YOUCANDOITONAPLANE!
ThereisapaidversionFlightMap,thatincludesdatabaseofworldairports,estimatedtimeofarrivalandrecordingoftherouteflownthatcanbesharedonsocialnetworks,soafteryouhavetriedtheFlightMapFREE,youmightconsiderupgrading.Or,youmightconsiderupgradingtoFlightMapHD,whichhasmuchmoredetailedmapoftheworld.
FlightMapFREEisauniqueapplicationthatworksasyourownpersonalflighttracker(Skymap)whileflyinginanairplane.Itshowswhereyoucurrentlyare,speed,altitudeandsomeotherinformationaboutyourflight.Youcanalsoseeandnamethelandmarksontheway,sothatyouknowwhatyouseefromyourwindow.
FlightMapFREEalsodisplaysvisibleandusedGPS/GLONASSsatellites,soyoucanuseitasaGPStestingtool.TheGPSfunctionworkswhenyourphoneisinairplanemode,becauseitdoesnotbroadcastanyradio,itratherlistenstotheGPSsatellitesonly.
Featuresinclude:
-Realtimepositionoftheplaneonthemap
-Zoomableworldmapnotdependentonaconnectiontointernet
-Yourownpersonalflighttracker
-WorkswhenyourphoneisinAirplanemode,soitcanbeusedanytimewhileinflight
-Dark/Lightskin
-Metric/Imperialunits
-Multilanguage(currentlyEnglish,Spanish,Portugese,French,Russian,Chinese,Vietnamese,Czech,Japanese,Korean,Polish,Hungarian)
-Mapcanbefullscreenorsplitscreenwithrealtimeflightdata
-GPS/GLONASSSatellitesrealtimedisplaydependingonyourdevicecapabilities
-Sunriseandsunsetatpresentposition
PleasenotethatFlightMapFREEisheavilydependentonthequalityofyourdevice'sGPScapabilities.IfyourdeviceiscapableofA-GPS(AssistedGPS),pleaseruntheapplicationwhileontheground,sothatthesatellites'positionsgetdownloadedfromtheinternet,itwillbemucheasierforthedevicetopickupsignalwhenintheair.
Pleaseshareyourexperiencewithvariousdevices.MostofthetimeFlightMapFREEworksperfectlywhensittinginawindowseatanddoesnotworktoogoodwhensittingtwoseatsfromthewindowormore.Inanycasewerecommendtomovethedevicetothewindow,letitpickupthesatellitessignalfirstandthentryhowfarfromthewindowitcanpickupthesignal.Thescreenshowingthevisibleandusedsatellitesisdesignedtohelpyouwiththis.
IfyourdeviceiscapableofreceivingGLONASSsignal,thesatellitesareshownwithadifferentlycoloredborder.IfyouwanttotranslateFlightMapFREEintoyourlanguage(orcorrectourtranslation),pleasecontactthedeveloper.Thefirstrunoftheapplicationtakesawhilebecauseitneedstounpackthewholeworldmaptobeabletodisplayit.
PolishtranslationthankstoTomaszPryca
HungariantranslationthankstoDr.IstvanLunczer