Quick Tip: Aeronautical Map with AutoHighlight in ForeFlight

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Most all pilots began flying with a Sectional Chart, initially on paper and for most now on an EFB. Lots of info on a Sectional... maybe too much. This video is a quick introduction to what seems largely undiscovered by many ForeFlight pilots… the Aeronautical Map, including the use of the Airspace AutoHighlight feature. Have you tried the Aeronautical Map (without the Sectional overlaid)? And with AutoHighlight of airspace? Your thoughts on pros/cons versus the Sectional?
Thanks for your insight and enjoy the flight!
Wayne, GeezerGeek Pilot

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8 июн 2020

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@thealanguy4547 3 года назад

Great vid, sir. Thanks!

@GeezerGeekPilot 3 года назад

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching. Wayne

@Parr4theCourse 4 года назад

YEP, I'm with you, I almost always fly with the aeronautical feature enabled, although in a recent video, we talked about how we flew to Florida/Bahamas with the VFR chart on and that was a mistake when flying IFR and getting rerouted as the screen is too cluttered! We did that so we could see what landmarks we would be flying over and point them out, butt it made it extremely difficult to see the way-points ATC was giving during reroutes - lesson learned!!!

@GeezerGeekPilot 4 года назад

Ron and Janis... we're in sync yet again... cool! Thanks for watching. Wayne

@GMascelli 4 года назад

Great tip! All these years flying track up and reading upside down. I’ll give this a try on my next flight.

@GeezerGeekPilot 4 года назад

Glad it was helpful! Let me know how it works for you. Thanks. Wayne

@GMascelli 4 года назад

@@GeezerGeekPilot I found out why I haven't used it. It's not an option in my subscription level. :(

@mikemccarron1162 4 года назад

Awesome, some great info here, thanks.

@GeezerGeekPilot 4 года назад

Mike, thanks for watching!

@Wolficorntv 4 года назад

I've been a big fan of the aeronautical map since they first introduced it. Wasn't aware of the auto highlight feature. Good to know.

@GeezerGeekPilot 4 года назад

Hi, Bryan... not sure why I stumbled on AutoHighlight, but it doubles the productivity IMHO of the aeronautical. Fortunately it's a "sticky" setting.

@jimtorley70 3 года назад

Nice clip, Wayne. I can see the obvious benefit in busy airspace. Here in Colorado I like to see terrain in detail with contour lines which are important navigating through mountain passes. That level of detail doesn't appear in the aeronautical chart format. Also missing are the heights of tallest obstacle in sectors as shown on sectionals. I typically will use the combined sectional/aeronautical formats to gain some of the benefits from the latter (ATC freqs, highlighted airspace around big cities and "bold" airport IDs) while seeing those items I mentioned above in the sectional format.

@GeezerGeekPilot 3 года назад

Jim, agreed about needing more detail in mountainous areas. Keep watching the Aero map for more and more such details (in the past year they added many more mountain passes and peaks). Enjoy your summer.

@jimtorley70 3 года назад

@@GeezerGeekPilot Thanks, Wayne. I'll look for such changes. Summer is short here so, yes, I plan to "make hay while the sun shines"!!

@mikecrognale3408 4 года назад

I fly with both sectional and aeronautical maps enabled. Works well for me.

@GeezerGeekPilot 4 года назад

Mike, that's cool. Thanks for checking in. Wayne

@timandrew1091 5 месяцев назад

My sectional always disappears... can't put it up now. Can't stand foreflight.

@GeezerGeekPilot 5 месяцев назад

I can't understand, unless a PPL instructor demands it, why you'd use the US Sectional. All you need --- with far less clutter -- is available with the Aeronautical map layer. YMMV. Wayne (DA40 KSBA)

@rocky837 4 года назад

I'm a "rusty pilot" looking to get back into it. I've found that the aeronautical charts are objectively easier to read. The MAJOR issue I've found with them (hopefully I'm just doing it wrong) is that I can't see the tallest obstruction altitude like the sectional chart shows. At least on foreflight is is incredibly easy to switch between maps (at least on the ground). Is there anyway to see what the altitude of the tallest obstruction in an area is?

@GeezerGeekPilot 4 года назад

Hi, regarding seeing the tallest obstruction altitude... certainly in ForeFlight you can turn on the VFR Sectional and see the Maximum Elevation Figure (MEF) for each quadrant on the map. But I find even more useful is to instead display the Aeronautical Map, then bring up the Profile view (requires the Pro Plus subscription) which will display all terrain and obstacles along your route (+/- a set distance) and also list the minimum clearance... the Profile is demonstrated at 4:44 in the above video.

@maryford7417 3 года назад

How do you get the labels to switch right side up?

@GeezerGeekPilot 3 года назад

Mary, if you turn Off the VFR Sectional and only turn On the Aeronautical map, then labels will be readable either north-up or track-up... the labels also properly scale as you zoom in/out. The Aeronautical map is a "smart" map, unlike the VFR Sectional which is effectively a bunch of pixels from a scanned paper map.

@maryford7417 3 года назад

I see how it works now. Thank you.