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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 9:19 am
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CloudCoder
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How does the Moving Map system decide which city names to display? It mostly displays the names of big cities, but every now and then the name of a small city is displayed (when there is a much larger city nearby which -could- have been displayed).

Or am I the only one who stays awake at night worrying about this?

Also it would be nice if the percentage of "useful" to "absolutely worthless" information was higher. Arrival time is probably the most important fact. It's on the screen just as often as Current Time at Origin Airport, and Outside Temperature in Degrees Celsius. I'm just wondering why all facts (whether useful or arcane) get equal time slices.
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