By default your map shows the current weather (METAR). It can also show the forecast for a few hours ahead, which is handy when planning a flight.

Open your map’s settings #

1. On a phone or computer that is on the same WiFi as your map, open a web browser.
2. Go to http://<map name>.local (the name you wrote down during the WiFi setup) or http://<IP address>, for example http://192.168.1.50. If you don’t know the IP address, see how to find the IP address of your PilotMap. Some Android phones can’t open .local names; use the IP address there.
3. In the menu at the top, move the mouse over Settings and click Editor.
   
4. Click a blue bar to open that group of settings.
   

Choose what the map shows #

1. Open Basic Settings.
2. Choose Default Data to Display:
   • METAR: current weather (normal setting).
   • TAF: the official airport forecast. Only larger airports publish TAFs, so smaller airports may show as INVALID in this mode.
   • MOS: a computer forecast that also covers many small airports (United States only).
   • Heat Map: not weather; colours each airport by how often you have landed there. You enter the landings under Heat Map, Editor.
3. For TAF and MOS, enter how far ahead in Default Data Hours Ahead to Display: 1 to 24 hours. It is ignored for METAR and Heat Map.
   

Save #

1. In the menu at the top, move the mouse over Settings and click Save Config File. You will see Settings Successfully Saved.
   
2. That’s it. The map restarts its weather display by itself and shows the new setting within a minute or two. While it restarts, the legend may show all green for a moment (that is the normal “starting” status). You don’t need to unplug it.

Tip: changes are only kept after Save Config File. If you close the page before saving, nothing changes.

To go back to current weather, choose METAR and save again.