[UPDATE: 3.0.16] Little Navmap

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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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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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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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Version 3.0.6

Notes

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

Notable changes: New add-on airport filter modes in menu View.
Airport and navaid links in aircraft progress tab.
Logbook status and collected aircraft performance now kept between restarts.

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 3.0.5 to 3.0.6

Flight Plan and Procedures

  • Fixed wrong warning for runway mismatches in procedure search. Showed unneeded mismatch warning
    for runways without procedure. Example: KSTK.
  • Fixed issue where SID/STAR could not be reloaded due to wrongly detected runway mismatch when
    using the MSFS scenery library. Example: EDDE ERNE1V EDDK/I14L
    could not load ERNE1V when loading the flight plan for MSFS.
  • Flight plan name now updated in window title bar when using Save or Save as.
  • Now correctly assigning ALL as runway designator to SID/STAR having no runway assignments in MSFS.
    Reload the scenery library if you use MSFS.
  • Fixed issue where STAR could not be loaded from MSFS PLN file. Example: KIAD/30 ANJLL4.DNERO KLAX/06L.
  • Fixed crash when modifying flight plan.

Flight Plan Route Description

  • Fixed issue where STAR keyword was not generated from flight plan in route description.
    Now always adding generic SID/STAR keywords in export formats like the Rotate MD-80 .txt format
    to avoid issues when loading plan in FMC.
  • Fixed issue with alternate airports having the same STAR as destination.
    Example: KVHN SSO SUNSS8 KDVT KPHX showed a wrong error message and used KPHX as destination.
  • Fixes in route description where description MUHA EPMAR3 MAXIM SNDBR3 KMIA was not recognized
  • Added Ctrl+Return shortcut to create flight plan from route description.
  • Fixed issues where airways were not recognized. Example: KCNM WHOLE EWM J4 SUNSS8.SSO KDVT where
    J4 was added as a far off NDB.
  • Fixed plan reset to VFR in route description. Flight plan type is now set from current flight plan
    type in window Flight Planning when clicking Load from Flight Plan.

Flight Plan Export

  • Reverted change for degree sign ° vs. * in MSFS PLN flight plan files to avoid issues with
    third-party software not capable to read this MSFS compatible format.
  • Added new multiexport format Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 format using "*" as degree sign
    for cases where the simulator or add-ons cannot deal with the ° sign.
  • Removed obsolete annotated PLN export. Little Navmap can still read this format from old flight
    plans.

Map Display

  • Added three add-on airport map display options to menu View and toolbar.
    See User Manual - View Menu - Airports.
    1. Add-on no override (Ctrl+Alt+O): Add-on airports are shown like normal airports.
    2. Add-on override zoom (Ctrl+Alt+Z): Add-on airports override zoom distance only but filters
      like Soft Surface can still be used to hide them.
    3. Add-on override zoom and filter (Ctrl+Alt+Y): Add-on airports override zoom distance and
      filters, i.e. are always shown. Filters like Soft Surface have no effect on add-on airports.
  • Added airport filter preset Show only add-on airports in menu View and toolbar.
  • Map theme shortcuts for included themes can now be defined in DGML file.
  • Assigned shortcuts Ctrl+Alt+0 to Ctrl+Alt+7 for all default free included map themes.
    These do not change when adding additional themes.
  • Fixed disappearing related navaids when drawing procedures. This happened when navaid was outside
    the bounding box of the flight plan.
  • Added options for airport runway labels and taxiway label size on page Map Display in section
    Airports.

User Interface

  • Replaced outdated airway types Victor and Jet with Low and High everywhere in the program.
  • Fixed too small table cell height on Windows with the high DPI option switched off.
  • Now also closing the startup image splash window in all dialog windows to avoid being hidden.
    As a result, the program looked like frozen since the hidden dialog window blocked input.
  • Fix in Dutch shortcut translation (‘Ctrl+D’ vs. ‘Ctrl+Down’) which overlapped with other keys.
  • More user interface improvements.
  • Minimum number of trail points lowered to 1000.

Aircraft Progress

  • Added map, information and procedure links in progress tab for destination airport, top of climb,
    top of descent, next waypoint and related navaids.
  • Fixed wrong next waypoint indication when flying missed approach.

Logbook

  • Logbook takeoff and landing detection is now kept for program restart.
  • Improved logbook entry creation to avoid creating of unneeded entries. A flight can now be continued
    after program restart and logbook entry is updated accordingly.
  • Now detecting off-airport takeoff and landing. Logbook entries get coordinates in degree/minute
    format as departure and landing position in this case.

Other

  • Translations updated. Thanks to Flavio, Patrick and Ricardo!
  • Updated user manual for new features and changes.
  • The aircraft performance collection now keeps results on restart. Note that you have to restart
    the collection manually by clicking in menu AircraftRestart Aircraft Performance Collection,
    the button in the window or FileReset all for a new Flight.
  • Now adding backup log file abarthel-little_navmap.log.1 to issue and crash reports
  • Added new X-Plane 12 VASI types APAPI_L and APAPI_R.
  • Fixed issue where X-Plane airways had wrong type assigned. Example:
    EVMON to PAPAL airway Z8 was wrongly declared Jet. #1111
  • Corrected VOR range for X-Plane data to use 130 NM for “unspecified but likely high power VOR”.

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

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

The program translations for Brazilian Portuguese, French, German and Italian as well as the user manual have been updated.

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

Reload the scenery library to see fixes like the duplicate COM frequencies for MSFS airports.

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

Changes from 3.0.6 to 3.0.8

Flight Plan Loading and Export

  • Added export option for MSFS KLN 90B #1136
  • 3.0.7.rc1 to 3.0.8: Fixed KLN90B export to using kln.pln as filename. #1164
  • Added multiexport option for MSFS JustFlight BAE-14. This uses the QualityWings format.
  • Made loading of MSFS PLN flight plan files more tolerant for missing altitude in element
    WorldPosition.
  • Fixed issue where a wrong error message about invalid procedures appeared after loading a MSFS
    PLN file. The message appeared when saving loaded PLN as LNMPLN.
  • Better cruise altitude estimate if altitude could not determined from the flight plan after
    loading. Altitude is rounded up to 2000 ft to the maximum of departure and destination elevation if
    all else fails.
  • Changed file extensions in multiexport to be untranslatable for local language to avoid issues.
  • Now adding STAR entry waypoint plus airway to MSFS PLN export in certain cases. Removing
    destination runway waypoints from MSFS PLN export if STAR is used.
  • Fixed aircraft trail for logbook entry that was incorrectly truncated.
  • Corrected display of split aircraft trail when starting a new flight on ground. Previously
    the trails were shown wrongly connected.
  • Fixed an issue where the cruise altitude was set incorrectly after downloading a flight plan
    from SimBrief.

Weather

  • Added interpolated weather reports for NOAA, VATSIM, IVAO and X-Plane weather. These appear
    at airports having no METAR reports. Note that this does not cover cloud layers.
  • Added wind display for landing and takeoff runway in flight plan table header. This uses station
    or interpolated winds as selected in menu WeatherAirport Weather Source.
  • Added support for Active Sky FS (MSFS).
  • Fixed issue where Active Sky weather was not updated.
  • Fixed crash that happened randomly when updating METAR data or switching between simulators with
    weather enabled.
  • Added sunrise and sunset to weather report page in information dock window.
  • Now showing weather stations with invalid reports crossed out on the map.
  • Fixed wrong time zone for METAR reports from FSX/P3D.
  • Better error messages for METAR decoding and outdated weather.
  • More optimizations to weather handling.

Random Flight Generation

  • Added shortcut to random flight creation: Menu Flight PlanGenerate Random Flight. This
    opens the search dock window and activates the controls to generate a random flight.
  • Added a dialog window where a user can select either a fixed departure or a fixed destination
    airport for the random flight generation. Add at least one airport to your flight plan to enable this
    function. #1013
  • Random flight generation now puts the change on the undo/redo stack once the user accepts a
    generated flight. This is the same behavior as used in the flight plan route description which
    allows to restore a previous flight plan and its changes.
  • Adjusted the maximum distance for random flight plan to realistic values.
    The maximum is 10.800 NM.
  • Fixed the minimum and maximum distance for random flight search not being saved on exit.
  • Performance improvements and random selection for departure and destination functionality
    by u-an-i.

Procedures and Runway Selection

  • Improved procedure search. Now showing the first and last waypoint of procedures in the procedure
    tree. Also, showing the first and last waypoint of a selected procedure in the header. The header
    shows first and last for the full path including the procedure when selecting a transition.
  • Search now also looks for first and last waypoint of procedures. Procedures and and transitions
    are hidden if no criteria match text search. Procedures are expanded if a transition matches the
    search text. This allows finding the matching STAR for a selected approach and vice versa, for example.
  • Procedure view now tries to keep content when switching simulators, provided the airport exists
    in both simulators.
  • The procedure search tab now expands procedure branches already added to the flight plan.
    Procedures and/or respective transitions are expanded when showing procedures for departure or
    destination airport.
  • Runway selection dialog windows now have the current runway end from the flight plan preselected.
  • The selection in procedure search is not saved anymore when changing airports to avoid unwanted
    highlighting on the map.
  • Added Shift+F5 shortcut for procedure search.
  • Fixed issue where switching between simulator databases left the procedure search in an invalid
    state resulting in a crash.
  • Fixed issue where the show procedure menu item was not enabled in map context menu and others.
    Example: Weston (EIWT) on X-Plane. #1154
  • Procedures for a clicked airport can now be shown with checkbox Airports disabled in options on
    page Map Tooltips and Clicks.
  • Added keyboard shortcuts in procedure search. Hit Return to show a procedure or a waypoint in
    the tree. Use the Down key to activate the tree from text input field.

Logbook

  • Added cruise altitude from used flight plan to logbook table. The logbook table layout is reset
    back to default.
  • Logbook cleanup method improved. Extended function to cleanup off-airport coordinates like
    2956N10702E 4831N12255W in addition to empty airport idents.
  • Optimizations for aircraft trail loading and display for logbook entries.

Map Display

  • Added warning dialog if aircraft trail is too long after startup as a hint for performance
    issues. Also, showing warning if trail was truncated after loading a GPX file.
  • Fixed issue where updated maximum number of trail points was not applied until restart.
  • Fixed crash when fetching tooltip information for short aircraft trails.
  • Fixed disappearing flight plans and aircraft trails on high zoom distances or long flight plans.
    #1126
  • Fixed display issue where userpoints without type were hidden. Optimized code for userpoint
    display.
  • AI/multiplayer aircraft labels now have a appended if label texts are suppressed due to higher
    zoom distances Reworked aircraft label code.
  • Added internal object ID as optional aircraft label for AI/multiplayer. Enable this in options on
    page Map Labels in branch AI, Multiplayer and Online Client Aircraft.
  • Fixed wrong bearing for nearest radio navaids of airport in information dock window. Used wrong
    magnetic declination instead of airport value.
  • Attempt to fix not updating sun shading. #1125
  • Optimizations for airspace name and aircraft trail display.

Scenery Library

  • Fix for crash when reading BGL files having invalid airports.
  • Fixed COM frequency duplicates in MSFS scenery library with Navigraph navdata update installed.
    Reload the scenery library to see the fix.
  • Now bailing out early when reading malformed BGL files from MSFS resulting in endless loop.
    Example: Broken UWLS.bgl. The same appears with the package microsoft-canada-point-of-interest
    which is excluded from loading now. Ignore these errors for now.
  • 3.0.7.rc1 to 3.0.8: Now excluding all Microsoft POI libraries from MSFS. These libraries contain
    POIs modeled as fake airports and are partially not readable. The folder exclusion affects all
    matching the pattern *\Official\OneStore\microsoft-*-point-of-interest\*.
  • 3.0.7.rc1 to 3.0.8: Fixed issue where heliports or other simple airports in MSFS could not be
    shown on the map by double clicking in airport search or information window.

Information and Aircraft Progress

  • Now keeping airport, VOR, NDB, procedure, waypoint, userpoint and logbook information when
    switching between simulators.
  • Omitting wrong X-Plane propeller ice indications for jets in user aircraft progress now.
  • Better formatting in weather and runway information.
  • Corrected wrong text for bearing from user aircraft. Now showing bearing and distance from user
    aircraft instead of to.
  • 3.0.7.rc1 to 3.0.8: Fixed crash when trying to show information for incomplete or missing
    airports or navaids when switching between simulator databases.

User Interface

  • Added hint and link to clear the map tile cache in add Mapbox style dialog when changing or
    updating the Mapbox user map.
  • Fixed issues where coordinates received the wrong sign near Meridian line when using Google
    coordinates. This resulted in misplaced userpoints or distance rings.
  • Corrected inconsistent naming for arrival/approach. Now using both in related user interface
    elements.
  • Reworked database error reporting to include more information. SQLite scenery library databases
    open read only now.
  • Non-blocking dialog windows now remember position. This covers Flight Plan Calculation,
    Logbook Statistics and Flight Plan Route Description dialog windows.
  • Resetting all non-blocking windows to default size and center position now when using Reset window layout to avoid windows being lost off-screen. Also, re-centering the main window when
    resetting layout from window menu.
  • Added message dialog to Reset all Messages for clarification.
  • Fixed issue where application was still detected as running when trying to send a command through
    the command line.
  • Added -q / --quit command line argument to exit an already running instance.
  • New icons for 32 and 64 bit Windows builds to easier see the difference if both are installed.
  • More checks to avoid crashes
  • 3.0.7.rc1 to 3.0.8: Translations updated. Thanks to Flavio, Patrick and Ricardo!
  • 3.0.7.rc1 to 3.0.8: Fixed issue where wind arrows did not show up on some systems.
  • 3.0.7.rc1 to 3.0.8: Removed Dutch, Chinese and Spanish translations translations since these have
    not been updated for a long time which can cause problems in the user user interface. The resulting
    issues can range from arrows pointing into the wrong direction to missing texts and numbers.
    You can still install the translations manually if you wish by downloading the related *.qm files
    from GitHub - littlenavmap - release/3.0
    and saving them besides the other translations in the installation folder.
    Contact me if you’d like to update a translation or if you would like to create a new one:
    Contact.

Web Interface

  • Fixed missing aircraft trail in web interface.
  • Fixed KML overlays not shown on the web interface.

Improvements and fixes by u-an-i and KOKAProduktion

  • Default display mode now uses a new navigation method. Click to center the map around the
    click-spot and use the mouse wheel to zoom in or out.
  • The plugin Dynamic touch and drag map enables a dynamic map which has smooth scrolling
    (click-and-move) as well as zooming with the mouse wheel. Note that neither the AI/multiplayer
    aircraft nor the flight tracks of the user aircraft are shown in this mode. Small display errors
    like duplicate labels can appear.
  • Legacy map removed.
  • More restructuring, performance improvements and updated documentation for the web frontend in
    general, web API, web plugin API, web toolbar API and web theming CSS templates; useful for
    developers and people who wish to enhance or modify the web frontend experience.

Installation

  • Windows installer now checks for running program on install and uninstall to avoid a broken
    installation.
  • Changed Linux archive to XZ format for smaller files.
  • Added Debian installation packages provided by Daniel Buschke
    tuxmainy. This package installs Little Navmap and Little Navconnect.
    Little Xpconnect can still be installed using the menu item Install Little Xpconnect in X-Plane plugins
    in the menu Tools.
  • Installer has a new icon to avoid confusion with the program file.
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New features and small improvements are planned for the next release 3.0.10.

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

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

Changes from 3.0.8 to 3.0.9

  • Fixed issue where NOAA and X-Plane 12 weather stations were not updated and showed
    outdated weather.

  • Installer now removes all Dutch, Chinese and Spanish compiled .qm translation files before
    installing. These translations have not been updated for a long time which can cause problems in
    the user user interface. The resulting issues range from arrows pointing into the wrong
    direction to missing texts and numbers.
    You can still install the translations manually if you wish by downloading the related *.qm
    files from GitHub - littlenavmap - release/3.0
    and saving them in the directory translations in the installation folder.
    Contact me if you’d like to update a translation or if you would like to create a new one:
    Contact.

  • Attempt to fix crashes for the web server when accessing databases resulting in a crash.

  • Fixed issue where program could be started more than once if stuck in an early warning or
    question dialog window. This could result in crashes and other problems.

  • Now collecting detailed location information on crashes (stack traces). Note that this is only
    enabled for the Windows 64-bit version. Other operating systems already have means to collect crash
    information (Linux core files and macOS crash reports). A file
    C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\ABarthel\little_navmap_stacktrace.txt is created on crash
    and included in all generated crash reports.

  • Other small text changes in the user interface.

  • Updates to user manual.

  • Little Navconnect: See file CHANGELOG.txt in sub-directory Little Navconnect in the
    installation folder for a list of changes.

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This update is recommended for all users.

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 program will remind you to reload the scenery library due to database changes. This is optional.

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

Changes from 3.0.9 to 3.0.11

Flight Plan

  • Now adding airport, parking or other start positions to the flight plan once connected to the
    simulator with an empty plan. This function can be disabled in options on page Files.
  • Now removing any alternate airport if the same airport is set as destination or if it is added
    otherwise to the flight plan.
  • Added option to disable minor error messages about missing parking spots in flight plan. Note
    that the settings for flight plan header and footer are reset to default.
  • Enabled reading and writing of NAT notation in flight plan route description. This fixes
    issues when downloading a flight plan using North Atlantic tracks from SimBrief or using the
    notation in the flight plan route description. Example: NATA is converted to NAT track A. #1110
  • Fixed issue with dropped airway information. This affected plans that have only one leg between
    departure and arrival. As a result an airway was dropped on saving, exporting and using it in the
    flight plan route description. Example: SBRJ EVKO3A.NAXOP UZ45 IBDA1A SBSP resulted in
    SBRJ EVKO3A.NAXOP IBDA1A SBSP. #1130
  • Fixed issue where parking spots could not be found resulting in an error message after reloading
    a flight plan when using the option Use Navigraph for all Features.
  • From 3.0.10.rc1 to 3.0.11: Made GPX file detection more tolerant. Now showing a warning if the
    GPX file does not contain any track points.
  • From 3.0.10.rc1 to 3.0.11: Flight plan route description is now updated after downloading or
    deleting oceanic tracks.
  • From 3.0.10.rc1 to 3.0.11: Now updating flight plan route description after switching simulator.
  • From 3.0.10.rc1 to 3.0.11: Corrected wrong error message File does not contain track points
    when loading GPX files.

Export

  • Added export format for FlightFactor Boeing 777 V2. This is a FMS format file with procedures
    stripped since the aircraft rejects loading FMS files with procedures.
  • Fixed issue where RealityXP GNS export declared the destination airport wrongly as a userpoint
    when using export option with userpoints.
  • Now using ISO date with offset from UTC in all flight plan files.

Elevation Profile

  • Increased number of samples when calculating elevation from GLOBE data to avoid missing peaks
    when drawing the elevation profile.
  • Added option for indicated altitude label to elevation profile. Enable this in menu Tools
    Elevation Profile Display Options in branch User Aircraft LabelsIndicated Altitude.
  • Fixed wrong label description in profile configuration dialog mentioning wrongly
    Actual Altitude.

Map

  • Added function to decrease and increase the density of labels on the map. This is available in
    the detail toolbar button, menu Map, Ctrl+Shift+Mouse Wheel, Ctrl+Shift++ and Ctrl+Shift+-.
  • Added US VFR and IFR chart map themes.
  • Added option to show heading to departure runway position using a dashed line with arrows. This
    can be disabled in menu ViewShow Direction to Departure Runway. This line is drawn from
    the departure parking or aircraft position (if connected) and disappears when arriving at the
    runway or when taking off.
  • User and AI aircraft now drawn on top of user features like measurement lines or range rings.
  • Userpoints related to navaids like VOR now use the same size as the real navaids. Size of
    userpoints and navaids still can be changed separately in options. This affects airport, VOR, NDB,
    waypoint, Obstacle and VRP userpoints. The last three are based on the waypoint size. #1179
  • Improved display of procedure turn instructions. Reduced distance for turn leg to fix for a
    more realistic value. Extended stub leg for turn towards runway and removed distance display for
    this leg. Added missing restriction text for procedure turns.
  • Fixed alignment of procedure end or start for displaced simulator airport runways compared
    to the navdata. Example: ENOL on all simulators.
  • Approach runway position now correctly terminated at offset threshold.
  • First SID leg is now aligned with runway to avoid it being drawn all over the airport in
    some cases.
  • Better distance estimate for procedure legs terminated by altitude. Now considering altitude.
  • Fixed disappearing user aircraft tooltip after automatic trail truncation.
  • Fixed potential crash when truncating short aircraft trail and applied more optimizations
    for display.
  • Fixed issues with labels on long measurement lines and flight plan legs. Lines flipped direction
    arrows at certain zoom values.
  • Fixed issue where Great Circle airspace boundaries were drawn as a straight lines in some cases.
  • Improved display of airspaces that touch the poles.
  • Fixed issue where settings of some airspace types were not saved or applied. Note that airspace
    options are reset to default on update.
  • Added option to disable taxiway lines and names. These can be changed in options on page
    Map Labels in branch Airport Details. Note that airport display options are reset to default.
  • Fixes for menu ToolsReset Display Settings. These now affect only map display options in
    menu View.
  • Setting Load the map display saved settings on options page Startup and Updates now affects
    the same options as ViewReset Display Settings now. This is map theme, map projection
    and detail levels as well.
  • Fixed issue where userpoints were not reset correctly when using
    Reset Display Settings.
  • Added shortcut Ctrl+C to copy coordinates at the cursor position in the map window to the
    clipboard. Note that you have to activate the map window by pressing F2 or clicking into it
    before using any shortcuts there.
  • Disabled Shift/Ctrl/Alt+Left/Right/up/Down keys for map scrolling to avoid shorcuts overlapping
    with operating system functions.
  • Fixed inadvertent movement or zooming on map display when using mouse wheel, keyboard shortcuts
    containing +, - or cursor keys.
  • Now stopping map drawing on overflow of highlighted map objects (e.g. selected navaids in the
    search result table) from search to avoid program freeze.
  • Fixed issue where the Too many objects message in the status bar was not reset in some cases.
  • Fixed missing tooltip for waypoints highlighted on the map which were selected in the navaid
    search result table.
  • Fixed issue where navaids like recommended fixes from flight plan procedures did not react to a
    single or double click.
  • From 3.0.10.rc1 to 3.0.11: Save Map as Image for AviTab now uses PNG as the default format
    since JPG may cause crashes.
  • From 3.0.10.rc1 to 3.0.11: Fixed issue where images can be saved using the wrong format ignoring
    selection in the format drop down box. Now always adding file suffix according to image type.
  • From 3.0.10.rc1 to 3.0.11: Fixed issue where wrong coordinates were used when selecting More
    Jump to Coordinates in map context menu.
  • From 3.0.10.rc1 to 3.0.11: Fixed issue where procedures zoomed too far out when showing in
    procedure search. This was caused due to too far away recommended navaids like GCC/K1 for
    KASE SID 33 LINDZ1.
  • From 3.0.10.rc1 to 3.0.11: Splitting large aircraft trails into partitions for better performance
    and to avoid crashes.
  • From 3.0.10.rc1 to 3.0.11: Fixed memory leak when drawing lines.

Scenery Library

  • Fixed crash with older databases having table airport without columns icao and iata.
  • Removed obsolete and unused tables. Tables airport_medium, airport_large, route_node_radio,
    route_edge_radio, route_node_airway and route_edge_airway. View creation in database now
    disabled. Note that this means that newer databases cannot be used by Little Navmap versions
    older than releases from around 2020. The program will show a SQL exception if this is the case.
    Update Little Navmap to the latest if you run into this.
  • Better detection of the longest runway for airports. Now ignoring water runways if airport has
    both water and land runways.
  • Added waypoint names to X-Plane and DFD compilers. #1176
  • Updated track database schema to avoid incomplete waypoint information display. #1176
  • Disabled 3D flag for empty airport display for X-Plane 12 since the 3D flag is unreliable and
    broken there. Major airports like KSEA, KORD or EDDF do not have this flag set.
  • Fixed wrong airport bounding rectangle calculation for X-Plane airports. Example: KSEA in
    X-Plane 12. This resulted in zooming to far out when double clicking the airport.
  • Fixed issue where detection of malformed MSFS airports rejected valid airport add-ons with a
    message Duplicate airport ident. This happened when add-on developers put more than one of the
    same airport into one BGL file.
  • Better airspace geometry for Navigraph databases, airspaces read from simulator
    libraries and user files. Now considering Rhumb line segments in DFD airspace description.
    Note that a workaround is used to detect the segments for simulator and user airspaces since
    required information is missing there. This eliminates wrong airspace boundaries drawn as
    bows (Great Circle lines). Note that this needs a new AIRAC cycle if using the Navigraph update.
  • Fixed duplicate reading of X-Plane airspace.txt resulting in airspaces shown twice. The file
    airspace.txt in Custom Data now correctly overrides the one in Resources.
  • Updated minor database version to 29 due to several schema changes. This results in a notice
    about a previous database version although reloading is not required.
  • Fixed issue with double and invalid COM frequencies for MSFS airports when using
    MSFS Navigraph update.
  • From 3.0.10.rc1 to 3.0.11: Fixed issues reading MSA centers for X-Plane where runways were not
    detected. Now also looking for center points of ILS.

Search

  • Added option for minimum distance in logbook cleanup dialog window.
  • Fixed issue with bounding rectangle calculation which resulted in wrong results when searching by
    Distance from Mark and other functions around the antimeridian. #1184
  • Waypoints now can be searched by name.

Web Server

  • Fixes to web interface by u-an-i. Click or tap now moves to the
    correct map position. Note that you have to do a hard reload in the web browser if you see an
    incomplete map or other issues. Press Ctrl+Shift+R on most browsers to do a hard reload bypassing
    the browser cache.
  • Fixes for random crashes when using the web interface.

User Interface

  • From 3.0.10.rc1 to 3.0.11: Translations for French, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese updated.
    Thanks to Flavio, Patrick and Ricardo!
  • Added winds from airport METAR to tab AirportRunways in dock window Information.
  • Fixed issue where an invalid error message about a wrong X-Plane path was shown when switching
    map airport weather.
  • Now getting best guess for user aircraft type designator and category in MSFS. Using keys
    icao_type_designator and icao_model from file aircraft.cfg.
  • Added aircraft category to detect helicopters in MSFS.
  • Added help menu item pointing to keyboard shortcuts.
  • From 3.0.10.rc1 to 3.0.11: Fixed reversed meaning of settings By airspace name vs. callsign and
    By airspace file name vs. callsign on options page Map Online.
  • From 3.0.10.rc1 to 3.0.11: Fixed problem with wrong crash detection when shutting down operating
    system with Little Navmap running.
  • From 3.0.10.rc1 to 3.0.11: Now always exiting program if command line option --quit / -q was
    set, even if no other instance was found.
  • From 3.0.10.rc1 to 3.0.11: Fixed wrong error message when reading flight route descriptions from
    the command line.
  • From 3.0.10.rc1 to 3.0.11: Fixed issue where dialog windows appeared behind the main window that
    made the program appear to freeze or crash.

User Manual

Little Navconnect Changes from 3.0.6 to 3.0.7

  • Disabled crash detection since it resulted in wrong crashes found when running
    program in system tray on Windows.
  • Now always exiting program if command line option --quit / -q was set, even if no other
    instance was found.
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This is a stable release of Little Navmap that fixes smaller issues.

Reload the scenery library database to get fixes for airports and procedures.

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

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

Version 3.0.12

Changes from 3.0.11 to 3.0.12

  • Problem with disappearing large range rings and other lines on very high and very close zoom
    distances fixed. Range rings > 4000 NM disappeared from the map when using Mercator projection
    or when zooming in close.
  • Fixed exception when downloading Oceanic tracks.
  • Fixed issue where ILS were missing for MSFS. Examples EGPH using ILS approach with an add-on
    airport.
  • EDDF double ILS as for runway 25R, using the ILS IFNW and IFNR now correctly used for MSFS.
    The right ILS is selected for display when using the related approach.
  • Fixed broken airway collection for X-Plane. Example: Airway W66 not found for the flight plan
    route description ZUCK ATBUG W66 JNQ ZWWW. #1197
  • Fixed issue where last airway in scenery library was omitted. This affected all simulators.
  • Better error reporting and validation in log file for invalid taxiway structures in MSFS. #1200
  • Display of marker beacons now disabled if ILS or airports are not shown.
  • Fixed missing circles for online towers and centers not having a matching geometry in the user
    airspace database. This also disabled the tooltips on the map.
  • Corrected online center size settings in options on page 'Map Online`. Little Navmap now falls
    back to user defined value if an online center does not provide a visual range value. Fixed values
    reset back to default when applying options.
  • Fixed several issues in X-Plane database when assigning airports to procedures. As a result
    procedures could not be loaded from flight plans and the airport procedures menu was wrongly disabled.
    Examples for X-Plane 12: No procedures were found for Pokhara Intl (VNPR) and Qualicum Beach (AT4)
    since their X-Plane ident does not match official airport codes like ICAO, FAA or local.
    Note that X-Plane 11 may still refuse to load flight plans created using such airports while there
    are normally no issues using X-Plane 12.
  • Wrong procedure centering when clicking in procedure search corrected. Now depends on visibility
    of the missed approach.
  • Improved export of X-Plane FMS files if airport has several idents. Flight plans using
    Qualicum Beach (AT4) and similar cases as departure or destination can now be loaded in X-Plane.
  • Removing fullscreen button now when copying map image to the clipboard or when saving screenshots.
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Note that not all reported issues were fixed so far. See
Release 3.0.13. This will be done in the next
releases.

Translations and user manual are not yet updated.

The MSFS 2024 Steam installation should work but is untested. Do not hesitate to give feedback if
you see issues.

Version 3.0.13.beta1

Changes from 3.0.12 to 3.0.13.beta1

MSFS 2024 Scenery Library #1198

There are limitations since Little Navmap has to load the complete scenery library through the MSFS
SimConnect interface and cannot rely on files anymore. All files used by Little Navmap from MSFS
2020 were dropped due to the streaming only approach of MSFS 2024. This required a full new
compiler implementation.

Note that some of theses limitations can only be fixed by Asobo.

  • The simulator has to run to load the scenery library.
  • The simulator connection in Little Navmap has to be paused during loading. You will not see
    aircraft updates in Little Navmap while loading.
  • Loading airports and navaids takes about 10 minutes. Future optimizations are planned.
  • Detection of add-on airports is not possible. Right click on an airport icon on the map, the
    airport search result table or the flight plan table and use the function Mark Airport as add-on
    which will add a userpoint on top of an airport marking it as an add-on.
  • Airports have no city, country or state/province names.
  • Airport names are always English. Translations or exonyms are not available.
  • Neither closed runways nor closed airports can be recognised.
  • About 140 ILS of 4100 are not connected to runways and therefore won’t be shown in the Little Navmap
    elevation profile. Example: LOWI OEV heading West.
  • Runways used by procedures which are present at an airport do not always match. Example: EDDK, LSZR,
    LSZN, ENSB, EKRN, LFLO, LOWK and more where runways have been renamed recently in the real world.
  • The airport Istanbul Intl (LTFM) is missing in the stock data. Little Navmap will show the airport
    if you install an add-on.
  • A workaround has to be used to detect if an airport has lighted runways or not since this
    information is missing in the SimConnect interface. This is not 100 percent reliable.
  • MSFS 2020 provides around 42000 airports while MSFS 2024 has almost 84000 airports. Half of these
    are heliports.
  • Airspaces are not available through SimConnect. You can use other sources for airspaces. See chapter
    Little Navmap User Manual - Loading Airspaces
    for more information and links to public airspace sources.
  • Airport aprons are not available, only taxiways.
  • Airline codes for parking are missing.
  • Navaids like waypoints, VOR, NDB or ILS can only be loaded if they are connected to a procedure,
    a runway or an airway. This means that waypoints in the North Atlantic needed for Oceanic tracks
    will be missing, for example. LOWI localizer OEJ heading East cannot be loaded and is missing on
    the map. As a result, around 70000 navaids are missing from the map due to SimConnect limitations,
    which do not allow the world-wide enumeration of navaids.
  • Full SID and STAR are duplicated for each runway. This will be fixed in one of the next releases
    of Little Navmap and does not affect functionality.
  • Note that all fields in the load scenery library dialog are now disabled when selecting MSFS 2024
    since no path is used.
  • A warning dialog is shown when trying to compile MSFS 2024 with the 32-bit build.
  • Note that loading airports via SimConnect allows to read encrypted add-on airports. You will not
    see the notification message about encrypted airports anymore for MSFS 2024.

MSFS 2024 Other

  • Added detection of MSFS 2024 Steam and Microsoft Store installations. Detection of Steam
    installations is untested but should work.
  • Added reading and writing of MSFS 2024 flight plans to export from menu File and multiexport.
    Ctrl+Shift+F now saves a PLN file for MSFS 2024 from the Little Navmap menu File. Note that you
    have to load the flight plans in the MSFS 2024 EFB after starting a free flight. #1216
  • The keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+B is now used for MSFS 2020 PLN files. #1216
  • Note that detailed user or AI/multiplayer aircraft descriptions are not available in MSFS 2024
    since aircraft files are not accessible.

MSFS Simulators

  • Added TACAN and VORTAC station types for all MSFS simulators including display of channel.
  • Removing airport vehicles now from all MSFS simulator AI traffic.
  • Now flagging all VOR and NDB waypoints as artificial in FSX, P3D and MSFS simulators to hide them
    in Little Navmap. These are not real waypoints and are used only internally to build the
    airway and routing network system.
  • Now omitting duplicate waypoints with invalid regions in all MSFS simulators. Also using better
    duplicate waypoint removal for MSFS 2020 now.
  • Added exclusion of traffic and AIRAC BGL from loading for MSFS 2020 to avoid error messages in
    the log.

Other

  • Fixed issue where ILS could not be found for procedure if airport ident was empty. This resulted
    in recommended navaids not being resolved in procedures (red error message in procedure search).
  • Fixed bug where X-Plane 11/12 FMS exported FMS format had departure and destination wrongly swapped.
  • Fixed crash when selecting airport as alternate in airport search result table or in logbook
    where Add as Alternate was wrongly enabled despite having an empty route. #1222
  • Fixed drawing issue where exact vertical lines were not shown in Mercator projection. This
    affected measuring lines, flight plan legs, airways and more. Example: Airway L888 between PEXUN
    and SANLI. #1221
  • Fixed disappearing large distance rings when zooming close in. #1207
  • Removed AUSOTS track system since it is discontinued. Now uses preferred routes.
  • Fixed airway and ILS text background affected by airspace display. Background color for labels
    was incorrect. #1207
  • Removed white fill for unknown runway surface and replaced it with light gray for better
    visibility in dark and light map themes.
  • Fixed wrong transponder display 0000 shown for ships and other vehicles. Now omitted.
  • Added map theme MapBox Streets. Remove an already installed map theme if you have one.
    Otherwise, Little Navmap will show error messages hinting you to do so.
  • Added airway type description to flight plan table configuration to make airway suffixes
    L (low) and H (high) clearer.
  • Updated to World Magnetic Model WMM2025 coefficients for more accurate declination calculation
    when using X-Plane and MSFS simulators.
  • ILS feather geometry is now using a minimum width of 2 degrees to avoid ILS feathers shown as
    lines in all simulators.
  • Improved on-ground approximation to avoid wrong takeoff detection when hovering with helicopters.
  • Fixed more disambiguations for translation texts to avoid wrong translations.
  • Changed certain texts to be untranslatable to avoid issues with database indicators.
  • Added disambiguations for translation texts to avoid same translation for procedure
    restrictions and airway types, for example.
  • Updated translation files and add Chinese back again.
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This is a test release of Little Navmap that improves support for MSFS 2024 and fixes other small
issues. Please read the release notes below.

Note that not all reported issues were fixed so far. See
Release 3.0.13. This will be done in the next
releases.

Translations and user manual are not yet updated.

MSFS 2024 Scenery Library #1198

There are limitations since Little Navmap has to load the complete scenery library through the MSFS
SimConnect interface and cannot rely on files anymore. All files used by Little Navmap from MSFS
2020 were dropped due to the streaming only approach of MSFS 2024. This required a full new data
compiler implementation.

Note that some of theses limitations can only be fixed by Asobo.

  • The simulator has to run to load the scenery library.
  • The simulator connection in Little Navmap has to be paused during loading. You will not see
    aircraft updates in Little Navmap but you can use Little Navmap normally while loading.
  • Loading airports and navaids takes about 10 to 15 minutes. Better loading times need improvements
    and fixes in the SimConnect interface which has to provide a world wide list of navaids.
  • A workaround is used to load all navaids which are not connected to procedures or airways until
    the SimConnect interface is fixed. Oceanic tracks can be loaded now. Note that this workaround
    does not ensure that really all available navaids are loaded.
  • Detection of add-on airports is not possible. Right click on an airport icon on the map, the
    airport search result table or the flight plan table and use the function Mark Airport as add-on
    which will add a userpoint on top of an airport marking it as an add-on.
  • Airports have no city, country or state/province names.
  • Airport names are always in your local language as set in MSFS 2024.
  • Neither closed runways nor closed airports can be recognized.
  • Runways used by procedures at an airport do not always match. Example: EDDK, LSZR, LSZN, ENSB,
    EKRN, LFLO, LOWK and more where runways have been renamed recently in the real world. This can
    cause missing SID and STAR. You will see an orange warning message about runway mismatches in
    the procedure search tab of Little Navmap.
  • The airport Istanbul Intl (LTFM) is missing in the stock data. Little Navmap will show the
    airport if you install an add-on.
  • A workaround has to be used to detect if an airport has lighted runways or not. This information
    is missing in the SimConnect interface. This is not 100 percent reliable.
  • MSFS 2020 provides around 42000 airports while MSFS 2024 has almost 84000 airports. Half of these
    are heliports.
  • Airspaces are not available through SimConnect. You can use other sources for airspaces. See
    chapter
    Little Navmap User Manual - Loading Airspaces
    for more information and links to public airspace sources.
  • Airport aprons are not available, only taxiways.
  • Airline codes for parking are missing.
  • Note that all fields in the load scenery library dialog are disabled when selecting MSFS 2024
    since no path is used.
  • A warning dialog is shown when trying to compile MSFS 2024 with the 32-bit build.
  • Note that loading airports via SimConnect allows to read encrypted add-on airports. You will not
    see the notification message about encrypted airports anymore for MSFS 2024.

MSFS online flight planner

Note that the MSFS online flight planner cannot import
valid MSFS 2024 flight plans. #1234

Changes from 3.0.13.beta1 to 3.0.13.beta2

MSFS 2024

  • Now detecting Navigraph navdata update to select correct scenery library mode automatically.
    Note that navaids are loaded incompletely to save time if this is detected since the Little Navmap
    database should be updated directly using the Navigraph FMS data manaeger.
  • Fixed ILS detection. Previously some or all ILS were wrongly read as VOR stations.
  • Fixed invalid runway references in ILS. As result ILS or localizers used in the flight plan were
    not shown in the elevation profile or the map.
  • Corrected counting of ILS when loading scenery library.
  • Now combining procedures having the same runway transitions. Runway transitions are now collapsed
    to parallel runways (indicated by e.g. SID 16L, 16R) or All.
  • Now adding navaids not connected to procedures or airways to MSFS 2024 loading process. These are
    required to build Oceanic tracks or off-airways routes, for example. This function uses a
    workaround until SimConnect is improved to deliver a world-wide list of navaids.
  • Now correcting odd altitude values by rounding. This affected procedure altitude restrictions,
    for example.
  • Now calculating magnetic declination for all facilities except VOR using the World Magnetic Model
    instead of the partially wrong MSFS 2024 values.
  • Fixed detection of military airports. Added new keywords for military names in other languages.

Other

  • Added keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+K to preview all procedures. Now activating tree widget when
    pressing Shift+F5 to activate the procedure search.
  • Added missing portable script Little Navmap Portable.command to macOS build
  • Broken taxiway paths being wider than 1000 ft are now omitted. Example: EDDF in MSFS 2020
    resulting in a large white area on top of the airport.
  • Completely removed drawing of transparent paths and aprons using patterns. All are now opaque.
  • Added workaround where co-located NDB and localizers with the same name preferred the NDB wrongly
    for procedures. This resulted in the ILS or localizer not being shown for related approaches.
    Example ENOV approach LDMB. Localizer and NDB are named HN there.
  • Added hint how to fix wrong map theme path in error message window.
  • Adapted German translation to new texts. Changed term Prozedur to more common Verfahren.
  • Fixed broken build where Chinese translation was not available. #1228
  • Added Chinese translations for Qt components from project
    qt_zh_CN.ts to fix not translated buttons. #1228
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MSFS 2024 Scenery Library #1198

There are limitations since Little Navmap has to load the scenery library through the MSFS 2024
SimConnect interface and cannot rely on files anymore. All files used by Little Navmap from
MSFS 2020 were dropped due to the streaming only approach of MSFS 2024. This required a full new data
compiler implementation.

Please read
Frequently asked Questions - MSFS 2024 Scenery Library Limitations
for a detailed list of limitations.

MSFS online flight planner

Note that the MSFS online flight planner cannot import
valid MSFS 2024 flight plans. You can still load flight plans copying the Little Navmap flight plan
route description (see menu Flight Plan) and pasting it into the online flight planner. This has
to be fixed by the developers of the MSFS online flight planner. #1234

Version 3.0.14

Changes from 3.0.12 to 3.0.14

MSFS 2024 #1198 and #1216

  • Loading of navaids is based on airport procedure references. Then starting with these the
    airway/route network is traversed to collect further navaids. Therefore, the long loading time of
    10 to 15 minutes you have to expect.
  • A workaround has to be used to load navaids which are not connected to procedures or airways.
    These disconnected navaids are required to build Oceanic tracks or off-airway routes, for example.
    The workaround has to be used until SimConnect is improved to provide a worldwide list of navaids.
  • The Navigraph navdata update is detected in folder Community to select the correct scenery
    library mode in Little Navmap automatically. Note that navaids are loaded incompletely in this mode
    to save time. The Little Navmap database should be updated directly using the Navigraph FMS data
    manager.
  • Procedures having the same runway transitions are combined. Runway transitions are collapsed to
    parallel runways (indicated by SID 16L, 16R, for example) or All opposed to MSFS 2020 where
    procedures are duplicated.
  • Magnetic declination for all facilities except VOR is calculated using the World Magnetic Model 2025
    instead of the partially off MSFS 2024 values.
  • Added reading and writing of MSFS 2024 flight plans to export from menu File and multiexport.
    Ctrl+Shift+F now saves a PLN file for MSFS 2024 from the Little Navmap menu File. Note that you
    have to load the flight plans in the MSFS 2024 EFB after starting a free flight. This format does
    not support selection of a departure parking position.
  • The keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+B is now used for MSFS 2020 PLN files.
  • From 3.0.13.beta2: Fixed issue with missing and broken airways.
  • From 3.0.13.beta2: Now extracting aircraft ICAO designator (BE80 or C172, for example) from
    MSFS 2024 to avoid problems with performance collection.

Scenery Library

  • Added TACAN and VORTAC station types for all MSFS simulators including display of channel.
  • Now flagging all VOR and NDB waypoints as artificial in FSX, P3D and MSFS simulators to hide them
    in Little Navmap. These are present in the simulator but are not real waypoints and are used only
    internally to build the airway network.
  • From 3.0.13.beta2: Fixed issues where airways were not built correctly reading X-Plane data.
    Examples which did not read:
    ZBAA IDKEX B339 ASILA A575 INTIK Y655 AROGU A575 KD A308 ML A300 RUBOR T448 SOPUS USSS,
    ZUCK PINAB W80 WFX W179 OMBON B330 GOBIN W66 NUKTI B215 HAM W99 AGOXA ZWWW and
    ZUCK UNRIX W180 BONSA W91 IDSID W30 MEBNA ZPPP #1219
  • From 3.0.13.beta2: Fixed issue where airways were built using wrong navaids. Example: The NDB
    BM/UH exists twice using this ident/region combination and the Little Navmap airway builder
    selected the wrong and far away NDB to build the airway A800. #1237
  • Fixed detection of military airports. Added new keywords for military names in other languages.
  • Broken taxiway paths from MSFS 2020 being wider than 1000 ft are now omitted. Example: EDDM in
    MSFS 2020 resulting in a big white area drawn on top of the airport when zooming closer.
  • ILS feather geometry is now using a minimum width of 2 degrees to avoid ILS feathers shown as
    lines.
  • Updated to World Magnetic Model 2025 for more accurate declination calculation when using X-Plane
    and MSFS simulators.

Map

  • Removed drawing of transparent paths and aprons using patterns. All are now opaque.
  • Fix for wrong drawing of aircraft trail around anti-meridian resulting in straight horizontal lines.
  • Default flight plan display and highlight options changed. Now using transparent flight plan line
    and all highlights. This affects only new users. Go to options on page Map Flight Plan to enable
    the transparency manually.
  • From 3.0.13.beta2: Fixed drawing issue where exact vertical lines were not shown in Mercator
    projection. This affected measuring lines, flight plan legs, airways and more. Example: Airway L888
    between PEXUN and SANLI. #1221
  • Fixed disappearing large distance rings when zooming close in. #1207
  • Corrected airway and ILS text background affected by airspace display. Background color for
    labels was incorrect. #1207
  • Removed white fill for unknown runway surface and replaced it with light gray for better
    visibility in dark and light map themes.
  • Removed wrong transponder display 0000 shown for ships and other vehicles.
  • Added map theme MapBox Streets. Remove any map theme using the same name if you have one
    installed. Otherwise, Little Navmap will show error messages hinting you to do so.
  • From 3.0.13.beta2: Removing airport vehicles from all MSFS simulator AI traffic. This can result
    in missing traffic when using AI traffic tools which supply the wrong vehicle category. Only
    vehicle categories Airplane, Helicopter and Boat are shown. All others are disregarded.
  • From 3.0.13.beta2: Fix for missing distance at first missed approach leg.
  • From 3.0.13.beta2: Fixed issue where wrongly sized images were returned to the web interface
    which resulted in an off/displaced image in the web interface. This appeared when using a user
    interface scale (125 % or 150 %, etc.) on high DPI screens on the computer running Little Navmap.
  • From 3.0.13.beta2: Image export now uses more precise map bounds as seen on the screen and uses
    correct image sizes when using a user interface scale.

Flight Plan, Procedures and Aircraft Progress

  • Added keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+K to preview all procedures.
  • Now activating tree display when pressing Shift+F5 to activate the procedure search. This
    allows navigating through procedures in the tree after pressing the shortcut.
  • Added hint in flight plan calculation dialog window to add procedures before calculating flight plan.
  • From 3.0.13.beta2: Now always adding SID exit and STAR entry waypoint for SimBrief export.
    Example: LFTH RUBIT XAMAL USANO BASIP EGHIN EGHI1D LIMJ #1205
  • Fixed issue where ILS could not be found for procedures if airport ident was empty. This resulted
    in recommended navaids not being resolved in procedures (red error message in procedure search).
  • Fixed bug where X-Plane 11 and 12 exported FMS formats had departure and destination wrongly swapped.
  • Fixed crash when selecting airport as alternate in airport search result table or in logbook. The
    function Add as Alternate was wrongly enabled despite having an empty route. #1222
  • Added airway type description to flight plan table configuration to make the meaning of airway
    suffixes L (low) and H (high) clear.
  • Removed Australian AUSOTS track system since it is discontinued. Now uses preferred routes.
  • Added workaround where co-located NDB and localizers with the same name preferred the NDB wrongly
    for procedures. This resulted in the ILS or localizer not being shown for related approaches.
    Example ENOV approach LDMB. Localizer and NDB are both named HN there.

Other

  • Improved on-ground approximation to avoid wrong takeoff detection when hovering with helicopters.
  • Added missing portable script Little Navmap Portable.command mentioned in the user manual to macOS build.
  • Added hint explaining how to fix wrong map theme path in error message window.
  • Removed animated logo element in web interface since it might cause display issues in plugins.
  • Better message in information weather display if not connected to simulator.

Translations

  • Added disambiguation for translation texts to avoid same translation for procedure restrictions
    and airway types, for example.
  • Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation by Ricardo.
  • Updated Italian translation by Flavio.
  • Updated French translation by Patrick.
  • Updated German translation. Changed term Prozedur to more common Verfahren.
  • Enabled Chinese translation again and update it by Eyderoe
  • Added Chinese translations for Qt components from project
    qt_zh_CN.ts to fix not translated buttons. #1228
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This is a test version of Little Navmap which attempts to fix issues with AI in MSFS 2020 and
MSFS 2024 and has additional facilities to diagnose issues. In addition, issues with in-game panels
in MSFS that use the Little Navmap web server have been fixed.

Please read the release notes below before reporting an issue.

This version was tested by me and shows the following results here:

  • Stock AI aircraft and ship traffic on MSFS 2020 (GAIST 6.1 add-on) are visible. Other traffic add-ons
    not tested.
  • Stock AI aircraft and ship traffic on both MSFS 2024 stable and beta versions are visible. Traffic
    add-ons not tested.
  • No MSFS simulator shows stock ground traffic vehicles anymore. No add-ons like pushback or GSX tested.
    Let me know if you see issues with an add-on.

How to report an issue

If you see the wrong vehicles at the wrong place or an aircraft with a question mark inside the symbol:

  1. Run the simulator and connect Little Navmap as usual.
  2. Click on the wrong vehicle, ship or aircraft on the map. This pops up the window Simulator Aircraft
    and the tab AI / Multiplayer.
  3. Right click into the tab AI / Multiplayer, click Select all and then Copy from the
    context menu.
  4. Paste the formatted content into the
    Avsim forum
    into one of the related threads.
  5. Please always mention the used simulator (2020 or 2024) and version (beta or stable) as well as
    any traffic, pushback or other add-on you use. A link to the add-on can help.
  6. Optional but better: Send me your log file (menu ToolsFiles and Directories). Also mention
    the simulator used and related add-ons as explained above.
    Contact.

Changes from 3.0.14 to 3.0.15.rc1

  • Added check for mismatch between simulator and scenery library database. This will show a dialog
    window if you start to fly MSFS 2024 while having the MSFS 2020 scenery library enabled.
  • Now showing a notification dialog when a user tries to export a MSFS 2020 plan while using the
    MSFS 2024 scenery library, for example. Click Do not show again to continue saving without
    message.
  • More detailed information in log when clicking on AI or user aircraft helping to diagnose AI
    issues.
  • Now always showing the vehicle category in the aircraft progress window and falling back to an
    aircraft icon with a question mark for unsupported vehicle categories.
  • Now limiting vehicle size to avoid oversized ship icons.
  • Reworked SimConnect code. This helps to fix problems with disappearing AI traffic, multiplayer
    aircraft or similar issues.
  • Added better messages in the information window when no weather station can be found near an
    airport. This prevents display of interpolated and nearest weather.
  • Fix for wrong navaid selection in procedures. Example: LOWW SID SNU2A used the wrong navaid SNU
    in Sweden.
  • Fixed display for web interface Dynamic Touch and Drag map also when using a scaled user interface.
  • Corrected saving of map image and copying to clipboard using the wrong image size.
  • Fixed crashes due to invalid aircraft data sent through SimConnect by MSFS.
  • Updated Chinese translation by Eyderoe.
  • Updated German translation.
  • Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation by Ricardo.

Web API

  • Fixed issues with the MSFS add-ons
    Little Navmap VR (MSFS 2020),
    Ingamepanel NAVMAP for Flight Simulator
    and
    Little NavMap EFB Client (MSFS 2024)
    all now work correctly when using a scaled or a non-scaled user interface.
  • Added setting Scale delivered images accoring to system user interface scale level in options
    on page Web Server. Note that this applies only to add-ons using the Little Navmap WebAPI. This
    will deliver map images scaled according to the user interface scale level if checked and if you use
    the web server with high resolution monitors. This is the default behavior but can cause issues
    when using certain web interfaces. Uncheck if you use such an add-on or see issues like a corruped
    map display. Does not apply to the OpenLayers API.
  • The OpenLayers API now returns images scaled by the system user interface scale factor
    (125%, 150% or 200%). This means that the returned image might be larger than the requested size
    depending on scale factor. This change was needed to fix the Dynamic Touch and Drag map.
  • OpenLayers API returned requested images with a minimum height of 300 due to an internal bug.
    This is fixed now and images are returned in the requested size. Dynamic Touch and Drag uses
    256x256 pixels, while other add-ons use larger images.
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macOS users: Keep in mind that you have to clear the quarantine flag when updating Little Xpconnect. See
Clearing the Quarantine Flag on macOS.

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

Version 3.0.16

Changes from 3.0.15 to 3.0.16

  • Added check for mismatch between simulator and scenery library database. This will show a dialog
    window if you start to fly MSFS 2024 while having the MSFS 2020 scenery library enabled.
    Click Do not show again to switch automatically to the right scenery library.
  • Now showing a notification dialog when a user tries to export a MSFS 2020 plan while using the
    MSFS 2024 scenery library, for example. Click Do not show again to continue saving without the
    message.
  • Reworked SimConnect code. This helps to fix problems with disappearing AI traffic, multiplayer
    aircraft and other issues.
  • Added better message in the information window when no weather station can be found near an
    airport. A lack of weather stations prevents the display of interpolated and nearest weather.
  • Fix for wrong navaid selection in procedures. Example: LOWW SID SNU2A used the wrong navaid SNU
    in Sweden.
  • Corrected saving of map image and copying to clipboard using the wrong image size when using a
    scaled user interface.
  • Fixed crashes due to invalid aircraft data sent through SimConnect by MSFS.
  • From 3.0.15.rc1: Fixed the white aircraft with question mark seen when using X-Plane due to
    missing category.
  • From 3.0.15.rc1: Now hiding message No online aircraft shown on map in window Simulator aircraft which appeared wrongly without an online network selected.
  • From 3.0.15.rc1: Fix for error message when installing the Debian package on Linux. The error
    appeared when calling ´apt upgrade´. Now removing link before.
  • From 3.0.15.rc1: Now avoiding program abort on exception when reading the scenery library.
    This keeps Little Navmap running in case of exceptions while loading the scenery library.
  • From 3.0.15.rc1: Improved error handling when loading the scenery library from MSFS 2024.
  • From 3.0.15.rc1: Added option to add missing navaids to MSFS 2024.
    See User Manual - Additional Navaids for MSFS 2024 for more information.
  • Limiting vehicle size to avoid over sized ship icons.
  • More detailed information in log when clicking on AI or user aircraft helping to diagnose AI
    issues.
  • Now clearing remaining wrong map highlights for selected legs in flight plan.
  • Fixed double labels for airports which are a part of the flight plan.
  • Procedure highlights from Preview all Procedures are now cleared with the selection when
    clicking into the empty space of the tree widget or when adding a procedure to a flight plan.
  • The distance for the inclusion of airports in the METAR interpolation has been increased
    from 200 to 600 NM.
  • Removing & from file names and airport names in MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024 exported flight plans
    to avoid simulator hiccups.

Web Interface

  • Fixed display for web interface map Dynamic Touch and Drag also when using a scaled user interface.
  • Fixed issues with the MSFS add-ons
    Little Navmap VR (MSFS 2020),
    ALL IN ONE (MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024)
    and
    Little NavMap EFB Client (MSFS 2024)
    all now work correctly when using a scaled or a non-scaled user interface.
  • Added setting Scale delivered images according to system user interface scale level in options
    on page Web Server. Note that this applies only to add-ons using the Little Navmap WebAPI. This
    will deliver map images scaled according to the user interface scale level if checked and if you use
    the web server with high resolution monitors. This is the default behavior but can cause issues
    when using certain web interfaces. Deselect this if you use such an add-on or see issues like a corrupted
    map display. Does not apply to the OpenLayers API.
  • The OpenLayers API now returns images scaled by the system user interface scale factor
    (125%, 150% or 200%). This means that the returned image might be larger than the requested size
    depending on the user interface scale factor.
  • OpenLayers API returned requested images with a minimum height of 300 due to an internal bug.
    This is fixed now and images are returned in the requested size.
  • From 3.0.15.rc1: Adjusting map image request for display scaling by u-an-i.

Translations

  • From 3.0.15.rc1: Fixed untranslatable texts in help buttons in search tabs.
  • Updated Chinese translation by Eyderoe.
  • Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation by Ricardo.
  • Updated French translation by Patrick.
  • Updated German translation.
  • Updated Italian translation by Flavio.
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