Is it possible to correct or revise the way trees are removed with FSX_KML? I have removed quite a number of trees using this program and was wondering how you can revise the exclusion to a more specific area in FSX or is it even possible to do that. I removed the files from Addon Scenery\scenery that were created by FSX_KML (using Google to get the .kml) but that did not change anything. Thank you.
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Revising tree removal
- Thread starter rvc68
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I'm not sure what you are asking. 
If you want to know if there is any other way to remove trees, then sure, there are other ways. But none as easy as using FSX_KML.
If you are asking if you can edit your existing tree-chopped areas, then, yes you can. It is best if you still have your source .kml files, in which case you can load them into Google Earth and edit the polygons and re-export.
If you don't have your .kml's anymore, it's pretty easy to re-do them, as long as the areas aren't too big.
If you want to know if there is any other way to remove trees, then sure, there are other ways. But none as easy as using FSX_KML.
If you are asking if you can edit your existing tree-chopped areas, then, yes you can. It is best if you still have your source .kml files, in which case you can load them into Google Earth and edit the polygons and re-export.
If you don't have your .kml's anymore, it's pretty easy to re-do them, as long as the areas aren't too big.
Thank you for the response. Sorry I am not being too clear on what I am asking. OK, I have created an exlude of trees with KML and find I deleted a larger area of trees then I wanted to. I would like to delete trees on a more selective basis and to do so I wondered if I can undo the original delete I made. As I said, I removed the files I thought did the exclude but apparently not as they still appear in FSX. Does that make more sense to you?
You must find where you placed the .bgl file you made, and delete the file. That's it.
If you placed it in /Addon Scenery, then simply delete the .bgl file. Make sure FSX is not running when you do this.
If you did that, and you are still seeing the area deleted, then it is not because of your exclusion bgl. Things do not appear or disappear in FS without a valid reason--computer programs only do what they're told. Some bgl somewhere is telling it to exclude the trees.
Certain landclass types will appear to have tree exclusions, and yet this is a feature of that landclass type.
After you delete your .bgl then you can re-make the .bgl using FSX_KML, by first re-defining your exclusion area in Google Earth--you can be more selective in this way.
If you placed it in /Addon Scenery, then simply delete the .bgl file. Make sure FSX is not running when you do this.
If you did that, and you are still seeing the area deleted, then it is not because of your exclusion bgl. Things do not appear or disappear in FS without a valid reason--computer programs only do what they're told. Some bgl somewhere is telling it to exclude the trees.
Certain landclass types will appear to have tree exclusions, and yet this is a feature of that landclass type.
After you delete your .bgl then you can re-make the .bgl using FSX_KML, by first re-defining your exclusion area in Google Earth--you can be more selective in this way.