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Is Skydemon a valid replacement for charts?


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Hi all,

If this topic has been dealt with before then my apologies for re-posting, please point me to the relevant forum topic in that case.

As you all know Jeppesen has stopped selling the paper charts that many of us have used over the years for flying throughout Europe. Since these are no longer available there seems to be no (easy) way to get hold of charts in different countries to use for VFR navigation.

I am planning a flight from Oostende in Belgium to Catania in Sicily in a few weeks through Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany, France, Switzerland, Corsica and Italy so I am in desperate need of a good APP that will allow me to fly these 1500 to 2000NM in full confidence that I will be correctly informed about airspace location and restrictions and not make any infringements into forbidden area's etc...

Is Skydemon an APP that will allow me to do so?

While going through the forums I noticed that there was some concern by some users about visual reference points being in the wrong location on the maps, especially when flying in unfamiliar areas, this can be an issue since we are flying visually after all and airport location and entry points are often linked to visual features.

Any feedback on the legal position of the software and data used (is the software in any way validated to make sure that the information is accurate?) and some feedback from current users would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!
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While going through the forums I noticed that there was some concern by some users about visual reference points being in the wrong location on the maps, especially when flying in unfamiliar areas, this can be an issue since we are flying visually after all and airport location and entry points are often linked to visual features.
There is no concern about the VRPs being in the wrong location. The concern is about the base maps, which frequently are less accurate than you would wish.

If you are navigating with visual references and a VRP is defined by visual features, it doesn't help much if it is correctly located but the visual features concerned are in the wrong place! If a motorway crossing is on the wrong side of a railway, it can cause a lot of confusion in the cockpit even if the error is only 1 km or so.

Personally I don't feel comfortable navigating using the SkyDemon maps. Georeferenced approach plates are another matter!


Of course if you are blindly following the magenta line on a GPS device it doesn't matter much. Wink
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