Flight Map

Flight map overview and description

Map Markers/Icons

Icon

Name

Description

Home

Home location. This is location where vehicle first gets acceptable position lock. Usually this is the arming location/takeoff point.

Waypoint

Waypoint is an advanced flight planning option that allows to create flight paths and execute them automatically.

Orbit

Orbit map-action target (center of planned orbit).

Go here

Goto map-action target location.

Position mode POI target location.

Flight Path and Vehicle's direction

The map shows the vehicle's current position, home position, and direction (which may differ from where it is heading due to sideslip for example). It also shows the recent flight path in red, and the expected path if one is defined in blue(e.g. an orbit destination, or the mission path).

Expected flight path and planned flight path

Map Grid (MGRS)

You can enable an MGRS coordinates overlay by toggling the checkbox in Settings > General > Fly View > Display MGRS coordinates.

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