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teba99
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I have a hard time finding nearby navaids (VOR, NDB, etc) or important waypoints such as airports, etc. in SkyDemon. Many nav systems have a "nearest" function, a list of items by distance from a position. I would expect SkyDemon has a similar feature, but I cannot seem to find it. Any advice?
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-- Terrence
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Gerhard66
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There is a blue circle. It should be labelled NRST, but there is just an undefined, strange symbol. If you long-press on this symbol, a list of nearest airports appears. Ciao Gerhard 
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Gerhard66
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Long-press on the unlabelled blue circle shows up a list of nearest Airports. 
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teba99
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Hi,
Thanks. I was hoping that list would also include nearby navaids. Is there a way to get nearby navaids?
Thanks,
-- Terrence
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Tim Dawson
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Could you describe the situation in which it's necessary to have a list of the nearest radio navigation aids?
If you're asked to route direct to one, you can press the Find symbol then type its identifier. Aids that are nearby will be shown first in the list.
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teba99
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Hi,
For example, if you need to determine position via nearby VORs or intersect/navigate a VOR when you are given the name but not the identifier. E.g. "radial 120 Karsruhe VOR" ... unless you know that's KRH, how are you going to find it?
In the SkyDemon map, compared to traditional sectionals, VORs are hard to locate unless you roughly know where to look and have the right zoom setting. This has happened to me several times now and I found myself frantically scrolling and zooming the SkyDemon map to find one or more nearby VORs.
Thanks,
-- Terrence
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pgroell
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You have that at the bottom of the pilotlog, the nearest navaids will be updated as you fly.
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grahamb
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+xHi,
For example, if you need to determine position via nearby VORs or intersect/navigate a VOR when you are given the name but not the identifier. E.g. "radial 120 Karsruhe VOR" ... unless you know that's KRH, how are you going to find it?
It might help to know that if you enter the full (or even partial) name of the Navaid rather than its Ident in the search bar when in Flight mode, it will display it in at or close to the top of the results list. You can then select it with a touch, and track a radial as one of the options.
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Tim Dawson
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Thanks for explaining a bit more about your predicament. We don't get a lot of demand for radio navaid-based functionality, being a GPS app, but I absolutely understand the requirement. I wonder if it would make sense to add the nearest VORs to the Radio tab? We would probably only add them if they were turned on on the map, though. What do the people reading this thread think?
Terrence, is this an IFR situation you're in?
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grahamb
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+xThanks for explaining a bit more about your predicament. We don't get a lot of demand for radio navaid-based functionality, being a GPS app, but I absolutely understand the requirement. I wonder if it would make sense to add the nearest VORs to the Radio tab? We would probably only add them if they were turned on on the map, though. What do the people reading this thread think?
Terrence, is this an IFR situation you're in? In an IFR situation, I'd ask the controller for the station ident and take it from there with my IFR navigator. If I'm unsure where it is I'll ask for an approximate heading as well. Although I use SkyDemon for all my flights, IFR and VFR, it is very much relegated to second place for situational awareness only when IFR.
Flipping the SD chart into 'Airways' mode can make the Navaids much more obvious.
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