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Austrian GAFOR Routes disappear at night


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When flying in the Alps for the last few weeks, I always expierenced that the Austrian GAFOR routes disappeared at night time.
This happens in planning mode as well as in flight mode.

During daytime they are shown.
Do I have something set up wrong?


Would it be possible somehow to keep them visible?
Possibly also without colors.
The GAFOR routes are special in Austria, as they show possible pass over routes in not so perfect weather.

In planning mode it would be helpful, as planning is done at any time of the day or night.
In flight mode it would help a pilot to choose a route without having to tap SykDemon in case he runs into bad weather where he is already busy with the plane.
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I thought we did. Can you be precise about the map scale you're using please, so we can look at this? The scale is shown in the bottom left of the screen.
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Tim Dawson - 8/5/2022 9:44:42 AM
I thought we did. Can you be precise about the map scale you're using please, so we can look at this? The scale is shown in the bottom left of the screen.

I'm using SkyDemon 3.16.3 on Win10 and on Android.

I checked today at daytime 1500 and late night 2330.

At daytime, when the Austrian GAFOR details are loaded, the routes are show between on a scale between 2m, 50nm - 90k, 2nm.
They are easily identifiable as GAFOR routes and perfect for planning / flying with colors based on the GAFOR values.
Today at 23:30 nighttime, the routes are still shown in red, since all GAFOR values are available and shown as XXX or MMX.

I verified that on 2 different Win10 laptops, an Android tablet and an Android phone.
I was just wondering where the GAFOR values come from.

When zooming in, below 95k, 2nm the routes are shown in a different way. Just gray dashed lines.
This nighttime display is mostly overlapped by other routes (e.g. street), so they are hardly visible and hardly identifiable as GAFOR routes.
That was also my experience when no GAFOR values were available.

It would be great if you could show them in an equal design as the colored mode, just gray.
Thank you very much.

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