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    • Micro_440th
      Micro_440th last edited by Micro_440th

      Hi all!

      Yesterday we released the first version of the new interactive map for KTO, ITO and Balkans:
      https://maps.falcon-bms.com

      This map is developed together with our friend Tech from the 440th VFW. He was so kind to let us use his work.
      This map is WIP and will be further developed in the future with new features and will be optimized for hopefully all possible devises.

      Features:

      • Locate airports and navigation beacons and request their information by hovering over them
      • Measure distances and headings
      • Mission.ini/Pilot.ini drag and drop
      • White boarding to use for briefings (4 colors)
      • Bullseye placement
      • Weather import (.fmap drop)
      • Weather charts (Temperature, Doppler, Winds, Isobars)
      • Route Waypoint dialog (step through waypoint actions, heading and distance)

      Known issues

      • When dropping .ini or fmap while modal dialog is open will open the file.
      • Zoom function not working yet
      • Empty your browser cache to make sure you use the latest version

      Change log:

      Update August 11th 2022

      • Fixed doppler offset with the gradient filter
      • Fixed ruler (swaped the distance and heading in the measurement)

      Update August 10th 2022

      • Added ITO + Balkans theater
      • Route Waypoint dialog (step through waypoint actions, heading and distance).
      • .fmap Drop and processing
      • Weather charts (Temperature, Doppler, winds, Isobars)
      • Settings Dialog (Layer visibility, Chart selection, Unit selection and winds at altitude)
      • Map dragging as default mode.
      • Minor bug fixes

      Update July 26th 2022

      • Fix loading Pilot.ini
      • Set Bullseye to default for Theater
      • Draw Target Triangles for waypoint actions (e.g. Strike, Bomb, etc)

      Update July 24th 2022

      • Added new layers so Whiteboard/Ruler/Bullseye can be used in parallel correctly without deleting each other
      • Added “In use” button color
      • Added distance information between STPTs
      • Updated KTO 4.36.1 charts

      Update July 20th 2022

      • Added Bullseye function
      • Added 4 colors for whiteboard function

      Update July 19th 2022

      • Added whiteboard function

      Update July 15th 2022

      • Added mission.ini drag and drop function

      Update July 7th 2022

      • Fixes for Windows browsers (Chrome +Edge)
      • Landing page updated

      Browsers

      The interactive map has been tested on both MacOS (Safari, Chrome, Firefox) and Windows 10 ( Chrome, Edge, Firefox). On all these browsers the features are fully functional.

      User Guide

      Find an Airport

      To Find and airbase or airstrip, select the desired airport from the selection list at the top left of the map. The list has the airports grouped by country and airbase/airstrip. Once the selection has been made the Interactive Map will draw a red highlight circle around the selected airport on the map and focuses your view on this airport.

      You can also hover over an airport to see its name in a tooltip to identify it on the map.

      Airport or VORTAC information

      To see the information for an airbase, airstrip or VORTAC simply click on it (the mouse pointer will change when there is a clickable item). Once clicked the information will be displayed on the top left:

      1. Airport name and ICAO identifier
      2. GPS location
      3. Elevation
      4. Runways
      5. TACAN info for navigation
      6. Radio frequencies for ATIS, Operations, Ground, Tower, Arrival and Departure control
      7. Charts for the selected airport

      When clicking on an airport chart a new window will be lauched to display the chart. Subsequent clicks on chart links will display in this same new window. If you desire a new window or tab in the existing browser then right click on the chart-link and request Open new tab/window.

      In fullscreen mode the default browser behavior is opening a new tab.

      For a VORTAC only a few items are listed:

      1. Channel
      2. Type (Approach or Enroute)
      3. Range but can fluctuate based on Altitude. The higher the more range.

      Measure Distances and Compass Angle

      To measure distance and angle simply click the mouse and hold and drag the ruler from the start point to where you are aiming while moving. While holding the mouse button pressed the system will update the distance and angle when you mouse the mouse.

      Mission Files

      When you drag and drop a Mission.ini file onto the interactive map you will see the preplanned threats, flight plan with waypoints and the steerpoint line markings. This is useful when briefing in conjunction with the whiteboarding.

      Whiteboard Mode

      In whiteboard mode you should not use the ruler and if you do you will ERASE what you have drawn. To start drawing select the pencil from the toolbar and start drawing. You can use the eraser from the toolbar to erase sections on the whiteboard (this will also erase .ini data).
      You can select clear/delete icon from the toolbar to remove all the markups and redraw the .ini data.
      You have 4 colors to select and the color will be reflected on the toolbar when drawing is active.

      To Reset everything on the map you can select the reset icon at the bottom of the toolbar.

      Go ahead and give your briefings with the Whiteboard option and share your screen with Discord or Jitsi.

      Bullseye

      Althought bullseye is target_25 this is not stored in the mission.ini or pilot.ini. However by
      selecting the bullseye icon in the toolbar you can enable/disable the bullseye and when enabled you
      can drag the bullseye to the location.

      Weather

      The BMS fmap contains a lot of data that that should be processed and put together to form a pitcure of the weather. Instead of showing Weather type, pressure, temperature and other
      sections of the fmap. The Interactive map renders a simulated doppler that combines,
      weather type, pressure, temperature to generate a picture. It looks for low pressure areas
      and thunder cells, temperature gradients for fronts and blends the temperature to determine
      if you have rain or snow.

      Enjoy!

      Icer Rouge1512 ohommes Jackal Jg4-Viper 8 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 34
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      • hawkdakilla
        hawkdakilla last edited by

        Awesome work! Thank you guys!

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        • Icer
          Icer @Micro_440th last edited by

          @Micro_440th said in Falcon BMS - Interactive Maps:

          Find an Airport

          To Find and airbase or airstrip, select the desired airport from the selection list at the top left of the map. The list has the airports grouped by country and airbase/airstrip. Once the selection has been made the Interactive Map will draw a red highlight circle around the selected airport on the map and focuses your view on this airport.

          @Micro_440th - thanks so much, great tool!! One thing, I do not get a “red highlight circle” when I select a base. It does center it but no circle. I tried it in Chrome, Edge, and Brave - all on Win11. Functions as described otherwise.

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          • TxMtb
            TxMtb @Icer last edited by TxMtb

            @Icer Weird, was going to post that Chrome doesn’t show the red circle. Also checked Edge just because, and it doesn’t show there either.

            On Firefox it is working fine here. And it does center on the other so is still great to have this back!!

            Maybe there is something weird with Windows 11?

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            • hoover
              hoover @TxMtb last edited by

              You can add Linux to the list of tested operating systems. 🙂

              Thanks for this, great tool for the BMS community.

              All the best,

              Uwe

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              • Lippy
                Lippy @hoover last edited by

                @hoover Also works on Brave good job

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                • Icer
                  Icer @TxMtb last edited by Icer

                  @TxMtb said in Falcon BMS - Interactive Maps:

                  @Icer Weird, was going to post that Chrome doesn’t show the red circle. Also checked Edge just because, and it doesn’t show there either.

                  On Firefox it is working fine here. And it does center on the other so is still great to have this back!!

                  Maybe there is something weird with Windows 11?

                  Could be!
                  So in Win 11 Pro all browsers will display the map and function normally, but only Firefox displays the red circle.
                  Brave \ Edge \ Chrome no Red Circle
                  Firefox - Red Circle
                  Linux ?
                  MacOS?

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                  • Rouge1512
                    Rouge1512 @Micro_440th last edited by

                    @Micro_440th

                    Thank you very much.

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                    • TxMtb
                      TxMtb @Icer last edited by TxMtb

                      @Icer Would think so, but just because, tested with a Win 10 machine and got the same results for the browsers. Still a great tool and great to see it.
                      Thanks again @Micro_440th

                      Win 11 Pro Version 21H2
                      Chrome is version 103.0.5060.66
                      Edge is version 103.0.1264.44
                      Firefox is version 102.0

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                      • ohommes
                        ohommes last edited by

                        The maps have currently the limitation for Edge and Chrome on Windows in favor of rendering the red highlight circle o on iPhones and iPads as kneeboards.

                        On Windows there seems to be an event ordering difference from macOS (the platform used to develop the CSS and JS for this). On MacOS Chrome, Safari and Firefox as well as on iOS all work properly. Only Chrome and Edge on Windows seem to have an event ordering issue (I guess the use the same underlying engine). Also measurement/ruler is disabled on tablets due to the fact that you need three finger gymnastics (2 to hold the screen lock and the other to measure. So for now it has been “soft” disabled) there is no code that checks in JS but only difference is which event listeners are used for mouse or pointer down (check the code comments if you inspect the HTML page and want to experiment yourself).

                        I test on:
                        Windows (Chrome, Edge, Firefox)
                        MacOS (Chrome Firefox, Safari)
                        iOS/iPadOS (Safari)
                        FireHD

                        As said the limitation of the highlight circle on Edge and Chrome for Windows was/is known but will work on a solution when I get some time again. But in the mean time enjoy all on Firefox on Windows or macOS

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                        • ohommes
                          ohommes @Icer last edited by

                          @Icer on MacOS:
                          Brave (full functionality and red circle)
                          Safari (full functionality and red circle)
                          Chrome (full functionality and red circle)
                          Firefox (full functionality and red circle).

                          So only on Windows is there and event order issue in the Chromium code. I will try to figure out why and what can be done.

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                          • Icer
                            Icer @ohommes last edited by Icer

                            @ohommes said in Falcon BMS - Interactive Maps:

                            @Icer on MacOS:
                            Brave (full functionality and red circle)
                            Safari (full functionality and red circle)
                            Chrome (full functionality and red circle)
                            Firefox (full functionality and red circle).

                            So only on Windows is there and event order issue in the Chromium code. I will try to figure out why and what can be done.

                            Well, the laptop I use to display Maps/Manuals is a MacBook Pro running Win 8.1 so I can solve this by simply running Firefox or booting into the MacOS! 😊

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                            • ohommes
                              ohommes @Micro_440th last edited by

                              @Micro_440th I made the fix for the Windows Edge, Chrome and all other browsers available for you. to deploy. Tested the following

                              Windows ( fully working)
                              Edge, Chrome, Firefox ,Brave

                              MacOS (fully working)
                              Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Brave

                              iPad / iPhone (disabled measurement)
                              Safari

                              Next new features to work on.
                              ✍

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                              • Jackal
                                Jackal @Micro_440th last edited by

                                @Micro_440th
                                So Balkans map is planned too?
                                Great!

                                Thanks a lot to you and all the fellows involved.

                                With best regards.

                                "I told it Orville and Wilbur too: that thing will never fly"

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                                • Micro_440th
                                  Micro_440th @Jackal last edited by

                                  @Jackal said in Falcon BMS - Interactive Maps:

                                  @Micro_440th
                                  So Balkans map is planned too?
                                  Great!

                                  Thanks a lot to you and all the fellows involved.

                                  With best regards.

                                  Yes indeed.

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                                  • 101-Spyder
                                    101-Spyder last edited by

                                    Great job! These maps are always very useful.

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                                    • dumba
                                      dumba @ohommes last edited by

                                      @ohommes No red circle here (if you’re still looking for feedback on this) - Win 10, Chrome and Edge.

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                                      • Micro_440th
                                        Micro_440th @dumba last edited by Micro_440th

                                        @dumba said in Falcon BMS - Interactive Maps:

                                        @ohommes No red circle here (if you’re still looking for feedback on this) - Win 10, Chrome and Edge.

                                        Fixed and updated.
                                        Chrome and Edge are now working.
                                        First entry updated with Update changelog

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                                        • Icer
                                          Icer @Micro_440th last edited by

                                          @Micro_440th said in Falcon BMS - Interactive Maps:

                                          @dumba said in Falcon BMS - Interactive Maps:

                                          @ohommes No red circle here (if you’re still looking for feedback on this) - Win 10, Chrome and Edge.

                                          Fixed and updated.
                                          Chrome and Edge are now working.
                                          First entry updated with Update changelog

                                          Brave works also!

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                                          • jayb
                                            jayb last edited by

                                            Would it be possible for the map to pan to whatever airbase is selected, to center the map on that point? I find myself scrolling and zooming a lot. It might not be easy to do though…

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