Jeppview vs. paper Jepp Plates

time for me to renew my Jepp service. I usually get the California
Express for $144 per year. Generally the work that I have to
do is not that bad. My friend is going to be starting his
IFR training soon and I was thinking maybe the two of us
can get the Jeppview service that includes California plus
some extra bonus states (NV, AZ, UT, NM, not used very often)
but more importantly the updates look beyond simple. Attaching
a laptop to a GPS antenna gives you a nice moving map which seems
like a very nice independent backup if the plane happens go
really go south (not the cardinal direction).

Anyone have any experience using Jeppview? What are
the good points and the bad points?

thanks for the feedback.

gerald sylvester

"G. Sylvester" wrote:

time for me to renew my Jepp service. I usually get the California
Express for $144 per year. Generally the work that I have to
do is not that bad. My friend is going to be starting his
IFR training soon and I was thinking maybe the two of us
can get the Jeppview service that includes California plus
some extra bonus states (NV, AZ, UT, NM, not used very often)
but more importantly the updates look beyond simple. Attaching
a laptop to a GPS antenna gives you a nice moving map which seems
like a very nice independent backup if the plane happens go
really go south (not the cardinal direction).

Anyone have any experience using Jeppview? What are
the good points and the bad points?

thanks for the feedback.

Actually, you would use FliteDeck in the airplane. You get both
programs with the electronic subscription, JeppView and FliteDeck.

If you sit down and take the time to really learn how to use FliteDeck,
it is very good. The other issue is the system you will use to display
it. A tablet type display is by far the best.

What sort of cracks me up is their publicity. If you subscribe to some of the
major aviation magazines you'll see it - "New Technology . . Same Approach"

The funny part is that the "old" paper approach plate looks crisp and clear,
while the tablet disply is, well . . just sort off fuzzy. You can hardly read
the lettering, which jumps off the paper page!

G Faris

G Farris wrote:

What sort of cracks me up is their publicity. If you subscribe to some of the
major aviation magazines you'll see it - "New Technology . . Same Approach"

The funny part is that the "old" paper approach plate looks crisp and clear,
while the tablet disply is, well . . just sort off fuzzy. You can hardly read
the lettering, which jumps off the paper page!

G Faris

That all depends on the quality of the display. The charts look great on my
laptop, but that is not a practical solution for in-flight.

Fuzzy charts = lousy display.

"G Farris" wrote in message
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What sort of cracks me up is their publicity. If you subscribe to some of
the
major aviation magazines you'll see it - "New Technology . . Same
Approach"

The funny part is that the "old" paper approach plate looks crisp and
clear,
while the tablet disply is, well . . just sort off fuzzy. You can hardly
read
the lettering, which jumps off the paper page!

G Faris


The electronic charts look at least as good (as paper) in daylight if you
have a good display and there is no comparison at night. A feature that I
really like is having my position plotted on the airport diagram.

Mike
MU-2

The electronic charts look at least as good (as paper) in daylight if you
have a good display and there is no comparison at night. A feature that I
really like is having my position plotted on the airport diagram.

Mike
MU-2

The airport diagram moving map is nothing short of fantastic. Jet Blue has
that set up and will almost certainly never have a runway incursion.

In article , wrote:


The airport diagram moving map is nothing short of fantastic. Jet Blue has
that set up and will almost certainly never have a runway incursion.

Never say never.

--
Garner R. Miller
ATP/CFII/MEI
Clifton Park, NY =USA=

I recently bought a anywhere weather system. the Ipaq screen is large enough
but is a little lacking on viewing in direct sunlight. i got it with the
pocket plates. Not sure how practical in real life it will be but it is nice
to see my position on the plates while shooting an approach. I have a 430,
so its a nice "back up" system.
They are coming out with a approach plate sized tablet called the Raven. it
will be at sun n fun and I'm sure there will be some reports on it.


steve

Sorry but maybe I wasn't clear. The primary purpose of using
the Jeppview is for the plates. I'll probably have to print
out the plates and not use a digital tablet. Maybe when I
get my own plane I'll splurge (doing it electronically sounds
a lot cleaner then flipping through tons of paper. But for
now, it would be primarily for replacing the paper subscription
of the Jepp plates. So for that purpose, how does it
compare?

Thanks for the replies already. Sounds like I gotta get
a tablet....along with a plane.

Gerald

"G. Sylvester" wrote:

Sorry but maybe I wasn't clear. The primary purpose of using
the Jeppview is for the plates. I'll probably have to print
out the plates and not use a digital tablet. Maybe when I
get my own plane I'll splurge (doing it electronically sounds
a lot cleaner then flipping through tons of paper. But for
now, it would be primarily for replacing the paper subscription
of the Jepp plates. So for that purpose, how does it
compare?

A printed chart from JeppView is as good as your printer because they
are vector-based. If you print at full page they are much easier to
read than a standard Jeppesen paper chart. And, the color charts look
great in color, although that isn't essential.