The Map page provides an overview of your fleet in real time allowing you to see the location of your fleet around the globe.
There are a number of extra features included in this page that allow you to operate more safely and efficiently which are detailed below.
Flying Page Menu
The following icons, are the main icons to help you navigate your account, these are found on the top left of the screen.
1. Map Page - This is where active flights are displayed.
2. Insights - This takes you to your Insights Dashboard if you are a subscriber.
3. History Page - This is where your flight history is stored.
3. Spidertxt - This is where your Spidertxt messages are displayed.
4. Settings - This will take you to the organisations you belong to and allow you to manage your Spiders settings, aircraft and members.
Aircraft List
The aircraft list displays as follows:
Sort Aircraft
There are three options:
Alphabetical - Arrange all aircraft in alphabetical order from 0-9 then A-Z.
Latest - Arrange all aircraft in order from the most recently received point to the oldest received point.
Active - Shows only aircraft that the system has received a position report from within the last 15 minutes.*
Note: If your computer time is set more than 15 minutes ahead of the actual current time you may not see active flights.
Map Control Features
The the right side of the screen you will find the Map Control features.
1. Full Screen - This increases the map to full screen. Simply press escape or click the full-screen icon again to return to the standard map view.
2. Track Display Options - Configure how tracks are displayed on the flying page.
Display Options include:
- Latest Point - Shows just the position of the aircraft
- Track - shows red track lines on the flying page which allows you to have a track line for each aircraft.
- All Events - Shows track + events.
3. Center Map - Clicking this centres the map on the last reported location of all aircraft selected in the aircraft list.
4. Weather - Opens a menu containing a range of real-time weather overlays that can be added to the flying screen. Only one weather overlay can be selected at a time. Clicking the clear button will remove any weather overlays from the flying page.
5. Map View - Opens a menu containing a range of base layer map views. You can choose from the standard Google map views (Map, Satellite, Terrain, Hybrid) and aviation-specific map views (VFR, IFR High, IFR Low and Basic). Only one map view can be selected at a time.
6. Map Layers - If you have added any KML layers to your account they will appear in this menu. You can add as many KML layers to the flying page as you desire, please note that the more layers you add the longer the page will take to load.
7. Favourites - Save locations on the flying map so you can quickly load them in the future.
Maximising Screen
To maximise your screen, you can click the 3 following menu icons to increase the map size.
For further assistance with the Flying Page, please contact support@spidertracks.com.
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