July 17, 201213 yr The blue globe icon at the top right will let you select the charts to use. Thanks! Now it works :-) Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
July 18, 201213 yr One thing I discovered since using Plan G , is that when I fly with Gmap I can switch back and forth from the Google Map Navaid Terrain view and the sectionals that I bought for Alaska, with the red flight plan line still there. For awhile, when I decided to order the Navaid data from Gmap, because I wanted the airports and frequencies of Vors and ILS. etc, I thought that the money I spent on the Sectionals for Gmap would be wasted. But now I see that there are times when I prefer the sectionals displayed, for terrain clearance, and other times when I use the Navdata view. Nice to have and use them both. Took your advise and got Navaid and Sectionals. AEC maps didn't seem to be what i wanted for GMAP, not as detailed and not for low speed planes at lower altitudes.
July 18, 201213 yr Took your advise and got Navaid and Sectionals. AEC maps didn't seem to be what i wanted for GMAP, not as detailed and not for low speed planes at lower altitudes. I think you will like both of those. The sectionals are really nice when you are doing a cross country over the mountains to make sure you are high enough to clear the peaks.
July 18, 201213 yr The Sectionals also lists the locations of cabins ! I don't think any of them are in Flight, though. But yeah, you know you're in sparsely populated territory when individual cabins are marked on an aerial-navigation chart!
July 18, 201213 yr Also, MSF does not show all airports/strips Navaid does. i.e., Medfra(MDR), between McGrath(MCG) and Nickolai(PAFS). Been looking for 30 min, not there. Also, seaplane port near Unalaska not in MSF..grrr...
July 18, 201213 yr Nixon Fork Mine(AK40), on MSF, on Satellite photo, but not iconned in NAVAID..oh well,,,
July 21, 201213 yr Ok, I finally got smart about how I'm invoking GMap as a pop-up... I remembered that I can assign joystick/throttle buttons to emulate keyboard keystrokes and set one of the buttons on the base of my throttle to send CTRL-SHIFT-Z. With a "Map" label inserted under the clear plastic switch-cover, this is much better than fumbling for the keyboard while flying!
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