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===Map Dialog=== | |||
[[File:map1.png|thumb|Basic map display]] | |||
James is working on a GUI navigational map, which shows information from the GPS and navigation/airport database in a dialog box - similar to the map windows in other flight-simulators. The results aren't as beautiful as [[Atlas]], but are useful for quickly finding a nearby airport or VOR, and for graphically showing waypoints from a route. The code is also a test platform for creating in-panel cockpit displays using similar technology in the near future, and it's already possible to switch the map to show the aircraft track (from the GPS) heading 'up' the screen. In the mode the map can be used as simple navigation display, to stay on a route or align with a localizer. | |||
See [[Map|this wiki page]] for further information on the current status (and bugs) of the code, and some basic instructions. | |||
==In the hangar== | ==In the hangar== | ||