North reference indication and selection, Mission Planner

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

I suggest it should be clearly stated and indicated in the mission planner what 
north reference is used (in all contexts: planning, execution, compass 
indication etc...). This for interface operational clarity.
Furthermore we should consider if there might be any benefit to have the north 
reference selectable. The pros and cons could of course be subject of 
discussion. Especially in polar regions with high declination values this might 
be useful.

On a side note: In airline industry in general, the north reference used for 
navigation is magnetic, in general. The exception being navigation close to the 
polar regions, where declination is very significant.
Check this short video to see how thing work in an Airbus A340:

http://youtu.be/QYNTWpIyvPk

Cheers / Tomas

Original issue reported on code.google.com by tomas.so...@gmail.com on 27 Mar 2012 at 9:41

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Original comment by Meee...@gmail.com on 1 Apr 2012 at 1:07

Added labels: Type-Enhancement

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

the problem here is that all courses passed via the ap are gps, not magnetic. i 
personaly dont see much use for thie feature.

Original comment by Meee...@gmail.com on 30 Apr 2012 at 9:37

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North reference indication and selection, Mission Planner #584