ADSB Exchange - Frequently Asked Questions

yes. we have completed our testing and are finalizing the terms/agreements with the vendor.

Ok, thanks @demetrio

Please let me know when it’s added since it’s been 2 months now without a decent map.

If i’m not mistaken, all the work has already been done here.

Hello, any update? @demetrio

hello. Yes. The dev work is completed. We just executed an agreement with the vendor today (so that what happened with Carto does not happen again), and we are targeting release for next week.

Hello, again thank you for the update. Hoping it can be all sorted this coming week so I can stop pestering you :heart: :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Our release of the 4 new OpenFreeMaps layers (as well as a reconciliation of tar1090 changes) is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon Oct 16. Will update after the deployment.

We have released the new map layers and other improvements per 🌍 OpenFreeMap Layers and Improved Replay & Aircraft Icons Added to the Globe! Please take a look and let us know your thoughts. Ty!

Hey appreciate the new layers!

Mostly there, the new layers are generally working well but the labels aren’t showing/hiding properly when you zoom accordingly.

If you check how it works on adsb.fi or openfreemap.org you can see the labels hide properly. In the current implementation on ADSB Exchange they don’t hide properly which causes a lot of overlap making it harder to read the labels which isn’t how it’s meant to work

Example ADSBExchange:

Example ADSB.fi

ty for this feedback. assigning to the developer to address it.

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Thanks for your work on the new maps, mostly very happy with them. Just wondering if it’s possible to make roads, labels, lakes, etc. just a little bit brighter in the dark map? They’re a little hard to make out. Love how dark the main color is though.

@demetrio Any update on this?

We are releasing the fix to address the label scaling/clutter tomorrow at 9am MDT/11am EDT.

thanks for reaching out. Have you tried it with the “Dim Map” map setting unchecked as such…

Ah! That fixed it. Thanks, I turned it on when we lost the old dark map and forgot.

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hello. we released the fix to address the label scaling on the OpenFreeMap layers. Please take a look!

@demetrio Hey, thanks for the update, and apologies for my slow reply

I just checked it out and everything seems good now :slight_smile:

Thanks for sorting it all out!

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