Waypoints

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  FlightMap issupplied with waypoint files which containsstandard turn-points. You can add yourown waypoints into these files.

Use the waypoint browser toscroll through a waypoint file. You can maintain waypoints fromthe browser by using the New, Editand Delete buttons. You can view themap around a waypoint by usingthe Map button.

The next page showsthe complete waypoint recordwhich you see by using the Editbutton.

     
  Each waypointrecord contains a set of coordinate anddescription fields. You can make yourown amendments to these fields. When you use the New button in thewaypoint browser, you get an emptyrecord so you can add your own waypointsinto the file.

The next pictureshows how the waypoint records can beaccessed directly from themap.

     
     
 

Use the Inspectcommand to activate the waypoints onthe map for selection by the mouse. Click on a waypoint to bring up the Waypointdialog which provides summaryinformation for that waypoint. Press the Editbutton to expand that summary into the full waypointrecord.

The next picture shows how you can zoom in to seethe waypoint on the MillenniumMap™ optional map backdrop.

  Fromthe previous picture, the map window has beenzoomed in to reveal the MillenniumMap™ optional map backdrop.

For the MillenniumMap™ backdrop, you needthe FlightMap Millennium Map™ DVD Plug-In Component.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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