Anything is possible. What exactly would you use the contour lines for?

The high res terrain is good enough in most cases, but sometimes the contour lines would be more useful. Would it be possible to add (100ft??) contour lines as well as/instead of terrain shading in the map layers menu? I guess the data must already be present to create the terrain shading?

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ospreyleader - 6/25/2018 5:22:26 PM

Was just planning a low level sortie around the Mach loop but found the contour height representation inadequate. I used to use a competitor flight planning application which overlayed routes onto the CAA 1/4 mil maps, which show contour lines. So my question is - can I download CAA maps onto SkyDemon

It used to in “the old days”, but the vector versions are much better for digital charts.

Have you downloaded the high-resolution terrain?

No, you cannot.

Was just planning a low level sortie around the Mach loop but found the contour height representation inadequate. I used to use a competitor flight planning application which overlayed routes onto the CAA 1/4 mil maps, which show contour lines. So my question is - can I download CAA maps onto SkyDemon

Lars, SkyDemon does have a height reading. Simply touch the Altitude instrument to change it to Height. That isn't what this thread is about.

There is another potential solution. Have SkyDemon read barometric altitude directly rather than use GPS altitude. After all, we fly on barometric, not GPS altitude. Then the height readout would be as accurate as altimeter-elevation, but without the arithmetic?

Cat Burton
SFI
Aeros Cardiff

Hi. I am a fairly new pilot (1 year since my skilltest) and I fly mostly in mountain areas. I have some experience doing low level flying (not for the more experienced guys), both SAR and once flying people looking for reindeer. I always stay on the high side as I am very cautious of downdrafts and such while doing manouvers close to high mountains. I only recently acquired SD, as I've been using AirNavPro until now. I find ANP very cluttered, at least for higher level flying, but on my last trip in the mountains, I missed the AGL feature in ANP, which gives your height AGL as this post suggests. We all know this is an VFR app and the shortcomings of measuring elevation with it, but I would find it useful. I will probably still use ANP for this reason when doing this kind of flying.