- Make Distance to GCS available for display from instrument panel.
- Make Heading to Home available for display from instrument panel.
## Stable Version 3.4
This section contains a high level and _non-exhaustive_ list of new features added to _QGroundControl_ in version 3.4. Not to mention the large number of bug fixes in each stable release.
- **Settings**
- **Offline Maps**
- Center Tool allows you to specify a map location in lat/lon or UTM coordinates. Making it easier to get to the location you want to create an offline map for.
- Ability to pre-download terrain heights for offline use.
- **Help** Provides links to QGC user guide and forums.
- **Firmware** Ability to flash either PX4 or ArduPilot Flow firmware.
- PX4 Pro Firmware
- **Flight Modes** Specify channels for all available transmitter switches.
- **Tuning: Advanced** Initial implementation of vehicle PID tuning support. Note that this is a work in progress that will improve in 3.5 daily builds.
- ArduPilot Firmware
- **Power/Safety** Support for new multi-battery setup.
- **Load KML** Ability to load a KML file directly from the Sync menu. You will be prompted for what type of Pattern you want to create from the KML if needed.
- **[Corridor Scan](../plan_view/pattern_corridor_scan.md)** - Create a flight pattern which follows a poly-line. For example can be used to survey a road.
- **Edit Position** Set item position from vehicle position.
- **Fly**
- **Pre-Flight Checklist** You can turn this on from Settings. It provides a generic checklist to follow prior to flight. Expect more feature to appear for this in 3.5 daily builds.
- **Instrument Panel**
- Many new values available for display.
- New Camera page which provides full camera control. Requires a camera which support new MavLink camera specification.
- **ArduPlane** Much better support for guided commands including QuadPlane support.
More detailed release notes for version 3.3 can be found [here](../releases/stable_v3.3_long.md).
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This section contains a high level and _non-exhaustive_ list of new features added to _QGroundControl_ in version 3.3. Not to mention the large number of bug fixes of this release.
- **Settings**
- Local NMEA GPS device support.
- Video Recording save settings.
- **Setup**
- **Parameter Editor** - Searching updates as you type characters for near immediate response to searches.
- **Joystick** - Android joystick support.
- **Plan**
- **NEW - Structure Scan Pattern** - Create a multi-layered flight pattern that captures images over vertical surfaces (polygonal or circular). Used for 3d model generation or vertical surface inspection.
- **Fixed Wing Landing Pattern** - You can now adjust the distance from the loiter to land point by either distance or glide slope fall rate.
- PX4 GeoFence and Rally Point support.
- Terrain height display in lower Mission Item altitude display
- **Fly**
- Start/Stop video recording.
- Better display of vehicle icons when connected to multiple vehicles.
- Multi-Vehicle View supports commands which apply to all vehicles.
- Displays vehicles reported from ADS-B sensor.
- **Analyze**
- **Mavlink console** - New support for communicating with Mavlink console.
- **Log Download** - Moved from Menu to Analyze view.
More detailed release notes for version 3.2 can be found [here](../releases/stable_v3.2_long.md).
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This section contains a high level and _non-exhaustive_ list of new features added to _QGroundControl_ in version 3.2.
- **Settings**
- **File Save path** - Specify a save path for all files used by QGC.
- **Telemetry log auto-save** - Telemetry logs are now automatically saved without prompting.
- **AutoLoad Plans** - Used to automatically load a Plan onto a vehicle when it first connects.
- **RTK GPS** - Specify the Survey in accuracy and Minimum observation duration.
- **Setup**
- ArduPilot only
- **Pre-Flight Barometer and Airspeed calibration** - Now supported
- **Copy RC Trims** - Now supported
- **Plan View**
- **Plan files** - Missions are now saved as .plan files which include the mission, geo-fence and rally points.
- **Plan Toolbar** - New toolbar which shows you mission statistics and Upload button.
- **Mission Start** - Allows you to specify values such as flight speed and camera settings to start the mission with.
- **New Waypoint features** - Adjust heading and flight speed for each waypoint as well as camera settings.
- **Visual Gimbal direction** - Gimbal direction is shown on waypoint indicators.
- **Pattern tool** - Allows you to add complex patterns to a mission.
- Fixed Wing Landing (new)
- Survey (many new features)
- **Fixed Wing Landing Pattern** - Adds a landing pattern for fixed wings to your mission.
- **Survey** - New features
- **Take Images in Turnarounds** - Specify whether to take images through entire survey or just within each transect segment.
- **Hover and Capture** - Stop vehicle at each image location and take photo.
- **Refly at 90 degree offset** - Add additional pattern at 90 degree offset to original so get better image coverage.
- **Entry location** - Specify entry point for survey.
- **Polygon editing** - Simple on screen mechanism to drag, resize, add/remove points. Much better touch support.
- **Fly View**
- **Arm/Disarm** - Available from toolbar.
- **Guided Actions** - New action toolbar on the left. Supports:
- Takeoff
- Land
- RTL
- Pause
- Start Mission
- Resume Mission - after battery change
- Change Altitude
- Land Abort
- Set Waypoint
- Goto Location
- **Remove mission after vehicle lands** - Prompt to remove mission from vehicle after landing.
- **Flight Time** - Flight time is shown in instrument panel.
- **Multi-Vehicle View** - Better control of multiple vehicles.
- **Analyze View** - New
- **Log Download** - Moved to Analyze view from menu
- **Mavlink Console** - NSH shell access
- **Support for third-party customized QGroundControl**
- Standard QGC supports multiple firmware types and multiple vehicle types. There is now support in QGC which allows a third-party to create their own custom version of QGC which is targeted specifically to their custom vehicle. They can then release their own version of QGC with their vehicle.
## Stable Version 3.1
New Features
- [Survey](../plan_view/pattern_survey.md) mission support
- [GeoFence](../plan_view/plan_geofence.md) support in Plan View
- [Rally Point](../plan_view/plan_rally_points.md) support in Plan View (ArduPilot only)
- ArduPilot onboard compass calibration
- Parameter editor search will now search as you type for quicker access
