Planning Map
The left half of the Flight Planning screen is an interactive map. A vertical toolbar on the map gives you quick access to editing, base map, 3D, overlay, and navigation controls. Hover any button to see its tooltip.
Toolbar controls
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Edit / Pan mode | Toggles "New Flight Plan" mode. While active, clicking the map adds a waypoint; while inactive, clicks pan the map so first-time visitors cannot drop waypoints by accident. |
| Satellite view | Switches between the street base map and satellite imagery. |
| 3D terrain | Drapes the map over an elevation model so hills and valleys become visible — very useful for judging terrain clearance in mountainous areas. |
| 3D buildings | Extrudes buildings in urban areas. |
| 2D / 3D view | Tilts the camera into a 3D perspective. In 3D mode the planned route is drawn at its actual waypoint altitudes, and airspace volumes are rendered between their vertical limits — so you can literally see whether your route stays under a shelf of controlled airspace. |
| Airspace & filters | Opens the airspace overlay and its class filter menu (see Airspace, Geo-Zones, NOTAMs & Traffic). |
| Live air traffic | Shows nearby ADS-B traffic, refreshed every few seconds. |
| Fit to route | Zooms the map so the entire planned route (including the home point) is visible. |
| My location | Shows your current GPS position on the map (with your permission) — handy for planning on site. |
Search
The search box on the map accepts both place names and raw coordinates. Type a town, airfield, or landmark to jump there, or paste coordinates such as 46.947, 7.444 to center the map on an exact position.
3D route review
Switching to the 3D view is the quickest sanity check for a finished plan. The route is drawn at each waypoint's altitude while a ground projection stays on the surface, and enabled airspace volumes appear as translucent blocks between their lower and upper limits. Combined with 3D terrain, this makes altitude conflicts — a leg clipping a hillside or entering a CTR shelf — immediately obvious.
Mobile layout
On small screens the map and the planning panel split the screen 50/50. Use the collapse handle on the panel to give the map the full height while you position waypoints, then expand the panel again to edit their details.