XCSoar User Manual
INFO . Analysis
The display shows along the horizontal direction, the distance from
the glider out to 50 km in the direction of the glider’s track; along
the vertical direction is height. The height of the glider is indicated
by a white arrow. This page is useful to help visualise complex
layering of airspace.
The ‘Nearest’ button opens the airspace warning dialog if close to
airspace.
7.9 FLARM traffic display
If connected to a FLARM device, FLARM traffic is displayed on
the map area. Each FLARM aircraft received is drawn as a dashed
red disk.
Do not use XCSoar for collision avoidance, as FLARM audio de-
vices are much more suitable in assisting the pilot to be aware of
traffic.
Note that unless one is circling, the usual zoom level is such that
FLARM traffic will not be easily distinguished. When one is cir-
cling, or if the user has North-Up screen orientation, this makes
the map display a poor aid at helping to locate the traffic.
To remedy this situation, when FLARM traffic is received, the
lower right corner of the screen shows a small radar-style view of
the FLARM traffic from the perspective of the aircraft. FLARM
traffic is displayed as coloured squares.
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