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This document describes version 1.8.5 of Little Navmap software. The summary includes: 1) The version updated the included Qt and Navigraph navigation databases. 2) It fixed errors when compiling X-Plane databases with certain record types. 3) It added several new features like flight plan exports for additional simulator formats and improved flight plan saving options.

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Change Log

This document describes version 1.8.5 of Little Navmap software. The summary includes: 1) The version updated the included Qt and Navigraph navigation databases. 2) It fixed errors when compiling X-Plane databases with certain record types. 3) It added several new features like flight plan exports for additional simulator formats and improved flight plan saving options.

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Version 1.8.

* Updated from Qt 5.9.1 to 5.9.3


* Updated included Navigraph database with fixed version that now has complete
airways.

from atools version 2.8.5


* Fixed errors when compiling the X-Plane database with PRDAT records in CIFP files
since AIRAC 1801. albar965/littlenavmap#202

Version 1.8.4

Reloading the database is hightly recommended to avoid problems when saving flight
plans.

* Added flight plan export for Reality XP GTN and GNS units.
* Added option to save Garmin flight plans with user defined waypoints only to
avoid
locked waypoints on AIRAC cycle mismatch.
* Added search for X-Plane 3D airport flag in rating dropdown list. Needs scenery
database reload.
* Added display for new airport region where available. Needs scenery database
reload.
* Now displaying runway names for SIDs and STARs with reference to multiple
parallel or all runways in procedure search.
Partial solution for #179. Needs scenery database reload.
* Changed route description text field to monospaced font and changed wrapping for
word to any for better readability.
* Added options to disable tooltips for selected map features: airports, navaids or
airspaces.
* Helipads can now be selected as a start position on the map.
* Now using correct AIRAC cycle from nav database when writing FMS files. Used
simulator version previously which
could result in X-Plane warnings. Needs scenery database reload
* Added warning dialog when AIRAC cycle is not available when saving flight plans
in X-Plane FMS 11 format.
* Departure runway is now correctly assigned according to SID runway when loading
from formats
which do not support departure parking (e.g. FMS or FPL).
* Fixed issues where X-Plane cannot load STAR in FMS 11 flight plans because runway
reference is missing.
* Fixed issue where helipad name was not loaded correctly from FSX PLN files in
certain cases.
* Fixed Linux build to avoid problems with shared libraries on some platforms.
* Removed unneeded startup script for Linux. Program executable can now be started
directly from any directory without
setting library path.
* macOS compatibility changed since program does not work on 10.9 and below due to
Qt requirements.
Now at least version 10.10 is required. Now showing error dialog if macOS is too
old.
Program now refuses to run on Mavericks or older.
* Fixed warning dialog for Linux and macOS which should show up only on Windows
first startup.
* Made program more tolerant for older database files.
* Small adjustment to taxiway labels to show more often.

Updated translation files, French manual and legend.


from atools version 2.8.4
* Fixed problem where translations for second and third languages were loaded for
some regions.
* Solved problem where translation files were loaded mixed in some cases.
* Logging library paths now for debugging.
* Added Garmin GNS XML flight plan export.
* Added option to save GNS XML flightplans with user defined waypoints.
* Column "arinc_name" in table "approaches" is now filled for SID and STAR to get
runway
information for multiple or all. Needed for future fixes of
albar965/littlenavmap#179. Needs scenery database reload
* Added new columns "region" and "is_3d" (X-Plane) in airport table. Adapted all
compilers to fill it. Needs scenery database reload
* Database minor version bumped up to 8.
* Made flight plan format detection more tolerant for FMS 11 with missing cycle
information.
* Fixed issues where X-Plane cannot load STAR in FMS 11 flight plans because runway
reference is missing. albar965/littlenavmap#173
* Fixed invalid Majestic Dash FPR flight plan file export on Windows and added
error check for invalid file size.
* Fixed problem with wrong directory selection if default directory does not exist
for file dialog.
* Number of ALS is now correctly assigned to airports in X-Plane data compiler.
This resulted in many airports having an ALS indication where none is.
* Updated French translation.

Version 1.8.3

* Comparing AIRAC cycle numbers before overwriting approach now.


* Workaround for invalid course to fix procedure legs with missing distance which
resulted in
distorted procedure display.

Version 1.8.2.beta

* Fixed crashes and freezes with invalid or incomplete procedures.


* Fixed error detection for invalid procedure legs.
* Updated English manual and French translation.

from atools version 2.8.2.beta

* DFD compiler now estimates if holding is given in time or distance for procedure
legs.
* DFD compiler now always sets region for fixes where it was missing for procedure
legs.
* Solved problem where fix was not set for DME distance and radial terminated
procedure legs.
Now copying recommended fix.

Version 1.8.1.beta

* Fixed problem where no simulator was selected on first startup causing crashes
when loading flight plans.
* Fixed handling of missing or inaccessible legend file. Now ignores error and
redirects to web-page.
* Now asking before overwriting settings database.
* Added cycle information to X-Plane menu item.
* Menu item is not disabled instead of being hidden if only one simulator is
installed. installed.
* Fixed error in simulator menu where a menu item could be deselected resulting in
no selection at all.
* Updated links to online manual to point to 1.8 version.
* Changed the building of help URLs and file paths to user the language override
setting.
Program will link to English help now if GUI is forced to English.
* Updated included english PDF manual.
* Updated French translations and added translated offline manual PDF.

Version 1.8.0.beta

* Added sub-menu for third party navdata with three display options.
* Changed main window title bar to indicate usage of navdata (i.e. Navigraph):
"FSX/N": simulator and navdata, "(FSX)/N": navdata only and "FSX": simulator
only.
* Added Navigraph database cycle 1707 to program download archive. Database is
prepared and
used automatically on startup.
* Program can now display mixed data (i.e. "FSX/N") on map and in information
window:
Complete airports and ILS from simulator data. Navaids, airways, airspaces and
procedures
from third party navdata like Navigraph.
* Additonal third party database is now opened from application directory
first and can be overloaded in settings database directory by a newer one.
Programm checks
database internal compilation time before copying and creates database indexes on
demand.
Database is copied and prepared on first startup. #127

* Added French legend and updates to translation by Patrick.


* Updated Linux startup script so that it can be used also by the desktop launcher
(thanks to Valerio for the tip).
* Now adding all readme and changelog files to macOS deployment.
* Added command line option "-s" or "--settings-directory" that allows to change
the "ABarthel" part of the
settings directory for testing purposes like running more than one version of
Little Navmap.

* Added settings in option dialog on tab "User Interface" to force language and
locale (number format, date format and more) in program to English. #156
* Added options to disable restoring the last search parameters, information window
content and
aircraft trail on startup in options dialog on tab "Startup".

* Moved most flight export menus to sub-menu.


* Added flight plan export for Majestic Dash. Currently limited to waypoints. #140
* Added export for IXEG 737 flight plan format. #153
* Flight plan export to Flight Factor Airbus added. #139
* Enabled saving of the new X-Plane 11 FMS file format and added warning before
saving since the
format is not usable by X-Plane 11.05.
FMS 11 is now the default format when saving FMS although it needs at least a
11.10 beta version.
FMS 3 can still be saved using the export option. #155

* Removed SIDs and STARs in information dock window on procedure tab since this
information was not useful.
* Fixed error where ARINC name of procedures was not loaded causing problems when
exporting and loading flight plans.
* Information dock window on tab "Runways/Helipads" can now display more than one
ILS for a runway end (EDDF 25R/07L).

* Fixed problem in route description parser where an airway as an invalid first


entry did not generate a warning message.
* Fixed error in route string parser which did not recognize STARs correctly.
* Fixed error where first enroute waypoint contained an airway reference after
calculating with SID in some cases.
This caused problems when exporting some flight plan formats and in the route
string parser.

* Fixed several display issues with large airspaces and airways crossing the anti
meridian. These showed up
mirrored with their tooltips in other parts of the world. Small problems remain
(e.g. Melbourne FIR). #127
* Fixed display issues with airports, AI and user aircraft in spherical display
which showed up at the upper window
border in some cases.
* Adapted airspace and COM display to new types. Added caution airspace. #127

* Fixed error where an automatic connect was attempted even when hostname is empty.
* Fixed problem with almost invisible checkbox in night mode.
* Removed unused "what's this" question mark in scenery database error dialog.

from atools version 2.8.0.beta

* Finished DFD to Little Navmap database compiler for Navigraph data. #126
* Added script table and option to store create index scripts in that table for
preparation by the client. #126
* Added option to drop indexes after database creation to keep the file small.
* Vacuum and analyze option for database creation now defaults to true to get
smaller and better organized files. #126
* FSX/P3D: Added workaround for scenery sort order with add-on.xml files missing
layer id.
Now forcing navaid updates to end of all scenery entries.
* Extended database metadata with optional compiler_version, valid_through and data
source columns.
* Increased database minor version to 6.
* Added flight plan export option for Majestic Dash. #140
* Updated French translation files.
* Fixed error with wrong ILS pitch in X-Plane compiler.
* Disabling maximum airway segment length now for data sources that contain a valid
airspace geometry
(X-Plane and DFD - FSX/P3D contain invalid segments).
* Fixed several problems with bounding box and overlap calculations around the anti
meridian.
* Better handling of X-Plane OpenAirspace comments and fixed problem where airspace
names contain a comment character.

Version 1.6.7

* Fixed problem where procedures were assigned to the wrong runway in search
window.
* "No runway" filter is now back in procedure search.
* Fixed problem with gap and wrong distance calculation for SIDs starting with an
initial fix.
* Fixed crash after startup when airport procedures changed.
* Added adjustable limitation for maximum points of aircraft track
* Added txt flight plan format usable by JARDesign or Rotate Simulations aircraft.
* Fixed errors in route description generation where a DCT was inserted after SID
or before STAR
statement creating invalid routes.
* Fixed problem where X-Plane basepath was not found as "save as" or "export"
default path.
* Fixes for translation support.

from atools version 2.6.8


* Fixed flight plan GPX export to save procedure points and altitude now.
* Fixed exception when compiling new TACAN approach in P3D version 4.1.
* Now populating channel in VORTACs.
* Added new aviation acronyms to capitalization function.
* Adapted weather parser for language translation.
* Fixed error when loading FMS flight plans with invalid altitude values resulted
in missing
flight plan line in elevation profile.

Version 1.6.6

* Attempt to fix zoom distance creep while using moving map.


* Fixed error in airspace copying from older database schemes where bounding
rectangle was messed up.
This resulted in an "too many objects" message in the statusbar.
* Offline map themes Atlas and Simple: Fixed missing lakes in map.
* Fixed problem where airspace showed wrong scenery files after copying. Now
disabled.
* Airspace buttons now disabled if no airspaces are loaded.
* "Calculate based on given altitude" is working again. Previously failed with "no
route found".
* Now correctly considering min and maximum altitude ranges when calculating to
avoid
non-overlapping airway altitude min/max ranges.
* Fixed error in flight plan saving logic where cancel did not stop saving.

Version 1.6.5.beta

* Added display of AIRAC cycle to database dialog.


* Changed rating checkbox to combo in airport search.
* Added display of simulator type to connection status in statusbar.
* Added scenery file display for airspaces.
* Fixed potential crash on failing network connection.
* Fixed status bar connection indication remaining in disconnected state sometimes.
* Removed "no SimConnect" header label in connect dialog.
* Fixed "Connect on startup" checkbox state not saved.
* Added download button to update notification dialog.
* Fixed several small text errors.
* Solved problem with gaps between SIDs, STARs and the respective transitions
resulting in wrong
display and distance calculation.
* Fixed problem where STAR was not reloaded after database switch.
* Cleanup of airspace management code to allow addition of more airspaces.
* Now clipping long airport names on map.
* Fixed issue where airspaces were not updated when changing cruise altitude with
empty flight plan.
* Removed restrictions on user defined waypoint names. Names are now adjusted
according to save flight plan format.
* Added coordinates to CSV export by clipboard.
from atools version 2.6.6.beta
* Added OpenAir airspace format compilation for X-PLane - also reading
from $HOME/Documents/Little Navmap/X-Plane Airspaces
* Increased database minor version to 3.
* Enabled user defined waypoint names for X-Plane FMS format.
* Fixed user waypoint format for FLP so that it can be reloaded.
* Fixed problem loading FS9 flight plans.
* Added AIRAC cycle to metadata and comment to file table.
* X-Plane 3D airport state now considered when calculating rating.
* Fixed confusing 0 error dialog appearing after loading X-Plane database
successfully.
* Now checking X-Plane CIFP filenames before loading.
* Better error handling and reporting of too old files with version < 850 when
loading X-Plane scenery.
* Added handler for assertions/crashes showing dialog to avoid crash to desktop.
* Made loading of add-on.xml more robust for files with wrong encoding.
* Fixed problem loading FS9 flight plans.

Version 1.6.4

* Fixed several inconsistencies around context menus and procedure restriction


display.
* Move hidden URL to top in update notification dialog.
* Updated PDF manual.

from atools version 2.6.5


* Added workaround for P3D v4 add-on.xml files with inconsistent encoding (BOM /
XML PI mismatch)
* Added error reporting and boundary check when reading X-Plane dat files to avoid
crash to desktop.
* Added error collection for X-Plane compiler. Now only stops reading the current
file on error.

from atools version 2.6.4


* Fixed crashes when reading X-Plane CIFP files with unknown approach type.
* Fixed crash with older apt.dat files where runway name for VASI is missing.
* Added support for all altitude restriction types.
* Warnings now print full filename including path.
* Fixed error where altitude restrictions were not recognized when given as flight
levels.
* Enabled support for older apt.dat files with version down to 850.

Version 1.6.3

* Fixed display issue for declination where decimals places were cut off.
* Small improvement in map context menu to indicate missing procedures.

derived from atools:


* Fixed error that caused a few hundred waypoints having invalid declination for X-
Plane and FSX/P3D.

Version 1.6.2 (not public)

* Added compatibility flag for Mac OS X 10.8.


* New flight plan metadata for used simulator database.
* Updated PDF manual and legend.
* Removed links in information when printing.
* Fixed blinking magenta line in flight plan table when using FSX/P3D weather.
* Fixed parsing of SID and STAR with names longer than five characters in route
string dialog.
* Fixed problem where departure position was not loaded from flight plans when
using X-Plane database.
* Changed button text for warning dialogs when saving FLP or FMS for more clarity.
* Now adding navdata source to saved flight plan annotations.
* Added help buttons to save flight plan warning dialogs.
* Added help button to flight plan window.
* Reformatted update notification. Pulled download to top of dialog.

derived from atools:


* Better error handling in X-Plane compiler. Now checking for required files.
* Corrected mapping for runway markings in X-Plane compilation.

Version 1.6.1.beta

* Adapted flight plan calculation, map display and information display to one-way
airways and maximum altitude
restriction (X-Plane).
* Database loading dialog now pops up after erasing incompatible databases.
* Improved weather display for nearest station: Added name, distance and map link
to reporting station.
* Rhumb line measurement now shows both magnetic and true course where declination
is based on origin.
* Workaround in route string generation for malformed PLN files from PFPX.
* Now all waypoints are added instead if an airway could not be found in the
database in route string.
* Invalid waypoints (not found in database) are now added as name instead of
coordinates to route string.
* Removed "select nothing" click areas in flight plan and procedure search top
level labels. Added push buttons instead.

derived from atools:


* Increased database version for schema changes - needs a reload.
* Changed database schema for one-way airways and maximum altitude.
* Adapted airway compilation for direction and maximum altitude.
* Fixed error where number of attached airways was not assigned to waypoints.
* Now erasing wrong airway entries at departure and destination when loading flight
plan to avoid
problems with malformed flight plans from PFPX.
* Fixed error where Documents path was not selected as default if missing
simulator.

Version 1.6.0.beta

* Changed handling of helipads and fixed display. Now using name as an identifier.
* Added support for Hifi ASP4.
* Aircraft size is now displayed correctly for X-Plane on map and information
window.
* Small improvements to airport symbol painting.
* Fixed problems with special characters in search (special characters are still
treated case sensistive).
* Added display of nearest weather station for X-Plane metar file when showing
information of an airport.
* Fixed issues when displaying parking names on map (name too long).
* Fixed problem where departure parking was dropped on certain cases like flight
plan calculation.
* Fixed crash after copying airspaces.
* Added custom update dialog window that can display a longer message.
derived from atools:
* Enabled database file exclusions and add-on override options to X-Plane loader.
* Fixed crash when reading X-Plane add-on airports (KLAS).
* Better error reporting when reading X-Plane scenery including file and line
number.
* X-Plane file codec is now set to UTF-8 to avoid problems with special characters.
* Added detection of closed airports by name for X-Plane.
* Improved detection of military airports in general and name capitalization for X-
Plane.

Version 1.5.4.develop

* Added moving map display and aircraft information including AI for X-Plane.
* Cleanup in help menu. Now only help actions have a question mark icon. Added Qt
icon.
* Renamed magvar to magnetic declination in information dialogs.
* Added donation menu item in help menu and about dialog.
* Fixed dialog modality to keep dialog from hiding behind main window on macOS.
* Ctrl + cursor keys are now captured when changing details to avoid accidental
zooming.
* Initial information dialog about missing SimConnect and databases now only shown
on Windows.
* Added function to copy airspaces from FSX/P3D to X-Plane database.
* Fix for shrinked heliports on map display.
* Fixed issues with missing data in AI aircraft labels and information display.
* Updated connect dialog for an additional X-Plane connect option.
* Added XpConnect to build and deployment scripts.
* Adapted to missing values from X-Plane moving map plugin.

derived from atools:


* Made all dialogs now application modal to avoid hiding behind main window.
* Removed unneede schema generation in case of aborted compilation.
* Fixed compilation not detecting abort/cancel condition for X-Plane.
* Added tolerant distance match when merging TACAN and VOR to VORTAC.
* BGL record length now checked to avoid endless loops and program freezing.
* Added console application to avoid widget dependencies.
* Added aircraft type codes.
* Fixed crash when reading CIFP files.

Version 1.5.3.develop

X-Plane
* Added loading of full X-Plane scenery database except airspaces and ARINC files.
* Added parking icons and map colors for new X-Plane types.
* Added weather source and display for X-Plane METAR.rwx.

Flight Plans
* Now FMS, FLP and FS9 PLN flight plans can be loaded. Format is detected by file
content.
* Added automatic format detection while loading flight plans in P3D/FSX/FS9 PLN,
X-Plane FMS and FLP.
* Changed save/export menu to clarify which formats can be loaded.
* Added warning dialogs when saving to a flight plan format not supporting all
features like airways or procedures.
* Now loads and saves FMS and FLP files like PLN. This avoids the need to select
export in the menu.
Instead just save can be used.
* Now saving and loading procedures in FLP format.
* Made procedure loading more tolerant for incomplete procedure information in FLP.
* X-Plane FMS save location is now set from base directory.

Update
* Added automatic update checks on startup and help menu item for manual check.
* Added update check settings in options dialog on start page including update
channels for
stable, beta and development versions.

Magnetic declination
* Magnetic declination for airports, waypoints and user defined points is now read
from magdec.bgl in the
scenery database to avoid wrong values from airports and waypoints.
* Added magdec.bgl file 1701 from http://www.aero.sors.fr for X-Plane data loader.
* User defined waypoints now get a magvar assigned.
* Removed now useless true indication for flight plan.

Procedures
* Fixed reversed above/below alt restriction.
* Improved info display for procedures and removed useless data.
* Fixed disappearing preview when selecting legs in procedure search.
* Added new approach and fix types for X-Plane.
* Added display of speed limits.

Map Display
* Added new detail layer where full parking names are shown.
* Added taxiway center lines in map display to find taxi paths on X-Plane aprons.
* Added support for runway shoulder, transparent surface and X-Plane aprons and
taxiways.

Scenery Database
* Fixed reading of add-on.xml in UTF-16 encoding.
* Now sorting of add-on packages by layer.
* Added fix for unnamed scenery entries in add-on.xml files.
* Added option to disable/enable reading and writing of add-on packages for P3D v3
and v4.
* Reworked database managment. Databases are now opened read only to avoid
corrupted files on crash.
* Adapted database dialog behavior for X-Plane support. Dialog can now be shown
even without installed simulator.

Other
* Added "only waypoints" option to route string dialog usable for X-Plane ATC.
* Added clickspots in top labels to clear sometimes annoying selection in procedure
search and flight plan.
* Scenery is now compiled to a temporary database. Erase database dialog should not
pop up anymore after crash.
* Added links to start positions in information display.
* Updated to Qt 5.9.1

derived from atools:


* Multiple X-Plane related schema extensions. Speed limit, apron.geometry and
runway.shoulder and more. New columns are optional.
* Fixed wrongly placed speed limit columns in procedure tables.
* Can now load FMS, FLP and FS9 ini-style pln flight plan formats.
* Added saving and loading of procedures to FLP format.
* Made database loading more robust for mixed case paths on case sensitive
operating systems.
* Databases can now be opened read-only.
Version 1.5.2.develop

derived from atools:


* Fixed missing encoding in PLN XML files since changing to Qt 5.9.
* Now generating scenery names if missing from add-on.xml files.

Version 1.5.1.develop

derived from atools:


* Fixed excessive logging of warnings in invalid airport records and waypoints.
* Now skipping airports where the first record is already invalid.
* Fixed problem with unnamed scenery areas from add-on.xml files.

Version 1.4.4

* Added light and dark maps from CARTO.


* Improved aircraft progress display and fixed multiple omissions.
* Removing file link now if unavailable in information window. This happens on
remote computers with copied databases.
* Added start positions to runway information.
* Fixed potential crashes when a style is unavailable.
* Half transparent aircraft icon fixed.
* Fixed problem with links in scenery database error dialog opening inline.
* Renamed manifest file. #110
* Added notification message if SimConnect was not found in connect dialog. #110
* SimConnect is now loaded dynamically. The file "littlenavmap-nosimconnect.exe"
was removed. #110
* Changed to Qt 5.9

derived from atools:

* P3D v4 runways, aprons and taxiways are now read correctly. This affects all BGL
files that are created using the v4 SDK compiler.
* Fixed crash with P3D v4 BGL files.
* Added support for P3D v4 add-on.xml packages. #111

Version 1.4.3

* Updated PDF manual.

Version 1.4.2.beta

* Added support for P3D version 4:


* Added new simulator type
* Now using UTF-8 encoding for reading P3D V4 scenery.cfg. Others are read with
default encoding.
* Fixed wind display in information windows. Variable winds are now displayed
correctly.
* Fixed behavior when changing away from procedure search tab. No more disappearing
procedures.
* Removed inconsistencies in options dialog when using reset function:
* Default settings are now equal to reset result.
* Weather settings are now properly reset.
* GUI style is now unaffected when using reset instead of swiching to old windows
style.
* Fixed wrong theme selection on startup in menu.
* Added tutorial links in help menu.
* Fixed unit update for airspace altitude filter. Now also uses metric units if set
in options dialog.
* Increased jump distance when aircraft track is removed if simulator position
changes.
* Added workaround for not intersecting procedure legs in "course to fix" leg.
* Fixed problems with actions disabled in background resulting in shortcut keys
being unavailable.
* Added shortcut key combinations for "show procedures" and "activate leg".
* Changed and enabled shortcut key combination for clear selection.
* Fixed problem where splash screen could hide dialogs on startup.

derived from atools:


* Added support for P3D version 4.
* Fixed METAR parsing for reports with missing humidity.

Version 1.4.1.beta

* Fixed errors with radionavaid flight plan calculation. DME and TACAN are now
excluded.
* Added option to calculate flight plan segment between selected waypoints.
* Fixed errors with airway display and airway tooltips appearing in the wrong
position.
* Fixed map object overflow logic for airspaces and navaids. Indication is now more
reliable.
* Added separate layer for airspaces without waypoints to get a better overview.
* Corrected odd/even altitude rule to use magnetic course.
* Added north/south and south/north altitude rules.
* Autoconnect is now switched on per default.
* Now using straight line if recommended fix is missing for arc segments to avoid
crashes for invalid procedure legs.
* Procedure legs are now only red if unusable. More tolerant for missing
recommended fix now.
* Fixed color customization for profile widget. All colors now have a dark/normal
variant. More colors and styles are cutomizable now.
* Added option to overload vehicle icons.
* Adjusted vehicle icon colors for better visibility.
* Aircraft track is now kept when connecting to simulator. Track is only deleted
when aircraft position jumps too far.

Version 1.4.0.beta

* Now allowing simple customization of printed flight plan table.


* Added reset window layout menu item.
* Small drawing and GUI fixes around procedures. Fixed overfly indication hidden by
navaids. Size now adapted to navaid.
* Fixed error selecting new mark from distance search which was placed on the wrong
airport.
* Updated included legend from online version.
* Fixed update issues when changing units.
* Updated help links for help buttons.
* Fixes in procedure search, reset view and context menu.
* Fixed drawing error in procedure curves when using offline maps.
* Added new default startup layout with correctly placed toolbars. This triggery
only when last version is 1.2.4.
* Disabling all airspace menu items is airspace display is disabled.
* Fixed wrongly placed text in profile.
* Fixed name of ship icon resulting in invisible icon in some cases.
* Improved leg sequencing when exiting holds.

Version 1.3.7.develop
* Now trying to match procedure runways to add-on airport runways. Procedure is
tied to airport center if
runway could not be found.
* Fixed crashes and freezes with invalid procedures.
* Fixed error when deleting SID transitions without SID legs. Invalid SID data
remained in the saved PLN file.
* Added verbose logging options for SimConnect.
* Connect errors are now shown in the statusbar.
* Adapted colors in procedure search to match flight plan table and adusted colors
for night mode.
* SIDs that consist of only one transition (most do) can now be easier selected and
previewed.
* Fixed automatic leg sequencing when exiting holds.

derived from atools:


* Fixed crash on database version detection after adding "has_sid_star" column.

Version 1.3.6.develop

* Scenery database has to be reloaded due to a schema change to metadata table.


Aircraft tracks are silently not
loaded because the format has changed.

* Added AI ship traffic.


* Added options to disable SimConnect transfer of AI vehicles.
* Improved display of AI vehicle display by dividing into large and small types.

* Added flight plan export options for GPX and X-Plane FMS. GPX export includes
flown track including altitude and time.

* Added configuration files for color customization for map, elevation profile,
fusion and night styles.
This also allows to change the airspace line and fill colors, fill transparency,
line widths and styles.
See link for manual:
https://albar965.gitbooks.io/little-navmap-user-manual/content/v/master/en/
CUSTOMIZE.html

* Added support for parsing SID and STAR to route string dialog.
* Added IFR/VFR selector to route string dialog.
* Added options to customize route string (DCT on/off and others).
* Improved cruise altitude and speed assignment to flight plan when reading route
string. Values are now taken from string
or automatically determined.

* Added manual chapter for external databases which were added earlier:
https://albar965.gitbooks.io/little-navmap-user-manual/content/v/master/en/
APPENDIX.html#external-scenery-databases

* Added option to read also inactive scenery entries. Useful if sceneries are
disabled or enabled by tools for each flight.
* Added vertical path deviation in simulator aircraft progress after passing top of
descent.
* Added option to disable display of the top of descent points and values.
* Added airway segment minimum altitude to flight plan table.
* Added saving of speed in PLN file. Speed change now modifies route.
* Added frequency of TACAN DME in information window.

* Fixed display issues with elevation profile and aircraft track where an invisible
left over
track could alter the scale.

* Fixed errors in SID/STAR recognition. Database is now checked for actual presence
of SID and STAR procedures
independent of the selected simulator.

* Adjusted route calculation to better avoid large unrealistic airway segments.


* Fixed error in active leg sequencing going postal when aircraft travelled too far
back.
* Fixed bug where duplicate consecutive waypoints between route and procedures
remained after flight plan calculation.
* Reverse route now working correctly with procedures.
* Fixed crash in procedure search when starting with an empty database.
* Fixed aircraft progress cleared and not updated after database switch and other
window update problems.
* Fixed "Unknown Waypoint" in procedures.
* Fixed invalid course value for distance search when distance is null.
* Added cache setting for the SQLite database in the ini file.
* Fixed potential crashes and small memory leaks.

derived from atools:


* GLOBE data reader now opens files on demand.
* Fix for too many reconnects flooding log on simulator crash.

Version 1.3.5.develop

* The ZIP archives of Little Navmap and Little Navconnect are merged now. You can
find both programs on the top level
directory in the archive.

* Scenery database has to be reloaded due to schema change to airspace tables.

* Added support for GLOBE offline elevation data as second elevation data source.
See dialog "Options" -> tab "Cache and Files". All explained there.
* Elevation under cursor is now shown after a short delay on the bottom right in
the status bar if offline data is used.

* Added TACAN and VORTAC stations to display, search and all other VOR related
functions. This fixes unusable procedures
around many military airports. Only for P3D with fsAerodata navdata updates.

* Many optimizations and bugfixes for airspace display. Fixed memory leak in
airspace geometry caching.
* Moved FIR Class F and G airspaces one layer up in map display. Now shown earlier
when zooming in.
* Added show/hide all toolbar button for airspaces.
* Disabling airspace semi transparent fill for certain map display performance
modes now for faster scrolling.
See "Options" -> "Map" -> "Details while scrolling ..."
* Increased cache size for airway geometry and other features.

* Procedures are now sorted by type, runway and fix name in search tab.
* Selection now cleared when adding procedure to flight plan to avoid preview
overlapping route.
* Fixed several problems when resolving procedure navaids resulting in unusable
procedures.

* Added menu item in menu "Map" to reset map settings back to default.
* Improved statusbar display for shown map features and airspaces. Added empty
airports.
* Flight plan file paths are now remembered for each simulator separately. Fixed
error that intially
always used the FSX files path.
* Moved airway display one layer up for map display. Now shown on higher zoom
levels.
* Added small airport symbol in runway schema display to indicate clickspot for
airport.
* Added option for clean flight plan (PLN) export since some add-ons (EFB) are not
capable
to read XML in the PLN files properly and cannot deal with the comments
containing procedure information.
* Now adding cache tuning parameters to settings ini file.

derived from atools:


* Removed boundary_line table and pre-calculate boundary geometry now which ist
stored as binary data.
* Bumped database version up for changed schema.
* Added support for GLOBE offline elevation data.
* Changed ILS to runway assignment logic to fix ILS data updates.
* Added still unused columns in database for speed limit, airway direction and
other extensions for future AIRAC support.
* Added option for two external databases besides the real simulators.

Version 1.3.4.devel

* Added display of airspaces to map, information window and tooltips.


* Added separate toolbar for airspaces to limit display by type, altitude or flight
plan cruise level.
* Added new map update mode in options dialog on tab "Map" that combines full
details and lazy load.
* Airspaces and airways are now always loaded lazily when scrolling or zooming.
* Active leg sequencing is now only done for airborne aircraft. No magenta line
while you are on ground.
* Added better and more detailed error reports for scenery database loading. Report
now contains missing scenery
directories.
* Added delayed notification to profile window for altitude changes in flight plan
to overcome laggy spin box.

derived from atools:


* Several fixes when reading airspace boundaries.
* Added missing indexes to boundary table.
* Now collecting errors for missing scenery directories when loading scenery
library database.

Version 1.3.3.devel

* Disabled sequencing of active leg when aircraft is on ground


* Added runway to saved procedure information to allow finding of procedures among
duplicates.
* Now resetting procedure search filters when changing simulator.
* Approach filter combo box is now hidden if simulator is not P3D (which allows
departure procedures only).
* Enabled loading of airspace boundaries (not displayed yet).
* Fixed problem with messed up procedures and crashes when appending flight plan or
after switching simulators.
* Routing now considers SID, STAR and approaches and calculates flight plan from
end of SID to beginning of STAR or approach.
* Sequencing of active route legs now stops before destination airport if arrival
procedures are active.
* Fixed direct route messing up procedure information.
* Fixed crash and display errors in profile for arc procedure legs.
* Suppressing invalid course values for initial legs (which have no length) in info
window and on map.
* Fixed missing TOD point at legs between procedures.
* Added departure runway for SIDs in flight plan window header.
* Certain settings like enabled map objects and selected simulator are now save
immediately.

derived from atools:


* Fixed old problem with empty registry entries when detecting simulator.
* Fixed reading of airspace boundaries and removed hack.
* Reduced size of airspace enums in database.

Version 1.3.2.devel

* Changed GUI around procedures completely - added procedure search tab


* Added filter to procedure search
* Procedure information now saved with flight plan
* Fixed multiple display issues and crashes for procedures
* Procedure fixes are now displayed in flight plan
* Added full support for SIDs, STARs and the respective transitions
* Added help button to procedure search.
* Procedure preview is now hidden when clicking into empty space in tree or
activating another search tab.
* Flyover waypoints are now highlighted with a yellow background.
* Added Aerosoft Airbus FLP flight plan export

derived from atools:


* Solved problem where airports without delete record lost approaches.
* Fixed METAR parser errors with NOSIG token for weather or sky condition.
* Cleanup in database around transitions and approaches:
** Navaid ids have to be resolved during runtime now and not during compilation
time.
** Fix for multiple navaids with the same name and same region in the database.
** Added more redundant information to runway end table to speed up program during
runtime.
* Now nearest VOR and NDBs are assigned to waypoint if duplicates exist.

Version 1.3.1.devel

* Added approach and transition support. Drawing, attaching to flight plan, active
leg detection and more.
* Fixed errors in METAR parser.
* Completely changed active segment logic for flight plan.

Version 1.2.4

Release
* Fixed wrong (negated) UTC offset in SimConnect user aircraft.
* User defined waypoints are now length limited when parsing flight plan
descriptions to avoid FS crash.
* Fixed problem with wrong distance in elevation profile for some flight plans.
* Fixed missing magvar correction on flight plan course in certain cases.
* Fixed problem when zooming in to small flight plans.
Version 1.2.3

* Added missing localizer and backcourse ILS frequencies to approach information.


* Removed central widget and moved map to dock window. Nested dock windows are now
allowed.
* Fixed problem with disappearing route due to airport overflow.
* Added proper default window state save and restore.
* Default window state added to code.
* Track is now cleared if aircraft jumps too far.
* Solved display issue in route table.
* Remaining problems in macOS fixed: Map is now centered on last position.
Overlays are available again. KML loading and centering is working.
* Updated manual.
* Problem with runway assignment with designation and missing leading 0 fixed.
* Cleanup in dialogs
* Fixed numbering of user defined waypoints for flightplan containing user defined
coordinates.
* Added deg/min/sec coordinate format as used by Skyvector to route parser.

from atools:
* Terminal waypoints are not deleted anymore for add-on airports.
* Removing invalid waypoints.
* Jetway indication for gates is correct now.
* Updated database minor version to 1.
* Waypoint id length is now limited to 10 for flightplans.
* Html entities are replaced with quotes now in flightplan to ensure better third
party compatibility.

Version 1.2.2.beta

* Fixed missing unit in TOD in info.


* Updated manual.
* Added display for all BGL files that were used to build an airport.
* Added link to BGL files in information window.
* Optimizations for database loading resultin in double loading speed.

from atools:
* Added airport deduplication and optimizations to airport delete processor.
* Increased distance for VOR and NDB deduplication.
* Printing duplicated airports into log before deleting.
* Now appending scenery path and bgl filenames in airport table.
* Added result set printing to sql script.
* Added number of starts to airport for proper delete handling.
* Added table airport_file to collect all sceneries containing an airport.
* Added compiler option for deduplication.
* ILS of add-on airports are not deleted anymore. Optmized copying of add-on
airport values.
* Added deletion of duplicate ILS.
* Optimizations for database: removed unused indexes.

Version 1.2.1.beta

* Fixed map display overflow logic. Now displaying a red warning message if too
many objects are shown.
* Fixed errors in track drawing logic. Track now remains on map after disconnect.
* Airway names are now correctly assigned after reversing route.
* Fixed problems with weather indication for active sky departure and destination
airports.
* Added offline indication in status bar.
* Added indication for aircraft not shown on map in simulator aircraft window tabs.
* Added tooltips to text label tree in options dialog.
* Disabling all unavailable options now for mac
* Fine tuning of route calculation for shorter routes.
* Updated manual PDF.
* Added aircraft track to legend.

from atools:
* Fixed problem of wrong elevation adjustments overwriting add-on airport.
* BGL files are now read ordered by name to get more deterministic behavior.
* Only line comments are allowed now in ini files and scenery.cfg to avoid problems
with
filenames containing "#". Behavior is now equal to flight simulator.

Version 1.2.0.beta

The program is not compatible with Windows XP anymore.


Little Navconnect is only needed for remote connections now.

Enhancements

General

* Printing for map, flight plan, airport and weather information added.
* Added night user interface style and others including a dimmable map for night
display.
* Units can now be changed to metric, imperial and nautical separately for
distance, altitude, speed, weight and volume.
* Database updates by fsAerodata (https://www.fsaerodata.com) are supported.
* Coordinate format can now be changed from degree/minutes/seconds to decimal
degree format.
* Freqencies for VOR, NDB and ILS added to approach information tab.
* Added display of helipad details to information window.
* When changing departure, destination or flight plan type, the save function will
optionally show the "save as" dialog. This helps to avoid overwriting flight plans
with the wrong content.
* `Save Map as image function added.`
* All help is now available either offline as an included PDF or online from
Gitbook.

Flight Plan

* Flight plans can now be exported to the GFP format used by the Flight1 GTN
650/750.
* The names of user defined waypoints can now be changed.
* Flight plan route description parsing added which allows to convert flight plans
from and to ATS route descriptions. This even uses speed and cruise altitude data
given in the route description.
* The active flight plan leg is now hightlighted on the map and in the flight plan
table.
* Added toolbar button to adjust flight plan altitude according to simpified
hemispherical and IFR/VFR rules.
* Added navaid range column in flight plan table.

Weather

* Weather data can now be directly fetched from the simulator and is updated every
15 seconds. This also applies to remote connections.
* Weather is now shown in decoded format in the information window for all weather
sources like simulator, ASN, AS16, NOAA and VATSIM.
* The Active Sky flight plan weather file is now used to show METARs and decoded
weather for destination and departure. This gives a precise weather indication for
ASN or AS16 users.
* Wind pointer on top center of the map for wind around user aircraft added.

Map Display

* AI and multiplayer aircraft are now shown on the map. Information about these is
available in the aircraft progress window and tooltips.
* Added configurable top of descent display on map and elevation profile display
based on simple number of nautical miles per 1000 ft rule.
* The floating map overlays can now be hidden.
* Added a mode that scrolls the map continously while displaying and following the
user aircraft.
* Movement and updates of the user aircraft are now more fluid.
* User aircraft icon can now show an optional line indicating the track.
* Aircraft types \(jet, piston/turboprop, helicopter\) are now indicated by the
user and AI/multiplayer aircraft icons.
* Added drawing of minimum safe altitude for each flight plan segment in profile
window.
* Runway length is now shown in precise units using meter or feet depending on
settings.
* Text labels on map can now be customized for airport, user and AI/multiplayer
aicraft.
* Symbol and text sizes for airports, navaids, user and AI/multiplayer aircraft can
be changed separately.
* Flight plan and user aircraft trail line width and color can be changed.
* Range ring and distance measurement line width can be changed.
* Zoom distance for double click and `Show on map menu items can now be changed
separately.`
* Added option to center map on last flight plan on startup.

Flight Simulator Connection

* Little Navmap can now connect to a flight simulator directly. Little Navconnect
is now only needed for remote connections.
* Little Navmap can now optionally reconnect to a local flight simulator or a
remote Little Navconnect instance. Start order of programs does not matter now.
* Hostnames can now be deleted in the connect dialog list.

Problems Solved

General

* The OpenTopoMap is back in all its glory. In general all online maps using HTTPS
connections should work properly now.
* Course to or from user defined waypoints was wrong in some cases due to missing
magnetic variance.
* Fixed crashes in flight plan calculation when using the FSX/P3D Navaids update
(http://www.aero.sors.fr/navaids3.html).
* Solved small problem where flight plan calculation jumped often between equal
overlaying airways.
* Line endings for saved PLN files are now always Windows style which allows to
load the flight plan into PF3 ATC.
* Route type was empty when saving a flight plan in some cases. Flight simulator
could not load these.
* Magnetic variation was wrong in some cases in information window and tooltips.
* Solved old problem with tooltips reappearing randomly.
Scenery Library Loader

* Duplicate navaids and airways are now removed.


* Added workaround that omits long invalid airway segments while loading the
scenery database.
* Fixed problem when reading too small BGL files into the scenery database.
* Fixed map zoom problem with some add-on airports that contain a far away dummy
runway.
* Solved old problem that caused airways split into fragments during loading.
* Fixed problem that recognized too many add-on runway surfaces as `invalid.`

Version 1.0.5 - Stable Release

Little Navmap
* Fixed error in flight plan order when adding waypoints to first entry.
* Fixed problem with overview map overlay (top left of map) loosing background
image when moving program
after first start.
* Fixed problem where a valid start position could not be found for a flight plan
after loading
and displayed a warning dialog.
* Fixed potential crashes when updating HTML information.
* Simulator selection in database dialog and map is now synchronized to avoid
misunderstandings
* Added: Disable aircraft tracking on double click and others (issue #28)
* Lowered maximumConnections of OpenMapSurfer to 2 to avoid parallel connection
blocking from single source.
* Improvement to error handling dialogs to allow instant access to contact and log
file.
* Closing splash now before it hides the "application already running dialog".
* Fixed display of closed taxiways and taxiways having width of 0 ft.
* Made aircraft movement a bit smoother.
* Added help buttons to connect and database dialog. Removed explanation label from
connect dialog.
* Improved help system. Converted help label in search to button linking to help
document.
* Added help to "no simulator found" dialog.

Little Navmap Manual


* Rework, clarifications and fixes in manual, legend and feature list. Added
program menu icons to manual.
* Made flight plan editing a separate chapter and added more explanations.
* Additions to the manual regarding flight plan altitude and online services.
* Added files section in manual.
* Added closed taxiways to legend.

Inherited from atools:


* Fixed scenery loading error for airports without city names.
* Improvement to error handling dialogs to allow instant access to contact and log
file.
* Scenery.cfg reading is now more error tolerant, only prints warnings and ignores
invalid entries.
* Fixed exclude and include directives for scenery not working for relative paths
containing "..".

Version 1.0.4.beta

Little Navmap
* Scenery loading now continues if errors occur. Errors are shown after loading has
finished.
* Fixed drawing error where an airport can erase a close by airport when drawing
the background.
* Changed color for invalid or unknown airport surfaces (runway, taxiway, apron and
helipad) to white.
* Adjusted surface colors to be more distinguishable.
* Added drawing style for closed taxiways.
* Made simulator order in database dialog combo box deterministic.
* Fixed problem where splash screen could hide the erase database dialog on
startup.

Inherited from atools:


* Fixed multiple BGL reading errors:
** Now stopping BGL reading early if magic number or header size do not match.
** Skipping all BGL files with wrong magic number and wrong header size now.
* Fixed problem with wrongly assigned surface id 3 (CEMENT) in BGL files.
* Scenery reading now collects errors/exceptions instead of stopping at the first
error.
* Added number of collected errors/exceptions to progress report when reading
scenery.
* Made scenery.cfg reading more error tolerant to avoid problems with Scenery
Config Editor.
* Fixed scenery.cfg path detection to use Windows environment variables. Now more
reliable and also working on Windows XP.
* Fixed problem that could cause scenery areas to be omitted when section name is
upper or mixed case.
* Fixed error when loading PFPX flight plans PLN files with missing + or - prefix
in altitude.

Version 1.0.3.beta

Little Navmap
* Using native paths across the whole application now to avoid confusion regarding
slashes and backslashes.
* Increased file history size to 20 files.
* Clarification in database erase question dialog.
* Fixed several problems setting flight plan departure for add-on airports that
have either no
runways or no start positions.
* Solved problem of parking dialog not showing all positions for some add-on
airports.
* Automatic start position assignment now adapted to add-on airports having no
runway or no start positions.
* Fixed crash in parking dialog when showing error message.
* Added logging of database version.
* Fixed display in info panel for runway-less airports.
* Added search option for runway-less airports (many add-on heliports have neither
runway nor helipad records).
* Now using native file paths in all GUI elements to avoid confusion.
* Added native support for AS16 metar display.
* Fixed errors in options dialog weather tab.
* Improved tooltips in weather tab.
* Additions to manual: Database update, weather, copy and paste from dialogs and
hightlighted text.
* Removed "untested" annotation since it is all beta anyway.
* Marble cache is now initialized late to avoid disk trashing on startup for those
without SSD.
* Options - scenery database: Deleting the last path in the list was not saved.
Inherited from atools:
* Removed not null constaints on type, ident and name columns since some add-ons
leave fields empty.
* Updated schema to keep runway names in start even if no assignment to runway was
found.
* Increased width of ident columns for some add-on sceneries.
* Database minor updated to 4 - needs a scenery reload.
* Fixed non working scenery exclusion when scenery folder is selected.

Version 1.0.2.beta
* Older add-on airports using FS9 BGLs can now be read.
* Fixed crash "locked database" on ILS update during scenery loading.
* Several problems reading add-on airports are solved.
* Fixed display/zoom problems for some add-on airports on double click or "Show on
map".
* Updates to legend and manual.

Version 1.0.1.beta
* Distance lines from DME now use true course since DME have no magnetic variance.
* Adapted to changes regarding invalid BGL values in database.
* Better error reporting: Added BGL file path to error dialog in database loader.

Version 1.0.0.beta

* Public beta release

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