked
    from the menu HelpDownload User Manuals.

Map Display and Map Context Menu

Flight Plan Route Description

User Interface

New Menu Items

Aircraft Trail

Options

Changed Search

Other

Translations

  • Updated Italian translation by Flavio Borgna.
  • Updated translation for Brazilian Portuguese by Ricardo Vitor.
  • Updated French translation by Patrick.
  • Updated German translation.

Flight Plan

  • Added direct to function to all related context menus in flight plan table, map and search result
    table. This function is only enabled if you are connected to a simulator. You can select a direct
    to any waypoint ahead of the active leg, the destination airport or an alternate airport.
    Furthermore you can direct to any position, navaid or airport which are not a part of the flight
    plan. Using Direct to adds a waypoint PPOS (present position) at the aircraft location and a
    direct line to the clicked position.
  • Added function to convert procedures into a list of waypoints. Right click on a procedure leg in
    the flight plan table or the map display and select Convert to Waypoints. A warning will be shown
    to indicate limitations of the conversion. After converting you can edit the procedure waypoints
    like any other flight plan waypoint list.
  • Added preferred runway indication in departure and destination runway selection dialog window.
    This is based on the selection in menu WeatherAirport Weather Source and shows the best
    runways for wind and the used weather source. Also showing head and crosswind for each runway in
    the selection table.
  • Less important columns are now hidden in the flight plan table per default. You can bring these
    back in the flight plan table context menu item Flight Plan Table Display Options or in the main
    menu ToolsFlight Plan Table Display Options.
  • Added calibrated magnetic declination at a VOR or real magnetic declination at a waypoint to
    flight plan table. This is disabled per default. Enable it in main menu Tools
    Flight Plan Table Display Options
  • Now checking altitude restrictions correctly against airways considering the climb and descent
    phase of a flight plan. Clearing airways in flight plan leg if they conflict with restrictions in
    climb or descent after flight plan calculation to avoid errors.
  • Added button to dialog windows Select Departure Runway and Select Destination Runway to
    quickly jump to the procedure search tab showing departure or arrival and approach procedures.
  • An invalid departure and/or destination airport is now allowed when loading a flight plan. The
    altitude at departure and destination points is only assigned if GLOBE elevation data is installed
    and active.
  • Corrected wrong indications for flight plan having only one airport as is useful for pattern
    work. Fixed wrong departure indication. Now showing airport as destination as well as distance and
    time for single point plans.
  • Removed wrong indentation in print and HTML flight plan. More cleanup in HTML export and
    printing. Made header smaller. #1054
  • Moved distance and time section in flight plan header up to general data. Added underline as
    separator in flight plan table header below distance and time section.
  • Now showing a warning message if the departure parking spot of a flight cannot be found after
    loading or switching simulator databases.
  • User interaction fixes in flight plan table. Now avoiding unwanted centering of navaids due to
    follow selection while editing flight plan. Fixed cursor positioning when editing flight plan.
  • Fixed issues with wrong error messages for runway mismatches. The logic is now more tolerant for
    airports where renamed runway numbers do not match exactly the runways in the navigation data due
    to magnetic drift.
  • Now trying to find a cruise altitude which does not violate restrictions if it cannot be loaded
    from a flight plan or if the plan has an invalid cruise altitude. This applies to all plans
    which are loaded manually by an user. The change can be undone to revert to the previously
    invalid cruise altitude.
  • Fixed issue where PLN, FMS or other imported flight plan files were wrongly overwritten in LNMPLN
    format in some cases.
  • Now assigning runway automatically for STAR and approaches to avoid error messages about runway
    mismatches. This means that a selected STAR runway changes automatically to the one used by a
    newly selected approach if the STAR allows multiple runways.
    The runway of a multi-runway STAR will also be automatically selected for an approach runway
    already inserted avoiding the runway selection dialog. Error messages remain if a STAR does not
    allow runways for a selected approach or vice versa.
  • Fixed issue where no departure runway could be selected if a plan consisted of only one airport.
    This can happen when starting to build a flight plan and left menu items in context menus disabled.
  • Better transition detection now when importing MSFS PLN files. Using last STAR waypoint or last
    en-route waypoint to automatically find a matching approach transition.
  • Fixed wrong distance calculation for procedure leg sequence intercept, initial fix and following legs.
    This resulted in wrong distance, time and ETA calculations as well as a wrong elevation profile.
    Example: EFVA via AXUTI and I16-Y.
  • Added option to adjust text size for tab ‘Flight Plan Remarks’ in options on page Display and Text.
  • Added text size option for flight plan table header text in options on page Display and Text.
  • Replaced degree sign ° in MSFS flight plan export with * to avoid issues on computers with
    Asian locale.
  • More usability improvements.

Flight Plan Route Description

  • Now reading and optionally writing departure runway and approach procedure/runway to and from
    ATS strings.
    You can disable this in the dropdown menu button of the Flight Plan Route Description by
    selecting Write Runway and Approach instructions.
    Examples: EDDK/06 NVO1K NVO Q760 INLAR T853 LMA EDDL/LMA.I05R (approach ILS 05R via
    LMA) GCLA/36 TFS3T TFS GCTS/TES2.I07-Y (depart from runway 36 using SID TFS3T) and
    KSFO/01R DCT BAART R464 BITTA KAENA2 PHNL/BOOKE.R04L (approach RNAV 04L via BOOKE).
    This allows to share a complete flight plan by just using the route description.
  • Logbook entries now use the detailed format including runways and approaches for route description.
  • Moved less used menu items to sub-menu Advanced in drop down button menu in
    Flight Plan Route Description dialog window.
  • Fixed route description to recognize a STAR which is equal to waypoint after an airway.
    Example: RJAA OOITA Y40 KAZMA RJFT resulted in No waypoint after airway Y40.
    KAZMA is STAR as well as a waypoint ending airway Y40. Now adding STAR to plan for these cases.
  • Improved altitude correction after reading flight plan description without altitude designation.
    Now using lowest possible altitude depending on airway and procedure restrictions if present.
    Otherwise falls back to defaults for 10000 ft when using VFR or 20000 ft for IFR. Adjust in the
    flight plan table as needed.
  • More fixes and improvements.

Flight Plan Export

  • Added export, loading and appending of an aircraft track from and to a GPX file in main menu
    FileGPX Exchange Format. GPX track is centered after loading if enabled in options on page
    Files.
  • Moved GPX export to category Garmin in multiexport.
  • Fixed wrong altitude in route section for GPX export. Now using calculated altitudes as shown in
    elevation profile. #1053
  • Corrected export of .txt flight plans where STAR keyword was missing in some cases. This
    affected JarDesign and Rotate MD-80 aircraft.
  • Added warning for invalid VFR flights plans when exporting a VFR plan to MSFS wrongly using airways
    and procedures.
  • Fixed issue where export did not stop when answering No in warning dialog.
  • Now prefixing one digit runway numbers with zero for X-Plane FMS export to avoid issues when
    loading into the GPS or FMS.
  • Now writing field ICAOIdent for userpoints in FSX/P3D flight plan export to fix userpoint display
    in GPS.
  • Fix for PLN flight plan export in MSFS where transitions were not loaded by the simulator due to a
    missing waypoint. Example: EDDV, using STAR NIE27 and approach NIE.I27RY or approach SAS.I27RZ.
    Same fix for loading without STAR.
  • Fix for missing airport ident for waypoints in PLN flight plan export for FSX/P3D.

Procedures

  • Added ARINC procedure type like I13R or R12 in brackets for approaches in the
    procedure search tree. The ARINC type and procedure ident can now be searched.
    DACNA (R06) will be found when entering DAC or R06, for example.
  • Better indication for number of transitions in procedure search using clear text instead of
    the misleading T.
  • Added preferred runway indication in procedure search top label based on selection in menu
    WeatherAirport Weather Source. This shows the best runways for wind and the used weather
    source. Also showing head and crosswind components for approach procedures in procedure tree
    based on Airport Weather Source.
  • Fixed issue where runway filters were missing in some cases in procedure search.
    Example: KIAD and runway 30 where the runway has only SID and STAR but no approaches.
  • Corrected a problem where procedures could not be found in Navigraph database for airports that
    had moved. Examples are GAKL and DAUU in MSFS.
  • Now considering airport ident when resolving procedure leg fixes to work around invalid duplicate
    waypoint names in a region. This is to avoid malformed procedures.
  • Added warning message if procedure runways cannot be not found for simulator airport. This means
    that runways from navigation data do not match runways of the simulator airport data. You can
    update the navigation data or update or install an add-on airport to fix this. Procedures can still
    be used for such airports since Little Navmap uses a best guess to cross reference simulator
    runways. As a result you will see slightly differring runway numbers in portions of the program.

Map Display

  • Option to use color or black and white gradients for aircraft trail indicating flown altitude.
    Enable this in options on page Map Aircraft Trail. The gradient is also used in the elevation
    profile and logbook trail preview. #97
  • Added tooltips for aircraft trail and logbook trail preview. Enable this function in option on
    page Map Tooltips and Clicks.
  • Trail points are now created dynamically depending on aircraft flight path to save trail points and
    get better map display performance. As a result, the trail points are not evenly spaced.
  • Add-on airport display has changed and now adheres to airport filters instead of forcing an
    always-on display. Add-on filter now only overrides zoom settings and not filters. This means you
    can hide all add-on airports having a Soft Surface, for example.
  • Added option to define distance of departure leg when adding airport traffic pattern.
  • Fixed incorrect airport filter No procedure which omitted airports in some cases. Examples
    EDFQ, EDGS, EDME and EKSN with MSFS and Navigraph in mixed data mode. #1055
  • Added function Select Leg in Flight Plan in map context menu More or for each
    click on a flight plan leg if enabled in options on page Map Tooltips and Clicks. This will
    highlight a flight plan leg in the table if you click on the waypoint in the map.
  • Added option to hide alternate airports and related flight plan legs in menu
    ViewShow alternate Airports or on toolbar.
  • ILS are now shown or hidden depending on related airport visibility as selected in the airport
    filter on the toolbar or in main menu ViewAirports to have less clutter on the map.
  • Added new airspace styles by Michael Schuster. Thank you a lot for your help!
  • Map colors and styles are embedded in the program. You can still add a file
    little_navmap_mapstyle.ini to the settings folder to override the default styles. Your
    current little_navmap_mapstyle.ini is automatically backed up on first start after updating
    Little Navmap.
  • Fixed performance issues when drawing airway and other rotated text labels on Windows which
    resulted in jerky map movement with airways or ILS visible.
  • Now disabling font anti-aliasing for all labels when moving map to get a smoother movement.
  • Now using FreeType as font engine for better text labels and better performance on Windows.
    Rotated texts are better readable now. You can disable this in options on page Display and Text.
  • Added airspace labels. Note that labels might still overlap. Disable the labels or
    limit airspace display to improve map display performance if you see jerky map movement.
  • Airspace label options added to options dialog on page Map Labels in branch Airspaces.
  • New option for airspace transparency and boundary line thickness on options page Map Display.
    These options are combined with styles in little_navmap_mapstyle.ini if this file is present.
  • Added option for filtering out FBZ (flight buffer zone) and multiple code Z airspaces
    on page Map Display in section Airspaces. This is on per default and reduces clutter. #1047
  • Added text size option for airspaces on options page Map Display section Airspaces.
  • Fixed issue where large airspaces near anti-meridian disappeared.
  • Improved placement of flight plan text labels to minimize overlap.
  • Fixed missing COM on online center previews. #625
  • Now drawing transparent surfaces in X-Plane as light gray for airports with wrong surface
    definitions.
  • Colors for apron, runway and other surfaces can now be changed in little_navmap_mapstyle.ini.
    #1059
  • Added length in NM and ft or Meters to measurement line tooltips.
  • Improved labels on parking spots on the map. Now replacing known keywords like Gate and
    others with first word character like G 1 for Gate 11.
  • Changed default map darkening when using style from menu WindowStyleDark to a
    lighter value. You can adjust this in options on page Map in section Map Display Options.
  • Fixed issue where internal cache was not cleaned when switching databases resulting in wrong
    nearest airport with procedure indications.
  • Improved taxiway labels and increased number of labels.
  • Better airspace matching for online airspaces. You can load the files
    firboundaries.json and
    traconboundaries.json into the
    Little Navmap user airspace library to get more real boundaries for VATSIM online centers
    instead of the generic circles. #490
  • The empty airport display option is now disabled per default on new installations to avoid
    confusion with wrongly labeled 2D airports in X-Plane 12.
  • Adjusted display of navaids for better visibility on dark maps like CARTO Dark Matter or
    Mapbox Dark.
  • More map display improvements.

Map Display Themes

  • Better error messages about map theme conflicts showing clickable links to files.
  • Added new map theme Stadia StamenTerrain requiring an API key since StamenTerrain is discontinued.
    Delete the old StamenTerrain files in your map themes folder which can be seen in options on
    page Cache and Files or in the installation folder .../Little Navmap/data/maps/earth to avoid
    error messages when starting Little Navmap.
  • Updated installer to remove the now unsupported StamenTerrain map theme on update to avoid
    error messages.
  • Added a reject list for map themes. You will see a warning for broken and discontinued
    map themes. Uninstall these to silence the warning.
  • Added MapBox Dark and MapBox Light map themes. Note that you need a free MapBox account and an API key
    to use these.

Elevation Profile

  • Elevation profile settings are reset now and have to be re-adjusted.
  • Now deleting aircraft trail in elevation profile on takeoff to avoid a cluttered profile display.
    This does not affect the trail on the map display which is independently stored.
  • Added optional display of vertical speeds to elevation profile header. You can enable this in the
    profile context menu or in the main menu ToolsElevation Profile Display Options in branch
    Header Line.
  • Fixed issue with wrong error message that kept the program from building the elevation profile.
    Example: Approach I29-Z via PLADE at MMGL.
  • Missing PAPI in profile fixed when last procedure leg is a short circle-to-land.
    Example: EGPF via GOW and D23.
  • Fixed inaccuracy where highlight point differed from center position and was sometimes hidden
    when using Follow on map in the elevation profile.

Information

  • Better text formatting in airport runway and procedure information. Added separator line for
    runways and procedures.
  • Made more important fields in aircraft progress bold and large for better visibility while
    flying: Heading, wind and pressure.
  • Fixed issue where airports having procedures were not loaded properly in airport tab Nearest.

Options

  • Added search function to options dialog on the top left. Search reduces the visible pages to the
    ones containing the search text. Matching labels and buttons are highlighted on each page.
  • Reorganized options dialog and moved some options to new pages.
  • Better error checking for theme path in options dialog to avoid accidental selection of the stock
    theme folder.
  • Added hints prefixed with a light bulb in the options dialog pointing to other related settings.
    Some hints contain a link which directly opens the related page. Bold text is still an important
    note like Restart required.
  • Extended minimum and maximum line widths and text sizes that can be set in options dialog for
    map features.
  • Now removing leading and trailing white space from URLs in options to avoid issues with wrong
    user input. #1089
  • New option to enable or disable the FreeType font engine on Windows on options on page Display and Text.
    Enabling this results in better and faster text display on the map, especially for rotated labels.
    But the text will appear slightly blurred throughout the whole application. Deselect this to
    avoid the blurred text in menus and application windows.

Search

  • Added combined search field for airport idents and names (ICAO, FAA, city, name and others)
    using partial match for quick search. Separate search fields are still available. The same rules as
    mentioned in the point below apply.
  • Completely reworked search functions for all search tabs. Now looking for partial text matches
    per default in all input fields instead of requiring stars as wildcards. This means that a search
    term of Chicago will find Gary Chicago as well as KORD. EDDE will find Erfurt-Weimar (EDDE)
    as well as Wedderburn. Stars * act as wildcards and double quotes " force an exact search.
    You can also enter a space separated list of names or idents and Little Navmap will show the
    results for each name.
  • Search option fields selected from context menu using include/exclude are now opened
    automatically to avoid confusion. This applies to the Show in search function in the
    map context menu.
  • Modified search fields hidden from the dropdown button menu (three-lines-button) are now ignored
    when searching.
  • Now using better indications in the dropdown menu items. (changed) shows that an option is
    used and visible to the user. (changed, not used) indicates a changed option is ignored
    since the related fields are hidden from the dropdown menu button.
  • Corrected broken sort order of numerical columns when using distance search #1060
  • Fixed search to allow usage of underscore (_) and percent (%) as literals in search terms.
    Note that these are not used as wildcard characters like in SQL.
  • Added option to preview the entries to be deleted when using the cleanup function in the
    userpoint and the logbook search.
  • Fixed date and time stored in wrong format after editing a logbook entry. This resulted in a
    wrong sort order when sorting by time in the logbook table. Now storing local real time with
    timezone offset. Log data with wrong local real time and missing timezone is now corrected to
    current timezone offset. #1057
  • Fixed crash that appeared when importing logbook entries or userpoints a second time.

Weather

  • Now also searching for ICAO code instead of internal ident for METAR reports when using X-Plane
    to avoid missing airport weather reports.
  • Now ignoring empty GRIB files from the X-Plane weather folder.

Scenery Library

  • Additional scenery folder added in options on page Scenery Library Database is now read
    recursively for all simulators. This means that you can use sub-directories to organize your
    add-ons.
  • Hints about encrypted airports and others can now be skipped (Do not show hints again ...)
    after loading a scenery library database.
  • Now excluding all navaids in detected Navigraph update when reading scenery library of MSFS. This
    speeds up the loading time by skipping unused data.
  • Fixed issues with moved or updated airports in MSFS when reading scenery library.
  • Doubled number of airspace arc and circle segments for more display accuracy for all simulators.
  • Fixed wrong calculation for airport rating which did not update add-on airports in some cases
    for MSFS, FSX and P3D.
  • Deleting duplicate navaids now by region, ident and position. This allows to update frequency or
    type for VOR and NDB on P3D or FSX by add-on.
  • Wrongly built MSFS airports like the Microsoft MKJS now keep their procedure information despite
    trying to override it with an empty procedure set. #1085
  • Updated database version to 14.28. The version is shown in the dialog window Load Scenery Library
    as Database Version. The current version assigned by Little Navmap is shown as Program Version.
    Little Navmap will show a reminder to reload scenery library databases.
  • The program now checks for obsolete database versions. You need at least a version later than 14.24
    to avoid crashes. Little Navmap will show a notification dialog on startup where it offers to
    erase and reload the outdated database.
  • Added new approach markings for XP12.
  • Fixed wrong language settings used to load MSFS database on first startup. Now always using the
    language set in options by the user.

Navigraph Navdatabase

Note that these changes were first published in AIRAC cycle 2402 and need an updated Navigraph navdatabase.

  • Runways marked as closed are now shown as such when using mode Use Navigraph for all Features.
  • Airport patterns now correctly marked as not available.
  • Runways having one end closed are now positioned correctly. This also resulted in misplaced
    departure procedures even when using Use Navigraph for Navaids and Procedures. Example: EDDF runway 18.
  • Fixed issue where circular airspace arcs resulted in self crossing polygons and thus in wrong
    text placement.

User Interface

  • Split toolbars into smaller sections and reorganized toolbar buttons for a more logical order.
    The smaller toolbars can now be better arranged to user needs.
    Note that the initial state after the update is not defined. You either have to re-arrange
    the toolbars manually or use the function in main menu WindowReset Window Layout to Default
    which also resets the toolbar layout to default.
  • Added new main menu Search for quick access to most used search functions.
  • Moved toolbars and dock window actions in menu Window to sub-menus.
  • Now compacting status bar fields after timeout if the mouse cursor is not inside the map (no
    coordinate display).
  • Fixed issue where not all toolbars were resized on macOS when changing size in options.
  • Changed dock window menu items and tool buttons as well as shortcuts to have same order as
    dock windows clockwise.
  • Updated all message dialogs to make text in dialog boxes selectable by mouse click and
    right-click context menu. Text can now copied and pasted from all message boxes. No need
    to make screenshots since text can simply be copied.
  • Renamed user interface style Night to Dark.
  • More improvements for user interface font changes, dark mode and style windowsvista.
  • Fixed bug where cleanup did not work properly in logbook and left over logbook entries which could
    not be removed.
  • Added menu item in ToolsFiles and Directories
    Show GLOBE Offline Elevation Data Installation to open the GLOBE installation folder.
  • Added more clickable blue links for files and folders in information, warning or question dialog windows.
    These either open a file in the default program or open a file manager like Windows Explorer or
    Apple Finder showing the file or directory selected.
  • Opening and selecting files in system file manager when clicking on links in dialogs. This is now
    working for Linux and macOS too.
  • Assigned shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Shift+W to Reset Window Layout to Default to restore the main window if
    Little Navmap is hidden or off-screen after starting.

Crash and Issue Report

  • Added functionality to automatically generate a crash report on startup. Little Navmap will show
    a notification dialog if it detects an improper shutdown of the last session, i.e. a crash. You can
    then choose to skip loading last used files such as the flight plan or window layout which may have caused
    the crash. A Zip file with all important settings and other files is created and can be shown by
    clicking the blue link in the dialog. Upload this file to a platform like
    FileTransfer.io and send me the link
    (Contact) so I can try to reproduce the
    issue. Note that there is no need to collect the log and other files for a bug report now. The
    files optionally skipped on loading are: Flight plan, aircraft performance, all search terms,
    information content, aircraft trail, window layout and KML files. No user files are modified or removed.
  • You can create an issue report manually by selecting main menu Tools
    Create an Issue Report to get a Zip file containing all relevant files needed to reproduce a problem.

Other

  • Fixed various issues when using Windows UNC paths (file share names like \\server\share\path).
  • Windows installer now removes portable execution script Little Navmap Portable.cmd since this cannot
    be used with the installer. Download one of Zip archives of Little Navmap to use the portable mode.
  • Enabled IPv6 for remote connections to Little Navconnect.
  • Removed command line option -s (--settings-directory). Use -p (--settings-path) instead which uses
    either the full path or a path relative to the application executable.
  • Fixed settings like high DPI mode not read when using command line options to relocate the settings folder
    like it is used in portable mode.

Web Server

  • Enabled IPv6 for web server and added additional IPv6 addresses to display.
  • Fixed additional map theme not used on web server map which was stuck to OpenStreetMap.
  • Removed display of loopback or localhost devices in options on page Web Server which are not
    accessible from other computers on a local network. This is now added only if no other
    address was found, i.e. no network interfaces like Wi-Fi or Ethernet available.
  • Fixed issues where the web server map reverted back to the Atlas map theme when using external map
    themes.
  • Fixed a deadlock resulting in program freeze in HTTP server. This appeared when shutting down with
    parallel incoming web requests.
  • Corrected excessive logging in HTTP server which could cause stutters in simulators.
  • Document root folder change in options on page Web Server is now handled correctly.
  • Better error checking and display for wrong document root folder in options on page Web Server.
  • Fixed creating of unwanted registry entries in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\ABarthel\Little Navmap.
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\ABarthel and all sub-keys are now removed when starting Little Navmap
    after updating.

X-Plane and Little Xpconnect

  • Added installation option for Little Xpconnect from main menu
    ToolsInstall Little Xpconnect in X-Plane plugins.
    This can be used to install or update the X-Plane plugin from the installation folder.
    Note that the plugin will be installed in the currently selected X-Plane instance from
    menu Scenery Library. Additonally Little Navmap will scan for double and wrong installations of
    Little Xpconnect. Do not download the plugin manually. It is included in the Little Navmap
    download archive.
  • Added version check for Little Xpconnect. Now showing a warning message if an outdated version of
    the plugin was found.

Linux

  • Now safely catching termination signals on Linux. This avoids data loss due to unsaved files when
    terminating the program with Ctrl+C from the command line.
  • Show in file manager function for blue links in Little Navmap now also works on Linux. This uses
    the DBUS protocol to start the default file manager and select a file in in.
  • Little Navmap supports the Wayland compositor which is used on newer Linux distributions
    but you have to install the package qtwayland5.

Changes from 3.0.3.rc1 to 3.0.4

These are fixes for bugs introduced with the 3.0 versions.

  • AI aircraft altitude now appears at higher zoom distance on the map.
  • Corrected not translatable texts in runway dialog.
  • Fixed issues in route description when opening from SimBrief. Now hiding advanced menu and adding
    runways to route description when opening dialog after download.
  • Attempt to fix crashes on Windows shutdown with Little Navmap open.
  • Fixed issue where a wrong crash report was triggered after identifying incompatible database.
  • Now omitting IPv6 link local addresses in display in options on page Web Server.
  • Reworked issue report to include up-to-date files now as well as flight plan as loaded in memory.
  • Removed ILS de-duplication from X-Plane data compiler and adjusted it for MSFS, P3D and FSX.
  • Fixed issue where procedures having runways not matching simulator runways resulted in a wrong
    runway warning. Example: SKBO in X-Plane 11/12 having 13L, 13R, 31L and 31R while latest
    navigation data (cycle 2402) refers to 14L, 14R, 32L and 32R. In December 2022 the runways at
    SKBO (Bogotá El Dorado International Airport) were renamed due to magnetic heading drift.
    This can occiasinally happen at airports.
  • Changed application to catch Windows shutdown correctly. Now exiting program cleanly when shutting
    down Windows with Little Navmap running.
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This is a hotfix for Little Navmap which fixes a problem loading MSFS flight plan files.

Changes from 3.0.4 to 3.0.5

  • Hotfix to avoid error message Caught exception: Invalid lat/long format
    when loading the new MSFS PLN files with * as degree sign, as used since 3.0.4.
  • Fixed missing navaids in tabs AirportNearest and added missing links to navaids.
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