[general]
name=LTA PZ Map
qgisMinimumVersion=3.16
description=Load FAA obstacles, pilot zones, airspace, airports, waypoints and tracks from ltapzmap.com around a chosen start point (search by city, ZIP code, or airport code — FAA LID / ICAO). Optionally pre-download basemap tiles (OSM, USGS topo, Esri / Google / Bing imagery) for the same radius as an offline MBTiles file.
about=Companion plugin for ltapzmap.com (Lighter-Than-Air Pilot Zone Map). Designed to be used alongside <a href="https://ltago.app">LTA Go</a> — install both for the full balloon-pilot workflow (LTA PZ Map covers pre-flight area planning; LTA Go is the live in-flight overlay). Sign in with an API key minted at https://ltapzmap.com/account/api, drop a start point on the map (click the canvas, paste lat/lon, or search by city / ZIP / FAA / ICAO airport code), choose a radius (up to 50 mi), pick the layers you want, and the plugin downloads matching features inside that radius as editable QGIS vector layers. Features come straight from the community map (FAA DOF obstacles, FAA + OpenAIP airspace, NPS / USFWS / wilderness protected areas, HIFLD prisons + powerlines, FAA NFDC airports, pilot-drawn zones and waypoints, and the requester's own flight tracks). Tick "Offline tiles" to also pre-download a basemap snapshot for the area into a standard .mbtiles file alongside your QGIS project — invaluable for in-the-field use with no cell coverage. Tile fetches go through ltapzmap.com's server-side cache (7-day TTL) so a whole event sharing the same area only triggers one upstream request per tile.
version=1.2.34
author=Patrick C. Sullivan
email=patrick@wickedballoons.com
category=Web
icon=icon.png
experimental=False
deprecated=False
hasProcessingProvider=no
tags=ballooning,aviation,faa,obstacle,airspace,kml,gpx,nfz,api,ltapzmap
homepage=https://ltapzmap.com
repository=https://qgis.ltapzmap.com/plugins.xml
tracker=mailto:patrick@wickedballoons.com
changelog=Full version history: <a href="https://qgis.ltapzmap.com/changelog/LTAPzMap.html">https://qgis.ltapzmap.com/changelog/LTAPzMap.html</a>
