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P3D v4 lat long coordinates

I do the same. I just thought there was a way to alter the loe lon format in P3D. good try I guess. The joke is on me. Bob go for laugh..... no get.
 
like the display for the lat/lon in sim or for development?

There is a way based off FSX but I forget which file it holds stuff in to display fractional lat/lon (i.e. W84.12345678 etc) . I'd have to see if I still have access to the FSX beta newsgroup backup I made, or can track it down.

If in source code such as in xml or .inf etc you can use FSX/P3D format or fractional degrees.
 
This might not refer to the requirements above at all...

I remember doing some work, admittedly in FS2004, a long long time ago and using very basic XML, to carry out the conversion.

It could probably be carried out in one or two lines if any way conversant with XML.

I have no test vehicle in P3DV5 now to prove if it works but this is the code I used.

To convert the Longitude and Latitude:

Code: 
(A:PLANE LATITUDE, degrees) abs (>L:LatWhole, number)
(L:LatWhole, number) flr (>L:LatDeg, number)
(L:LatWhole, number) (L:LatDeg, number) - (>L:LatMin, number)
(L:LatMin, number) 60 * (>L:LatMinC, number)


(A:PLANE LONGITUDE, degrees) abs (>L:LongWhole, number)
(L:LongWhole, number) flr (>L:LongDeg, number)
(L:LongWhole, number) (L:LongDeg, number) - (>L:LongMin, number)
(L:LongMin, number) 60 * (>L:LongMinC, number)

and to display it:

Code: 
    <Element>
            <Position X="50" Y="11"/>
            <Text X="18" Y="12" Bright="Yes" Length="3" Font="Arial" Color="#FF9966" Adjust="Right" VerticalAdjust="Center" Multiline="No" Fixed="Yes">
            <String>%((L:LatDeg, number))%!3d!</String>
          </Text>
    </Element>

    <Element>
            <Position X="70" Y="11"/>
            <Text X="6" Y="12" Bright="Yes" Length="1" Font="Arial" Color="#FF9966" Adjust="Left" VerticalAdjust="Center" Multiline="No" Fixed="Yes">
            <String>*</String>
          </Text>
    </Element>

    <Element>
            <Position X="69" Y="11"/>
            <Text X="42" Y="12" Bright="Yes" Length="7" Font="Arial" Color="#FF9966" Adjust="Right" VerticalAdjust="Center" Multiline="No" Fixed="Yes">
            <String>%((L:LatMinC, number))%!7.2f!</String>
          </Text>
    </Element>

    <Element>
            <Position X="115" Y="11"/>
            <Text X="6" Y="11" Bright="Yes" Length="1" Font="Arial" Color="#FF9966" Adjust="Left" VerticalAdjust="Center" Multiline="No" Fixed="Yes">
            <String>'</String>
          </Text>
    </Element>



    <Element>
            <Position X="100" Y="11"/>
            <Text X="18" Y="12" Bright="Yes" Length="3" Font="Arial" Color="#FF9966" Adjust="Right" VerticalAdjust="Center" Multiline="No" Fixed="Yes">
            <String>%((L:LongDeg, number))%!3d!</String>
          </Text>
    </Element>

    <Element>
            <Position X="120" Y="11"/>
            <Text X="6" Y="12" Bright="Yes" Length="1" Font="Arial" Color="#FF9966" Adjust="Left" VerticalAdjust="Center" Multiline="No" Fixed="Yes">
            <String>*</String>
          </Text>
    </Element>

    <Element>
            <Position X="119" Y="11"/>
            <Text X="42" Y="12" Bright="Yes" Length="7" Font="Arial" Color="#FF9966" Adjust="Right" VerticalAdjust="Center" Multiline="No" Fixed="Yes">
            <String>%((L:LongMinC, number))%!7.2f!</String>
          </Text>
    </Element>

    <Element>
            <Position X="165" Y="11"/>
            <Text X="6" Y="12" Bright="Yes" Length="1" Font="Arial" Color="#FF9966" Adjust="Left" VerticalAdjust="Center" Multiline="No" Fixed="Yes">
            <String>'</String>
          </Text>
    </Element>

If nothing else this exercise helped me to find a plethora of gauges I sweated blood and tears over many years ago which are now just part and parcel of the aircraft I purchase (and they are so much better and nicer than mine!).

Walter
 
in your P3D.cfg file to have it display in decimal format. Is it still shift+z to pull up the on screen info like in FSX?

[Main]
LatLonFormat=Degrees
FractionalLatLonDigits=6

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Here are some options for the "Main" section of the p3d.cfg/fsx.cfg (could be named prepar3d.cfg) file entry:

//LatLonFormat=Degrees // Displays degrees.xxxxxx
//FractionalLatLonDigits=6

LatLonFormat=Minutes // Displays degrees.minutes.x
FractionalLatLonDigits=0

//LatLonFormat=Seconds //Displays degrees.minutes.seconds
//FractionalLatLonDigits=2
 
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jyarddog said:
I do the same. I just thought there was a way to alter the loe lon format in P3D. good try I guess. The joke is on me. Bob go for laugh..... no get.
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If you’re talking about development you can use any of the 3 formats in my last post in your xml/inf files. I always used fractional because it was easiest to deal with.
 
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