Receive Traffic Data via the Internet

Starting with version 2.34.0, Enroute Flight Navigation is able to receive traffic data from the Open Glider Network and display traffic data in the moving map as long as no proper traffic data receiver is available.

Warning

While Open Glider Network data can be useful in certain scenarios, we recommend against using traffic data from internet services in real flight.

  • Internet connectivity is not reliable in flight. Even when flying over densely populated regions, expect the internet connection to fail for about half of the time.

  • Experience shows that data is frequently laggy and often outdated.

  • You will not be visible to others.

We strongly feel that no responsible pilot should ever fly without a proper traffic data receiver, such as a FLARM or ADS-B device.

To configure a data connection to the Open Glider Network, proceed as follows.

One-time Setup

Step 1: Configure the Connection

Follow the steps described in the Section Settings: Data Connections.

Step 2: Check Connectivity

After your connection has been configured, everything else should be automatic. To check, open the main menu and navigate to the “Information” menu. Choose the entry “Traffic Receiver”. The page “Traffic Data Receiver” will open.

On the page “Traffic Data Receiver”, look for the text field “Connection Status”. If the text field is highlighted in yellow and starts with “OGN glidernet.org APRS-IS connection”, then your connections has been configured successfully.

Step 3: Filtering Out Your Own Aircraft (optional)

When receiving traffic data from the Open Glider Network, Enroute Flight Navigation automatically filters out your own aircraft to avoid displaying it twice on the map, once from your GPS position and once from Open Glider Network data.

The app uses two methods to identify your aircraft. Both require that you have correctly entered the corresponding data on the page Aircraft.

  1. Hex ID: If you have entered the “ICAO 24-bit address” of your transponder, the “FLARM Radio ID” of your FLARM device (e.g., “3EDE26”) or the “Open Glider Network Source ID” of your aircraft in the “Hex ID” field on the page Aircraft, the app will filter out any traffic matching this identifier.

  2. Aircraft Name: If you have entered your aircraft registration or callsign in the “Name” field on the page Aircraft, the app will filter out traffic with a matching callsign.

Daily Operations

Once things are set up properly, Enroute Flight Navigation will automatically connect to the “Open Glider Network”. For reasons of flight safety, Enroute Flight Navigation will always prefer connections to proper traffic data receivers and will switch connections as soon as a data receiver becomes available.