diff --git a/src/QmlControls/QGroundControlQmlGlobal.cc b/src/QmlControls/QGroundControlQmlGlobal.cc
index 4fbce6a3204ff968436c460394ae571e9b79bd0d..eb164e0a0225accf4e1f35bacc71b1b79898332a 100644
--- a/src/QmlControls/QGroundControlQmlGlobal.cc
+++ b/src/QmlControls/QGroundControlQmlGlobal.cc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const char* QGroundControlQmlGlobal::_flightMapZoomSettingsKey =
 
 QGroundControlQmlGlobal::QGroundControlQmlGlobal(QGCApplication* app, QGCToolbox* toolbox)
     : QGCTool(app, toolbox)
-    , _flightMapInitialZoom(14.7)   // About 500 meter scale
+    , _flightMapInitialZoom(17.0)
     , _linkManager(NULL)
     , _multiVehicleManager(NULL)
     , _mapEngineManager(NULL)