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Flatten altitude?
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Hi,
I looked at Google Earth but nothing relevant for settinng my airport altitude.
I like to make a flatten and exclude for my airport EBOS to 13 feet.
How do I do that ?
Please, give at least an example rather than a vague text.
Very confused. José.
http://www.users.skynet.be/maximil/Design.htm
I looked at Google Earth but nothing relevant for settinng my airport altitude.
I like to make a flatten and exclude for my airport EBOS to 13 feet.
How do I do that ?
Please, give at least an example rather than a vague text.
Very confused. José.
http://www.users.skynet.be/maximil/Design.htm
Hello José,
No problem! When you have set your airport altitude to e.g. 226 m in Google Earth you kan open the kml-file with notepad within FSX_KML and manually change the values to, in my case, 225.86. Remember to change all relevant values. Save and build.
Of course, if you want the value to be 13 feet you will have to convert to metric value first!
Like this!
From:
<description>Airport_Backgrounds_Flatten_MaskClassMap_ExcludeAutoGen</description>
<styleUrl>#m_ylw-pushpin_copy54</styleUrl>
<Polygon>
<tessellate>1</tessellate>
<altitudeMode>absolute</altitudeMode>
<outerBoundaryIs>
<LinearRing>
<coordinates>
14.06194608202101,57.74651292480915,226
14.06437329319439,57.74640631527953,226
14.0646307675717,57.74644904882966,226
14.06478734068034,57.746600367777,226
.....................................
To:
<description>Airport_Backgrounds_Flatten_MaskClassMap_ExcludeAutoGen</description>
<styleUrl>#m_ylw-pushpin_copy54</styleUrl>
<Polygon>
<tessellate>1</tessellate>
<altitudeMode>absolute</altitudeMode>
<outerBoundaryIs>
<LinearRing>
<coordinates>
14.06194608202101,57.74651292480915,225.86
14.06437329319439,57.74640631527953,225.86
14.0646307675717,57.74644904882966,225.86
14.06478734068034,57.746600367777,225.86
.........................................
Good luck!
Erik
No problem! When you have set your airport altitude to e.g. 226 m in Google Earth you kan open the kml-file with notepad within FSX_KML and manually change the values to, in my case, 225.86. Remember to change all relevant values. Save and build.
Of course, if you want the value to be 13 feet you will have to convert to metric value first!
Like this!
From:
<description>Airport_Backgrounds_Flatten_MaskClassMap_ExcludeAutoGen</description>
<styleUrl>#m_ylw-pushpin_copy54</styleUrl>
<Polygon>
<tessellate>1</tessellate>
<altitudeMode>absolute</altitudeMode>
<outerBoundaryIs>
<LinearRing>
<coordinates>
14.06194608202101,57.74651292480915,226
14.06437329319439,57.74640631527953,226
14.0646307675717,57.74644904882966,226
14.06478734068034,57.746600367777,226
.....................................
To:
<description>Airport_Backgrounds_Flatten_MaskClassMap_ExcludeAutoGen</description>
<styleUrl>#m_ylw-pushpin_copy54</styleUrl>
<Polygon>
<tessellate>1</tessellate>
<altitudeMode>absolute</altitudeMode>
<outerBoundaryIs>
<LinearRing>
<coordinates>
14.06194608202101,57.74651292480915,225.86
14.06437329319439,57.74640631527953,225.86
14.0646307675717,57.74644904882966,225.86
14.06478734068034,57.746600367777,225.86
.........................................
Good luck!
Erik
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Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
Could find on the Web a converter feet to meters.
Then followed your instructions, but got an error, saying a xyz.shp file was missing. Perhaps I should better start from zero on Google Earth because I have there two files for the same area ?
Regards. José.
Thanks for your reply.
Could find on the Web a converter feet to meters.
Then followed your instructions, but got an error, saying a xyz.shp file was missing. Perhaps I should better start from zero on Google Earth because I have there two files for the same area ?
Regards. José.
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Hi,
Made a new poly in Google Earth.
Added the first tag (excluding autogen) and after the Build command I got the source files in "My documents" and the cvx.name.bgl in Scenery map Addon scenery folder and put it then in the scenery map of my airport.
So... no autogen trees to see. Even if I place the cvx.name.bgl out of the scenery map but although still in my airport folder.
Is this right ?
Greetz. José.
Made a new poly in Google Earth.
Added the first tag (excluding autogen) and after the Build command I got the source files in "My documents" and the cvx.name.bgl in Scenery map Addon scenery folder and put it then in the scenery map of my airport.
So... no autogen trees to see. Even if I place the cvx.name.bgl out of the scenery map but although still in my airport folder.
Is this right ?
Greetz. José.
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Hi,
The flatten switch works well (EBOS).
For what concerns the exclude, I cannot figure out which flatten(s) I should use. Screenies show the taxiway that must be excluded.
But... if you look upwards you see that this taxiway follows the tarmac... very strange or it is a co-incidense.
Greetz. José.
The flatten switch works well (EBOS).
For what concerns the exclude, I cannot figure out which flatten(s) I should use. Screenies show the taxiway that must be excluded.
But... if you look upwards you see that this taxiway follows the tarmac... very strange or it is a co-incidense.
Greetz. José.
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Hi,
Found the problem. There were Afcad2-files in FSX and causes the display of these taxiways.
Is there by the way a solution so that these taxiways will not be displayed ? I mean be invisible or is this problem due to the faxt that Afcad2-files are not displayed correct ?
I deleted this Afcad2-files of course.
Greetz. José.
Found the problem. There were Afcad2-files in FSX and causes the display of these taxiways.
Is there by the way a solution so that these taxiways will not be displayed ? I mean be invisible or is this problem due to the faxt that Afcad2-files are not displayed correct ?
I deleted this Afcad2-files of course.
Greetz. José.
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