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Google Does Not Cover My desired Airport-Alternate?

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Is there a way to use Virtual Earth or Yahoo Maps to source the background? Google does not cover KIDI (Jimmy Stewart Airport, Indiana, PA). Both of the other mapping sources cover it.

Regards,
Dick
 
Yes, you can use alternate sources for background images. All you need is the picture and the coordinates. I'm not sure how you get that with Yahoo maps or other options, but there is probably a way to do so.

-Russell
 
Dick,

You can use Sbuilderx 3.10 to make a backround. It will self calabrate the image and make a text file with the coordinates in it. It is what I did as google is very poor quailty where I live.
 
I keep thinking I've come across a way to do this but the problem is that google's lowest zoom has a different scale than yahoo and windows live. I'm going to keep working on this but I think I'm on the right track. Its hard, though, and won't be easy for most people to do themselves
 
Thanks for the suggestion on SBuilderX. I had forgotten about the Background function. Worked... I used Yahoo which had a much clearer photo of my airport.

Regards,
Dick near 5G8
 
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