AvPlan iOS 18
In the coming days Apple will release their latest operating system for iPhone and iPad, OS 18. The AvSoft Australia […]
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After much debate with Apple, we are extremely excited to announce that AvPlan 2.0 is now available in the App Store. In this release we really have put more in your EFB. The big new features are;
- Geo-referenced taxi diagrams and instrument approach plates
- Weather radar overlay on all maps
- Lightning overlay on all maps
- Terrain warnings and altitude callouts
- Double tap a PRD area to view current status
- Find the shortest IFR route between any two points on an IFR airway.
- Displays your current and next area frequency
- Search for and display PRD areas on all maps
- Super fast maps, especially on the iPad 3.
There are also an enormous number of small changes which improve usability on the ground and in the air.
The new geo-referenced airport taxi diagrams and instrument approach plates show your position, ground track and routing. We have even added support to enable the full route editing functions (tap and drag waypoints, tap and hold on a route to insert a waypoint) on these charts.
The weather overlay has been completely redone, and now supports radar and lightning on all map types. The animation can also now be paused, and stepped forward and backward.
AvPlan 2.0 will now warn you if it thinks you are going to bump into terrain, and gives you a 500ft altitude callout on descent.
For the IFR and Night VFR pilots, AvPlan 2.0 will automatically search for the shortest IFR route between any two points on an IFR airway. Find the shortest route to fly IFR across the country in seconds.
Double tap on a PRD area will show you its current status and any other relevant NOTAM’s. You can even use the search button on the En Route page to search for PRD areas.
The GPX export function now supports exporting your flight plans in a format that your portable Garmin GPS will understand.
Some of the smaller changes are;
- In ‘Fly’ mode, the map stops panning when you lift your finger
- In ‘Plan’ mode your track log is not saved
- NOTAM’s for airports are displayed when viewing a navaid associated with an airport.
- A triple-double-tap will also unlock the screen
- The weight and balance display will show your MLW as a dotted line on the envelope
We have also changed the subscriptions, merging the Planning and VFR Upgrade into ‘AvPlan VFR’ (for the same price as the two combined packages).
