Hi,
while comparing my printed official DFS ICAO charts with the SkyDemon charts in the PC Version (style set to "German DFS VFR Charts") i noticed several "minor" discrepancies. I'm now wondering what you sources are and how carefully i need to compare maps before getting airborne?
Here are two screenshots, in the first the are some diffs in C Airspace (just very minor but especially C airspace needs to VERY accurate from my point of view and i'm a little afraid there might be more and not that minor differences?). In the second screenshot i'm wondering about the green circle, what's this? This is not shown in the german DFS chart?
I'm also missing some of the information shown in the DFS-Maps:
- Minimum safe altitude figures (another thread suggests this is already being worked on?)
- Type and elevation of obstacles: In the DFS charts there are several different icons for different obstacles (towers, powerplants, wind turbines and so on) and the elevation of the obstacle is printed directly above the icon which makes identifying them while in flight MUCH easier. It's also easier to look for good landmarks as a reference point while planning the flight. Y
ou've got that data because the popup shows it, why not directly show in the map? Maybe as an optional layer?- And a very minor one: Woods, currently roads, railways and rivers/lakes are available, but not woods. Maybe this could be also added as an optional layer?
Thank you and kind regards
Jan