I want to replace/change the coastline of a large island which is around 70 x 30 kilomters large. Can I use polylines to do this, or do I need to draw a polygon area and set its tag/value to coastline? Can I split this up into smaller sections, or do I have to do the whole island in one go?
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Replacing/adding new coastlines
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Creating coastlines can sometimes be a long process, especially if its a large area that youre working with. What you need to do is exclude all the default water polygons. Then draw a new water polygon that defines the feature of the coastline and tag it as hydro polygon. That should give you the water with the correct coastline.
For the shorelines, one way to do it is to convert the hydro polygon you created to a polyline, bu remember to remove all other points from it other than the ones defining the coastline (you can duplicate the polygon in GE). Then tag the poyline as shoreline in FSX KML.
Remember that FSX is all land and then you add in water polygons, not the other way around.
Hope this helps.
For the shorelines, one way to do it is to convert the hydro polygon you created to a polyline, bu remember to remove all other points from it other than the ones defining the coastline (you can duplicate the polygon in GE). Then tag the poyline as shoreline in FSX KML.
Remember that FSX is all land and then you add in water polygons, not the other way around.
Hope this helps.