You could also use
SBuilderX v3.15 (64-Bit) to download a background image in a (non-warped)
EPSG:3867 GIS projection format.
Assuming you successfully get SBuilderX v3.15 (64-Bit) installed and working from the link Dick provided:
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1bvCwJA62lBYvrXvdAM33RGWIvRaV3Fs2
...Check what imagery is available by 'Editing'
SBuilderX.ini to swap between tileservers in
SBuilderX v3.15.
ESRI ArcGIS World Imagery, Bing / MS Virtual Earth, and Google Satellite are all providers of quality tile server imagery worldwide.
To output a 1-piece *.BMP of selected tiles from SBuilderX' work-space in a non-warped format for use in ADE:
1.)
SBuilderX Menu > Edit > Edit INI file... (
SBuilderX.INI opens in NotePad)
a.)
In NotePad > SBuilderX.INI > Under [
Tiles] section, Edit:
ReprojectMercatorTiles=True
...and change it to read:
ReprojectMercatorTiles=False
b
.)
NotePad Menu > File > Save
c.)
NotePad Menu > File > Exit
2.)
SBuilderX Menu > File > Add Map > From Background
a.) Follow usual procedures to download / select tiles (do not compile to BGL)
(1)
SBuilderX Menu >
Edit >
Tile Servers >
Google_api3_Satellite > check: Use Google_api3_Satellite ? check-box > click: [
OK]
(2)
SBuilderX Menu >
View >
Show Background ...
F1
3.)
SBuilderX outputs
non-warped format 1-piece
*.BMP /
*.TXT into:
[SBuilderX install path]\Tools\Work sub-folder.
Note that the
*.TXT file has ' Geographic' coordinates to be used for calibrating that
*.BMP Background Image in
ADE.
If a
SBuilderX 1-piece
*.BMP of selected tiles is too large for
ADE's USERVA, select / output
multiple tiles via smaller rectangles.
When finished, one should re-configure SBuilderX to its default setting for imagery output in a "warped" EPSG:4326 GIS projection format for FS SDK's:
4
.)
SBuilderX Menu > Edit > Edit INI file... (
SBuilderX.INI opens in NotePad)
a.)
In NotePad > SBuilderX.INI > Under [
Tiles] section, Edit:
ReprojectMercatorTiles=False
...and change it to read:
ReprojectMercatorTiles=True
b
.)
NotePad Menu > File > Save
c.)
NotePad Menu > File > Exit
BTW: Obviously, one is already using a imagery Background Map in
SBuilderX v 3.15's work-space ...as shown in step
2.) above.
PS: SBuilderX Polygons can be
exported as ESRI
*.SHP file "primitives" that become source files if assigned '
attributes' via
MSFS Polygon Properties
This latter Polygon ESRI
*.SHP file "primitive"
attribute configuration may best be done via MSFS SDK DevMode GUI.
GaryGB