Aero Charting v1.3: free download brings user-defined waypoints, graphical route creation, flight track recorder and weather to nav App

Eagle Cap Software introduces Aero Charting version 1.3, packed with enhanced routing capabilities:

• User-defined waypoints enable the pilot to save their favorite locations on the map for sightseeing, turns around a point or the perfect cross-country flight.
• Drag and drop route creation and editing allows the pilot to tap on a favorite airport, navaid or user-defined waypoint to quickly build routes on the map. In addition, route edits are made easy by dragging the route line to any airport, navaid or user defined waypoint with the help of a magnifying glass.
• Enroute flight track recorder tracks the actual flight path of the aircraft and will save and display it after the flight to help improve ground reference maneuvers or see how well that instrument approach was flown. 
• Graphical and text weather is essential to comprehensive pre-flight planning and the safety of in-flight navigation. Graphical METAR weather overlay is now provided to provide a quick understanding of the weather around your favorite airport and on your route of flight. Text weather is quickly accessed by tapping on the map and organized by airport.

Brian Leutschaft, Aero Charting Program Manager, says, “Our team of pilots and technologists is rapidly adding capabilities to Aero Charting, the newest simple and easy-to-use aviation moving map available. Version 1.3 adds powerful capabilities that include user defined waypoints, graphical route creation and editing, an enroute flight track recorder, and now weather.” Leutschaft continued, “We continue to build an increasingly useful set of features. These enhancements keep improving Aero Charting – and,”he reminds us, “it’s still a free download.”

Price & availability:

The Aero Charting app is a free download that comes with an aeronautical chart based on FAA ARINC 424 data. 

Optional chart coverage pricing is as follows:

• 12-month IFR Enroute Chart subscription ($49)
• 12-month VFR Sectional Chart subscription ($49)
• Bundle of both subscriptions ($69), plus ad removal

About Eagle Cap Software

From pre-flight to in-flight, Eagle Cap builds products and provides services to solve the challenges faced by our colleagues in the aviation industry. Find out more at www.EagleCapSoftware.com.

Aero Charting is built using Eagle Cap’s Aeronautical Charting Service (ACS) and Data Delivery Service (DDS) products. Both components enabled the rapid development of Aero Charting. ACS provides the ability for application developers to add aviation data layers to their products. DDS enables data management for mobile applications, including transferring, tracking, and updating data. Both components are available to license.

Aero Charting is available only on the iPad.

Links:

More about Aero Charting www.aerocharting.com

Apple Store link https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/aero-charting/id1437817082