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Little Navmap 3.2.1.beta released

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This is a beta/test release of Little Navmap which adds new features, user interface improvements and fixes bugs.

Note that neither the program translations nor the user manual have been updated yet.

The menu layout and option pages have changed. See below in sections User Interface and Options for more information. Use the search function in the options dialog window if you cannot find a setting.

Editing of features on the map has changed. See section Markers and Userpoints.

FSX or Prepar3D: There will no longer be any 32-bit versions of Little Navmap. This means that you need to download and install the 32 bit version of Little Navconnect LittleNavconnect-win32-3.0.17.zip and connect through it to FSX or Prepar3D. See the included file README.txt.

See here if you would like to run the beta release besides your stable installation: Little Navmap - User Manual - Portable Execution.

Also update Little Navconnect and Little Xpconnect if you’re using one of these. Little Navmap will show a notification dialog if you use an outdated version of Little Xpconnect. You can still continue to use it, though.

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

macOS: Little Navmap is now built into a universal binary containing Intel and Arm architectures. Rosetta is not needed anymore to run Little Navmap and Little Navconnect.

Note that the font handling has changed. You probably have to adapt font sizes in the information display, the map display and the rest of the application.

Thank you very much to everyone who reported bugs and issues!

Notes

Context menus, the main menu and the options dialog were reorganized for greater consistency and logic. Use the search in options on the top left to find options.

Drag and drop editing of markers, userpoints and the flight plan on the map has been changed for simplicity and consistency. Please refer to section Map below for details.

Features can now be changed by pressing Ctrl+E in a table or Alt+Click on the map in the whole program.

Known Issues so far

  • X-Plane historical weather is not supported yet. Little Navmap will always show the latest weather.
  • Loading of the MSFS scenery library takes at least 15 minutes. I cannot change this as long as SimConnect is required to load the scenery library.
  • PACOTS (Pacific tracks system) are not available anymore since the FAA is hiding it behind an inaccessible web interface.

Changes from 3.0.18 to 3.2.1.beta

Flight Plan

  • Added inline editing of remarks in flight plan table. Double click on remarks column opens the inline editor in the table. Lost focus or pressing Esc saves the changes. Pressing the edit shortcut Ctrl+E still opens the edit dialog window. Note that the dialog window is cleared for certain flight plan changes. #1350 and #1349
  • Edit dialog window for flight plan waypoints (Edit Flight Plan Position and Edit Flight Plan Position Remarks from context menus) does not block application now. The changes are applied when closing or leaving the window.
  • Changed editing on multiexport configuration. The table can now select cells instead of rows. Functions Reset ... and Edit ... are now based on the selected cell. Press the edit shortcut Ctrl+E or double click a cell for inline editing paths and patterns directly in the table.
  • Added CSV flight plan export format to multi export, menu File and the flight plan table context menu under More -> Export Flight Plan as CSV. This saves all information independent of column order and visibility in the flight plan table. Copying the table to the clipboard still uses the old behavior and omits hidden columns. #1345
  • Added a dedicated SimBrief export dialog window with flight plan summary, optional airline and flight number fields, and clipboard export. Thanks to 6639835 for the change.
  • Added tooltips for airport links, parking links and more in flight plan header, procedure search and information windows. The tooltips can be enabled or disabled in options on page Display and Text.
  • Added real local time indication in aircraft progress tab. Real local time can be shown for destination, top of climb, top of descent and the next waypoint. The display is off by default. Enable it in menu Tools -> Aircraft display options or the configuration button in the progress tab.
  • Route string description can now match userpoints besides normal navaids. Reading and writing a description now considers userpoints of type Waypoint, VOR, NDB or VRP. Changed sub-menu Advanced in drop down dialog menu to More like other menus. Added option Read and Write Userpoints in sub-menu More. #1288
  • Reworked context menus for flight plan departure and destination related actions. Removed Select Runway ... menu items. Runways can now be selected in a dialog window after picking an airport using Select Airport ... as Departure ... or Select Airport ... as Destination .... This will include extra waypoints for departure and approach. Do not mistake this with the departure parking position.
  • The runway selection dialog now always shows the airport which can be used to clear a departure runway, approach runway or procedures. The option Do not Show again in runway selection dialog can be used to skip the dialog window. Departure or approach runways can be selected from the map context menu after assigning an departure or arrival airport.
  • Adapted download for for North American Tracks to new URL and JSON format changed by the FAA.
  • Added parameter AIRCRAFTTYPE to flight plan file name pattern which can be changed in options on page Files. The AIRCRAFTTYPE keyword is replaced with the ICAO type designator like B738 for aircraft in the filename pattern. Click Full pattern in options on page File to preselect a file pattern containing all flight plan parameters.
  • Added automatic saving for aircraft trail. The time interval can be changed in options on page Map Aircraft Trail. #1366
  • Added map link for logbook entries in information window on tab Logbook. This shows the whole flight on the map.
  • Fixed loading of GFP flight plans. Now detecting procedures and runways. Resolving airports from user waypoint saved formats now.
  • Export GTNXi with user defined waypoints.gfp now also saves departure and destination as coordinates now.
  • Fixed issue where procedures were wrongly found for helipads. Example: WN70 selected accidentally procedures from KOLM. Now excluding helipads and closed airports when trying to match airports between simulator and navdata.
  • Reduced waypoint name to 7 characters for MSFS to avoid the magenta line not showing up. Now omitting region and airport from userpoints in MSFS export.
  • Fixed airport missing procedures. Airport reference points for UBBQ in simulator and navdata are too far away to detect the renamed airport.
  • Cleanup in context menu: added sub menus Files and More to flight plan table.

Aircraft Performance

  • A saved performance collection is now continued, even if Little Navmap is restarted. Once a session is finished, it won’t be changed when doing a new flight, even after changing the aircraft or restarting Little Navmap. Note that the performance collection session has to be reset manually to start collection. This fixes several issues where a collection would not start.
  • The fuel counter in the tab Fuel Report now stops after touchdown when state Finished has been achieved, and keeps its value, even when restarting Little Navmap.
  • Updated broken link to ICAO aircraft designator search in the dialog window Edit Aircraft Performance. #1311

Map

See also section Options below for new map display related settings.

  • Improved drawing of taxiway labels. Labels are now better placed and avoid clustering. Also avoiding taxiway label overlap with runways now. #1290
  • Added maximum runway length slider to drop down menu in airport toolbar filter to limit display to smaller airports.
  • Runway ends now have a hotspot which allows to select them as start position similar to parking spots. Hotspot for runway end right-click is a small black and white circle.
  • Now using DME location instead of LOC location for distance related procedure legs. Thanks to 6639835 for the change.
  • Added display for waypoint names on lower zoom levels.
  • Using long name Danger for airspaces now where needed. #1312
  • Changed drawing of regions for touch screen map mode and removed crosses. Removed option Screen Areas Marks.
  • Fixed turn rendering when the previous procedure leg has no drawable distance, such as a zero-length IF leg, and the current leg has an explicit turn direction indicator. The change is limited to procedure legs where the previous leg cannot provide a valid inbound course for the turn calculation. Thanks to 6639835 for the change.
  • Disabled wrongly included touch screen marks for map image saving and clipboard copy.
  • VOR, NDB and waypoints are now filled white for better visibility. This is enabled per default and can be disabled in options on page Map Display Features below Navaids, VOR, NDB, Waypoints and more by deselecting Fill Symbol.
  • Airports are now also drawn with yellow fill if they are a part of the flight plan.
  • Added Delete+Click or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Click for marker and userpoint deletion. See chapter Markers and Userpoints below for details.
  • Added map overlay showing help for map actions. You can hide this by right-clicking on it and select Hide from the context menu. Enable it again in the map context menu in sub-menu Map Overlays.
  • Added map overlay configuration options to menu Tools.
  • Moved menus for map overlays from menu Window to Map and the map context menu.
  • Cross mouse cursor indicates moveable or editable features now. Pointing hand mouse cursor indicates editable or removable features. This depends if Map Drag and Drop Edit Mode is enabled or not. See more below in section Markers and Userpoints.
  • Better display of short measurement lines across the anti-meridian. Problems can still appear near the poles. Short measurement lines crossing the anti-meridian can still appear squiggly in some cases. In any case the shown distance and headings are correct. #1381
  • Changed draw order for navaids by importance: VOR, NDB, DME and waypoints.
  • Fixed issues with map features not resized according to global scale and web server scale. Line widths are now scaled too. This applies to scaling settings on option pages Map Font and Scale and Web Server.
  • Added line width setting for MORA grid in options on page Map Display Features.
  • Disabled sun shading for offline maps.
  • Limiting size of aircraft icons since some add-ons return invalid large values.
  • Removed useless configuration options for the map scale and compass overlays.
  • Fixed program freeze when drawing map near airport OINN using the map theme Atlas.
  • Corrected several map overlay settings not saved.
  • Corrected too large weather symbols. The symbol size can be changed in options on page Map Display Features.
  • Removed bad file reference in DGML files describing map themes. The file DATELINE.PNT not needed. This resulted in endless loading messages in the status bar and performance degradation.
  • More drawing accuracy to avoid jumping map features.
  • More display and performance improvements.

Map Themes

  • Added user indication (user) to map theme name in menus to indicate a user installed map theme.
  • Now showing a description for map themes including the path in tooltips in menu and toolbar drop down button menu.
  • CARTO maps now require an API key which can be requested at CARTO API Key. Enter the key in the field Carto API Key in options on page Map Theme Keys to use the three CARTO maps CARTO Dark Matter, CARTO Positron and the new CARTO Voyager in Little Navmap. Note that all included CARTO maps use the same API key.
  • Added free stock map themes OpenStreetMap German and OpenStreetMap French. These provide a better display of names by using Latin synonyms in some regions of the world and do not need an API key or an account.
  • Now limiting maximum parallel connections for map tile downloads to two to avoid server overload. Adapted maximum connections in DGML files. This avoids Little Navmap from being blocked by map providers like OpenStreetMap or OpenTopoMap. As a result the loading speed of maps is slightly lower. Also set expiry time for map tiles to two weeks for all included map themes.

Elevation Profile

  • Display options for the elevation profile are reset back to defaults. Right-click into the profile and adjust as needed. More settings can be found in options on page Elevation Profile and other pages. Use the search function in the options dialog window on the top left to find related settings.
  • Added elevation display for a buffer area surrounding the flight plan using a light green color. This shows the maximum elevation within the buffer area around the flight plan. The buffer radius can be changed in options on page Elevation Profile. The dark green area shows the elevation below the flight plan without buffer as before.
  • Fixed issues with cut-off text at departure and destination.
  • Changed order or sliders in profile. The more often used horizontal zoom is now at the left.
  • Added separate font setting for elevation profile in options on page Elevation Profile.
  • Optimizations to speed up calculation and increased profile accuracy.

Options

  • The option dialog window is now non-modal. This means that it does not block the main application and you can move it aside and test your changes immediately. The button Close in options will ask to apply changes if there are any.
  • Option changes which require a restart are detected and Little Navmap will ask for a restart when applying changes.
  • Improved search function (top left input field). List items are now highlighted for matches. The selection is now restored when clearing the search. Showing a message now if nothing matches or if search string is too short.
  • Added Map Display Scaling on options page Map Display to change the scale of all features, labels and symbols. This helps to avoid issues with high density displays and allows you to change the map scale independently from the operating system scales.
  • Separate scaling for web display can be found in options on page Web Server. This can help if you use the web server with a browser on high density displays while running Little Navmap on a normal display.
  • Added option for enhanced accuracy for scenery and procedure developers. This shows more decimal places for measurement lines, flight plan lines and range rings, if enabled. #1249
  • Reorganized option pages. Moved map theme path setting to page Map Themes. Renamed Cache and Files to Map Cache, Map Options to Map Options and Labels and Map Keys to Map Theme Keys. Added new pages Map Font and Scale. Elevation Profile and Elevation Data. Use the search function in the options dialog window on the top left if you cannot find a setting.
  • Moved advanced and rarely used settings for map display cache, GLOBE cache, weather addresses, user agent and more to options page Connections and Cache.
  • Added new airport display options page Map Display Airports including label and feature option tree. This has all airport display related settings now on one page.
  • Added text background option for airspaces on page Map Display Features and for taxiways and runways in airport diagram on page Map Display Airports. #1313
  • Fixed slow updates when applying option changes. Now updating only relevant parts of the program after applying changes.
  • Added option for buffer radius in elevation profile on page Elevation Profile. This is used to calculate the lighter green background in the elevation profile. See section Elevation Profile above.
  • Added option for separate flight plan symbol size on page Map Flight Plan. Flight plan and label symbol sizes are now combined with general airport and navaid symbol and label sizes.
  • Added option to hide or show nearest and interpolated METAR reports in options on page Weather.
  • Added tooltips for all links in options dialog.
  • Refined texts and added more hints.

X-Plane

  • Fixed wrong UTC time and timezone calculation which appeared some cases. #1125
  • Now correcting scenery library selection in automatic mode if navdata is newer than simulator.

Weather

See also section Options above for related settings.

  • Fixed METAR parser and date correction which could result in wrong date in some cases.
  • Added option to hide or show nearest and interpolated METAR reports in options on page Weather. This can be set separately for information and tooltips.
  • Optimizations for weather loading. Short freezes when loading METARs should be reduced.
  • Added drop down lists storing the search history to airport and navaid search ident fields. Right-click into the search input field to delete the current entry or to clear the whole history. #1335
  • Added full CSV export for all search result tables. You can save a CSV file from the result table context menu in the sub-menu More. Export Search Results as CSV exports the whole result using all columns independently of selection of column order. The function Copy Selection as CSV did not change behavior and uses the same order as in the result table, copies only the selection, and omits collapsed columns.
  • Fixed broken shortcuts in navaid search ident field. Pressing Return in the input should open the first result in the information window and show it on the map. Pressing the key Down should go to the result list and select the first entry.
  • The pattern "" (two double quotes) can now be used to search for empty fields (is null) and - (minus) can be used to search for not empty fields (is not null).
  • More corrections and fixes for update issues.

Markers and Userpoints

The term Map Markers (previously User Features or User Markers) covers measurement lines, range rings, traffic patterns, holdings and MSA diagrams. These are all objects which can be created and placed on the map by the user.

  • Added new simpler drag and drop mode. This mode also replaces the flight plan drag and drop mode but includes markers and userpoints. Enable this in menu Map -> Map Drag and Drop Edit Mode or on the toolbar. This mode allows to move flight plan waypoints, flight plan legs, most markers and all userpoints.
  • Now using drag and drop instead of click and drag. This means: keep the mouse button pressed while moving a feature and release the button to place it.
  • All markers except MSA diagrams are now editable by using Alt+Click or from the map context menu. Delete+Click deletes features from the map. This applies to flight plan legs and waypoints too. #1168
  • Colors can now be set or changed individually for markers when creating or editing one.
  • Moving userpoints now uses the cursor center as a hotspot instead of the icon for easier placement.
  • Combined all edit and delete actions for markers and userpoints into two map context menu items.
  • All markers like range rings or measurement lines are now saved into a XML (text) file little_navmap.lnmmarker in the settings folder of Little Navmap. Markers saved previously in little_navmap.ini are now loaded once after updating and are then redirected to the XML file.
  • Added top level menu Markers which allows to delete, load, append and save all markers on the map. A sub-menu Recent shows recently used files.
  • You can now hide the distance search center marker (yellow cross) from the map in menu View -> Map Markers -> Show Distance Search Center Marker. It is re-enabled if you set the marker again.
  • The center marker for the home view (house) can be hidden from the map in menu View -> Map Markers -> Show Home View Marker. It is enabled again if you set the home view again.
  • Added folder Map Markers to directory structure. Use menu Tools -> Create Directory Structure to add missing folders.

Information

  • Added pages METAR & TAF and metar.cloud to airport information tab.
  • Removed link AirNav.com from airport link list since data is not global.
  • Several display and formatting issues in information and map tooltips corrected.

User Interface

  • Most dialog windows now have scroll bars similar to the options dialog. Enlarge a window if it is too small and keep in mind that you have to scroll down to see all content of a dialog window in some cases. This should fix issues with dialogs having off-screen buttons on low resolution displays or when using a high user interface scale factor.
  • Added automatic style change for dark or light system styles in menu Window -> Style. Select automatically now uses system colors while Fusion uses its own light colors and is now default. Disable this to select a style manually.
  • Corrected time display in status bar. Removed GMT and added time zone for local time.
  • Added configuration options for status bar. Individual fields and the status bar can now be hidden in the status bar context menu (right-click on it). Four different time display options can be selected now.
  • Added small hints and help texts in status bar and other tooltips. These can be disabled in options on page Display and Text.
  • Little Navmap now comes with its own timezone database that is used to show time zones and countries for airports in information, tooltips and the status bar. Note that daylight saving time is not used which is indicated by (no DST).
  • Added time zone and country display to status bar. Time zone and country are now shown while hovering the map.
  • Omitting updates if status bar is not visible and for minor position changes. This should reduce CPU load on some systems when hovering the mouse on the map.
  • Using black (★) and white (☆) star to indicate star rating for airports to avoid the sometimes confusing dashes.
  • Links are now underlined throughout the application to make them easier to recognise.
  • Resetting all table views for flight plan, search and logbook stats now. Fixed saving and resetting of table state. Adjust the tables by resizing and dragging the columns in the header as needed.
  • Changed flight plan and other editing actions. Changed shortcut from Return to Ctrl+E to edit flight plan waypoints, userpoint notes in search and logbook entry notes in the search result. Double click a field with the mouse to edit it inline in the table. A tooltip shows the available options. The shortcut Return is now consistent across all tables and shows items on the map and in the information window.
  • Links like Remove highlights are now grayed out (disabled) in information if no highlights are present. Online and normal airspaces are now cleared separately as indicated in the tabs.
  • Added airport information tooltips for the flight plan header and the procedure search tab. Hover the mouse over one of the blue links to see airport or parking information.
  • Adjusted keyboard modifiers for macOS and fixed tooltips to indicate Ctrl or Command.
  • Now adding an A to the window title bar to indicate automatic navdata selection. Filenames are now shortened in the title bar.
  • Changed shortcut menu texts in menu Window -> Shortcuts to clarify which shortcut toggles or activates a window.
  • Shortcut behavior has changed: pressing a function key a second time closes the active dock. Example: pressing F4 shows the search dock window, activates the airport search tab and focuses the ident input field. Pressing F4 again closes the dock window. #1314
  • Changed shortcuts: Ctrl+Alt+A is now menu View -> Airports -> Show Airports and Ctrl+Alt+H is now menu Map -> Map Follows User Aircraft.
  • Added startup messages to splash screen to indicate progress.
  • Loading and canceling out when opening KML files produced a wrong error message.
  • Changelog now opens the Github release page. It is now opened automatically when a version change is detected.
  • Fixed placement of main window when last saved position is off-screen.
  • Fix for broken table display in printing and PDF export.
  • Improvements for tooltips. Fixed misplaced information, wrong line breaks and more. Reduced tooltip size and added help hints.
  • Fixed several issues when changing user interface style, colors or font and color.
  • Improved menus, tooltips and display.

Web server

  • Added QR code display for web server address in options on page Web Server and menu Tools. This opens a dialog window showing a QR code for the computer name or the IP address (select either one from the dropdown list button). Take a photo with your smartphone or tablet to open the address.
  • Fixed broken wind arrows in flight plan table and more on web interface when accessing it from macOS. #1318

Scenery Library

  • The country field is now set for all airports based on third-party data (the timezone database) when loading the scenery library of a simulator. Please note that all country names are listed in English.
  • P3D scenery configuration files add-on.xml with broken encoding are not supported anymore due to limitations in Qt 6. Correct the files or contact the add-on author if you see issues with this.
  • Skipping and logging airways without name now to avoid exception in SQL script. #1386
  • Workaround for null waypoint positions in MSFS 2024. These are logged and skipped now.
  • Fixed issue when calculating airways using ambiguous navaids for X-Plane and other simulators. Example: H84 started wrongly at IM/ZM at ZMUB while the correct one is IM/ZM at ZMKD. #1332
  • Fixed issue where helipads and other small airports got a too large bounding rectangle.
  • Corrected airport procedure display. Example: airport XZ001I/ZSQD (XP12 no Navigraph used) did not show procedures since Qingdao Liuting was wrongly detected. #1337
  • Now correcting all country names which are missing or misspelled. This is applied when loading scenery library data of all simulators.
  • Now skipping the loading of all navdata and all procedures if a Navigraph update is detected in the scenery library. This is done by checking for the manifest files in Community for creator and other attributes. This speeds up loading significantly if a Navigraph update is installed in MSFS 2024 but requires the additional installation of the Navigraph update in Little Navmap. Note that you will see zero for navaid numbers in the load scenery library dialog window with Navigraph and MSFS 2024.

General

  • Optimizations to speed up loading GLOBE elevation data. Now caching files in memory. Keeping a maximum of eight files in cache (around 1 GB RAM) as default which can be changed in options on page Connections and Cache. Increased resolution and accuracy when calculating elevation.
  • Fixed issue where program froze when quitting early during startup.
  • Fixed several issues with application restart.
  • Removed World Magnetic Model and navdata from embedded resources. These are now stored in the installation folder to speed up program start.
  • Moved translation files to sub-folder translations.
  • Fixed crash when disconnecting connection from Little Navconnect.
  • Avoiding crashes now when reporting connection errors. #1336

Command Line

  • Reworked command line options and added more functions for user features Added --force option to avoid any has changed dialog windows. Note that this can result in data loss.
  • Added options to load GPX and marker files. Start the program with option -h or --help for more information.

Internal / Development

  • Changed style handling. Renamed little_navmap_nightstyle.ini to little_navmap_darkstyle.ini. Styles Fusion and Dark are now loaded from resources embedded in the program. You can still override the styles by placing a copy if the .ini files in the settings folder.
  • Added options to load runway taxipaths and omit navaids for MSFS 2024 and 2020. NAVAIDS: MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020 only - disables complete navaid loading. Will skip waypoints, VOR, NDB and ILS to speed up loading. Add NAVAIDS to ExcludeBglObjectFilter to skip navaid loading. TAXIWAYRUNWAY: MSFS 2024 and MSFS 2020 only - excludes or includes taxiways of type runway. Remove TAXIWAYRUNWAY from ExcludeBglObjectFilter to include these.
  • Cleanup in Marble library. Removed all unneeded code, astro library, plugins, QML, QtQuick and more.
  • Changes in Marble to reduce map server load. A hard-coded maximum number of two parallel connections can now be set in the DGML configuration to avoid being blocked by map providers.
  • Fixed issues in Marble map overlays where settings were not saved.
  • Added translations to Marble.
  • Ported all to Qt 6. Currently using 6.5 but all up to 6.11 should compile as well.
  • Updated to standard C++20 to allow compilation with Qt 6.10.
  • Minimum macOS is now 11. Now building Intel and Arm architectures into a universal binary. Rosetta is not needed anymore to run Little Navmap and Little Navconnect.
  • Added Wayland libraries for Linux.
  • Updated translation files.
  • Updated Chinese translation by Eyderoe.
  • Updated all used libraries like OpenSSL, Zip, SDKs and more to the latest.

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

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