Airspace Vector Map

[Brett Friermood]

Hello everyone,

I haven't seen much discussion on this and have only found limited information in the manual. What is needed to use the airspace vector map beyond turning on the layer?

I don't see a specific download for the vector data, and I have the current databases downloaded, but when turning on the layer, even with other chart layers turned off, I do not see any additional data displayed.

The only mention of the vector map that I find in the manual is under section 4.5 and mentions MBTiles but not not give any guidance on how this data is downloaded.

Thanks

[Jeffrey Ross]

vector map will be available on the next cycle (2603) which comes active on this Thursday.

Jeff

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[Brett Friermood]

Gotcha. Thanks

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How does it look?

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[David Lewis]

Looks good. Not sure yet how to use it. Perhaps on unfamiliar cross countries to make sure not to bust any permissions airspace. Looking forward to what others bring to the discussion.

DL

[David Farleman]

Vector map looks good. I like that you can zoom out to your entire route and easily see what SUA's may be a factor. Zoomed out that far may have the labels a little too big and may be overpowering the map/chart. 

-Dave

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[Lynn Alley]

Vector airspace looks good!  Is it just the lateral boundaries, or is there any way I'm not seeing to get floor and ceiling info, such as for the individual areas of a Class B?

Best regards,

Lynn

[Brett Friermood]

It looks nice.

Two issues I've noticed. The first is that when increasing transparency to be able to see the chart through multi-layered airspace, primarily Class B with it's darker blue color and larger lateral footprint, the lighter blue color for Class D tends to blend into the background and is less visible. Whether this actually matters in practice is yet to be determined, but it could be a concern in congested airspace with D's near C's or a B. In my case, I was evaluating the feature at the closest Class B and had to increase transparency to read the chart. When I panned back to the nearby Class D it had very little contrast. This is a lower elevation area where the sectional is a more greenish color. Obviously this wouldn't be a problem with the brown colors of higher elevations. This effect also depends on other transparency settings, which chart is being used, etc.

The second issue is a discrepancy between the charted MOA boundary and the vector data for that airspace. Northeast of Duluth, MN (DLH) is the SNOOPY WEST MOA which has it's Southwest boundary located on a 25NMR arc from the DLH VORTAC. In this case the vector data continues along the defining radials all the way to the VORTAC. Three other nearby MOAs also have no vector data showing at all. Not sure if this is FAA supplied data or generated by another method but wanted to point it out.