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Here's another reason for iFly EFB to use the device's native copy function:
It's easy to find the gps coordinates of any location--just tap on it. It's a great feature of iFly. But then what?!
For example, 1VA0, Sabot Airpark has a 2400 ft grass runway, with a lake parallel to it. iFly's RealView shows part of the lake, but not enough to decide about landing on it, and the resolution is just so-so anyway. I want to open the location in GoogleMaps to get a better look. The coordinates appear at the top of the RealView window, but--arrgh!--I'll have to enter them* manually into GoogleMaps.
If iFly could COPY the coordinates, I could just paste 'em in.
Even better would be for iFly to provide a button to open GoogleMaps to that location.
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* What's with the ancient degrees-minutes-seconds notation, anyway? This is the 21st century. We use digits now. Yes, I KNOW iFly provides the choice of modern and ancient-mariner coordinates. But it doesn't need to default to d-m-s format, especially not when the user has already selected Decimal Degrees.
Yes yes, I also know that the printed Sectional charts use DMS notation. --What printed charts??
It's easy to find the gps coordinates of any location--just tap on it. It's a great feature of iFly. But then what?!
For example, 1VA0, Sabot Airpark has a 2400 ft grass runway, with a lake parallel to it. iFly's RealView shows part of the lake, but not enough to decide about landing on it, and the resolution is just so-so anyway. I want to open the location in GoogleMaps to get a better look. The coordinates appear at the top of the RealView window, but--arrgh!--I'll have to enter them* manually into GoogleMaps.
If iFly could COPY the coordinates, I could just paste 'em in.
Even better would be for iFly to provide a button to open GoogleMaps to that location.
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* What's with the ancient degrees-minutes-seconds notation, anyway? This is the 21st century. We use digits now. Yes, I KNOW iFly provides the choice of modern and ancient-mariner coordinates. But it doesn't need to default to d-m-s format, especially not when the user has already selected Decimal Degrees.
Yes yes, I also know that the printed Sectional charts use DMS notation. --What printed charts??