Saving long haul flight paths works with 2018 updates
Just a year ago, saving intercontinental flights was very unreliable; it now works reliably.
Some possible improvements to consider:
- option to make paths wider; when traveling from Europe to Asia, often great circles are not followed for safety reasons
- integrate with flight path databases and offer likely flight paths; with seasonal changing winds the common paths change. A good example of this is Tokyo to Honolulu
- colourblind friendly colour schemes. One in 12 men are colour blind
Some possible improvements to consider:
- option to make paths wider; when traveling from Europe to Asia, often great circles are not followed for safety reasons
- integrate with flight path databases and offer likely flight paths; with seasonal changing winds the common paths change. A good example of this is Tokyo to Honolulu
- colourblind friendly colour schemes. One in 12 men are colour blind
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Response from developer
Really appreciate the thoughts! Better path prediction is something we'd love to incorporate soon. We're looking into data sources that we could use to predict paths more thoroughly. Like you point out, there are lots of variables! Thanks for the great review!
Doesn’t work, at all
Can’t save a single offline trip. Constant errors.
My favorite app!
I’m not one to leave reviews for apps but this is an exception, I absolutely love this Flyover Country! I’m currently a geology major and one of my professors recommended it to me... Now I tell everyone about it. It’s my favorite part of every flight and road trip!
So much fun on long flights
Is that really the Grand Canyon below? What are those oddly patterned little roads? Is that
mountain below a volcano?
Get this app and find out!
Download & save maps before you go: you can use the app with GPS even airplane mode with WiFi off.
mountain below a volcano?
Get this app and find out!
Download & save maps before you go: you can use the app with GPS even airplane mode with WiFi off.
Great for road trips
I use this app all the time to give me at least an idea of the geology that we are driving over and through. Wish there was more detail in some cases, but a little knowledge is better than none at all.
Endlessly entertaining
I’m a geologist who travels by air extensively. I love this app for not only knowing where I am at any given moment (gee, that’s Ohio?) but also for allowing me to really know what I’m looking at in terms of landforms, regional geology, ages of rocks, etc. Downloading ahead of time is brilliant and saves on WiFi costs. My only quibble with the latest update is that it no longer allows a dash to be used in the path name - so “DEN-DCA” is no longer viable; this seems like a pointless restriction.
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Great for Seeing the World
As a Geoscience educator, I’m always amazed how very little of the Earth’s surface people recognize out of an airplane’s window seat. For years I’ve struck up conversations with people wondering why I was taking so many photos, now I can use his to show them why!
What Happened to this app?
I used to love Flyover Country when it worked. Now it just crashes. Also, the app no longer allows you to use a dash in a map name such as SEA-LHR. The app won't accept "special characters."
Please return this app to its former greatness
Please return this app to its former greatness
Totally cool flight time experience!
For someone who always goes for aisle seating, this app may be changing things. If you download your maps before you leave it won’t require you to get on the plane Wifi to work. It’s magical once your GPS loads and you can see in real time what you are over. Very educational!
Can’t save! Please fix!
It seems like a really cool concept, but every time I try to save my path, it says that the save failed. Am I doing anything wrong?
