Measuring Distance for VFR Ded Reckoning

Very impressed with the new VFR charts. I decided to go back to my early days of pilot training and duplicate some basic flights devoid of any GPS or navaids. Just Mark 1 eyeball, compass, watch, Kane E6B “prayer wheel” and a steady heading. The only problem is whilst I can deduce my time and heading it is difficult to measure distance especially when you are zooming in and out on the map to include a pair of nav fixes. What would be great is a ruler similar to Google Earth where you can get your nautical miles and even track with a couple of clicks. Has anyone found a good way to do this?

Cheers

72 yr old Peter

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Hi,

Yes a bearing and distance ruler is planned and will come in a future update!

Regards,

Stephen

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Has this been added yet, or is it just me who can’t find it? :grinning:

Hi, any update on the plotter/ruler? It would be definitely a game changer!

Thanks

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I’ll add my wish for a bearing/distance plotter.

Any news, please? :blush:

Can we get some news from the Navigraph team, please? :blush:

Hi…,

According to our current plans, this is scheduled to begin development in Q3 2023, however keep in mind these plans are fluid and can change depending on other priorities.

Cheers
Ian

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Thanks for the update.
At least we have an idea now.
Sadly it’s quite a while out into the future for a feature that is really useful for VFR.

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