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A map toggle with live aircraft

The corner map now shows the other airliners as they fly, taxi and climb, and a Map button (or M) turns it on and off.

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The 747 on the IGS approach over Kowloon, with the corner map showing another aircraft in amber with its altitude.
On the IGS 13 approach. The map in the top left shows another aircraft in amber, with its altitude.

The corner map now has a Map button, and it shows the other aircraft as well as yours. Press M or tap Map to show or hide it.

AmberAirborne trafficaltitude in hundreds of feet
GreyOn the groundapron, taxiways, runway
MMap on / offor the Map button

What changed

The map used to show only your own aircraft, the IGS track and the runway. It now plots every other airliner in the sim: the 747 ahead of you, the A340 behind, departures climbing out over Kowloon Bay and the aircraft in the holds. Each one is drawn as a small arrow pointing the way it is heading. An aircraft in the air is amber, with its altitude beside it in hundreds of feet. An aircraft on the ground is grey. The count of aircraft on the map is in the bottom right corner.

The positions come from the sim's own clock, so they follow rewind, fast-forward and pause exactly like the aircraft you see in the window.

The 747 on the IGS approach over Kowloon, with the corner map showing another aircraft in amber with its altitude.
On the IGS 13 approach. The map in the top left shows another aircraft in amber, with its altitude.
The 747 lined up on Runway 13 in free flight, with the corner map showing the runway and the traffic count.
Lined up on Runway 13 in free flight. The map counts the traffic around the airport.

Hiding it

If you would rather fly by the view out of the window, press M or tap Map to hide the map. Press it again to bring it back. The map is not shown in Plane Spotter or the cabin view, and the Map button is hidden in Plane Spotter.

The same approach with the corner map hidden and a Map off message at the top of the screen.
The same approach with the map off.

The map is for awareness, not a guide. The magenta line is still the IGS track, and the checkerboard is the orange square.

角落嘅地圖而家有個 Map 掣，而且除咗你部機，仲會顯示其他飛機。㩒 M 或者撳 Map 就可以顯示或者收埋。

琥珀色空中嘅飛機高度以百呎計
灰色地面嘅飛機停機坪、滑行道、跑道
M地圖開 / 關或者撳 Map 掣

改咗啲乜

以前地圖只係顯示你自己部機、IGS 航線同跑道。而家連場內其他客機都會畫上去：你前面嗰部 747、後面嗰部 A340、喺啟德灣上空爬升嘅離場機，同等候航道入面嘅飛機。每部機都係一個細箭嘴，指住佢飛嘅方向。喺空中嘅係琥珀色，旁邊有高度（以百呎計）；喺地面嘅係灰色。地圖右下角有顯示地圖上飛機嘅數目。

位置係跟模擬器自己嘅時鐘計，所以快退、快進同暫停都會同你窗外見到嘅飛機一模一樣。

747 喺九龍上空 IGS 進場，角落地圖用琥珀色顯示另一部飛機同佢嘅高度。
IGS 13 進場。左上角嘅地圖用琥珀色顯示另一部飛機同佢嘅高度。
747 喺自由飛行入面對正 13 號跑道，角落地圖顯示跑道同附近飛機數目。
自由飛行，對正 13 號跑道。地圖會數埋機場附近嘅飛機。

收埋佢

如果你想淨係睇窗外嘅景色飛，㩒 M 或者撳 Map 就可以收埋地圖，再㩒一次就會返嚟。Plane Spotter 同客艙視角入面唔會顯示地圖，Plane Spotter 入面連 Map 掣都會收埋。

同一個進場，角落地圖收埋咗，螢幕頂部顯示 Map off 提示。
同一個進場，地圖收埋咗。

地圖係用嚟留意四周，唔係導航。洋紅色線仍然係 IGS 航線，橙色方塊係棋盤。

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