Last week, FSElite was lucky enough to bring you exclusive previews of AccuMap v2. AccuMap is a modern VATSIM map viewer that originally was released as a desktop application nearly 12 months ago today, however, the application was found to be very heavy on system resources, and earlier this year the development team made the decision to take down the AccuMap server to begin work on a version 2.
Today, AccuMap version 2 has entered open beta after extensive testing behind closed doors for the past few months. Version 2 is web-based, and as a result, does not harm the end user’s PC performance as they may have found with version 1. Users who prefer a desktop VATSIM viewer will be pleased to know that there is a plan to bring v2 to the desktop once the beta has concluded.
The development team has also spent time in the ground-up re-development on improving the interface and adding some handy features into the web application, enabling users to see and access information more easily and with greater speed.
The open beta is available now at http://accumap-project.com.
