Jim Wilson writes:
>
> Norman Vine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> > If it isn't then you just need to load it before making your query to
the
> > elevation routine and then it should just work using a similar method to
> > what Jim uses for Tower placement
> >
>
> Actually it is used to get the ground elevation below the Aircraft (FDM)
when
> in tower view (or any view that is seperate from the aircraft's position).

Yes that is what I meant sorry about the typo

> The same method could be used to obtain ground levels for any location on
the
> fly, or in a batch mode.

Exactly, this is what it was designed todo and how it was designed
to be used but you are the only one so far to 'get it' :-)

FYI - with just  a slight modification to the top level routine the hitlist
stuff can be used for general intersection testing.
  just use the appropriate eyepoint and 'ray'

FWIW - I really don't understand why the FDM folks haven't
been using this as I wrote it several years ago so that one
could get an elevation per wheel

Norman





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