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Points of Interest

Learn how to browse, create, share, and manage points of interest.

Points of Interest

Use Points of Interest to save useful landmarks, hazards, notices, and landing markers that you can reopen later or fly toward in navigation.

You can open Points of Interest from Explore > Points of Interest.

Browse nearby points of interest

The main Points of Interest page combines a map with a draggable results panel.

From this page you can:

  1. pan and zoom the map
  2. tap Search this area after moving the map
  3. search the current result set from the bottom panel
  4. open a point of interest from the map or list
  5. tap + to start creating a new point of interest

The subscription notice under the search bar changes with your plan:

  1. Adventurer accounts can see public, private, and shared points of interest
  2. other plans can see private and shared points of interest, but not public ones

POI Explore

Point of interest categories

When you create or edit a point of interest, Gaggle lets you choose one of these categories:

  1. Marker
  2. Notice
  3. Hazard
  4. Landing Spot
  5. Landmark
  6. Attraction

These categories control the icon shown on the map and the label shown on the details page.

Create a point of interest

Tap + from the Points of Interest page to start the create flow.

The current flow is:

  1. pick a location on the map
  2. tap the checkmark to confirm the coordinates
  3. fill in the point of interest details
  4. tap Create

The create form includes:

  1. a map preview for the selected location
  2. Name
  3. optional Notes
  4. Category
  5. a visibility toggle

In the current app build, the visibility section is labeled Route Visibility even though this flow creates a point of interest. Use it to choose between:

  1. Public
  2. Private

Name is the only field you need to fill in before creating the point of interest.

POI Add

Open the point of interest details page

After you create or open a point of interest, Gaggle takes you to its details page.

This page includes:

  1. the map preview
  2. the point of interest name
  3. distance from your current location
  4. category
  5. notes
  6. the Fly To action

Tap Fly To when you want to load the point of interest into navigation as a destination while flying.

If you manage the point of interest, the details page also shows visibility and sharing controls directly on the page, plus a settings button in the top-right corner.

POI Overview

Manage visibility and sharing

Managed points of interest can be switched between Public and Private.

Private points of interest do not appear in public search results. Instead, pilots need access through sharing.

The sharing flow currently supports:

  1. My Groups
  2. Pilots Nearby

Open these options when you want to share a private point of interest without making it public to everyone.

Open POI settings

From the point of interest details page, tap the gear icon in the top-right corner.

In the current UI, this panel is titled Site Settings. For points of interest it currently contains:

  1. Details
  2. Sharing

POI Settings Overview

Edit point of interest details

Open Site Settings > Details to update the point of interest itself.

This page lets you:

  1. rename the point of interest
  2. update the notes
  3. change the category
  4. tap the map preview to pick a new location
  5. delete the point of interest

Deleting a point of interest archives it and removes it from search results.

POI Settings Details

Manage sharing from settings

Open Site Settings > Sharing to manage access in one place.

This page repeats the visibility toggle and the share options for:

  1. My Groups
  2. Pilots Nearby

Use this page when you want to change who can find or open the point of interest after it has already been created.

POI Settings Sharing