FSX KML

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1st Oct 2006 - This page is a manual for the forthcoming freeware scenery tool “FSX KML”. It will continue to be updated over the course of next couple of weeks to coincide with the release of the FSX KML alpha.

Introduction

FSX KML is a freeware scenery design tool for Microsoft Flight Simulator X (FSX).

Using Google Earth you can accurately and easily create the following types of scenery:-

  • Create water polygons such as coastlines, rivers and lakes.
  • Create islands inside water polygons
  • Create shorelines
  • Create landclass polygons for cities, parks, beaches, forrest, golf courses etc
  • Create landclass “tiles” (1.2km sq)
  • Create flatten polygons and airport polygons
  • Create polyline features such as roads (including moving traffic) and power lines
  • Place scenery objects from the FSX scenery library

Installation

Building Scenery

Step 1 - Creating a KML with Google Earth

Creating polygons and polylines

"Tagging" the scenery features

Step 2 - Processing the KML with FSX KML

Step 3 - Testing the scenery

Step 4 - Creating a distrubution file for upload

Google Earth

Google Earth may be downloaded from the Google Earth home page

I strongly recommend you purchase the $20 “Plus” version of Google Earth because it makes creating polygons and polylines very very easy.

Freeware scenery created with FSX KML

End User Licence

Copyright © 2006 Innova Software ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

This software program is distributed without charge to other scenery designers, redistribution of the original ZIP file is allowed. You are NOT allowed to sell this software or ask money for its distribution. The use of the software is only allowed for the production of freeware sceneries, if you want to use it for commercial scenery please contact me.

The copyright and any intellectual property relating to this program remain the property of the author.

The software distributed in this way may represent work in progress, and bears no warranty, either expressed or implied.

Release History

This software has not yet been released.

Feedback

Discuss FSX KML at the fsdeveloper FSX KML forum post

You can email the author directly at fsx_kml@innovasoftware.com