Map Error in Rhode Island

[Sportsman7064]

The wife and I were VFR to Martha's Vineyard yesterday and I noticed the map was not displaying correctly. There is what appears to be a large square of "earth" overlying the area near Newport, RI. I took a picture of the screen... (apologies for the glare)

Thoughts?

Russ

 

[Dynon]

There's some weirdness in the terrain database there. There's an alternate version of the data that you can use that does not have this issue (it's the original version that incorrectly shows some flood plain areas in the mid-west as lakes). The link that used to be live looks to have died when we redesigned our website. We'll get it back up shortly.

 

[Sportsman7064]

Thanks. Not a big concern for this VFR pilot, but thought I should at least let you know about it...

Russ

 

[Dynon]

Here's the link to the alternate terrain file that does not have those artifacts in the northeast.