This page details the changes made to the SkyDemon Mobile product from one version to the next.
2.5.2
1 February 2013 |
FIX: Beginning with the previous build, some customers were experiencing slow load times and/or inability to find satellites
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2.5.1
23 January 2013 |
There are no significant changes to SkyDemon Mobile in this release
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2.5
21 Decemer 2012 |
There are no significant changes to SkyDemon Mobile in this release
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2.4.6
15 November 2012 |
There are no significant changes to SkyDemon Mobile in this release
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2.4.5
4 November 2012 |
There are no significant changes to SkyDemon Mobile in this release
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2.4.3
11 October 2012 |
NEW: SkyDemon 2 chart style introduced (is now the default)
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2.4.2
29 August 2012 |
NEW: Sunrise and sunset times are now included in airfield static information
NEW: Manual start and stop of flight logging is now possible
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2.4.1
Next Release |
IMPROVED: The Direct To feature now allows searching for any waypoint type, including postcodes
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2.4
28 June 2012 |
NEW: GlideSafe shows you how far you can glide in any direction (on by default when over water)
NEW: Enhanced map clipping controls make it easy to hide airspace above or below your position in flight
NEW: Helicopter, glider and microlight icons are now selectable for the aircraft
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2.3.4
19 May 2012 |
NEW: Airspace areas are now merged so that the semisolid line is drawn only around the extremities of airspace of any classification
IMPROVED: Many chart loading speed improvements
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2.3.2
23 March 2012 |
IMPROVED: Many minor improvements to chart drawing, especially at extremes of zoom
IMPROVED: Airspace labelling is now more intelligent, showing vertical boundaries and avoiding label overlaps as appropriate
FIX: It was not possible to bring up the map context menu with the GPS switched off
CHANGE: The wind instrument graphical reading now rotates along with the map
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2.3
28 February 2012 |
NEW: A new mapping engine makes chart drawing more responsive and allows animations and transitions
NEW: Approach Info delivers much information needed to make an approach, allows selection of destination runway and depicts circuit orientation/direction
NEW: Urban areas, trees and glider launching sites can be toggled on and off in the mapping options
NEW: When previous flight logs are loaded, their breadcrumb trails are shown on the main map
IMPROVED: File open and save windows now sort the list of existing files alphabetically
IMPROVED: Automatic chart loading now loads all charts within 30nm of your position
FIX: After flying for some time, the long breadcrumb trail could cause the display update speed to slow down considerably
FIX: With subtle variations of the fix status, spurious airspace alerts indicating leaving and joining the FIR could be generated
FIX: It was possible for a good GPS fix (with many satellites) to still generate a "Seeking GPS Satellites" message
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2.2.1
19 September 2011 |
NEW: Course Up mode added to chart orientation options
NEW: The chart appearance can now be changed to resemble paper charts from several different countries
NEW: Journey Log statistics are now available for viewing on the device, for all completed flights undertaken
NEW: The visibility of class E ATS routes can now be controlled
IMPROVED: When operating in track-up mode, the map is now redrawn sooner as the aircraft moves up the page
IMPROVED: Finger-scrollable lists now have a small scroll position indicator on the right
FIX: When dragging the map it was possible for the map to be left in a mid-dragging state when the finger was removed
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2.2
28 July 2011 |
NEW: Route View introduced, a combination of route editor and pilot log allowing easy access to briefing information and journey statistics
NEW: Nearby Air Traffic Services feature added to the Briefing facilities, which shows all the people nearby you can speak to on the radio
NEW: Wind instrument introduced, which shows the (forecast) wind conditions outside the aircraft or head/tailwind component
NEW: The altitude instrument can be switched between altitude and height display
IMPROVED: Graphics and finger-friendlyness enhanced throughout the product
IMPROVED: Extended centrelines for all runways at the destination airfield are now shown, with the active centreline highlighted
IMPROVED: Chart redraw speed has been increased
IMPROVED: New chart data manager dramatically reduces memory requirements and increases chart loading speed
IMPROVED: Loading of sync data is now much faster
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2.1.2
3 June 2011 |
IMPROVED: Enhanced graphical NOTAM depiction, showing interpreted coordinates in some cases and snapping to referenced airspace
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2.1.1
6 May 2011 |
NEW: The vertical component of the ILS now needs to be enabled explicitly before use
FIX: On certain third-party devices the software could crash when switching to instruments view
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2.1
7 April 2011 |
NEW: Instruments view introduced, complete with horizontal situtation indicator and pseudo-ILS functionality
NEW: The distance, time and position instruments have been updated to display threshold values when on approach
IMPROVED: Many user interface graphical and usability improvements designed to be more finger-friendly
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2.0
10 February 2011 |
NEW: Briefing information for waypoints along the planned route is now easily accessible via the Briefing menu
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1.4.4
9 November 2010 |
NEW: It is now possible to specify that airfields whose runway length is unknown are included in the Direct To window
IMPROVED: Many minor graphical chart rendering improvements
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1.4.3
28 September 2010 |
No significant changes
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1.4.2
16 September 2010 |
No Changes
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1.4.1
15 September 2010 |
NEW: TAF and METAR can now be synced from SkyDemon Plan before a flight
NEW: TAF and METAR briefing now supports graphical decoding and is much more user-friendly
NEW: Notepad facility added
IMPROVED: NOTAM briefing is now much more user-friendly
IMPROVED: Direct To functionality is now clearer and more easily accessible
IMPROVED: It is no longer necessary to restart the software after a sync for NOTAM to be reloaded
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1.4
1 September 2010 |
NEW: Airfield card view with moving aircraft symbol (like approach plates) can be shown for any airfield to view runways, frequencies and other details
NEW: Automatic dynamic chart loading and unloading means you can install all your charts on the device and they are loaded as required during flight
NEW: Breadcrumb trail and flight log statistics functionality added
NEW: Customisable user-defined timers can now be added; handy for things like FREDA checks
NEW: Track instruments can be switched between true track and magnetic track
NEW: Track readout instrument introduced and instrument options provided to toggle all instruments on and off, with gesture support
NEW: System clock is automatically updated from GPS clock if necessary
IMPROVED: User interface made more finger friendly throughout
IMPROVED: NOTAM presentation for formation flights giving routing information
IMPROVED: Auto next waypoint functionality replaced; current leg is now always the leg you are closest to
IMPROVED: NOTAM briefing facilities now include filtering
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1.3.2
5 July 2010 |
FIX: NOTAM times could be off by one hour
IMPROVED: All warning types are now configurable and have been tweaked so they appear much less often during normal flight
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1.3.1
21 June 2010 |
NEW: NOTAM edges are now colour-coded to indicate the type of activity being notified; briefing window presentation improved
IMPROVED: Messages with details on warnings and map entities are now drawn by SkyDemon, with automatic sizing
FIX: Screen rotation would fail to work on some Windows CE devices
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1.3
11 June 2010 |
NEW: Runway extended centreline plotting is now automatic
NEW: Dates and times can be shown in local time if desired
NEW: Airspace is now drawn filled even on devices without GDI+
IMPROVED: Airspace and obstruction warnings changed to be much more clear, audio alerts added
IMPROVED: Direct To functionality now suggests the nearest airfields with relevant details
IMPROVED: Startup chart load time is now faster
IMPROVED: Moving map redraw time is now faster
CHANGED: Follow position is now enabled by default
FIX: Flight logs produced by devices set to European locale could be invalid
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1.2
8 April 2010 |
NEW: Terrain rendering now works in heading-up mode
NEW: Distance to End and Time to End are displayed alongside the Distance to Next and Time to Next instruments
NEW: The size, colours and fill mode of the aircraft symbol can now be configured
NEW: Direct To command added under the Route menu
NEW: Track and bug markers are now displayed on the track indicator
IMPROVED: Rendering speed when viewing inland terrain is much faster
IMPROVED: Data for roads and railways is not loaded unless set as visible, leading to faster data load times
CHANGED: Settings are now saved to an xml file rather than the registry
FIX: A crash could occur on some devices when the GPS data was reporting zero speed
FIX: Runway Centreline plotting in the approaching features window could draw the glideslope incorrectly
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1.1
30 January 2010 |
NEW: Terrain rendering, both flat and relief shaded, is now available in flight (north-up only)
NEW: Full sync capability with SkyDemon Plan introduced, automatically exporting all routes and importing all flight logs
NEW: Aircraft trajectory display enhanced from a simple arrow to distance- or time-based projection
NEW: NOTAMs downloaded in Plan are now automatically exported to InFlight during sync
NEW: InFlight is now installed to devices direct from the PC, via ActiveSync or to SD card; no more manual copying of files
NEW: Approaching Features instrument improved to show a 1 mile distance behind the aeroplane as an extension of the route ahead
FIX: Some WinCE 4.2 devices would fail to accept a purchased license, instead reverting to evaluation mode
FIX: Exception handling improved such that initialise-time exceptions are reported with full details
FIX: Flight logs could be generated containing data that could not be subsequently imported into Plan when being used with European regional settings
FIX: Responsiveness improved when panning the main map
FIX: A position can now be inserted into the planned route from the main map even if no waypoint is at that position
FIX: Message output can now be viewed via the Tools menu
FIX: Some devices without soft keyboard support would crash SkyDemon
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1.0
3 December 2009 |
First Release.
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