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[Bogview]

Any good Jeppview alternatives? If there is something descent out there, it might be time for a change. I'd like to put XM weather on the EFB too. Any advice?

Thanks
Curtis

 

[400A]

Anywhere map and flight cheetah are both good options. We went with the Flight Cheetah 190 and are happy so far.

 

[ditchpilot]

Check out the www.vistanav.com
We have been using it for 9 months and love it.
XM-weather ,GPS moving map, NOS charts and great terrain graphics all on a motion tablet PC which is fully portable.

 

[hiflyer731]

The ONLY program that can display Jeppesen plates is JeppView. Ther are several that will show Govn't/NOS charts. The XM weather option is WxWorx and for Sirius weather it's WSI.

 

[Bogview]

Jepps are out. The charts are great, but the new Jeppview 3.2 is worthless. The old Jeppview 2.0 was so much better.

Looking at VistaNav, The website doesn't tell much about the software or prices. Can you buy just the software and updates and put it on your own tablet comp?

AnywhereMap looks real good. The portable setup is reasonable and revisions are only $145 per year for US. The bluetooth looks like the way to go. Are you using the portable antenna setup? I like the XM too. They give SAs, TAFs, and NEXRAD in the basic plan which is all we want.

Curtis

 

[SabreFlyR]

Jepps are out. The charts are great, but the new Jeppview 3.2 is worthless. The old Jeppview 2.0 was so much better.

Curtis

Just curious what problem your having with the Jeppview. I have been using it for the past 3 years with no problems other than it being expensive.

 

[Bogview]

Efb

Well,,,, The Jeppview portion is completely useless. Why would anyone want to mess with two separate computers to plan a single flight? Get-R-Done.


Unfortunately Jeppview is the only way to print charts. In Flightdeck 3.2, it is a long multi many step process to load multiple airports into the clipboard where they can be accessed. Sometimes airports being loaded on to the clipboard just dissapear. Flitedeck does not print. The drag feature on Jeppview 2.0 was eliminated so that zooming and moving around an approach plate is another long slow multistep process using directional arrows. Accidental screen contact causes rescaling that takes a long time to correct. The old Jeppview 2.0 was a simple and elegant program that worked. The only good feature is the buttons that let you go directly to the approaches, arrivals or 10-9.

This time it will be NOS charts and a Jepp Q for international.

 

[hiflyer731]

Another HUGE complaint with the new version of JeppView is the time it takes to load. Jeppesen in all its infinite wisdom decided that the program should front load all the textual information when the program starts for quicker access..... But how often do you really read through text info??

 

[Bogview]

Jepp

True, It's slow. Out Fujitsus are a couple years old and short on ram/processor making it worse.

The online flight planning (Jetplan, Flightplan.com) does a much better job at filing something that you can get too.

Curtis

 

[linder]

Just curious what problem your having with the Jeppview. I have been using it for the past 3 years with no problems other than it being expensive.

Jeppview is a lot cheaper than q-service charts.