JWSoar - an alternative XCSoar version

About

This is a simple fork of XCSoar project with some changes made to the user interface - mainly: most important values are displayed directly on the map, so they can be located easier than switching between many InfoBox sets

Goals & non-goals

Notes / Hints


Changes relative to the developement version of XCSoar 7.0:

Changes in Version 0.0.2 - 2019-01-01


  • Showing next waypoint arrival height as overlay value
  • Presenting true airspeed before ground speed - note that it is presented only after wind direction is estimated by XCSoar (commonly after some circling)
  • Standard XCSoar limits maximum ZOOM IN level in CRUISE/FINAL mode to higher value than in CIRCLING mode - removed this limit
  • Small adjustements to overlay values positions - due to aforementioned wpt arrival height and as to not obscure standard XCSoar vario value to the right (shown when enabled)
  • When both altitudes are longer than 7 characters they are presented with smaller font
  • Shortened "FinalGlide" info page name to just "Final"
  • Nicer outline of fonts i.e. yellow outline
  • Waypoint names in overlay values are shortened to 7 characters instead of 5 as in previous version (0.0.1)
  • Present JWSoar version number at the top of the application launch screen
  • When there is no enabled nearest vertical airspace then only "---" as distance is displayed
Download link: JWSoar-0.0.2.apk

Changes in Version 0.0.1 - 2018-12-27

  • most important values like height, speed, next nav waypoint are displayed directly on map
    so you can have less Infobox sets
    See following image:

  • Larger Infobox titles
  • Thicker PAN ON crosshair
  • Thicker predicted flight path curve
Download link: JWSoar-0.0.1.apk (deprecated - download link will be removed after 2019-02-01)
GitHub link to the source code.