About XC Guide
XC Guide is a flight instrument with extensive live-tracking capabilities. Pilots and drivers can track each other using these systems: Open Glider Network (OGN) FANET FLARM (R) SportsTrackLive Telegram (XC
XC Guide is a flight instrument with extensive live-tracking capabilities.
Pilots and drivers can track each other using these systems:
Open Glider Network (OGN)
FANET
FLARM ®
SportsTrackLive
Telegram (XCView.net)
SkyLines
FlyMaster ®
Livetrack24 ®
Loctome
Garmin inReach ®
SPOT ®
AirWhere
XC Globe
ADS-B
Volandoo
Take-off / landing auto email
App features include:
1) A Flight Computer.
This indicates altitude AMSL and AGL, ground speed, bearing, climb/sink rate, glide angle, G-force, wind direction, flight duration and distance from take-off.
Barometric pressure can be obtained either from an internal sensor or via a Bluetooth vario, i.e. SkyDrop, XC-Tracer ®, BlueFly, MipBip+ or GxAirCom.
2) A list of pilots.
Showing aircraft type (or photo), relative direction, tracker type and status messages. Contacts permission is requested if the integrated contact features are used.
3) A Google map.
Showing other pilots, retrieve buses, airspace, way-points, thermal hot-spots, flight trails plus safety and retrieve messages.
FANET weather station reports and thermals appear on the map automatically.
4) A Navigation tool to manage waypoints and tasks.
5) A Thermal assistant widget on the map.
6) Rain radar and cloud cover widget.
7) Competition race tasks.
Tasks are fully compatible with the PG-Race.aero service. Camera permission is requested when scanning QR codes, for easy task sharing with other Apps.
Audible alerts can be set for 'SOS' and 'Retrieve' messages, airspace proximity, XC TRACER FLARM ® collision warnings, and new FANET messages.
Flights are logged as IGC and KML files, and can be replayed.
IGC flight logs made by XC Guide are accepted by FAI/CIVL for Cat1 events and are verified by their online validation service. They are also accepted by XContest.
Detailed help, in several languages, is included in the App.
pg-race.aero/xcguide/
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of XC Guide since it was posted on our website on 2017-01-01 06:46:33.
The latest version is and it was updated on 2024-04-19 17:33:08. See below the changes in each version.
XC Guide version
Updated At: 2024-03-07
Changes: V558 7 Mar 2024
Android battery optimisation and background App restriction will be detected by the App on start-up and highlighted to the pilot.
It is strongly recommended to remove these restrictions when running XC Guide.
A new airspace feature prepares the CTAF (airband VHF traffic) phraseology, in English, when an ATZ (circle) is clicked on the map.
Competition tasks from xcontest cloud, (with a 4-digit name), can now be loaded directly into XC Guide from the Navigation menu.
XC Guide version
Updated At: 2023-11-04
Changes: V552 4 Nov 2023
The Volandoo live-tracking service is now supported.
Volandoo flying status and wing type are also shown in tracker status.
Improved wind calculation
MipBip+ and MipBipS+ varios both supported correctly
XC Guide version
Updated At: 2023-08-21
Changes: V542 19 Aug 2023
Target SDK 33 (mandatory change for Google Play Store)
Notifications permission fixed on Android 13 phones
XC Guide version
Updated At: 2023-07-06
Changes: V540 6 July 2023
Minor fix for Air3 7.3+ FANET / FLARM modules to support latest FLARM firmware.
XC Guide version
Updated At: 2023-06-18
Changes: V538 18 June 2023
Easy Airspace download from XContest.org
Click on any Airspace to exclude it individually or the entire class.
A long-press anywhere on the map can create a temporary "EZ_GOTO" waypoint and start navigation.
When editing a race task, the correct local time-zone is provided.
Bug fixes / performance improvements.
XC Guide version
Updated At: 2023-04-19
Changes: V532 19 Apr 2023
New screen layout 'swiper'
Double click swiper for 'home' layout.
Long-click swiper for layout settings.
New user-defined Fn button.
Single or double tap actions.
Long-click Fn button for action settings.
New Station Finder navigation mode
Updated Polish user guide
More stable XC-Tracer Maxx2 Bluetooth link
XC Guide version
Updated At: 2023-03-16
Changes: V516 16 Mar 2023
There are now 5 screen layouts.
The square Layout and Android 'Back' buttons step forward / back.
A task create / edit wizard has been added,
for designing classic race tasks.
IGC files from XC Guide are approved by CIVL for CAT 1 events.
Club Waypoint Challenges supported.
SPOT and inReach trackers can be selected individually.
Split screen mode is supported,
i.e. share the screen with another App.
Files (Waypoints / Airspace / Hotspots) can be selected individually.
XC Guide version
Updated At: 2022-04-29
Changes: V440 29 April 2022
Telegram group location sharing with XC Guide is now supported using the XCView.net service.
Once the XCView.net 'bot' is added to your group, it accepts these status commands:
/sos
/retrieve
/ok
which trigger alerts in the App.
Text messages (pre-set or custom) can be sent from XC Guide into the Telegram group.
ADS-B traffic received via a SkyEcho2 is included in the localhost feed to other Apps.
Fixed bug on Android 12, where back button did not close App properly.
XC Guide version
Updated At: 2022-04-06
Changes: V434 6 April 2022
New Google map renderer is available in Map settings.
But beware it can cause low-memory crashes after a few hours.
GxAirCom $LK8EX1 sentences are forwarded via Localhost.
Race tasks: multiple start gates now supported.
Terrain height AMSL for your area is loaded automatically from pg-race.aero/agl/
Terrain can also be loaded for anywhere else with a long-press on the map coordinate window.
XC Guide version
Updated At: 2022-03-23
Changes: V432 23/03/22
Bug fix for Air3 7.3+ FLARM firmware upgrades
Thermal assistant bug
Adjacent terrain tiles are loaded automatically when you are close to the edge of a tile.
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