April 9, 201412 yr Today's Flying Mag E-News reported on the FAA's new digital charts, highlighted at Sun 'n Fun by ForeFlight last week. VFR sectionals are no longer scanned charts but new digitally created charts; resulting in much crisper, clearer data. The IFR charts are also being upgraded and the best part is that the geo-referencing is much more accurate. You can see the results at skyvector.com. Jesse Cochran"... eyes ever turned skyward" P3D v5.3 Professional, Windows 10 Professional, Jetline GTX, Gigabyte Aorus X299 Gaming 7 mobo, i7 7740X @ 4.9 GHz, Corsair H115i Liquid Cooling, 32Gb SDRAM @ 3200MHz, Nvidia GeForce GTX1080Ti @ 11 GB ORBX Global + NALC, ASP3D, ASCA, ENVTEX, TrackIR, Virtual-Fly Yoko Yoke, TQ6+, Ruddo+ Rudder Pedals
April 9, 201412 yr Moderator Is that what it was? I thought they turned the brightness up on their Page... They really look great!
April 9, 201412 yr They look amazing. I hope that Sky charts pro switches overs as well. That's what I actually use while flying.
April 9, 201412 yr Author I just made a short flight in the Portland area and out of curiousity brought up BlueSky Scenery"s Moving Map (BSSMM). It certainly appears that this utility is taking advantage of the new data as well; although, I didn't find any verification on their website. Edit: After looking around at other areas this doesn't seem to be the case. Other areas appear to still be scanned paper charts. Sure would be nice to see them implement the digital charts, though. Jesse Cochran"... eyes ever turned skyward" P3D v5.3 Professional, Windows 10 Professional, Jetline GTX, Gigabyte Aorus X299 Gaming 7 mobo, i7 7740X @ 4.9 GHz, Corsair H115i Liquid Cooling, 32Gb SDRAM @ 3200MHz, Nvidia GeForce GTX1080Ti @ 11 GB ORBX Global + NALC, ASP3D, ASCA, ENVTEX, TrackIR, Virtual-Fly Yoko Yoke, TQ6+, Ruddo+ Rudder Pedals
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