Position reporting and navigation in an integrated flight application using bullseye

A system for position reporting and navigating using a bullseye in an integrated flight application, the system comprising:

• a computer processor of a portable computing device;
• and
• instructions executing on the computer processor, causing the system to:
• receive, in a user interface of the integrated flight application executing on the portable computing device, a first selection of a location on a map displayed in the user interface;
• receive a second selection in the user interface to set the location as a bullseye;
• obtain, responsive to the first selection and the second selection, bullseye coordinates of the bullseye in a map reference frame, wherein the map reference frame is associated with a map of the integrated flight application;
• detect, by the integrated flight application using a global positioning system (GPS) sensor of the portable computing device, current location coordinates in the map reference frame;
• display, by the integrated flight application in a display of the portable computing device, the map with a bullseye located at the bullseye coordinates and a current location indicator superimposed on the map, wherein displaying the map uses the bullseye coordinates and the current location coordinates in the map reference frame;
• transform, by the integrated flight application, the current location coordinates in the map reference frame to current location coordinates in a bullseye reference frame;
• display, in the user interface of the integrated flight application, a bullseye instrument listing the current location coordinates in the bullseye reference frame, the bullseye instrument being a popup box in the user interface;
• receive, in the bullseye instrument of the user interface of the integrated flight application, object coordinates in the bullseye reference frame;
• determine the object coordinates in the map reference frame;
• display, in the user interface of the integrated flight application, the map with an object indicator superimposed on the map, using the object coordinates in the map reference frame;
• generate, by the integrated flight application, a flight plan from the current location to the object;
• and
• display, in the user interface of the integrated flight application, the map with the flight plan superimposed on the map.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code for causing a computer system to:

• receive, in a user interface of the integrated flight application executing on a portable computing device, a first selection of a location on a map displayed in the user interface;
• receive a second selection in the user interface to set the location as a bullseye;
• obtain, responsive to the first selection and the second selection, bullseye coordinates of the bullseye in a map reference frame,
• wherein the map reference frame is associated with a map of the integrated flight application;
• detect, by the integrated flight application using a global positioning system (GPS) sensor of the portable computing device, current location coordinates in the map reference frame;
• display, by the integrated flight application in a display of the portable computing device, the map with a bullseye located at the bullseye coordinates and a current location indicator superimposed on the map, wherein displaying the map uses the bullseye coordinates and the current location coordinates in the map reference frame;
• transform, by the integrated flight application, the current location coordinates in the map reference frame to current location coordinates in a bullseye reference frame;
• display, in the user interface of the integrated flight application, a bullseye instrument listing the current location coordinates in the bullseye reference frame, the bullseye instrument being a popup box in the user interface;
• receive, in the bullseye instrument of the user interface of the integrated flight application, object coordinates in the bullseye reference frame;
• determine the object coordinates in the map reference frame;
• display, in the user interface of the integrated flight application, the map with an object indicator superimposed on the map, using the object coordinates in the map reference frame;
• generate, by the integrated flight application, a flight plan from the current location to the object;
• and
• display, in the user interface of the integrated flight application, the map with the flight plan superimposed on the map.