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GE Sync'd to FSX Position?

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I guess I don't grasp the concept here at all and maybe it's right in front of me and I am making it more difficult than it really is.
All I really want to do is designate an upper left coordinate and lower right coordinate at an airport (as we could do with excbuilder V2 in FS9) to eliminate trees on the parking ramp and taxiways. The airport is a fictional one and so has no position to go to in GE. How do I sync up GE and FSX so I can do this? Or is this even possible with your program?
 
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Hi,

falcon409 said:
I guess I don't grasp the concept here at all and maybe it's right in front of me and I am making it more difficult than it really is.
All I really want to do is designate an upper left coordinate and lower right coordinate at an airport (as we could do with excbuilder V2 in FS9) to eliminate trees on the parking ramp and taxiways. The airport is a fictional one and so has no position to go to in GE. How do I sync up GE and FSX so I can do this? Or is this even possible with your program?
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You do not need GE but to make a search on this forum on "exclude" or "exclusion" to find the answear for that issue.

Regards,

José
 
falcon409 said:
I guess I don't grasp the concept here at all and maybe it's right in front of me and I am making it more difficult than it really is.
All I really want to do is designate an upper left coordinate and lower right coordinate at an airport (as we could do with excbuilder V2 in FS9) to eliminate trees on the parking ramp and taxiways. The airport is a fictional one and so has no position to go to in GE. How do I sync up GE and FSX so I can do this? Or is this even possible with your program?
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Yes you can do that. The tag is Airport_Backgrounds_ExcludeAutoGen.

I probably would use GE initially to make a rectangle area, but there is no need to be exact at first. Any coordinates nearby would do. All you are doing is using GoogleEarth to generate a basic .kml file. Coordinates don't matter at this point.

Then, when slewing in FS, I would copy down the exact coordinates for all corners of the area in which you want to remove the trees. This is where you need to be exact.

Replace ALL coordinates in your .kml file with the coordinates you copied down from slew mode.
 
Mace said:
Then, when slewing in FS, I would copy down the exact coordinates for all corners of the area in which you want to remove the trees. This is where you need to be exact.

Replace ALL coordinates in your .kml file with the coordinates you copied down from slew mode.
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I guess it would be useful if FSX KML could grab the current coordinates of the aircraft, (lon/lat/elevation) and paste it into the vertices grid for you.
 
Very Great Idea for FSX_KML Improvement

"I guess it would be useful if FSX KML could grab the current coordinates of the aircraft, (lon/lat/elevation) and paste it into the vertices grid for you."

I fully agree!!! Copying and pasting the coordinates one by one (even using of the TCalcX) can be a daunting task for some projects (like placing traffic on a long road).

dito
 
MatthewS said:
I guess it would be useful if FSX KML could grab the current coordinates of the aircraft, (lon/lat/elevation) and paste it into the vertices grid for you.
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Yes, I think that might be useful.

But a designer would have to be careful about elevation...I say that because when I'm slewing, sometimes I don't pay much attention to what altitude I'm at...I'm focused on the lat/long.

Seems like in FSX if you slew, and touch the ground, you "stick" to the ground. That could cause a problem if you did not realize you contacted the ground.
 
Mace said:
Yes, I think that might be useful.

But a designer would have to be careful about elevation...I say that because when I'm slewing, sometimes I don't pay much attention to what altitude I'm at...I'm focused on the lat/long.

Seems like in FSX if you slew, and touch the ground, you "stick" to the ground. That could cause a problem if you did not realize you contacted the ground.
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Yes good point. I will add a checkbox (off by default) called "Paste Altitude" next to the "Paste" button. If the checkbox is set then altitude will be pasted in addition to long/lat. If not set, altitude will be 0.
 
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