XC Guide

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ABOUT XC Guide

XC Guide helps pilots and retrieve drivers track each other using these sources: Open Glider Network (OGN) SkyLines FlyMaster ® Livetrack24 ® Garmin inReach ® SPOT ® AirWhere XC Globe XC Guide can also track you into OGN, SkyLines, Livetrack24, AirWhere and XC Globe. The main features are: 1) A Flight Computer indicating altitude, ground speed, bearing, climb/sink rate, glide angle, wind direction, time, flight duration and distance from takeoff. Barometric pressure can be obtained either from an internal sensor or via a Bluetooth XC-Tracer ® or BlueFly vario. 2) A list of pilots showing their wing, where they are, their tracker type and status messages etc. Contacts permission is requested if the integrated Tracker / Contact features are used. 3) A live map showing other pilots, retrieve buses, airspace, way-points, thermal hot-spots, flight trails plus safety and retrieve messages. 4) Navigation tool to manage waypoints, navigate and show weather forecasts (OpenWeather®). 5) Thermal assistant. 6) Competition race tasks. Tasks are fully compatible with the new PG-Race.aero service. Camera permission is requested when scanning QR codes for easy task sharing. Audible warnings alert you to 'SOS' and 'Need Retrieve' messages, as well as airspace proximity, and XC TRACER FLARM ® collision warnings. Flights can be logged and replayed as IGC and KML files. IGC files from XC Guide are accepted by FAI/CIVL and verified by the online validation service. They are also accepted by XContest. XC Guide can automatically send an email to your safety contacts when you takeoff and land. XC Guide can also display nearby General Aviation traffic using ADS-B when linked to a SkyEcho2 ADS-B transceiver.