Feature Request: Time-synced layer switching and timeline-linked route visualization
-
Hi Windy team,
First of all: thank you for providing such a powerful tool — as a premium user and professional pilot, I use Windy extensively for VFR and IFR preflight planning.
Here’s a short summary of my current workflow and a few critical limitations I encounter that would be very helpful to address:
My workflow:
1. I open “Rain, Thunder” via the “Add layer” panel.
2. Then I select one of my saved flight routes from My Favorites (type: VFR).
3. I set my desired departure time using the timeline bar just above the meteogram.
4. I set cruise speed (e.g. 300 kt) and visualize the vertical profile (meteogram) below the map.
5. I slide through the meteogram to analyze weather along the route. A white dot appears on the route, indicating the aircraft’s position in space.Limitations:
• When I switch to a different weather layer (e.g. from Rain, Thunder to Cloud base), I must first close the route view (via the red ❌), which removes my route and vertical profile from the screen.
• When I drag the vertical profile to explore the route timeline, the map layer does not synchronize in time. The white dot moves, but the underlying weather map stays fixed.
• There is no visible time indication linked to the white dot position — so I don’t know the forecast time I’m inspecting unless I estimate it manually from the flight duration.Feature requests:
1. Allow switching between layers without losing the route and vertical profile.
2. Synchronize the map’s weather data with the timeline/slider used in the vertical profile.
3. Display the exact time at the current aircraft position (white dot) on the route.These enhancements would greatly improve the utility of Windy for all pilots using the route planning feature — both for real-world flying and flight simulation.
Thanks again for your incredible platform. Happy to elaborate further if needed!
Best regards,
Frank -
@frankdemeyer
Hi Frank,I see from your other post that you use the Route planner only on the mobile app.
Concerning your requests :
1. You know that the Route planner diagram is only based on ECMWF. So changing the model on the map would be inconsistent.
2. To synchronise the weather map and your position on the map, you have to tap your screen if you use the mobile app.
3. Doing this you get a small grey panel showing the date/time and the distance from start point.
Sorry my screenshot is an example for sailing planning, but the features are the same for aviation.
———-
Then I add this one useful for mobile app.
