MSFS20 MSFS car parks

[seattledec]

Good day Arno;
Msfs sdk add carp parks as polygons; can sceneproc do the same by using a shapefile ?

 

[arno]

Hi,

At the moment not. As the MSFS never documented a terrain vector feature I did not bother to add any MSFS polygon output to scenproc.

But the kind of polygons you mention here might be worthwhile to add to scenproc in the future.

 

[seattledec]

thanks Arno
for your time

 

[Clutch Cargo]

You may be able to acquire car parks as a polygon through OpenStreetMap. I have been able to get this data on several objects this way.

 

[seattledec]

You may be able to acquire car parks as a polygon through OpenStreetMap. I have been able to get this data on several objects this way.

Indeed; issue is shapefiles can not be translated into msfs format for car parks; unless done by hands via the sdk each single space.
thanks for your time Clutch Cargo.

 

[arno]

But i think MSFS still uses shape files in the background as well. I would have to look ar this. Anybody would have a small sample project that places a few car parks to look at?

 

[seattledec]

Yes; polygons can be saved as shape; however car parks not; having said that is not important; what need is theconvertion of shapefiles polygons into car parking xml (the header is different) ; here is the example how the sdk deal with car parking; and polygons; the head is completely different from each other;

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<FSData version="9.0">
<SceneryObject lat="52.32753597320423" lon="4.70079436700259" alt="0.00000000000000" pitch="0.000000" bank="0.000000" heading="0.000000" imageComplexity="VERY_SPARSE" altitudeIsAgl="TRUE" snapToGround="TRUE" snapToNormal="FALSE">
<CarParking>
<Vertex lat="52.32933256171504" lon="4.69979836701920"/>
<Vertex lat="52.32768197742634" lon="4.69710724708902"/>
<Vertex lat="52.32578560400448" lon="4.70098322151383"/>
<Vertex lat="52.32785782878169" lon="4.70298820463969"/>
</CarParking>
</SceneryObject>
<Polygon groupIndex="1" altitude="-4.22471911793224">
<Attribute name="UniqueGUID" guid="{359C73E8-06BE-4FB2-ABCB-EC942F7761D0}" type="GUID" value="{843743E4-F6E6-4002-93FD-EA4393198EB8}"/>
<Vertex lat="52.32963642481664" lon="4.69919067871542"/>
<Vertex lat="52.33175300369013" lon="4.69515813726099"/>
<Vertex lat="52.33011525989267" lon="4.69280004676580"/>
<Vertex lat="52.32785903137299" lon="4.69699011792312"/>
</Polygon>
</FSData>

car parking look like a 'vector object'.

attached original

this add a car parking area and a polygon just west of Schiphol 36L runway

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[arno]

That should be quite easy to add. It seems similar to exclude polygons. Is there a list of the GUID values used for the polygon? I assume that specifies the type of polygon.

 

[seattledec]

That should be quite easy to add. It seems similar to exclude polygons. Is there a list of the GUID values used for the polygon? I assume that specifies the type of polygon.

not sure a list of polygons exist; checking the sdk it seem that

unique Guid is always the same number and Guid value is randomly assigned to each polygons; and each time is different.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<FSData version="9.0">
<Polygon altitude="-4.14190082091896">
<Attribute name="UniqueGUID" guid="{359C73E8-06BE-4FB2-ABCB-EC942F7761D0}" type="GUID" value="{02977D4F-48DF-4930-9E93-8CB0E8F67CE6}"/>
<Vertex lat="52.33590219407801" lon="4.68905102352151"/>
<Vertex lat="52.32732106855860" lon="4.69196234462751"/>
<Vertex lat="52.32612534848239" lon="4.70511285144560"/>
<Vertex lat="52.33416830027050" lon="4.70439980729368"/>
</Polygon>
</FSData>

 

[arno]

Ah, now I see. But what kind of polygon does this create then? A polygn does not really say a lot. Is it s a flatten or an exclude or ....

 

[arno]

I have coded the car parking now (writing it to the XML file, reading it from the BGL file, new scenProc step). Once it is clear what to do with the other polygon I can move it to the development release.

 

[seattledec]

Good day Arno; and sure thanks for your time.
The other polygons; was just an example; to show you the difference between 'car parks' and 'polygons' xml format used by msfs sdk.

a car park xml file just look like this:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<FSData version="9.0">
<SceneryObject lat="52.32753597320423" lon="4.70079436700259" alt="0.00000000000000" pitch="0.000000" bank="0.000000" heading="0.000000" imageComplexity="VERY_SPARSE" altitudeIsAgl="TRUE" snapToGround="TRUE" snapToNormal="FALSE">
<CarParking>
<Vertex lat="52.32933256171504" lon="4.69979836701920"/>
<Vertex lat="52.32768197742634" lon="4.69710724708902"/>
<Vertex lat="52.32578560400448" lon="4.70098322151383"/>
<Vertex lat="52.32785782878169" lon="4.70298820463969"/>
</CarParking>
</SceneryObject>
</FSData>

end of; nothing else ; the question here is; can you with your magic; enable sceneproc to load a shapefile of car parks data; like for example osm datas; and write the xml file as above for each of the areas in the shapefile.

After that it can be compiled with the sdk; as normal.

 

[arno]

Yes, I have just coded making the car parking xml from vector data loaded in scenproc.

So the other type of polygon is not needed as a separate step?

 

[seattledec]

Yes, I have just coded making the car parking xml from vector data loaded in scenproc.

So the other type of polygon is not needed as a separate step?

that is correct Arno;
the other type of polygon is not needed

 

[arno]

Ok, then I'll update the manual and move this feature to the development release.

 

[seattledec]

that is great !
What to look for in the manual to find it ?
tx

 

[arno]

The new step is called CreateXMLCarParking. And you need to use the ExportMSFS to write the package files that includes the XML file.

 

[arno]

The new build is online now.

 

[seattledec]

Thanks Arno; tested and working -