--- David Luff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Hi Mike > > > > Thanks for the excellent example - one question, > If I wanted to implement > > something like this at Half Moon Bay for example, > do I need to change the <lat> > > <lon> and <alt> and if so, how do i find this > information in FlightGear?
sdcruz: See below for explaination. > > At the risk of being accused of blatant > self-promotion ;-) the easiest way to read off > lat/lons for a circuit close to the airport is > probably to download TaxiDraw > (http://taxidraw.sf.net), load up the required > airport, and read them off from there. Downloading > the USGS images might also aid fixing the turnpoint > locations. > > Cheers - Dave Dave: Self promotion is encouraged if it saves one from having to guesstimate the best lat/lon pairs from the HUD while flying the pattern (plus the conversion to decimal degrees). I'd been wondering if there was no easier way. Thanks for the tips. Mike __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
