# AMC 1.8

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## **New Features**

* Auterion Ground Station has been renamed to *Auterion Mission Control*
* *VTOL specific*:
  * Dynamic trajectory visualisation during mission planning (VTOL only)
  * More VTOL landing patterns are supported
  * VTOL specific preflight checklist with active "check surfaces" activation test
  * Regions of Interest (ROI) now enabled for VTOLs
  * VTOL transition indicator
* First login experience enhancements:
  * Prompt user on first time run to choose/confirm the used measurement units
  * Mandatory pilot login before using the application
  * Preflight Checklist can be made mandatory before arming
* Enhancements in mission control:
  * Pause/edit/resume mission feature
  * Fly to arbitrary "goto" waypoint during the mission (without needing to pause)
  * Mission items are now visible when switching to geofence or rally mode
* Obstacle avoidance UX enhancements:
  * Obstacle avoidance distance indicator visible in full-screen video view (if supported by vehicle)
  * Collision prevention/Obstacle avoidance health status indicator added (only if supported by vehicle)
* General UI improvements
  * Enhanced mobile experience
  * Mission Start Editor: speed slider added
  * Top level drone health status indicator linked with preflight checklist and battery status
* Video streaming improvements (quality and speed)
* Use of spot metering to focus camera on specific point on the screen (only if supported by vehicle)
* RTK Status indicator added
* Update in photo gallery to include metadata

## **Improvements/Resolved issues**

* Fixed visualisation of large waypoint names
* Various fixes for dual camera setup
* Fixed map zoom level synchronisation between flight and plan view
* Camera control improvements
* RC input/Joystick checks are now included in the pre-flight checklist
* Mission delete failure issue is resolved
* UI scaling adjuster replaces font size control
* *Vehicle not ready* status when starting mission after intermediate mission landing issue resolved
* Polygon geofence: issue with adding vertices resolved
* Total flight distance counter issue is resolved
* Preflight Checklist: Test flight checklist now only enabled in developer mode


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