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Notes

This is a public development/alpha release. Not all features are implemented yet for the next
stable 2.8 branches. Translations are incomplete, new help links do not work and user manual is not
adapted.

Some features like MSA, vertical paths or en-route holdings require either X-Plane, the included
AIRAC 1801 database or a Navigraph database newer or equal than AIRAC 2201.

See here for a list of issues to do and a
list of issues done.

Note that all dialogs, windows, menus and buttons are functional. There are no unfinished or fake
buttons/dialogs in the program despite being an alpha release. Tooltips are updated with all new
functions and give help. Help buttons are an exception since the manual is not updated yet.

Please report if something does not work or does not work as expected.

Create a backup of your settings and database folder just in case you'd like to go back to the
stable release. Backup ABarthel in C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\ABarthel on Windows
and $HOME/.config/ABarthel on Linux and macOS.

Reload the scenery library after updating.

Changes from 2.7.7.develop to 2.7.8.develop

Fixed crash after loading or switching scenery library when web server is disabled.
Fixed crash with MapTiler and MapBox map themes when using spherical map projection.
Fixed issues where GLS/RNP approaches were not found when using FSX/P3D/MSFS databases. ILS and
GLS information is now always taken from Navigraph database except when using
Do not use Navigraph Database. As a result ILS course might probably not match for older
scenery data or airport add-ons. Select Do not use Navigraph Database temporarily if this is an
issue. Note that some approach information about RNP is not yet available with the current
Navigraph cycle.
Removed wrong warning dialog about old scenery library database if scenery library is empty.
Updated French translation from Patrick.
Fixed issue when downloading NAT tracks containing text like
PBCS TRACKS AS FOLLOWS / V W X / END OF PBCS OTS. V W X was wrongly recognized as a track
resulting in an error message.

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Previous Version 2.7.7.develop

Map Display Themes

Added MapTiler, MapBox and Thunderforest map themes plus required API keys and tokens.
Themes requiring keys or tokens are marked with a * in menu and dropdown box.
Added option to pass key/value pairs to replace in DGML map configuration files. This is needed
for online maps requiring API keys or tokens. These keys are collected from DGML map configuration
files and can be edited in options on page Map Display Keys. #85
Showing a notification dialog with help if required keys for a map theme are missing and user
selects theme for display.
Saving API keys and tokens to separate binary file to avoid users accidentally sharing these from
the .ini file.
All themes are added to the drop-down list by name as extracted from the DGML files. Now checking
visibility flag in DGML. Themes having this set to false are excluded. All themes are now shown
without distinction between user or stock.
Fixed issue where question mark in DGML download URL was replaced with percent encoded entity in
request URL.
Adapted download policies and increased tile expiration date in maps.
Removed hill-shading option in user interface. This will be replaced by better maps but might be
added back depending on availability. #838
Fixed graphical "smearing" issues with maps not covering the whole view like the Norway N50 Topo Map.
Sending user interface language now in HTTP requests to allow map servers to select map tiles
with the right language.
Added new key {language} in DGML for custom map request URLs. This allows to fetch Google map
tiles using the user interface language instead of getting map labels in random languages. Append
&hl={language} to the download URL path in Google map themes to force map tiles in the user
interface language or &hl=en to force all maps in English. This fixes issue with random
language used for labels in some maps. Note that you have to clear the tile cache to see the
changes. See User Manual - Disk
Cache.
Added commented example for DGML configuration including new keys in
data/maps/earth/example/example.dgml.
Map theme is reset to OpenStreetMap after first start.

Map Display

Added toolbar drop down menu button for a more detailed airport display filter including runway
length, type, procedures and light status.
Added forced navaid display for recommended navaids from used procedures including indication in
tooltip. This means that a related VOR being part of a procedure in a flight plan is shown even if
the display of VOR is disabled. This allows to have a clean map with only flight plan related navaids.
Now omitting passed navaid symbols in flight plan when drawing plan on the map. This minimizes a
cluttered map.
Added option to display selected autopilot altitude range as a dark green arc on the map. Enable
this in menu View -> Show selected altitude range. Note that some add-on aircraft misuse the
autopilot altitude which results in a wrong display. #247
Added display of MSA (minimum sector altitude) diagrams on map similar to range rings. Can be set
by user in map, flight plan table, airport search and navaid search context menus. Enable display
of MSA icons in menu View -> Navaids -> Show MSA Sectors. Enable a larger scaled display by
right clicking on the MSA icon and selecting Add MSA diagram at .... #498
Added option for MSA diagram transparency and text size in options on page Map Display User.
Added MSA tooltip, map context menu for show information and information display.
Added display of en-route holdings to map display, map context menu, information display and
tooltips. Holdings are automatically either fetched from an updated Navigraph database or the
X-Plane database. Old saved user defined holdings are discarded. #363
Unpaved, heliports and water airports are now shown smaller than paved airports depending on zoom
level. Now adjusting airport label font size depending on zoom and minor airport status. Minor
airports have a smaller symbol and text on higher zoom distances. Now showing unpaved airports
sooner when zooming in.
New option to show aircraft endurance as circle around user aircraft. This is based on reserves,
contingency, fuel load, current fuel flow and ground speed (but not wind). Enable in menu View ->
Show Aircraft Endurance. Note that this shows the endurance based on current fuel flow. Numbers
on range ring shown in warning and error colors depending on endurance. #341
Added function to zoom and jump to defined coordinates on map in main menu and map context menu.
See map context menu More -> Jump to Coordinates ....
Added new range ring dialog allowing to add a label, change the coordinates or change the color.
Removed range ring setting from options dialog since radii can now be changed when adding rings.
Added Go to User Aircraft menu item in menu Map plus keyboard shortcut Ctrl+PgUp.
Changed keyboard shortcut for Center flight plan on map.
Renamed aircraft center option to Keep User Aircraft centered.
Added display on map and elevation profile for GLS paths. Showing information for GLS paths in
tooltip and info window now. Now showing GLS channel information in flight plan table for GLS
approach. Enable RNP/GPS path display in menu View -> Navaids -> Show GLS Approach paths or
elevation profile context menu.
Improved display of vertical approach guidance aids for all approach types. Added ILS category
display. Better selection of shown/forced navaids for approach guidance.
Moved whole map configuration to a file maplayers.xml embedded in program. This can be
overridden in configuration folder for a detailed map display customization. Program is watching
overloaded file in settings folder for changes and updates map accordingly. See file
maplayers.xml and embedded comments for more information here:
maplayers.xml.
Airspace display is now kept to the lowest zoom distances where airport diagram shows up.
Added tooltip for distance measurement lines showing distance, label, intial and final course.
Now enabling track view automatically after triggering download manually.
Added ellipsis ... as indicator for hidden restrictions on procedure legs on map. Zoom closer
to see speed or altitude restrictions.
Fixed several issues like overshoot or too long texts with text placement along lines (flight
plan, airways and others). Avoiding overlap of line text with flight plan waypoints now. Flight
plan labels are now drawn centered on the line instead below.
Fixed several issues where navaids being part of the flight plan or recommended navaids were
drawn twice or had shadow tooltips for invisible symbols.
Now allowing compass rose minimum size down to 0.2 NM when zooming close. Corrected distance ring
labels for small distances in compass rose.
Added option to show compass rose with true heading. See options on page Map Display Labels in
branch Compass Rose.
Fixed issues with anti-meridian detection and line split resulting in kinks in flight plan and
measurement lines.
Cleanup, restructuring and changes in map context menu.
Fixed issue where airport weather icons were limited in number despite using IVAO, VATSIM or NOAA
weather.
Fixed issues with navaids in procedure preview drawn more than once. #595

Flying and User Aircraft

Fixed issue where map position was constantly pulled back to aircraft when using mouse wheel for
zooming. Fixed several issues with jump back to aircraft functionality.
Removed confusing move/zoom gesture when on ground with simple aircraft centering. Now keeping
current zoom value when jumping back to user aircraft.
Improved behavior when centering next flight plan waypoint and aircraft. Now avoiding to zoom out
too far.
Added option to modify zoom for aircraft and next waypoint. Options on page Simulator Aircraft
input field Zoom Distance.

Elevation Profile

Added top header to elevation profile optionally showing course, distance and related navaid.
Optional flight plan line labels added to elevation profile. Profile labels can now be set in
options dialog. Added context menu item to disable top label in profile.
Added display options for profile on options page Map Display Labels in branch Elevation Profile.
Added optional display of altitude and speed restrictions in elevation profile. #601
Added display of required (by approaches) or calculated vertical descent flight path angle to
elevation profile map and tooltip. Calculated vertical angle is shown with transparent background
and required angle is shown with yellow background. #803
Vertical profile calculation now considers vertical path requirements.
Showing optional vertical track line on the elevation profile. Enable this by checking Show Vertical Track in the elevation profile context menu. #247
Now showing intercept positions and labels correct in elevation profile.
Fixed issue where wrong distance was calculated for not connected course to fix legs which
resulted in wrong leg and cursor positions in elevation profile.
Fixed issue where elevation profile was not updated after loading wind data.
All labels are now cut off on demand to reduce clutter.

Flight Plan

Changed flight plan table column selection to use confguration tree dialog including a
description column instead showing the description in tooltips.
Use can now select departure runway instead of a SID. See context menus or menu Flight Plan´ -> Select Departure Runway`.
An offset angle relative to runway heading can now be selected when choosing the destination
runway (former Create Procedure function). See context menus or menu Flight Plan´ -> Select
Destination Runway`.
Added runway information to flight plan header.
Added option to disable parts of the flight plan table header to configuration tree dialog.
Added header label in flight plan tab Remarks showing used scenery data, cycle and performance.
Added column for related/recommended fixes and navaids in flight plan table. These are now shown
with frequency in flight plan table, elevation profile and other places.
Added latitude/longitude columns shown in user selected format to flight plan table as well as
CSV and HTML export.
Vertical angle now shown in procedure leg restrictions in flight plan and procedure search. #803
Improved start position selection dialog (menu Flight Plan -> Select a Start Position). Added
runway dimensions, runway facilities and surface. Added help button. User can now search for
airline codes or other texts in the parking, runway or helipad entries.
Improved error messages in tooltip on error label in flight plan tab. Removed redundant error
label in elevation profile. Now also showing message if simulator aircraft does not match
performance file.
Fixed issue where MSFS SID and STAR cannot be loaded due to missing runway in database.
Fixed issue where distance to destination was not correct in some cases.
Corrected display of course and distance for flight plan table and map. Texts are now correctly
omitted where not applicable.
Fixed issue where flight plan was corrupted showing wrong top of descent after saving LNMPLN in
some cases.
Now showing a warning dialog if user tries to save a flight plan with broken procedures to
LNMPLN. Broken procedures which were not found in the database are now dropped when saving LNMPLN.
Added direct distance to flight plan calculation window allowing to compare with calculated
flight plan distance.
Fixed several issues with flight plan table when moving to active leg or clearing selection after
timeout.
Fixed wrong filename proposal when saving flight plan snippet from selection (Save selected Range as Flight Plan in context menu).

Flight Plan Route Description

Added workaround in route string reader to avoid issues with overlapping navaid idents and three
letter airport codes. Example PMDY SOK UPP PHTO resulted in PMDY SOK PHUP PHTO. Now avoiding
three letter airports if VOR or NDB with the same name are present.
Fixed issue where airports were recognized using IATA codes instead of navaids as alternates in
route description. Example: PACV CASEL7 YXY YQH YYE YQU CYQU CYEG recognized YQH, YYE and YQU as
alternate airports.
Improved distance checking when parsing route string for better disambiguation.

Flight Plan Export

Added functionality to fetch and send flight plans to/from SimBrief to file menu. Use menu File
-> Open Flight Plan from SimBrief and Export Flight Plan to SimBrief. #828
Added file patterns for multi export which can be set for each file format. Improved context
menu, keyboard shortcuts and error messages in multi export options. Added bottom label in multi
export options dialog to preview export file path and name as well as other information. #751
Added flight plan export for iFly Jets Advanced Series. #817
Added saving and loading of departure runways to LNMPLN flight plan. Approach runway can now be
saved with an offset course. #696

Aircraft Performance

Now checking for correct ICAO aircraft type in performance edit dialog. Added link to official
ICAO aircraft type database in aircraft performance edit dialog.
Showing warning now if aircraft type or loaded performance file is not valid.
More warnings for invalid fuel flow and speed values in aircraft performance: Climb fuel flow is smaller than cruise fuel flow, Descent fuel flow is higher than cruise fuel flow, Climb speed is higher than cruise speed and Descent speed is much smaller than cruise speed.
Added simulator field to aircraft performance file, edit dialog and display.
Added display for winds at cruise level only. Needed for FMC/MCDU entry.
Now always doing more than one wind data calculation to achieve more accuracy and better matching
path angles.
Removed unneeded file name reference in aircraft performance report. Now only included when
printing report.

Search

Added random destination finder in airport search tab to select a random departure and arrival
from the current search result. Enable this by checking Random Flight in the drop down menu
button. Thanks to u-an-i for implementing this.
Added undo/redo functionality to logbook and userpoint search. Can be accessed in main menu,
context menu or shortcuts. The undo/redo information is saved in the database and permanent between
restarts. Note that undoing large bulk changes can take a while. Warning dialogs before deleting
entries removed. #280
Added literal search using double quotes for navaid and airport idents. Example: Search for "TAU"
including double quotes to find exactly the two VORs with this id.
Idents in airport or navaid search can now be separated by space to search for a list. Example:
Enter LIRF EDDF to find these two airports.
Query for airport by official code failed if ICAO columns was not available or not populated.
Fixed several issues with context menus where menu items were wrongly enabled in search result
tables and flight plan table. Corrected texts in menu items and added map object names.
Enabled search for airport ident, ICAO, IATA, FAA and local id again in airport search filter in
context menu.
Added shortcut keys to add airport in search table as departure, destination or alternate.
Fixed several issues with airport and navaid search where Show in search resulted in wrong entries.

Procedures

Added preview collecting all available procedures of an airport on the map. Enable with new
button in airport search tab on the top. Using rotating different colors to show procedures. View
is updated automatically when changing search parameters.
Procedures can now be selected by right-clicking on a waypoint or other fix of a procedure
preview in the map.
Procedures and custom arrival and departures can now be deleted from the map context menu.
Added name search filter in procedure search tab.
Added procedure filter for STAR and all approach types like ILS, RNAV or VORDME.
Replaced sub-menu for multi or parallel runway procedures with runway dialog.
Updated tooltips for procedure points on map and added icons.

User Aircraft Progress

Added user aircraft progress tab configuration using a tree control which allows to select data
fields to show. The dialog also shows a description for each progress data field. Show this
configuration dialog by clicking on the small button on the top right in the progress tab (gear) or
by using the context menu. #768
Added fuel load, gross weight, real time, top of climb and autopilot selected altitude to
aircraft progress.
Removed now useless less/more selector in progress.
Showing vertical path and required descent rate in aircraft progress in descent and approach phase.
Endurance in progress tab now considers reserves and contingency fuel.

Information

Added radial and distance to related navaid in waypoint information for special waypoints like
D095J which is 95°M and 10 nm from VOR SUM.
Moved multiple code for airspaces from name to description to avoid the confusing name suffix.
Added display of X-Plane airport type which might not always match the type determined by
Little Navmap.
Moved distance to flight plan and distance/bearing to user aircraft to top of tooltip.
Showing detailed waypoint description now if available (Navigraph and X-Plane). #321
Added ChartFox to airport information in link section. You have to be
logged into ChartFox to see charts.

Logbook

Fixed bug where all logbook attachments were replaced with the files from the first edited entry
when doing bulk edit. #829
Increased limit in logbook statistics from 250 to 1000 rows.
Fixed several update issues in logbook entry edit dialog. Logbook entry dialog is now pre-filled
with all data (flight plan, perf and trail) from current session. Can be removed by pressing reset.
Fixed missing airport altitude when creating logbook entry manually.
Fixed could not find airport in logbook entry dialog when using MSFS. #808
Added real time to logbook tooltip.

Userpoints

Userpoint category is now automatically enabled after adding one on the map. This helps to avoid
confusion when a userpoint is hidden after adding.
Ok button was wrongly disabled with only ident checked in userpoint bulk edit dialog.
Holds can now be placed at userpoints.

Options

Reordered pages in options and added new pages Map Display Keys, Map Display Labels, Map Display User and Map Display Flight Plan. Removed Map Display 2.
Added new page Map Display Labels in options and moved tree settings from Map Display 2 to
it. Setting description is now shown in a second column instead of tooltips.
Outline color (old and default style in Little Navmap) and semi-transparent (like SkyVector)
option for flight plan added. Option for semi-transparent flight plan line also affects logbook
preview and procedure preview. See options on page Map Display Flight Plan.
Added separate symbol size and text options for userpoints. See page Map Display User.
New options for semi-transparent highlight circles. Colors for highlights can now be changed.
Page Map Display User.
Added AGL label option for user aircraft on map. See Map Display Labels.
Added optional display of red ice warning labels on map (not in elevation profile) on page Map Display Labels. #745
Added options for display of user and AI aircraft coordinates on map. Page Map Display Labels. #700
Option to hide user feature tooltips (traffic patterns, measurement lines and others) on page
Map added.
Added option to disable startup image screen (splash screen) on page Startup and Updates.
New option for verbose tooltips on page Map. Default is enabled. Disable this to get brief
tooltips when hovering over the map.
Added distance option to zoom in on aircraft touchdown in options on page Simulator Aircraft.
Added separate timeout to jump back to current active leg for flight plan table on page
Simulator Aircraft.
Removed map update option none from page Map.
Added option to change main toolbar icon size on page Display and Text.

General User Interface

Removed hidden on map message in all context menus for map display, flight plan table or search
result tables if display of a user feature like a traffic pattern is not enabled. Display of a
feature category is now automatically enabled on the map after adding.
Changed style sheet for night style to improve visibility for checked icon menu items and menu
separator lines which were barely visible before. Also updated checked push buttons in dark mode
for better visibility.
Corrected vertical splitter positions for first start in options dialog and profile widget.
Changed all context menus to use better names. Now using Select Departure Runway and Select Destination Runway instead of the misleading phase Create Approach. Added selection for
departure and destination runways to menu Flight Plan.
Reorganized all context menus and put flight plan related actions to top.
Corrections to coordinate display.

Scenery Library

Now showing a warning dialog on startup and database switch if user has a stale simulator
database loaded. The warning shows if the scenery library database was created with a previous
Little Navmap version or if it is older than two months.
Now hiding all artificial waypoints created internally for procedure or airway resolution from
search, information and tooltips.
Now trying to read airport transition altitude from navigation database and then trying simulator
database if available there.
MORA data is now fetched from either navigation or simulator database depending where it is
available.
Fixed issue in scenery library loader where airports were wrongly recognized as MSFS POI dummies.
Fixed detection of MSFS Navigraph update due to name change. This resulted in various issues with
airport updates and errors while reading the scenery library.
Now passing unknown airspace types through when reading OpenAir format to allow using LNM
internal types.
Fixed issue where Mode C airspaces were imported with the wrong type when reading OpenAir files.
Fixed issue where theta (course) and rho (distance) for related navaids in procedures were not
correctly written to the database.
Better error message when failing to read BGL files.
Now skipping empty lines in X-Plane apt.dat file header as they can appear in malformed add-on
airports.
Added vertical angle to approach and transition legs now read from DFD, X-Plane and MSFS. #803
Added compiling of en-route holdings to DFD and X-Plane compiler.
Added writing of airport MSA sectors and pre-calculated geometry to DFD and X-Plane compiler. #498
Added writing of MORA grid from X-Plane database in data compiler.
Added SBAS/GBAS paths points and stations to X-Plane and DFD databases. #640
Added ILS type to FSX/P3D/MSFS compiler. #640
Fixing equal runway end positions for DFD compiler now which resulted in zero-length runways when
drawing.
Corrected wrong number of ILS for airport in DFD compiler.
Added gate positions to DFD compiler.
Added hint to fix problem in the error message for wrong base path in load scenery library dialog.
Various other fixes regarding runway ends and ILS assignment.

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