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Hi,

I have created a polygon in google earth and i have put in in FSXKML and used the command
Airport_Backgrounds_Flatten_MaskClassMap_ExcludeAutoGen
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What i am trying to do is extend the terrain around an airfield but when i do this it rasies the airfield elevation and there are big like holes which drop 30 - 50ft in places. Please help!!

Thanks

jayden
 
jspring said:
Hi,

I have created a polygon in google earth and i have put in in FSXKML and used the command

What i am trying to do is extend the terrain around an airfield but when i do this it rasies the airfield elevation and there are big like holes which drop 30 - 50ft in places. Please help!!

Thanks

jayden
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You must set the altitude to the same as the runway. I think the defauls is 0.
 
You need to set the altitude of the polygon, not of the runway.
 
jspring said:
How do i set the altitude of the runway. The airport is elevated at 332ft AMSL.

Jayden
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Your Airport_Backgrounds_Flatten_MaskClassMap_ExcludeAutoGen polygon needs an elevation set to it. That elevation MUST exactly match the elevation of the runway.

You set the elevation in FSX_KML by clicking on "Vertices" tab and then clicking on the "Set Elevation" button.

Alternatively, you can set elevation in the kml file directly. It's a mere text file.
 
Ok ive set the elevation but now i have another problem. I want to exlude all the autogen apart from taxiway signs. Is there a way to just include the taxiway signs?
Also I have added taxiway centre lines but they are not showing up??!!

Jayden
 
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jspring said:
Ok ive set the elevation but now i have another problem. I want to exlude all the autogen apart from taxiway signs. Is there a way to just include the taxiway signs?
Also I have added taxiway centre lines but they are not showing up??!!

Jayden
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Yes taxiway signs are separate from autogen. They are not autogen.

To exclude autogen, you can use FSX_KML and apply the tag Airport_Backgrounds_Exclude_AutoGen to it. That'll do the trick.

The taxiway signs will stay. To get rid of them you must use an ExclusionRectangle in xml.

re: taxiway center lines not showing up. What program are you using to make your taxiways?
 
Mace said:
The taxiway signs will stay. To get rid of them you must use an ExclusionRectangle in xml.
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FSX KML can do exclusion rectangles (since v1.09).

Use the ExclusionRectangle tag.

You will see it has option to exclude taxiway signs.
 
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Next Problem....

When i taxi on some of the taxiways / aprons they dissaper infront of me and i can only see them if i zoom out on top down view.

Any suggestions??!!

Jayden
 
Again, I ask what program are you using to make your airport?

That problem is caused by mismatched elevations.

The elevation specified in your <Airport> header must match the elevation of any polys you make. It sounds like you are trying to make aprons using FSX_KML over the top of a flatten, but I can't tell unless you give more information.
 
The airfield is elevated at 97m and i set the polygon to this in google earth. What happens is when i taxi towards so aprons they dissaper infront of me.

If you like i can attach the files.

Jayden
 
Mace said:
Your Airport_Backgrounds_Flatten_MaskClassMap_ExcludeAutoGen polygon needs an elevation set to it. That elevation MUST exactly match the elevation of the runway.

You set the elevation in FSX_KML by clicking on "Vertices" tab and then clicking on the "Set Elevation" button.

Alternatively, you can set elevation in the kml file directly. It's a mere text file.
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I thought I was loosing the plot... couldn't find the elevation! :D

Thanks very much!
 
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