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Problem with missing city names and low detail map in general in Switzerland


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Hi 

I am in the process of getting my PPL in Switzerland. After about 20hrs I did my second navigation flight last friday. I really like to learn to navigate only with the ICAO map at first, but I tried Skydemon the other day and I must say it is really great as a planing tool.

‌‌Here in Switzerland the airspace is really tight and we have lots of TMAs and almost during every flight we need a clearance to fly through them. To ask for the clearance it is really important to know the position of the aircraft, and due to the fact that the airspace is so small, the position of the aircraft has to be precise, my biggest problem with SD is that lots of names of "big" towns are missing, which in fact makes SD not usable for me at the moment.

‌I have read that lots of Swiss pilots have the same issue but I don't want to give up SD as it looks to be a promissing APP. Is there a way to add the names that can be found on the ICAO map? 

T‌hank you for your help.
R‌egards,
M‌ax‌
H‌ere an example of what I mean:

I‌CAO Map:

S‌D view: ( I have highlighted some of the cities for which SD doesnt show a name.)
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H‌ere a more detailed shot of the ICAO Map: 

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Tim Dawson - 2/1/2017 10:01:16 AM
I have attached a screenshot of SkyDemon in that region at 250k scale. I think we label plenty of towns. Are you navigating at an even larger map scale than this? Your screenshot looks almost like it's at 100k; perhaps you're flying a helicopter?

I'm afraid we are not in the business of simply copying other charts. Th‌e cartographers who created the 500k Switzerland chart you are comparing with have made their own decisions about which towns to name at their fixed scale; SkyDemon supports many different scales but we cannot include small villages or even larger towns when they're right next to other (even larger) towns whose labels have already been included.

We did review this in September last year and were able to include many more towns in Switzerland by switching data provider. At the moment when I look at the map at 250k zoom scale, like the screenshot I am attaching, I can see that there isn't really enough room for more town labels.
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Hi Tim

T‌hank you really much that you took the time to answer my question. I really like SD and I will keep my subscription for the moment. You asked what kind of Chart I am using vor VFR navigation?

I‌t is the Zürich Area Chart ICAO - 1:250000 (GND until FL 195).
It would be great if the map would adapt to the "zoom level" and show the same names as this chart. 
T‌his "issue" is known under VFR Pilots and is holding back a lot of customers to use SD here in Switzerland. 

T‌hank you anyways for your kind support in this matter!

R‌egards

M‌ax‌‌

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s1l3ntgl1d3r - 1/30/2017 5:39:22 PM
tnowak - 1/31/2017 8:36:12 AM
s1l3ntgl1d3r - 1/31/2017 9:07:23 AM
Tim Dawson - 2/1/2017 10:01:16 AM
s1l3ntgl1d3r - 2/2/2017 2:46:04 PM
Tim Dawson - 2/3/2017 11:08:03 AM
Vladimir Vician - 5/2/2017 8:49:07 AM
s1l3ntgl1d3r - 2/7/2017 10:16:17 AM
Tim Dawson - 5/2/2017 12:23:15 PM
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Tim Dawson - 5/16/2017 12:35:29 PM
s1l3ntgl1d3r - 5/17/2017 7:22:14 AM
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