As mentioned by a previous user, having icons change based on the aircraft type would make it very easy for flight simmers to ensure proper distancing is maintained by just glancing at the traffic. Furthermore, addition of Airline logos next to respective traffic as an option similar to the real life FlightRadar24 would be a nice addition. To conclude, this is a very powerful feature that has consolidated the use of multiple tools and websites in to one software package, so kudos to the Navigraph Team for making this feature available.
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I really think logo with the aircraft symbol like flightradar will complete this update and make taxiing easier.
Hi,
Aircraft type icons are coming. We’ll consider your suggestion of airline logos too!
Regards,
Stephen
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Ideally, the aircraft type icons would be of roughly correct size (smaller icon for a bizjet vs. narrowbody vs widebody and A388) and scale. Also, there should be an option to have the icon scale with zoom so you don’t have fat icons when zoomed out, but e.g. on a zoomed-in apron, you’d have a good to-scale picture of which aircraft take up which stands (and blocks others or not).
I am happy to say everything you have mentioned has been considered and planned! The current icons already behave like you mentioned when zooming in.
Kind Regards,
Malte
Thanks for the feedback. Yes, they change size, but not to scale. Means - when you have a lot of traffic, your whole map is covered with relatively large aircraft icons and you don’t see the important bits anymore. I suggest to zoom the icons “to scale”, meaning when zoomed out they collaps up to a dot, like e.g. what QuteScoop shows, with just a thin leader line to show direction of flight (in QuteScoop, length of leader line dependent on ground speed of aircraft).
Hi,
We’re considering various declutter mechanisms, including scaling down aircraft icons when zooming out.
Kind regards,
Stephen
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The Plane Icon is Always the same you cant tell by just looking at the Map if its a Cessna or a A380.
Hi…,
Welcome.
I have moved you request to this thread where it has also been suggested and answered.
Cheers
Ian
Maybe just a different color to distinguish between aircraft in the air and on the ground.