Aircraft display center and range control

A system for providing enhanced center and range control on an aircraft display, comprising:

• a computer storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon for centering a plurality of map locations on the aircraft display, the plurality of map locations comprising an ownship position indicator map location corresponding to a map location of the aircraft, a map location aligned with an ownship position indicator heading, and a map location non-aligned with the ownship position indicator heading;
• a control panel configured to
• receive a display mode selection input for selecting a display mode for displaying a map on the aircraft display from a MAP display mode and a PLN display mode, wherein the MAP display mode corresponds to a track-up or heading-up orientation of the map and the PLN display mode corresponds to a north-up orientation of the map, and
• receive a centering input selecting a predefined map location from the plurality of map locations for centering on the selected predefined map location on the aircraft display;
• and
• the aircraft display configured to display the map in the selected display mode with the selected predefined map location at a center of the aircraft display.

A system for providing enhanced center and range control on an aircraft display in an aircraft, comprising:

• a control panel comprising
• a display mode selector switch configured to receive a display mode selection input for displaying a map on the aircraft display in a MAP display mode or a PLN display mode, wherein the MAP display mode corresponds to a track-up or heading-up orientation of the map and the PLN display mode corresponds to a north-up orientation of the map,
• a centering switch for receiving a centering input selecting a predefined map location from a plurality of predefined map locations for centering the selected predefined map location on the aircraft display, and
• a range switch for receiving a range input for selecting desired range to display the map on the aircraft display at the desired range;
• a display management system operative to
• receive the display mode selection input, the centering input and the range input, and
• store the centering input and the range input associated with the selected display mode;
• and
• the aircraft display configured to display the map in the selected display mode at the desired range and with the predefined map location at a center of the aircraft display.