Releases: albar965/littlenavmap
Version 3.0.6
Version 3.0.6
Notes
This is a stable release of Little Navmap which fixes several bugs and adds a few
improvements and new features.
Notable changes: New add-on airport filter modes in menu View.
Airport and navaid links in aircraft progress tab.
Logbook status and collected aircraft performance now kept between restarts.
macOS users: Keep in mind that you have to clear the quarantine flag when updating Little Xpconnect. See
Clearing the Quarantine Flag on macOS.
The updated online user manual is available here:
Little Navmap - User Manual.
See here for user manual downloads:
User Manuals - Stable Releases.
A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!
Changes from 3.0.5 to 3.0.6
Flight Plan and Procedures
- Fixed wrong warning for runway mismatches in procedure search. Showed unneeded mismatch warning
for runways without procedure. Example: KSTK. - Fixed issue where SID/STAR could not be reloaded due to wrongly detected runway mismatch when
using the MSFS scenery library. Example: EDDE ERNE1V EDDK/I14L
could not load ERNE1V when loading the flight plan for MSFS. - Flight plan name now updated in window title bar when using
Save
orSave as
. - Now correctly assigning
ALL
as runway designator to SID/STAR having no runway assignments in MSFS.
Reload the scenery library if you use MSFS. - Fixed issue where STAR could not be loaded from MSFS PLN file. Example: KIAD/30 ANJLL4.DNERO KLAX/06L.
- Fixed crash when modifying flight plan.
Flight Plan Route Description
- Fixed issue where STAR keyword was not generated from flight plan in route description.
Now always adding generic SID/STAR keywords in export formats like the Rotate MD-80 .txt format
to avoid issues when loading plan in FMC. - Fixed issue with alternate airports having the same STAR as destination.
Example:KVHN SSO SUNSS8 KDVT KPHX
showed a wrong error message and used KPHX as destination. - Fixes in route description where description
MUHA EPMAR3 MAXIM SNDBR3 KMIA
was not recognized - Added
Ctrl+Return
shortcut to create flight plan from route description. - Fixed issues where airways were not recognized. Example:
KCNM WHOLE EWM J4 SUNSS8.SSO KDVT
where
J4 was added as a far off NDB. - Fixed plan reset to VFR in route description. Flight plan type is now set from current flight plan
type in windowFlight Planning
when clickingLoad from Flight Plan
.
Flight Plan Export
- Reverted change for degree sign
°
vs.*
in MSFS PLN flight plan files to avoid issues with
third-party software not capable to read this MSFS compatible format. - Added new multiexport format
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 format using "*" as degree sign
for cases where the simulator or add-ons cannot deal with the°
sign. - Removed obsolete annotated PLN export. Little Navmap can still read this format from old flight
plans.
Map Display
- Added three add-on airport map display options to menu
View
and toolbar.
See User Manual - View Menu - Airports.Add-on no override
(Ctrl+Alt+O
): Add-on airports are shown like normal airports.Add-on override zoom
(Ctrl+Alt+Z
): Add-on airports override zoom distance only but filters
likeSoft Surface
can still be used to hide them.Add-on override zoom and filter
(Ctrl+Alt+Y
): Add-on airports override zoom distance and
filters, i.e. are always shown. Filters likeSoft Surface
have no effect on add-on airports.
- Added airport filter preset
Show only add-on airports
in menuView
and toolbar. - Map theme shortcuts for included themes can now be defined in DGML file.
- Assigned shortcuts
Ctrl+Alt+0
toCtrl+Alt+7
for all default free included map themes.
These do not change when adding additional themes. - Fixed disappearing related navaids when drawing procedures. This happened when navaid was outside
the bounding box of the flight plan. - Added options for airport runway labels and taxiway label size on page
Map Display
in section
Airports
.
User Interface
- Replaced outdated airway types
Victor
andJet
withLow
andHigh
everywhere in the program. - Fixed too small table cell height on Windows with the high DPI option switched off.
- Now also closing the startup image splash window in all dialog windows to avoid being hidden.
As a result, the program looked like frozen since the hidden dialog window blocked input. - Fix in Dutch shortcut translation ('Ctrl+D' vs. 'Ctrl+Down') which overlapped with other keys.
- More user interface improvements.
- Minimum number of trail points lowered to 1000.
Aircraft Progress
- Added map, information and procedure links in progress tab for destination airport, top of climb,
top of descent, next waypoint and related navaids. - Fixed wrong next waypoint indication when flying missed approach.
Logbook
- Logbook takeoff and landing detection is now kept for program restart.
- Improved logbook entry creation to avoid creating of unneeded entries. A flight can now be continued
after program restart and logbook entry is updated accordingly. - Now detecting off-airport takeoff and landing. Logbook entries get coordinates in degree/minute
format as departure and landing position in this case.
Other
- Translations updated. Thanks to Flavio, Patrick and Ricardo!
- Updated user manual for new features and changes.
- The aircraft performance collection now keeps results on restart. Note that you have to restart
the collection manually by clicking in menuAircraft
->Restart Aircraft Performance Collection
,
the button in the window orFile
->Reset all for a new Flight
. - Now adding backup log file
abarthel-little_navmap.log.1
to issue and crash reports - Added new X-Plane 12 VASI types
APAPI_L
andAPAPI_R
. - Fixed issue where X-Plane airways had wrong type assigned. Example:
EVMON to PAPAL airway Z8 was wrongly declared Jet. #1111 - Corrected VOR range for X-Plane data to use 130 NM for "unspecified but likely high power VOR".
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See the included CHANGELOG.txt
or here online for a complete list across all versions.
All files are checked by VirusTotal.
Version 3.0.5
Direct Download
► Windows 64-bit Installer (MSFS and X-Plane) - LittleNavmap-win64-3.0.5-Install.exe
► macOS - LittleNavmap-macOS-3.0.5.zip
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 22.04) - LittleNavmap-linux-22.04-3.0.5.tar.gz
Other Versions:
► Windows 32-bit Installer (only for FSX and P3D) - LittleNavmap-win32-3.0.5-Install.exe
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 20.04 for Debian or older systems) - LittleNavmap-linux-20.04-3.0.5.tar.gz
Zipped Windows releases without installer are available in the alternative download locations below or from the release assets at GitHub - Little Navmap Releases - Version 3.0.5 (scroll down to Assets
).
Alternative Download Locations - Look into sub-folders for beta, development or release candidates:
► Alternative Download Locations
This is a hotfix for Little Navmap which fixes a problem loading MSFS flight plan files.
See
Little Navmap 3.0.4 released
or below for the full changelog from 2.8.12.
Changes from 3.0.4 to 3.0.5
- Hotfix to avoid error message
Caught exception: Invalid lat/long format
when loading the new MSFS PLN files with*
as degree sign, as used since 3.0.4. - Fixed missing navaids in tabs
Airport
->Nearest
and added missing links to navaids.
Version 3.0.4
Notes
This is a stable release of Little Navmap which fixes several bugs and adds
improvements as well as new features.
Notable changes: Direct to waypoint function, search refined and simplified,
convert procedure to waypoints for editing, route description using runways and approaches,
load and save aircraft trail as GPX, search in options dialog window, hints in options,
wind in runway and procedure selection, install Little Xpconnect from menu Tools
,
crash and issue reports, colored aircraft trail and more.
Also update Little Navconnect and Little Xpconnect if you're using one of them.
Little Navmap will show a notification dialog if you use an outdated version of Little Xpconnect.
You can update and install Little Xpconnect from the menu Tools
in Little Navmap now.
Little Navmap will show a reminder to reload the scenery library databases to get improvements.
macOS users: Keep in mind that you have to clear the quarantine flag when updating Little Xpconnect. See
Clearing the Quarantine Flag on macOS.
The updated online user manual is available here:
Little Navmap - User Manual.
See here for user manual downloads:
User Manuals - Stable Releases.
A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!
Changes from 2.8.12 to 3.0.4
See below for changes from 3.0.3.rc1 to 3.0.4.
User Manual and FAQ
-
Frequently asked questions updated.
-
Revised the user manual. Added more tips, hints and screenshots.
-
User manual is updated for all new functions. All help buttons and links point to the right chapters.
-
Added sub-menu
User Manual - Helpful Chapters
with important help links in main menu. -
Removed offline PDF manual in program and installer. You can download the user manual in PDF and other
formats from the page User Manuals. This page is also linked
from the menuHelp
->Download User Manuals
.
Map Display and Map Context Menu
- Convert procedure to waypoints function
- Direct to here function
- Select leg in flight plan on click
- Map Display - New handling of file little_navmap_mapstyle.ini
- Map overlays explained
Flight Plan Route Description
User Interface
- Web and internal links in dialog windows explained
- Copy and paste formatted text from all dialog windows
New Menu Items
- Search menu for quick access to airport, navaid and other search tabs
- Changed map display filter for add-on airports as requested by users
- Show or hide alternate airports
- Install or update Little Xpconnect from the Little Navmap menu
- Manually create an issue report menu item
- New menu items to show map cache and more
- Links to helpful user manual chapters
Aircraft Trail
- New chapter for user aircraft trail loading, saving and display options
- GPX exchange format (GPX) menu for load and export
Options
Changed Search
- Changed text search in airport and navaid search windows
- Changed search for hidden options and new suffixes
- Changed handling of runways to avoid error messages when adding procedures
- Showing preferred runways as well as head and cross winds in procedure search
- Search for approach idents
Other
- New departure leg option in traffic pattern
- Install the Little Xpconnect plugin from the tools menu
- New chapter for GLOBE installation
- Create a manual issue report
- Automatic crash report after improper shutdown
Translations
- Updated Italian translation by Flavio Borgna.
- Updated translation for Brazilian Portuguese by Ricardo Vitor.
- Updated French translation by Patrick.
- Updated German translation.
Flight Plan
- Added direct to function to all related context menus in flight plan table, map and search result
table. This function is only enabled if you are connected to a simulator. You can select a direct
to any waypoint ahead of the active leg, the destination airport or an alternate airport.
Furthermore you can direct to any position, navaid or airport which are not a part of the flight
plan. UsingDirect to
adds a waypointPPOS
(present position) at the aircraft location and a
direct line to the clicked position. - Added function to convert procedures into a list of waypoints. Right click on a procedure leg in
the flight plan table or the map display and selectConvert to Waypoints
. A warning will be shown
to indicate limitations of the conversion. After converting you can edit the procedure waypoints
like any other flight plan w...
Version 3.0.4
Direct Download
► Windows 64-bit Installer (MSFS and X-Plane) - LittleNavmap-win64-3.0.4-Install.exe
► macOS - LittleNavmap-macOS-3.0.4.zip
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 22.04) - LittleNavmap-linux-22.04-3.0.4.tar.gz
Other Versions:
► Windows 32-bit Installer (only for FSX and P3D) - LittleNavmap-win32-3.0.4-Install.exe
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 20.04 for Debian or older systems) - LittleNavmap-linux-20.04-3.0.4.tar.gz
Zipped Windows releases without installer are available in the alternative download locations below or from the release assets at GitHub - Little Navmap Releases - Version 3.0.4 (scroll down to Assets
).
Alternative Download Locations - Look into sub-folders for beta, development or release candidates:
► Alternative Download Locations
Notes
This is a stable release of Little Navmap which fixes several bugs and adds
improvements as well as new features.
Notable changes: Direct to waypoint function, search refined and simplified,
convert procedure to waypoints for editing, route description using runways and approaches,
load and save aircraft trail as GPX, search in options dialog window, hints in options,
wind in runway and procedure selection, install Little Xpconnect from menu Tools
,
crash and issue reports, colored aircraft trail and more.
Also update Little Navconnect and Little Xpconnect if you're using one of them.
Little Navmap will show a notification dialog if you use an outdated version of Little Xpconnect.
You can update and install Little Xpconnect from the menu Tools
in Little Navmap now.
Little Navmap will show a reminder to reload the scenery library databases to get improvements.
macOS users: Keep in mind that you have to clear the quarantine flag when updating Little Xpconnect. See
Clearing the Quarantine Flag on macOS.
The updated online user manual is available here:
Little Navmap - User Manual.
See here for user manual downloads:
User Manuals - Stable Releases.
A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!
Changes from 2.8.12 to 3.0.4
See below for changes from 3.0.3.rc1 to 3.0.4.
User Manual and FAQ
-
Frequently asked questions updated.
-
Revised the user manual. Added more tips, hints and screenshots.
-
User manual is updated for all new functions. All help buttons and links point to the right chapters.
-
Added sub-menu
User Manual - Helpful Chapters
with important help links in main menu. -
Removed offline PDF manual in program and installer. You can download the user manual in PDF and other
formats from the page User Manuals. This page is also linked
from the menuHelp
->Download User Manuals
.
Map Display and Map Context Menu
- Convert procedure to waypoints function
- Direct to here function
- Select leg in flight plan on click
- Map Display - New handling of file little_navmap_mapstyle.ini
- Map overlays explained
Flight Plan Route Description
User Interface
- Web and internal links in dialog windows explained
- Copy and paste formatted text from all dialog windows
New Menu Items
- Search menu for quick access to airport, navaid and other search tabs
- Changed map display filter for add-on airports as requested by users
- Show or hide alternate airports
- Install or update Little Xpconnect from the Little Navmap menu
- Manually create an issue report menu item
- New menu items to show map cache and more
- Links to helpful user manual chapters
Aircraft Trail
- New chapter for user aircraft trail loading, saving and display options
- GPX exchange format (GPX) menu for load and export
Options
Changed Search
- Changed text search in airport and navaid search windows
- Changed search for hidden options and new suffixes
- Changed handling of runways to avoid error messages when adding procedures
- Showing preferred runways as well as head and cross winds in procedure search
- Search for approach idents
Other
- New departure leg option in traffic pattern
- Install the Little Xpconnect plugin from the tools menu
- New chapter for GLOBE installation
- Create a manual issue report
- Automatic crash report after improper shutdown
Translations
- Updated Italian translation by Flavio Borgna.
- Updated translation for Brazilian Portuguese by Ricardo Vitor.
- Updated French translation by Patrick.
- Updated German translation.
Flight Plan
- Added direct to function to all related context menus in flight plan table, map and search result
table. This function is only enabled if you are connected to a simulator. You can select a direct
to any waypoint ahead of the active leg, the destination airport or an alternate airport.
Furthermore you can direct to any position, navaid or airport which are not a part of the flight
plan. UsingDirect to
adds a waypointPPOS
(present position) at the aircraft location and a
direct line to the clicked position. - Added function to convert procedures into a list of waypoints. Right click on a procedure leg in
the flight plan table or the map display and selectConvert to Waypoints
. A warning will be shown
to indicate limitations of the conversion. After converting you can edit the procedure waypoints
like any other flight plan waypoint list. - Added preferred runway indication in departure and destination runway selection dialog window.
This is based on the selection in menuWeather
->Airport Weather Source
and shows the best
runways for wind and the used weather source. Also showing head and crosswind for each runway in
the selection table. - Less important columns are now hidden in the flight plan table per default. You can bring these
back in the flight plan table context menu itemFlight Plan Table Display Options
or in the main
menuTools
-> `Flight Plan Table Display O...
Version 2.8.12
Direct Download
► Windows 64-bit Installer (MSFS and X-Plane) - LittleNavmap-win64-2.8.12-Install.exe
► macOS - LittleNavmap-macOS-2.8.12.zip
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 22.04) - LittleNavmap-linux-22.04-2.8.12.tar.gz
Other Versions:
► Windows 32-bit Installer (only for FSX and P3D) - LittleNavmap-win32-2.8.12-Install.exe
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 20.04 for Debian or older systems) - LittleNavmap-linux-20.04-2.8.12.tar.gz
Zipped Windows releases without installer are available in the alternative download locations below or from the release assets at GitHub - Little Navmap Releases - Version 2.8.12 (scroll down to Assets
).
Alternative Download Locations - Look into sub-folders for beta, development or release candidates:
Notes
This is a stable release of Little Navmap which fixes several bugs and adds
improvements as well as new features.
Notable changes: Windows Installation program, Prepar3D v6 support,
fix for MSFS waypoint moved to North issue, Little Navconnect tray icon and more.
Also update Little Navconnect and Little Xpconnect if you're using one of them to
avoid crashes that were introduced with 2.8.12.rc1..
macOS users: Keep in mind that you have to clear the quarantine flag when updating Little Xpconnect. See
Clearing the Quarantine Flag on macOS.
The updated online user manual is available here:
Little Navmap - User Manual.
See here for user manual downloads:
User Manuals - Stable Releases.
A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!
Changes from 2.8.11 to 2.8.12
Installation and Startup
- Added Inno Setup installer packages. This installs
Little Navmap for all users in the foldersProgram Files
for the 64-bit package or
Program Files (x86)
for the 32-bit package. Both can be installed in parallel. The installer
creates start menu entries for all included programs as well as most important files and links.
File types can optionally be associated with Little Navmap which allows to load a flight plan by
double clicking on a LNMPLN file in Windows Explorer or other file managers. Little Navmap is
then either started or a running instance is used to load a plan. See
Little Navmap User Manual - Installation.
Note that there is no need to install or modify any files in the installation folder. See also
Little Navmap User Manual - Map Themes. - Removed restart requirement after installing MSVC Redistributables in 64-bit Windows
installer (from 2.8.12.rc1). - Improved the detection of an already running instance of Little Navmap. Removed warning dialog
forProgram is already running
situation. Instead the Little Navmap window is brought into
foreground and any file passed to the program is opened. Furthermore, all files passed on the
command line without parameters are checked for type and are loaded accordingly. This is working
on Windows, macOS and Linux. See also
Little Navmap User Manual - Command Line Options. - Now allowing to run more than one Little Navmap instance when using separate configuration folders.
- Updated MSFS SimConnect DLL to the latest version 0.21.1.0.
Map
- Added configuration option for degree grid in view menu. Select menu
View
->
Show Map Grid Configuration
to change color of grid lines and labels. - Fixed issue where split user aircraft trails from previous version 2.8.10 were read wrongly
and appeared all connected to one. - Corrected loading of oceanic tracks to avoid disappearing flight plan after load.
- Now creating two backups for main trail file
little_navmap.track
to avoid data loss on update. - Now backing up configuration and track files with
..._update-backup.N
suffix after installing
and starting a new version to avoid data loss. - Corrected issue where map grid was drawn below landmass in some offline maps.
- Menu and toolbar items for airspace altitude filter are now correctly selected again after
restart. - Fixed missing flight plan waypoint tooltips and click spots with airway or track display enabled.
- Added theme open flightmaps to included map themes.
This is a modified version of the map theme by
AmbitiousPilots including changes
from b-faller. - Now showing top level map image tile correctly for open flightmaps instead of an black area.
- Fixed more issues with the external map theme folder where maps having more than one layer like
the open flightmaps map theme could not be used. - Updated map theme file
example.dgml
. - Corrected checking for duplicate elements of
sourceDir
in map theme DGML files for maps having
more than one layer. This avoids the issue where different map themes might overwrite data in the
cache folder.
Userpoint and Logbook
- Fixed problem where no error was shown when importing invalid userpoint or logbook CSV files.
- Fixed issue where an aborted CSV import might corrupt the undo data in some cases.
- Update CSV import and export for userpoints to allow unit suffixes in altitude. Now detecting
suffixesm
for meter andf
for feet to import altitude in respective units. Feet is
default when using no suffix. - Fixed various issues with units in userpoint edit dialog. Now correctly setting and displaying
metric units forVisible from
andElevation or altitude
. CorrectedVisible from
display in
userpoint search result table. Now using more precision in userpoint altitude to avoid rounding
errors between units.
Flight Plan and Export
- Corrected wrong error message for procedures having a MAP lower than airport elevation.
Example: FAUP RNAV UP1F1 (R35) - Fix in flight plan export for MSFS where several waypoints are moved to North. Thanks to Github user
eaides for the hint. #1038 - Added selection box for
IFR
orVFR
flight plan type to route description.
Other
- Fixed issues where X-Plane simulator weather was not loaded from manually set folder without a
X-Plane installation. The weather was not loaded and wrong warning dialog was shown.
This is the case when Little Navmap runs on an networked or remote computer and the weather
is loaded from a shared network drive from the flying computer. - Flight plan route description dialog is now updated on style change.
- Moved AI and online aircraft menu items to sub-menu in
View
to avoid menu size limitation. - More fixes in weather to skip unneeded reading of ActiveSky weather files. These are now read
on demand if ActiveSky sky options like tooltips are enabled. - Fixed crash when copying log file on size overflow which was introduced with 2.8.12.rc1.
This resulted in a random crash to desktop while loading the scenery library. - Fixed crash when loading Active Sky files if Active Sky file path was set manually and removed
later on. - Corrected menu items and toolbar buttons which remained disabled after connecting to simulator.
Little Navconnect Version 2.8.7
- Added support for system tray icon. Close button on window frame now optionally minimizes window
to system tray. Enable this in menuWindow
->Minimize to system tray
. The tray icon is always
visible. System tray icon shows last five messages from log in tooltip. #712
See Little Navconnect User Manual - Tray. - Tray icon has a context menu to restore window, show settings and more. Left click on the tray icon
to restore or minimize the Little Navconnect window. - New option
Window
->Start minimized to system tray
to start program without opening a window. - Fixed various issues with text field updates causing warnings in log file.
- Updated user manual.
See the included CHANGELOG.txt
or here online for a complete list across all versions.
All files are checked by VirusTotal.
Version 2.8.11
Direct Download
► Windows 64-bit (MSFS and X-Plane) - LittleNavmap-win64-2.8.11.zip
► macOS - LittleNavmap-macOS-2.8.11.zip
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 22.04) - LittleNavmap-linux-22.04-2.8.11.tar.gz
Alternative Download Locations - Look into sub-folders for beta or development releases:
► Box / Dropbox / Mega.nz / OneDrive
Other Versions:
► Windows 32-bit (only for FSX and P3D) - LittleNavmap-win32-2.8.11.zip
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 20.04) - LittleNavmap-linux-20.04-2.8.11.tar.gz
Notes
This is a stable release of Little Navmap which fixes several bugs and crashes and adds
improvements as well as new features.
Note that the installation of map themes has changed. Furthermore, there are changes in the scenery library
menu and in the flight plan route description. See below for more information.
macOS users: Keep in mind that you have to clear the quarantine flag when updating Little Xpconnect. See
Clearing the Quarantine Flag on macOS.
The updated online user manual is available here:
Little Navmap - User Manual.
See here for user manual downloads:
User Manuals - Stable Releases.
A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!
Changes from 2.8.10 to 2.8.11
Flight Plan and Export
- Now recognizing runway assignments from SimBrief when downloading flight plans. This fixes the
random runway assignment after import. - Now resolving SID and STAR transitions when loading MSFS PLN flight plan files. This also works
for the SimBrief exported plans where the STAR name is omitted on the first waypoint. Note that
this is not 100 percent reliable due to deficits in the MSFS PLN file format design. - Trying to automatically select approach transitions for matching STAR waypoint similar as
MSFS if an approach procedure is selected when importing MSFS PLN files. - Improved X-Plane FMS export. Airports with procedures are now always saved with keywords
ADEP
or
ADES
to allow manual departure or arrival procedure selection in the GPS or FMS. - Added warning if the scenery library mode
Use Navigraph for all Features
is enabled when
exporting X-Plane FMS files to avoid issues when selecting procedures in the FMS or GPS. - Fixed wrong error message when calculating elevation profile due to required vertical angle
conflicting with an altitude restriction. Example: Airport LTFM with approach I17LX and other
ILS at LTFM. Vertical angle is now ignored in such cases. - Fixed issue with excessive fight plan altitude on loading causing program freeze and crash.
This can happen when importing a flight plan using a format which does not provide cruise altitude
information like FMS in some cases or FSC PLN. - Now using best guess to set cruise altitude automatically after loading flight plan format without
support for cruise altitude. This is based on procedure and airway restrictions. - Added warning dialog if cruise altitude cannot be loaded from flight plan and has to be estimated.
- Applying best guess now for flight plan type (IFR/VFR) when loading flight plan formats not
supporting this. - Now attempting to load SID, STAR and respective transitions from FSC PLN files.
- Added workaround for broken X-Plane FMS flight plans having partially invalid altitude information.
- Rounding error related procedure altitude violations corrected when using metric altitude.
- Fixed issues with wrong flight plan cruise altitude when using metric altitude.
Rounding errors in cruise altitude when loading and saving plans with metric altitude are minimized now. - Added new optional element
CruisingAltF
to LNMPLN file format to avoid rounding errors when using
metric units. - Now using metric speed and altitude designators in route description if units are set accordingly
in options on pageUnits
. - Fixed issue where imported flight plan (for example in FMS or PLN format) could be overwritten with the
LNMPLN format after updating the plan from a route string. - Fixed issues with default filename generation having
CRUISEALT
parameter. Now using local altitude
unit as set in options. - Adjusted route string reader to prefer a close VOR or waypoint before a NDB with the same ident.
- Fixed flight plan export and save functions to avoid suggesting filenames containing
/
,\
or other invalid characters. - Fixed issue where airway information in flight plan at STAR entry was dropped after manually
adding a STAR. - Now removing first waypoint
RW
from X-Plane FMS 11 if a departure runway is selected. This avoids
confusing the stock FMS and GPS which gave wrong turn indications.
Flight plan route description
- The lower part of the input field can now be used as a scratch pad. The upper bold highlighted
section separated by an empty line is the current route description which is read and interpreted.
The lower gray description texts are a part of the scratch pad. These are saved on program exit but
ignored apart from that. - The function
Create flight plan
now reads the first paragraph in the input field, i.e. until
the first empty line. - 'Load from flight plan' inserts the route description on top of the input field and leaves other
texts below intact. - Added undo/redo buttons to route description dialog window.
- Fixed issues where airways and waypoints were dropped in some cases.
Scenery Library
- Added optional automatic navdata selection depending on simulator and AIRAC cycle. The new option in
menuScenery Library
->Navigraph
->Select Automatically
is enabled per default and selects
the right navdata mode when switching between simulators or after compiling the database. The automatically
selected mode can be seen in the disabled menu items in menuNavigraph
or in the window title bar.
Little Navmap User Manual - Navigraph - The mode
Use Navigraph for all Features
is now enabled per default on first run after a fresh
installation to have airports available if the simulator database is empty This is independent of
the AIRAC cycle. - Added option to include extra directories for scenery library scanning. Extra folders extending
MSFSCommunity
, X-PlaneCustom Scenery
or FSX/P3DAddon Scenery
can be added in
options on pageScenery Library Database
in the top list. #959
Little Navmap User Manual - Scenery Library Database - Added message in dialog window
Load Scenery Library
indicating excluded folders. This is a
hint since wrong and unintended exclusions can often cause issues like missing airports. - More cleanup for MSFS airport names. Now removing leading and trailing space from all names to
allow search since some airport names are entered wrongly with spaces. - Fixed issue where MSFS navdata update was recognized despite having its folders excluded.
- Fixed country names appearing as language keys when compiling MSFS. Names are now empty again
since MSFS does not provide these. - Corrected detection and reading of Navigraph navdata update in MSFS. Now reading airports from
update. Navdata and procedures are omitted. Wrongly excluded package is now read. Speed up for
reading scenery library by ignoring unused procedures from navdata update. #1019 - Workaround for missing aircraft model translations since MSFS SU12.
- Now adding start positions for runways and parking spots in Navigraph navdata compiler to allow
departure parking selection for runways as well when using modeUse Navigraph for all Features
.
This change will appear with future Navigraph navdata updates. - Updated included Navigraph cycle 1801 to cover above mentioned database changes.
- X-Plane 12 manually corrected localizers file is now read.
- Corrected overzealous filter for MSFS airport dummy structures which removed add-on helipads or
airports. Example add-on:willicopta-spital-la-chaux-de-fonds-lsh9
which did not show up.
Userpoints
- Added quick
Mark Airport as Add-on
function in all related context menus in map, flight plan
table and airport search result table. This inserts a userpoint of typeAddon
without additional
editing. The labels of this userpoint type (yellow ring) are not shown on map to avoid overlap
with the airport labels. You can add your own types starting with textAddon
. These will be
treated the same way.
Little Navmap User Manual - Mark Airport as Add-on - Added cl...
Version 2.8.10
Direct Download
► Windows 64-bit (MSFS and X-Plane) - LittleNavmap-win64-2.8.10.zip
► macOS - LittleNavmap-macOS-2.8.10.zip
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 22.04) - LittleNavmap-linux-22.04-2.8.10.tar.gz
Alternative Download Locations - Look into sub-folders for beta or development releases:
► Box / Dropbox / Mega.nz / OneDrive
Other Versions:
► Windows 32-bit (only for FSX and P3D) - LittleNavmap-win32-2.8.10.zip
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 20.04) - LittleNavmap-linux-20.04-2.8.10.tar.gz
Notes
This is a stable release of Little Navmap which fixes small bugs, crashes and adds small improvements.
X-Plane: Update your Little Xpconnect installation as well with the included version 1.0.37 to
fix issues with AI injection tools.
macOS users: Keep in mind that you have to clear the quarantine flag when updating Little Xpconnect. See
Clearing the Quarantine Flag on macOS.
The online user manual is available here:
Little Navmap - User Manual.
See here for user manual downloads:
User Manuals - Stable Releases.
A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!
Special thanks to Max Hille for finding the issue with Xpconnect on Linux and X-Plane 12!
MSFS Notes
The active pause problem was fixed with the MSFS version SU12.
Loading a flight plan with user-defined points placed at the at the North Pole has been fixed
with MSFS version SU12.
See also MSFS Common Problems in the FAQ.
Changes from 2.8.9 to 2.8.10
- Navigraph selection is now remembered for each simulator selection separately. This means that
the Navigraph selection is automatically changed when switching between simulators. The simulator
and Navigraph selection is reset on the first startup on update. Use the menu item
Scenery Library
->Validate Scenery Library Settings
to check your settings. - Created a clone of the scenery library settings validation menu item
Scenery Library
->
Validate Scenery Library Settings
on the toolbar. - Added support for ActiveSky for X-Plane 12. Little Navmap detects the ASX 12 files
automatically when selecting the X-Plane 12 scenery library. - Changed flight plan export for TDS GTNXi to add waypoint coordinates for disambiguation as well
as procedures. This should help with flight loading issues due to navdata cycle mismatches. - Added TDS GTNXi export using waypoints only.
- Density altitude added to airport weather report in window
Information
on tabs
Airport
->Weather
. - Added density altitude to aircraft progress if aircraft is on ground. This is disabled per
default and can be enabled in the menuTools
->Aircraft Progress Display Options
by checking
Density Altitude
in branchEnvironment
. - ILS, GLS and RNP approach slopes in elevation profile can now be forced to display for all
approach types:- Disable ILS or GLS/RNP on the toolbar or in the menu
View
->Navaids
to see only flight
plan related navaids on the map and approach related navaids in the elevation profile. This means
you won't see an ILS slope for a VOR approach, for example. - Enable ILS to see slopes in the elevation profile independent of the approach type. A
destination runway or an approach has to be selected to see the slope.
- Disable ILS or GLS/RNP on the toolbar or in the menu
- Menu item
Map
->Remove all Highlights and Selections
(shortcutCtrl+H
) now also clears
the multi procedure preview (Preview all Procedures
in procedure search context menu). - Added link
Show Procedures
besides linkMap
to related airport information tabs to avoid
context menu use for departure or destination airport. - Now copying flight plan cruise altitude over to the flight plan calculation window when opening
or changing it in flight plan window. - More accuracy for flight plan calculation preference slider.
- Added blue question mark help buttons to information and aircraft progress windows linking to the
related user manual chapters. - Fixed userpoints category not being enabled after assigning a new type to a userpoint.
This avoids the confusing disappearance of a userpoint after changing the type. - Added workaround for missing translations in MSFS for AI or multiplayer aircraft. Needs a reload
of the scenery library. - Adjusted airport rating calculation for MSFS. Now setting airports having only automatically
generated apron snippets to zero rating which equal toEmpty Airport
. Fix needs reloading
the scenery library. - Now using correct localizer width in map for Navigraph and MSFS navaids. Localizer width added to
ILS information display in tabNavaids
and map display depiction. Note that this is only
available for FSX, P3D, MSFS and future Navigraph databases. Needs a reload of the scenery
library. #1011 - Wind pointer size on top of map now depends on set font size for map.
- Corrected VOR to/from courses which were omitted before or after procedures.
- Fixed crash when using the MSFS toolbar plugin or other web services of Little Navmap.
- Fixed issue with Italian translation using wrong units in search window. #1012
- Issue with disappearing navaids being part of missed approach selection fixed.
- Updated included SimConnect.dll in 64-bit build for MSFS to SDK 0.21.0.0.
- Other corrections to map drawing of procedures and selected legs.
- Updated user manual for functionality changes.
Little Xpconnect X-Plane plugin Version 1.0.37
- Fixed fetching of aircraft registrations/tailnumbers for AI and online aircraft.
- Better logic to read AI aircraft from add-ons where some use the new TCAS interface and some the
old multiplayer interface. - Added version number to menu item
Little Xpconnect
.
See the included CHANGELOG.txt
or here online for a complete list across all versions.
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Version 2.8.9
Direct Download
► Windows 64-bit (MSFS and X-Plane) - LittleNavmap-win64-2.8.9.zip
► macOS - LittleNavmap-macOS-2.8.9.zip
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 22.04) - LittleNavmap-linux-22.04-2.8.9.tar.gz
Alternative Download Locations - Look into sub-folders for beta or development releases:
► Box / Dropbox / Mega.nz / OneDrive
Other Versions:
► Windows 32-bit (only for FSX and P3D) - LittleNavmap-win32-2.8.9.zip
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 20.04) - LittleNavmap-linux-20.04-2.8.9.tar.gz
Notes
This is a stable release of Little Navmap fixing crashes and other bugs.
X-Plane: Update your Little Xpconnect installation as well with the included version 1.0.34 to
fix wrong TAS and GS speeds.
macOS users: Keep in mind that you have to clear the quarantine flag for Little Xpconnect on update. See
Clearing the Quarantine Flag on macOS.
This version is ready for the latest MSFS and for X-Plane 12. See important known issues below for MSFS.
The online user manual is available here:
Little Navmap - User Manual.
See here for user manual downloads:
User Manuals - Stable Releases.
A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!
Special thanks to Max Hille for finding the issue with Xpconnect on Linux and X-Plane 12!
Known Issues MSFS
Active pause in MSFS breaks the connection and does not allow to reconnect even when restarting Little Navmap.
This is a MSFS issue. Use the key Esc
for normal pause or click the toolbar button for pause to avoid problems.
Note that you can also start active pause the usual way (keyboard or joystick) but end it with the MSFS toolbar button.
This keeps the connection intact.
The active pause problem was fixed with the MSFS SU12 Beta version.
Loading a flight plan containing user defined points (coordinates) results in some positions of the plan
placed at the North Pole. Note this was fixed with the MSFS SU12 Beta.
See also MSFS Common Problems in the FAQ.
Changes from 2.8.8 to 2.8.9
Map Display
- AI aircraft with unreliable on-ground status injected by third party traffic tools are now
corrected if there is vertical speed or ground speed. This helps to avoid flying aircraft
hidden wrongly on the map. - Changed speed display for AI and user aircraft. Now showing ground speed on ground in map display
labels and progress tab for AI if user and AI aircraft are moving. Disabled wrong IAS and TAS display
labels for user aircraft on ground. - Fixed en-route holdings drawn with the wrong turn direction.
- Added turn direction for en-route holding tooltips and information window.
- Fixed issue where map highlights remained after putting a dock widget like search to the bottom
of dock stack. - Added margins to map display text labels to improve readability.
- Airport diagrams now shown earlier on map when zooming in.
- Updated map themes on Little Navmap Downloads - Map Themes.
- Removed unneeded Marble map theme legend files.
- Increased maximum number of entries in map position history.
- More adjustments and fixes for better drawing.
Flight Plan and Export
- Corrected loading of flight plan routing network which was incomplete due to new MSFS RNAV waypoint type.
This resulted in calculated flight plans using too many direct-to instead of airways when using
Do not use Navigraph Database
in the scenery library menu. #1001 - Better error checking for flight plan export file pattern in multi export options. Added
validation and error messages for export file patterns and file extensions. A file pattern with
errors is now always highlighted red also if not selected for export. - Now resetting empty file patterns in multiexport to default values on loading. This fixes issues where
the configuration was not migrated correctly from earlier versions and exported files used a flight
plan name without file extension. - Now falling back to correct default file pattern on flight plan export if the pattern in the
multi export options dialog is empty. - Fixed crash when loading X-Plane FMS files with negative airport elevation. Made flight plan
loading more robust in general. - Increased maximum length for user waypoint names to 80 characters in MSFS PLN flight plan file export
to allow descriptions. - Fixed inconsistencies for course display in flight plan leg in table, aircraft progress,
elevation profile and the map. - Removed not applicable inbound and outbound VOR course display in aircraft progress at procedure legs.
User Interface
- Fixed issue where the wrong runways were fetched for ILS in information and tooltips. As a
result ILS were declaredOffset to Runway
showing the wrong runway heading. - Corrected airport ident to use displayed value from map and flight plan table in context menus
to avoid confusing mismatches of airport idents between map and context menu. Now additionally
showing display ident and internal ident in airport search context menu. - Added menu item
Tools
->Files and Directories
->Show Map Installation Directory
to ease installation of new map themes. - Changed reading of MSFS scenery library. Now also reading manifest content type
AIRCRAFT
since
aircraft add-ons may contain airports as well. - Fix for stacked dock windows appearing in the wrong order after un-minimizing main window. #1000
- Updated user manual for customization, map theme installation, SimBrief changes and cold weather
altitude correction. - Fixed elevation profile losing display reverting to a gray area when resetting view after vertical zoom.
- Fixed issues with dock windows moved to the wrong screen on multi screen configurations.
- Added AirNav.com to airport link list.
- Fixed regression where red warning text for empty database was missing in status bar.
- Several other small text fixes.
Weather
- Fixed several issues with warnings about X-Plane weather files. Now warning
if simulator is not installed or weather files are missing. Dialogs can be disabled. - Adapted to read new winds aloft file names from X-Plane which were introduced with version 12.04b2.
- Made reading of GRIB wind files more error tolerant. Checking for wrong or empty files now.
X-Plane and Little Xpconnect Version 1.0.35 and 1.0.36
- Fixed ground speed used wrongly as true airspeed for X-Plane AI and multiplayer aircraft.
Ground speed is now correctly shown. - Added fix from Max Hille (https://github.com/maxhille) to avoid X-Plane 12 issues
with light colors and ignored exclusion regions on Linux after installing plugin. #983
See the included CHANGELOG.txt
or here online for a complete list across all versions.
All files are checked by VirusTotal.
Version 2.8.8
Hotfix for issues with Little Xpconnect and X-Plane 12 on Linux
Use on of the two Little Xpconnect builds below if you see issues like wrong colors or ignored exclusion regions in X-Plane 12:
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 22.04) - LittleXpconnect-linux-22.04-1.0.35.tar.gz
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 20.04) - LittleXpconnect-linux-20.04-1.0.35.tar.gz
Direct Download
► Windows 64-bit (MSFS and X-Plane) - LittleNavmap-win64-2.8.8.zip
► macOS - LittleNavmap-macOS-2.8.8.zip
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 22.04) - LittleNavmap-linux-22.04-2.8.8.tar.gz
Alternative Download Locations - Look into sub-folders for beta or development releases:
► Box / Dropbox / Mega.nz / OneDrive
Other Versions:
► Windows 32-bit (only for FSX and P3D) - LittleNavmap-win32-2.8.8.zip
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 20.04) - LittleNavmap-linux-20.04-2.8.8.tar.gz
Notes
This is a stable release of Little Navmap fixing crashes and other bugs.
X-Plane: Update your Little Xpconnect installation as well with the included version 1.0.34 to avoid wrong timezone calculations.
macOS users: Keep in mind that you have to clear the quarantine flag for Little Xpconnect on update. See Clearing the Quarantine Flag on macOS.
See Screenshots of new 2.8 Features for an overview of new features.
This version is ready for the latest MSFS and for X-Plane 12. See important known issues below for MSFS.
The user manual is available here: Little Navmap - User Manual.
See here for user manual downloads: User Manuals - Stable Releases.
A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!
Known Issues MSFS
Active pause in MSFS breaks the connection and does not allow to reconnect even when restarting Little Navmap.
This is a MSFS issue. Use the key Esc
for normal pause or click the toolbar button for pause to avoid problems. You can restore the connection by toggling active pause on the toolbar button.
See also MSFS Common Problems in the FAQ.
Changes from 2.8.7 to 2.8.8
Flight Plan and Export
- Added export option for X-Plane CIVA Navigation System. Files exported as FMS 3 split up into
partitions containing nine waypoints. Procedure waypoints are included. - Fixed issues with multi export file selection that appeared when using a file export pattern
without suffix. - Made loading of X-Plane FMS plans more tolerant for invalid files. Now throwing error messages in
case of invalid coordinates to avoid crash. - Adjustments for flight plan calculation for better results with less airway usage at the right of
the sliderPrefer
. - Updated NAT track download address to new
https://www.notams.faa.gov/common/nat.html
to avoid error
messages on download. Addresses can be changed inlittle_navmap.ini
in section[Track]
. - Fixed wrong flight plan read while importing from SimBrief and changing plan with download dialog open.
Flight Plan Route Description
- Corrected reading of a flight plan having SID and STAR with the same transition waypoint
resulting in incomplete plans from SimBrief import. Example: MUHA EPMAR3 MAXIM SNDBR2 KMIA KMCO. #975 - Fixed crash while typing when entering incomplete route description texts.
- Fixed several issues when reading and writing a route description using space separated transitions.
This avoids error messages when reading flight plans from SimBrief. - Flight plan cruise altitude is now adjusted to adhere to airway and procedure altitude
restrictions. This avoids creating new plans with initial restriction errors. - Tear off drop down menu in route description dialog can now be reopened again after closing dialog.
Map Display and Elevation Profile
- Fixed issue with disappearing aircraft trail and other map lines near anti-meridian. #976
- Now suppressing VASI display in elevation profile if approach has a large offset course compared
to the runway. The VASI slope cannot be used in these cases. - Omitting wrong X-Plane runway shoulders for water runways on map.
- Moved flight plan table colors to
little_navmap_mapstyle.ini
. Added new section[FlightPlan]
.
Online Flying
- Fixed crash because of missing icon for unknown aircraft types. #973
- Added white aircraft icon with question mark for invalid aircraft types like online boats.
- Now ignoring boat traffic in aircraft shadow resolution.
- Adjusted shadow aircraft detection online vs. simulator to better resolve duplicate aircraft when
flying online.
Scenery Library
- Fixed several issues with new X-Plane 12 runway surface types. Runways were previously dropped
for unknown surface types. This resulted in airports registered without runways and having a
helipad symbol assigned in some cases. - Now reading new X-Plane asphalt and concrete textures.
- Corrected behavior when clicking
Load Scenery Database
which could open the loading dialog
again and crash while still waiting for confirmation on database usage. - Fixed issue with mapped drives on Windows where add-on airports were not detected if having MSFS
installed on such a drive. #967
User Interface and Other
- Corrected window order when using
Keep in Foreground
to avoid blocked or hidden dialogs after
loading scenery library. - The
Keep in Foreground
status is now applied to all non-blocking dialog windows like 'Flight
Plan Calculation' and 'Flight Plan Route Description' to avoid windows being blocked and hidden
by main window. - Added userpoint type
Addon
to highlight airports with a yellow ring similar to detected add-on
airports. - Fixed issue where bearing and distance to user aircraft was not updated in tooltips for parking spots.
- Fixed regression where tooltips disappeared quickly when being connected to a simulator.
- Now correcting logbook time if off by one day at arrival due to wrong time and date jumps while
flying (caused by warp or similar tools). This previously resulted in negative travel times. - Corrected logbook and userpoint import functions where first row in CSV files caused an error message
if using quoted names. - Fix for wrong names in options dialog. #965
- Fixes to avoid crash with duplicate ids when adding userpoints or logbook entries after import. #985
- Solved issue with crash when doing undo or redo quickly using keyboard shortcut repeats.
- Wind calculation functions are now more tolerant for invalid coordinates to avoid crashes.
- Corrections to statusbar and time. Time now correctly suffixed with
UTC
. - Updated program translation for Brazilian Portuguese by Ricardo.
- Disabled Spanish translation since it did not receive updates for a long time and has other issues.
- Reverted workaround for MSFS unreliable on-ground indication for user aircraft.
- Updated SimConnect.dll to latest from SDK version 0.20.5.0.
- Corrected SSL library in Linux package to fix SSL handshake errors. Now adding correct OpenSSL
version 1.1 to the folderlib
to avoid loading of a wrong system library version 3. #974
X-Plane and Little Xpconnect
- Fixed wrong date and timezone calculation in Little Xpconnect 1.0.34 which resulted in wrong or
jumping endurance and turn anticipation display.
See the included CHANGELOG.txt
or here online for a complete list across all versions.
All files are checked by VirusTotal.
Version 2.8.7
Direct Download
► Windows 64-bit (MSFS and X-Plane) - LittleNavmap-win64-2.8.7.zip
► macOS - LittleNavmap-macOS-2.8.7.zip
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 22.04) - LittleNavmap-linux-22.04-2.8.7.tar.gz
► Linux SSL Handshake hotfix - LittleNavmap-linux-22.04-2.8.7-openssl-1.1.tar.gz
Alternative Download Locations - Look into sub-folders for beta or development releases:
► Box / Dropbox / Mega.nz / OneDrive
Other Versions:
► Windows 32-bit (only for FSX and P3D) - LittleNavmap-win32-2.8.7.zip
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 20.04) - LittleNavmap-linux-20.04-2.8.7.tar.gz
🎄🎁 Wishing you all a magical holiday season and best wishes for a happy New Year! 🎁🎄
Notes
This is a stable release of Little Navmap.
See
Screenshots of new 2.8 Features
for an overview of new features.
This version is ready for the latest MSFS and for X-Plane 12. See important known issues below for MSFS.
The updated user manual is available here:
Little Navmap - User Manual.
See here for user manual downloads:
User Manuals - Stable Releases.
This changelog also explains new or moved/changed features.
First look here if anything is not clear or missing.
X-Plane users: Reinstall Little Xpconnect from this package to get but fixes and changed.
Otherwise fuel flow calculation, X-Plane weather information or other functions might not work
correctly in Little Navmap.
Little Navmap probably reminds you to reload scenery library databases after updating. Please do
so to benefit from new features and bug fixes.
A big thank you to all who reported bugs and issues!
Known Issues MSFS
Active pause in MSFS breaks the connection and does not allow to reconnect.
Use the key Esc
for normal pause to avoid problems.
Changes from 2.6.19 to 2.8.7
This list describes the most obvious changes. See below for details and changes between the beta
and candidate releases as well as links to the related user manual chapters.
See Screenshots of new 2.8 Features
for an overview of new features.
Help
- Updated English user manual:
Little Navmap - User Manual.
Adapted to new features and is available online as well as included as PDF
(see User Manuals - Stable Releases). - Now automatically using HTML help files from folder
help/en
or other supported language codes
if installed. Download help from
User Manuals - Stable Releases
and extract the zip file to.../Little Navmap/help/en
to use the offline user manual. - Added changelog item to help menu.
- Removed built-in map legend. This now available either online or in the included PDF user manual.
See online
Little Navmap User Manual - Legend
or from the menuHelp
.
Windows Builds
There are two builds of Little Navmap and Little Navconnect for Windows available now:
- Windows 64-bit: For MSFS and all X-Plane versions.
- Windows 32-bit: For FSX and Prepar3D.
See Little Navmap User Manual - Windows Builds for details.
User Interface
- Changed status bar to avoid growing and shrinking fields. Now keeping maximum size to avoid
jitter. - Added option to hide dock window title bars in menu
Window
->Show Dock Window Title Bars
.
Uncheck this to get more screen space inside the main window. - Added airport transition level for X-Plane and Navigraph data.
- Resetting flight plan table, airport search result table and navaid search result table view on
update now to avoid display of wrong columns or missing table columns. - Added introductory dialog for first time users explaining further steps.
- Swapped
Shift+F11
andF11
functions. Fullscreen is nowF11
since this is a common shortcut
for most applications. - All actions for
None
andAll
in toolbar button dropdown menus can now toggle between states
none, all and last selected state. ClickAll
a second time to revert to the previous selection.
#762 - Now checking for base folder structure (
Little Navmap Documents
) only on first startup to avoid
issues when changing language. Folder structure can be now be created manually fromTools
->
Create Directory Structure
. #782 - Added warning message when using scenery library with not matching simulator in connect dialog.
This shows up when connecting to MSFS with an active X-Plane scenery database, for example. - Separated tab bar reset into a new menu item
Reset Tabs to Default
in menuWindow
. Window
layout and and tabs can now be reset separately. - Added show map cache to menu
Tools
->Files
. - Changed symbol for nautical miles to correct official
NM
. - Fixed issues with macOS aliases. These can now be used in X-Plane
Custom Scenery
to link to
add-ons. - Default style on macOS after first start is now Fusion and also reset on update since the default
macOS style is too clunky. - Removed check for wrong macOS version on program startup to avoid false warnings.
- Raised macOS minimum requirement to 10.13 High Sierra.
- Updated French translations by Patrick.
- Updated Italian translations by Flavio.
Flight Plan
- Flight plan is now saved to a temporary file on exit. This avoids the question dialog when
exiting the program after building or modifying a plan. This means: You create a new flight plan
from scratch or modify a present one and Little Navmap will not ask to save the plan when exiting.
Instead the same plan is reloaded on next startup. Continue editing without saving and the changed
plan will be reloaded on next startup. You can still use theSave
andSave as
functions as
before. You can disable this behavior on options pageStartup and Updates
by disablingLoad last used flight plan
. The temporary plan is stored in the settings folder as file
little_navmap.lnmpln
besideslittle_navmap.ini
. Avoid overwriting Flight Plan with not matching departure and destination
now enabled per
default on new installations. You can disable this setting in the options dialog on pageFlight Plan
if needed.- Now allowing arbitrary points for departure and destination. This covers all navaids, user points
and coordinates which can be used as start or destination points. The elevation profile is now
calculated without error messages for these kind of flight plans. Note that you have to install the
GLOBE elevation data to get the correct elevations for these points. You have to use theAdd to flight plan
menu item, theAppend to flight plan
menu item, the keyboard shortcut
Ctrl+Alt+Click
(add),Shift+Alt+Click
(append) or the drag and drop flight plan editing to add
arbitrary points as departure or destination. Note these flight plans are not supported by all
simulators or add-ons. - Magnetic course of flight plan legs is now always calculated using normal magnetic declination.
VOR calibrated declination is ignored. Other options to display VOR inbound and outbound magnetic
course are now available. See
Little Navmap User Manual - Magnetic Declination. - Added optional inbound and outbound VOR course to aircraft progress display considering VOR
calibrated declination. This is always shown when the next or last waypoint is a VOR, VORDME or
VORTAC. Enable this inTools
->Aircraft progress display options
-> branchNext Waypoint
->
Leg course from
andLeg course to
. - Removed
Ignore declination of VOR and other radio navaids
on options pageFlight Plan
since
there are other ways to display VOR inbound and outbound magnetic course now. - Removed merging (e.g. grouping of multiple deletions into one) of same changes for undo or redo
in flight plan operations. Now single changes can be undone. - Changed flight plan calculation to a normal non-blocking dialog window also to avoid the short
popping up on start. Note that these non-blocking dialog windows can be put behind the main window
and show up in the Windows or other task lists as well. - Highlight of active in flight plan table can be disabled in options on page
Flight Plan
. #785 - Removed forced assignment of runways if no parking...
Version 2.6.19
Note: You have to use one of the latest 2.8 beta versions for X-Plane 12 and MSFS post SU11.
See here for all releases including beta: https://github.com/albar965/littlenavmap/releases.
Version 2.6.19
This release fixes several issues affecting elevation profile, MSFS and X-Plane scenery libraries.
Only the most important or easy to integrate issues are integrated into this release.
Development is going on in parallel for the next major release and a public alpha version was
already published in the Avsim Forum.
Reload the scenery library to see fixed issues.
Direct Download
► Windows - LittleNavmap-win-2.6.19.zip
► macOS - LittleNavmap-macOS-2.6.19.zip
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 20.04) - LittleNavmap-linux-20.04-2.6.19.tar.gz
► Linux (64 bit, based on Ubuntu 18.04) - LittleNavmap-linux-18.04-2.6.19.tar.gz
Alternative Download Locations
► Box / Dropbox / Mega.nz / OneDrive
Known Issues
Read the linked chapter below to minimize issues when loading flight plans into MSFS:
► User Manual - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Airports and Navdata.
See user manual for general known problems:
► User Manual - Known Problems.
See user manual for limitations and issues around Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020:
► User Manual - Known Problems - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.
Changes from 2.6.18 to 2.6.19
User Interface
- Fixed issue where main window could not be resized below 1000 pixels. Minimum limit is now 300 pixels.
- Changed style
Night
to improve visibility for checked icon menu items and menu separator
lines which were barely visible before.
Map Display
- Disabled GLS and other virtual paths which were wrongly shown as ILS when using latest Navigraph
databases updated for future versions of Little Navmap. - Fixed issue where new user airspaces were not drawn after reading from disk.
Flight Plan and Elevation Profile
- Fixed issue which appeared when airport altitude is reported higher from simulator than runway
altitude from navdata for procedures. Program showed wrongly a violated altitude restriction at
runway and refused to build elevation profile. - Fixed issue where alternate airport was lost and error message remained after switching scenery
library databases. - Corrected mapping of parking names for empty or invalid MSFS parking spots which broke reloading
of parking positions from flight plans. Exported MSFS PLN files now have correct parking name set
for these cases. - Fixed issue where flight plan leg in elevation profile had wrong position offset related to
restriction. - Fixed issue where elevation profile could not be calculated if a STAR has an
At Altitude
restriction. - Fixed missing waypoints in MSFS flight plan export for all distance, altitude or otherwise
terminated procedure legs. - Fixed issue where MSFS SID and STAR cannot be loaded due to missing runway in database.
- Extended waypoint coordinate parser for all ARINC 424 Code Convention full degree waypoint formats
like57N30
,5730E
or57S30
. Flight plan route description can now read these waypoints
independent if they are in the navdata or not. - Improvements to Flightgear XML flightplan files import and export. Thanks to @colingeniet at
Github for the fixes.
Scenery Library
- Database minor version updated to 21. Reloading is adivsed to see bug fixes.
- Added push request #16 of @flpduarte. Fixed bug in which Little Navmap would only read and
display a single transition from addon (Community) SIDs and STARs, despite these procedures
actually having more than one transition. This happens when using the latest MSFS SDK (SU9 or later). - Now saving invalid and null parking names from MSFS with indicator
NONE
into the database to
allow handling in flight plans. - Fixed issue where airport frequencies were written as 0 instead of null for MSFS resulting in
wrong search results. - Now skipping empty X-Plane
apt.dat
files to avoid program freezing in an empty loop for
malformed files.
Other
- Now decreasing connection rate for long running sessions using autoconnect to avoid loss of
internal SimConnect resources. An attempt to connect is made every 30 seconds after half an hour
and every minute after one hour. Workaround for SimConnect issue mentinoned in #891.
Development and Build
- Moved version number to variable
VERSION_NUMBER
in filelittlenavmap.pro
instead of coding it
into sources. - Now writing files
version.txt
andrevision.txt
files into install folder allowing
deployment scripts to automatically name archives. These files can be used to identify
a version without opening the program.