The 7 inch version does not include the gauges at this time. I believe it's pretty clear from the screenshots on the play store as well as the description that this is the case. If it is not I am sorry about that.

 

This is the first version for the 7 inch form factor and I am continuing to work on it. I am looking for ways to bring the gauges to the 7 inch version in a future update but it's quite hard to make the gauges usable at this size given the limited screen availability. One option I am looking at is possibly a selection you will have to make on the launch screen to show the gauges or not. If you choose to show the gauges then some functionality for the map view will have to be sacrificed. Options like auto zoom, track mode, airport toggle, and compass rose at a minimum will have to be removed. I can't make the buttons any smaller for the map modes or they will be completely non functional. At the current size I can only fit one large gauge and one small gauge so I will likely have to have a selection there as well. 

 

I am building a separate application called FlightGauge which is just the gauges. That will hopefully be going into beta soon. 

 

 

The 7 inch version does not include the gauges at this time. I believe it's pretty clear from the screenshots on the play store as well as the description that this is the case. If it is not I am sorry about that.

 

Yea my fault Had a look at the screenshots and assumed it was both form factors. Also read down the feature list quickly. Too quick obviously. Works well though. 

 

May I make a suggestion to still read the data and have an option just to overlay textually the speed and altitude, perhaps winds or other useful data?

 

Also do you have plans to incorporate reading this over internet?

I will take a look and see what I can come up with as far as the data goes. The more I look at it the gauges in the app looks less useful as I can't fit all of them. Your idea may work a lot better as I can fit more data on the screen which would be more useful even if it's not as pretty. 

 

I have been contemplating how to support viewing over the internet. I'm not sure if I am going to make FlightMap support it or build a different app so that expectations are different. An app relaying info over the internet would not be updating as fast as FlightMap currently does. I also can't use the existing networking code over the internet but to make it easier I have been considering a cloud service that would relay the information from the server to the app. It would probably update once every 2-5 seconds instead of 10 times a second like FlightMap does. Since a server would be involved I was also thinking I could store flight data and allow you to view back your flights. If I go with a different application for this I am thinking of calling the app FlightHistory or something like that. I could build all of this into FlightConnect so it would be completely transparent to the user. Just log into FlightConnect and it starts logging the data. I would need to find a decent cheap place to host the service like this. I'd rather not charge subscriptions fees if I can at all help it. 

The reason I had behind internet connection, is that some long haul flights where your just not going to sit at the computer and stare at cruise for 10 hours, would be cool to just check in from a remote location to see how the flight is doing. It doesnt need real time 10x/sec update. Every 2-5 sec is totally fine. Just to make sure everything is cool, and the plane is not nose diving or something wacky. 

 

As for the data on the 7" tablet, I dont think users would have a problem with just text giving data numbers since we cant have the gauges. It doesnt have to be pretty, just useful like you say. GS- 487kts, Alt-35007, Hdg-184, Wind 245/56 etc etc.

Any other 7" tab users want to chime in?

Not knowing anything about the programming capabilities, would it be possible to switch between a gauge screen and the map screen?

 

Gerry

I am in need of beta testers for both FlightMap and FlightGauge. I'm looking for 7 inch tablet users and 10 inch tablet users. If you are interested please fill out the form on my blog here:

 

http://vineripesoftware.wordpress.com/2013/09/16/beta-testers-for-flightmap-and-flightgauge-needed/

 

Thanks so much.

I am still looking for Beta testers as well as anyone with some time to help with translation. Check my blog for more info

 

http://vineripesoftware.wordpress.com/

 

Beta Testers Apply here:

http://vineripesoftware.wordpress.com/2013/09/16/beta-testers-for-flightmap-and-flightgauge-needed/

 

Have some time to help with translations? Apply here. Thanks so much to those who have already helped.

http://vineripesoftware.wordpress.com/2013/09/16/flightmap-looking-for-help-with-translations/

I just ran flightmap and was pleasantly surprised to see it was updated and had textual information at the top and bottom right that was really useful. Makes up for the missing gauges because of lack of room.  Thanks very much for that. 

Ok, a noobie question: how can I find the IP adress to connect the app?

Thank you.

I just ran flightmap and was pleasantly surprised to see it was updated and had textual information at the top and bottom right that was really useful. Makes up for the missing gauges because of lack of room.  Thanks very much for that. 

 

I'm glad you saw the update with the info. I've been struggling to find a way to add the gauges but I thought at least having the info as text would be helpful. The gauges have been a really popular request and I've been working hard on finding a way to add the gauges to the 7 inch tablet version of FlightMap. After a lot of trial and mostly error I think I've finally figured out a really good way to do it and after doing a few flights I'm really pleased with how it's coming along. It's still really preliminary but I thought I would share some info and screenshots. Check out my blog for all the screens and stuff

 

http://vineripesoftware.wordpress.com/2013/09/27/i-think-i-found-a-way-to-add-gauges-to-7-inch-tablets/

 

Ok, a noobie question: how can I find the IP adress to connect the app?

Thank you.

 

I'm sorry I didn't get notified that there were posts on the thread. FlightConnect attempts to detect the ipaddress and it is generally correct but some services like VMWare and stuff can make it find the wrong address. When this happens you can enter the ip address for the computer directly into FlightMap. Here's a microsoft help page on how to find your current ip address

 

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/find-your-computers-ip-address

 

I will be adding a configuration dialog to FlightConnect in the future that will show all of the detected ip addresses and allow you to over ride it so that FlightMap can do the discovery. 99% of the time the discovery just works but there are always fringe cases.

I have a 10" Motorola Xoom pad  and a I7- 2700k comp  with 2-22" screens, I use BSSMM map on the extra screen. I have blu tooth on computer and Xoom, what you using to talk between the two?

If you would like me to test it on this let me know

Brent

The grabber screen from the top is a great idea. Perhaps having the option as with some sort of level of transparency to still see the map in full, and or digital gauges which would take up less screen real estate. 

I have a 10" Motorola Xoom pad  and a I7- 2700k comp  with 2-22" screens, I use BSSMM map on the extra screen. I have blu tooth on computer and Xoom, what you using to talk between the two?

If you would like me to test it on this let me know

Brent

 

FlightMap uses the wifi network to handle the communication. There is a PC client called FlightConnect that must be installed on the flight sim pc that handles the communication of data from the simulator to FlightMap so the update speed is really fast. For the gauges it's over 10 times a second and the map is updated several times a second. I had to slow down map updates as the google map component was having trouble keeping up. I do still need one more beta tester for the 10 inch tablets. There is a form on my blog that you can fill out to apply. 

 

http://vineripesoftware.wordpress.com/2013/09/16/beta-testers-for-flightmap-and-flightgauge-needed/

 

The grabber screen from the top is a great idea. Perhaps having the option as with some sort of level of transparency to still see the map in full, and or digital gauges which would take up less screen real estate. 

 

I'll see if there is a level of transparency I can apply to it or make an option. I don't know if Android supports that or not. I tried bringing it up from the bottom but with all of the other controls and stuff it made it really difficult to open and close. The top works really nicely. My 3 year old son has been having fun sitting on my lap opening and closing the gauges as I fly lol.

 

 

I'll see if there is a level of transparency I can apply to it or make an option. I don't know if Android supports that or not.

 

Android supports all kinds of things

 

One more thing. There is a number of empty buttons on the bottom. Do you have plans to use them and for what?

Android API's do support an alpha channel on that level of view. I have not tested it yet but it does look doable.

 

There are only 2 spaces unused right now. I have a few ideas for mapping features that those buttons could be utilized for but I have not made specific plans for them yet.