SkyVector VS ADSBExchange

For me, I do that too. The tablet is my primary and tied to my stratux for ADSB/weather/GPS for navigation and awareness. Having a list of frequencies and VOR settings on the old junk I use, a marked up map is really handy. I like doing a loop around MSP (KFCM > KLVN > KSGS > KSTP > KANE > KMIC > KFCM) so a lot of frequency jumps. You can see what the EFB is more or less going to look like - so a sharpie on... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

Technically these are referred to as "charts" and not maps. :) Another fun (and free!) resource is SkyVector, which automatically stitches them together and has tons of useful features for flight planning. https://skyvector.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

If you’re in the US you can use skyvector to get most charts, which helps find sids and stars for commercial. For GA I love VOR navigation which are the blue compass roses you see everywhere. You have to dial the given frequency into your nav radio and set the course to intercept it at the desired heading. With two VORS (nav 1 and nav 2) you can triangulate your position without the GPS. Source: 5 months ago

To practice GPS navigation from one place to another, I'll pick a takeoff and landing airport, then go to skyvector.com and input a flight plan. Then I'll choose the 'Routes' link on the right-middle of the flight plan input. Then I'll press the Nav Log button on the bottom right of the flight plan input. From that I'll put in the waypoints into the GPS. Source: 5 months ago

A suggestion for much further down the line: a timeline on the map which composites many maps from a similar time period so you can see them all stitched together (somewhat like how https://skyvector.com/ stitches together multiple sectional charts into a continuous map, though I know it can't be as seamless). - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

The two big ones I know of are adsbexchange.com and asdb.fi. Source: 10 months ago

This morning, the wind is out of the east, and aircraft are landing on 9R and taking off from 9L. If you follow them on adsbexchange.com, it shows their track to be about 75°. Source: 11 months ago

It would be nice if next to the current Open Street Map also map.openseamap.org/ would be available in adsbexchange.com When you zoom in enough, ships are visible and it is free. Source: 11 months ago

Yeah, you can watch the traffic too on adsbexchange.com or flightradar24. KORD during the busy times is fun to listen to and watch, as is KATL. Source: about 1 year ago

Adsbexchange.com has some really neat filters on their map page, which show up some interesting and unexpected flight features. Clicking 'U' at the top filters out all non military flights, clicking on the layers icon then reveals an option to see oddities such as UK radar corridors and UK 'AWACS' orbits. Source: about 1 year ago